Cardiff University Medicine Applicants 2017

no preference is given to Welsh speakers over English speakers as Cardiff is an English speaking medical school. Not once have I been required to know any Welsh in the whole 2 years I have been there.

The A* in Welsh GCSE will be used in the normal ranking system.

no preference is given to Welsh speakers over English speakers as Cardiff is an English speaking medical school. Not once have I been required to know any Welsh in the whole 2 years I have been there.

The A* in Welsh GCSE will be used in the normal ranking system.

thank you so much for your comment, much appreciated.I am really passionate about medicine, do you think my Gcse's will hold me back?-4A*'s, 4A"S and 3B's.I know they aren't the strongest and would love to get into cardiff as i don't know of any other welsh medical schools.Did you study medicine there?if so what Gcse's and A level's did you get?or what did most medical students get who got accepted there?

Hi I'm a 3rd year medic at Cardiff. Your GCSEs are really good !!. I'm not sure what the A*s/A's and B were in. Cardiff use a point scale system to score your best 9 (must include English,Maths and Science and the others are whatever your highest scored in).
I'm going to be honest Cardiff seem to be very keen on GCSEs for selection and they calculate your academic score from them (and A levels IF you have acheived them).
The only reason I was competitive enough for Cardiff's academic criteria was because I had my grades in hand and so that topped up my score.

My advise for you would be to just focus on your A levels for now and expand your mind. Yes Cardiff is a great medical school however medicine is medicine and there are plenty of other med schools out there with whom your application may be stronger depending on your ukcat,PS,A level predictions etc..
It's best to have an open mind.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask on the 2018 Cardiff thread and I'd be more than happy to try to answer, or it would be a good idea to email admissions directly. Maybe try visiting open days aswell as you get a good insight from them.

Glad to hear it! Hoping all is well with your application thus far!

thank you so much for your reply, much appreciated.I feel really passionate about this and am very hopeful of geting into a good medical school.If you don't mind me asking, what did you get in your GCSE's? I have now decided to remark two of my papers in hope of achieving two more A*, I'll do all i can to get to medical school.Thanks again for your reply!

Your very welcome. Anymore questions feel free to ask. I had 4.5A*s 8A's. Remember it's not all about GCSEs, since I only got through the academic scoring system because I had my grades in hand. By all means remark your paper, but other than that just forget about it tbh and focus on your A levels. Like I said your ukcat,PS, A levels will also be a critical for selection. Have an open mind and believe in yourself!!

Sorry if this has been asked before but do all candidates have a clean state at the interview?

i dont have a great UKCAT score. It is over the average of 650, i got 680. is this a big disadvantage for Cardiff.

Not at all! That is a great score for Cardiff. Out of all the UKCAT unis, I think Cardiff are probably one of the most lenient when it comes to the UKCAT. They only use it post interview in the case of borderline candidates. I had 610 last year and I still got an offer so don't worry

I'd love to go to Cardiff medical school!I'm doing Biology, chemistry, psychology and music at A level, but I'm not really enjoying psychology and think i would do much better in art.Do you think I'd have the best chances at a high grade in art or an average grade in psychology?I figured the psychology a level would be more valuable in medicine, but Im not really sure.
Would very much appreciate any reply.