Hello everybody!
I've seen lots of threads popping up about 2014 entry to various medical schools, so I thought I'd make a Leeds one!
This year Leeds says *finds notes from open day* that they are ranking based on:
[*]Best of 9 GCSEs (including Eng Lang, Maths and the sciences)
[*]OR your AS levels (they will rank whichever is stronger)
[*]Personal Statement
[*]UKCAT (no cut off)
Predicted A*s or extra A2s will not be an advantage.
For 2013 entry Leeds had approx. 3500 applicants. This year it's expected to be 3500-4000. On their open day they said they will only look at 1000 personal statements, after the best 1000 academic profiles have been selected. Out of these 1000 statements, around 512 interviews will take place.
Leeds are known to have quite a rigorous personal statement process and this year it has been highlighted that these things will become particularly important (pretty standard for most medical schools really):
*Motivation and insight
*Social awareness
*Responsibility and leadership
*Interests and achievements
The interviews are done by MMI with 8 mini stations, each lasting 8 minutes. These will test a variety of skills like communication, negotiation skills and knowledge of current affairs. The good new is, the interview to offer ratio is around 1:1.5
So welcome! What do you guys like about Leeds and where else are you planning to apply? Feel free to post stats and we can all have a chat and help each other out. Do any current medics or offer holders have any tips for us (take pity, please!)
Also, does anyone have any knowledge of how the UKCAT is being used. I know it definitely is but I think Leeds has been a bit vague on exactly how it takes part in the admissions process!