BSMS A100 2015 Entry

Do you reckon I could get away with a really average best for BSMS..
Because at this rate that's what I'm going to get :/
I love S1 but S2 I can't even seem to do the 400q book questions and haven't even looked at S3

Well i got this off the Imperial thread for 2014, its the banding they use:

Band 1 = 5.7, 5.7 and 3.5B
Band 2 = 5.2, 5.2 and 3B
Band 3 = 4.9, 4.9 and 2.5B

So people in band 1 are guaranteed an interview, band 2 may get an interview and those in band 3 probably won't get one - it depends on how many interviews they have left to give after band 1 & 2 have been given theirs. Considering Imperial is one of the top 10 universities in the world i think it is safe to assume BSMS won't require band 1 sort of scores. My bet would be Band 2 scores are needed (or around them). Obviously this is completely speculative but I just can't see BSMS requiring higher scores than Imperial BUT I COULD BE VERY WRONG!

The guy at BSMS said that a competitive score is roughly 9-13. I.e I would say 10+ and your looking at a good shot for an interview. Getting a score of 13 will bank an interview definitely !!!!
I would say 10 is a good score for BSMS
Meaning you need ~ a 5 in section 1 and a 5 in section 2 to add it upto 10.

Ahh that's not to bad actually, I've been getting 6's in mocks but compensate for exam nerves and I hopefully should get around 5 on each I really hope it's not too high! So they don't use S3 when inviting to interview but they do use it at a later stage?

Yep I think that's how it works. Btw were you given a login pin and password when you registered ?




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No I wasn't, what's it for?

It's vitally important as you need the details to access your results and I think you can login and access a few useful resources.

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Well i got this off the Imperial thread for 2014, its the banding they use:

Band 1 = 5.7, 5.7 and 3.5B
Band 2 = 5.2, 5.2 and 3B
Band 3 = 4.9, 4.9 and 2.5B

So people in band 1 are guaranteed an interview, band 2 may get an interview and those in band 3 probably won't get one - it depends on how many interviews they have left to give after band 1 & 2 have been given theirs. Considering Imperial is one of the top 10 universities in the world i think it is safe to assume BSMS won't require band 1 sort of scores. My bet would be Band 2 scores are needed (or around them). Obviously this is completely speculative but I just can't see BSMS requiring higher scores than Imperial BUT I COULD BE VERY WRONG!

Ah okay thanks!
Yeahh I would assume that we would need less for BSMS but then again it depends on how well the whole cohort does

I'm just using the spec points and each page of the online CGP guide related to each spec point to revise the science section...I'll do papers nearer to the time.
And for S1, I'm using various past papers: BMAT, CIE As level, TSA oxford

Haha thanks I can't go a day without my daily dose of tea (I swear I'm not dependant on it :P)

Very similar to how I'm revising for it, I'm going to start doing paper around half way through October. Haha if there's not a socieTEA then I'm making one (if I get in obvs :P )

Heys guys I emailed admissions about how they're using the BMAT and this is what they sent back:

"We just check you're academically eligible and we'll be ranking everyone on their BMAT score and inviting the top 400 to interview. For bioscience graduates who we piloted BMAT ranking last cycle, BSMS decided any BMAT score which received less than 3/9 in either of the short answer and/or multiple choice section was automatically rejected. As was anyone scoring less than grade C in the written task. Although not confirmed yet, we will probably use this cut-off point again. All applicants will then be ranked by BMAT numerical score initially and the written task will probably be used as a final discriminator for those with same scores near the interview threshold."

Again, a bit vague - by the look of it they're solely selecting based on BMAT scores.

Im applying here too
You cant get clearer than that IMO, they score u on BMAT and maybe use your PS or Section3 in interview.

Thanks for sharing the info by the way, where else have u applied?

Cardiff, Kings EMDP and UEA, you?

Hi has anyones rang up BSMS and asked how many applicants they've received this year. I didn't apply here in the end but it would be interesting to know the total number that applied. They've gotta interview 400 regardless so the fewer that apply the more likely you will get an interview

I phoned but they said they don't know, they said 'definitely more than a 1000' lol!
Apparently they are expecting lower amounts of applicants because of the use of the BMAT and she also said because of the harder AS levels.

Normally its 2000 applicants for BSMS? Definitely over 1000 = max at 1,500 applications this year?