Edinburgh Medical school Applicants 2014

Actually, yeah, I do! They're both sort of friends of mine. What's your name? I'll ask them if they know you. On the subject of whether I'd be international or EU/Home, I'm actually not sure. Even though I'll have lived in the EU for 3 years upon entry, I'm not an EU citizen, so I'm really not sure. I've gotten a lot of conflicting information from admissions people I've emailed or called.

I thought Edinburgh didn't interview???

I thought Edinburgh didn't interview???

Edinburgh's website states that applicants with a UKCAT score of over 800 get an automatic interview.

Do you happen to know Livia Bridgette and Cezanne Morteo? I was with them in placement in Thailand!

Guys I just did my UKCAT.. was wondering if 730 average is good enough. And does anyone know how important Situation judgement is going to be in the selection process? I got only band 3 there...

OHH AND ALSO. Does this school, or any med school in the UK, provide scholarships for international students? the fees are quite steep :\

So I think I should be scoring near or around full marks for academics (GCSE- 8A* 2A AS- AAAA A2- (predicted) A* A* A*) although maybe not as I don't have achieved grades.
UKCAT- 747.5- top quartile?????
I have SJT Band 2 although I still think I'm going to apply!!
Can anyone advise me on PS- what are Edinburgh looking for specifically?

Thanks.


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Hey! I am going to apply for Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds but I am unsure as to where t apply for my fourth option. At GCSE I received 10 A*'s and an A and AAAB at AS Level in biology, chemistry, Spanish and history. In the UKCAT I got an average of 692.5 and Band 1 in situational judgement. I've been thinking about Edinburgh but I'm not sure whether I'd be academically strong enough to do this without essentially 'wasting' an option. Any opinions?!

Hi there,

hopefully i shall be applying to edinburgh this year, im confident with academics ( predicted 4A*'s bio,chem,phys,maths and 3110 ukcat, 11 A*'s at gcse and igcse) but im a bit worried about the non academics, ive reflected upon several placements in my personal statement but upon reading the extracurricular bit its got me worried. All ive mentioned is the band i play in and music that i play.

Also the SJT i appreciate this may be hard to answer due to total lack of sufficient data but is there any idea at all, the bare minimum would help immensely.

Last year full marks for academics wasn't enough to get an offer, as I discovered. I was told I lost one mark overall due to EC's - but I played 4 sports seriously, one to national level, and also played an instrument and painted - so I was left wondering what they are looking for and what more I could possibly have done. So I would recommend expanding on your EC's if you can. Good luck.

You lost 1 mark overall and weren't given an offer? So is it necessary to get full marks for an offer?

I am sure I lost much more than one point (probably around 4 or 5) and I am at Edinburgh now even though my offer was somewhat unconventional (put on the waiting list first)


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Quite a few get in off the waiting list with a lower score , as I think most years they have spaces on results day. But yes, it does seem that you need a near perfect score to get an initial offer.

Why couldn't they just have made 350 offers initially. Should have saved some stress.
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They do make around that number but I guess a few don't accept the offers and some more will miss their grades. I think for non-Scottish applicants it's about 150 offers for 100 odd places.

My feedback was that I was top 340 and they made 300 offers, but I guess I got in through the waiting list.

Can I ask what your stats were?


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Hey guys,
i think I have pretty much a 'perfect' score for the first 85% of the scoring (academics/UKCAT/SJT) but im really concerned about the final 15% on extra curriculars as I only have 1 good one as it takes up so much time :/ the rest are rather generic!! Do you think this will disadvantage me?? It seems almost impossible to get full EC's score!