Bristol Medicine - 2016 entry

The first interview offers were given out in the second week of November last year and the first interview was for December 16th


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How do u know that?


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I'm sure it will where else u applied?


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Well, to cut a long story short*, last year I had an interview offer in November for the first interview dates in December (16-18 December) :L *(I held an offer for Bristol last year, missed my grades due to extenuating circumstances and have been allowed to reapply)


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Don't quote me on this exactly as I may be mistaken but I remember vaguely that they rank your top 8 GCSEs out of 10 as an initial hurdle in their process. So an A* = 10, an A = 7, a B = 4 and a C = 1. So for instance, my top 8 is 5A*s and 3As (this has to include sciences, maths and English Lang) so my score would be 71/80 and that constitutes 12% of the 20% weighting (the other 8% is A2 predictions - of which I saw a freedom of informations request from them and applicants who were successful were predicted 3As and above) and then the 80% for the personal statement they have a form that they have to grade your personal statement out of (I may link it later if I figure out how to do it via this mobile app) and that gives you the total break down. At this point everything is submitted so we just have to see how things go and wait to hear back from them. From my previous experience with Bristol its an extremely fair university in how they deal with applicants


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How likely are you to get an interview again if you recieved one last year?

This is great advice!! I have a B in english Lang GCSE so will my application be completely scraped straight away? I have 3A predictions, (not one to blow my own trumpet) but a stellar personal statement according to those I've given it to be checked and many A*'s at GCSE! I also have applied for extenuating circumstances so will Bristol spare me, as I am aware you need an A in english language?!
Many thanks!!

I mean, to be honest with you my knowledge on this is as vague as everyone else's as I'm not part of the admissions team! However based on this point system, having an A* and a B would be the same amount of points as 2As so I really can't talk for them as a uni but from the info I've gathered that's as much as I can offer! I'm not 100% sure on the GCSE requirements for English language but if they have the extenuating circumstances form detailing why you achieved a B instead of an A and they accept it then I don't see why it would be held against you. I know how this can be very stressful but keep holding out and hopefully good luck will come!


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Thank you I feel a little more relieved! My ext. circ. was for AS levels not for eng lang hence the worry! Using the points system for GCSE i get 68. I'll hope for the best and hope they look at my ps before they do anything else (feel like that's my strong point). Good luck to u too!

I can't predict as they don't usually allow resitters to apply again but I would assume that as they have allowed me to reapply they will now view my application as they would anyone applying the first time round, i.e no special advantage but at no disadvantage either. My application will be assessed by the same standards


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The only problem is its so personal statement heavy and so its subjective :P

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Do unis give out interviews depending on when you applied?for example my application got sent off on the deadline does this mean my interviews will be later on in the year?or do they decide when you get an interview randomly

It doesn't depend on when you've applied. Bristol sort our applications into three categories:

1) interview
2) on hold
3) unsuccessful

So some people will get an immediate interview after their application was sorted, others will be in a 'on hold'/maybe pile until later in the application cycle and will be reviewed again, so some of these people will receive interviews later and others will be rejected and finally the unsuccessful pile where you didn't meet their criteria for this year and will get an automatic rejection.


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So applicants which are viewed to be the "strongest" by the admission tutors are interviewed first?

I'd presume so. It's stated in the admissions document that they don't reject an applicant unless they're absolutely sure that they won't have a place for that applicant. I'd wager that a fair few people end up on the hold pile as a result, with only the strongest getting automatic interviews. The hold pile is something of a lifesaver for lots of people: the only person from my school to be accepted to study medicine at Bristol last year had been rejected by all of her other choices and got her Bristol offer very late around March-time, I think.

That said, I can imagine quite a few pre-interview rejections this year because they're now the only UK medical school that don't use an admissions test so the volume of applicants will be huge.

I dont think Bristol will be getting 5500 applicants again this year. It should go down because last year the UKCAT was harder and so forced alot of people to apply to bristol.

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