UCL Medical School 2015 Entry

I'm really worried, I thought January interviews were for gap years/grads/internationals so why are they giving them to year 13s? It makes me think that they've handed out all their grad interviews :/

Yeah you get an email asking you to interview which you respond to on portico. Also if you look at the average bmat results for previous admissions cycles they tend to be average or slightly above, however there is obviously lots of people who get places with way higher than the average bmat score which is shown by this group alone, therefor it stands to reason that people must get interviews with below average scores to balance it out. I haven't heard of anyone with low scores getting an interview yet but mine are lower than most other peoples on here and it is still early days. If you have good a-levels and a good personal statement i'm sure you will be fine. I also think that if you get an email asking for further information you stand a good chance of receiving an interview, it isn't just random as i got an email asking for more information and i found on a previous UCL student room chat that someone received an email from UCL saying they only ask if they are considering interviewing you.

Not particularly true, I got asked last year for extra information around this time but got rejected. This year I have improved my application but still haven't heard anything yet.

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Any internationals heard back recently? I'm really freaking out because it seems most internationals got an invite earlier and now they are moving on to local students. My BMAT was 6.8. 6.9 3.5B. It seems they really care about section 3 because almost everyone who has got an invite has had at least 3.5A in section 3 and most have had 4A.

Sorry I think you may have misunderstood, or i didn't make it very clear. I wasn't saying that them asking you for information guarantees you an interview but I do think it means they are interested in you and using the extra information they will either move you up or down on their ranking. If you know your AS UMS and work experience is good then i think you stand a pretty good chance of being invited to interview. I don't think the UCL admissions team would send something untrue, so I don't think it is a random selection, but i may be wrong

i found on a previous UCL student room chat that someone received an email from UCL saying they only ask if they are considering interviewing you.

Ooh do you have a link by any chance?

Anyone else get the automated portico email? I registered a while ago and I'm worried I messed something up.

Anyone else get the automated portico email? I registered a while ago and I'm worried I messed something up.