Aberdeen Medical Applicants 2014

Hey guys, I'm a final year at Aberdeen so let me know if you have any questions I can answer

Did any of you make it to the Open Day on Tuesday?

Those are good grades mate, even with the English one you meet the requirements, don't let than 1 C spoilt the rest of your application and besides you have the grades! If you like the uni then I say go for it

Hey guys, I'm a final year at Aberdeen so let me know if you have any questions I can answer

Did any of you make it to the Open Day on Tuesday?

Hi, I know a large percentage of Scottish applicants apply there than other UK applicants, but is there ever a case where they're more in favour for Scottish applicants?

Also which main factor of written application do they look at? UKCAT, GCSE, ALevels, PS? I have already achieved AAA and will be applying for the first time.

You've already missed the medicine open day It's not an issue, there are tours on interview day to look around. You just missed out on an opportunity to speak to admissions directly and play with all our cool clinical skills kit.

As promised, my UKCAT scores:
VR: 500
QR: 620
AR: 540
DA: 880
SJT: band 2
total: 2540 average: 635

do you think that could be enough? I know my VR and AR suck :/ when i was practicing AR was my strongest section, i missed the timing on the actual test though and left quite a few questions unanswered when the time ended and the VR is tough for English non-natives. i hope the score won't disqualify me. What do you think?

HELP PLEASE!

I'm reapplying

-Interview or no interview?

UKCAT: 2760 + Band 2

S5: AAAAA(all highers)
S6: A(higher) AB(adv higher)

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there's no way of knowing for sure, but your application looks pretty strong grades/ukcat wise, similar/better than what mine was when i reapplied.
did you apply here last year?

Yes I applied last year but was rejected pre-interview due to my low UKCAT: 2100. So I made a huge improvement and decided it would be wise to reapply now rather than as a graduate.


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Hi, I am just wondering if I am a strong enough applicant to get in to medical school.

I got 8 1s and a 2 at Standard Grade level and I got 5As in my highers this year in three sciences, maths and English. I'm doing 3 Advanced Highers this year in the sciences and the science baccalaureate.

I have 4 weeks relevant work experience. 2 weeks in a hospital, 1 week in a GPs and one week in a care home. I work as a domestic and volunteer in a hospital. I help out in my schools ASN department and worked for a summer in a charity shop.

The thing that's really worrying me is my ukcat. I got 672.5 on average and from what I can see everyone seems to be doing really good this year, so mine is comparatively low.

I know this is a lot to read and everyone seems to post big slabs of text like this but if anyone can be bothered to read it and help me I would be very grateful.

Thanks, Kate

I think your application is definitely strong enough. And I wouldn't worry about the UKCAT - as has been said before, the people who post their scores on TSR are usually those in the higher band. Last year Aberdeen didn't use the UKCAT as much as say, Newcastle do. I think it counted for about 8% of the application (could be wrong in that) and they concentrate more on your personal statement. I have a feeling that's changed this year though.

Your work experience sounds great. Especially the long-term volunteering as it shows commitment to something.

Good luck I finally got in this year to Aberdeen after two years of applying and it was the best feeling ever!

Well done on getting in; hope that feeling continues through freshers and beyond!

The UKCAT role in assessing applications has changed significantly this year - it's now 40% of your pre-interview score (20% of overall score). The personal statement won't be objectively assessed but is playing a greater role in forming interview questions.

Where did u read thats it's 40% of the pre-interview score? I can't find it anywhere.