Official Thread: (Undergraduate) Medicine 2025 entry

hi i was wondering if oxbridge and other unis consider a gcse grade 8 and 9 in the same way . i saw a statistic on oxf uni's website and is was that the avg successful applicant has 10 8+9s and gcse. im the applying yera with no personal statement so things are gonna be quite diff, so i wanted to make sure this info was accurate

Im a year 12 student studying maths physics and chemistry and i want to get into a London uni. Almost all London unis require a level biology and so i am going to take a gap year and do a level biology in that year. I was just wondering whether imperial and kings College London would accept me for this or do all a levels have to be completed in the two years of sixth form?

Hey, (hopefully) 2025 med applicant here. Does anyone know the information on personal statements and the BMAT because I'm so confused rn. Also any websites and links to this info.

Hey I am also hoping to apply in 2025 regarding your questions
The bmat is gone no longer running this year last year basically every bmat uni except oxford moved to ucat even Cambridge is ucat now
and as for personal statements they are changing it to six (I THINK) questions its supposed to be more helpful to us we dont have access to questions though as we are the first year they are doing this.

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Hey I am also hoping to apply in 2025 regarding your questions
The bmat is gone no longer running this year last year basically every bmat uni except oxford moved to ucat even Cambridge is ucat now
and as for personal statements they are changing it to six (I THINK) questions its supposed to be more helpful to us we dont have access to questions though as we are the first year they are doing this.

Are you sure Cambridge becoming UCAT 2025 as I can't find this information in their website!

yeah I was thinking the same - also ive heard that oxbridge are trialling out their own tests too its possible that they’ll have a new test set up for 2025+ cycles cause it just seems unlikely they’ll switch to an iq test basically based on luck (ucat) cause they like to see applicants with academic rigour to handle the intensive med course

If it's an IQ test, then it would not be based on luck? Unless you are talking the "luck" of your genes and upbringing?

I meant the luck of getting small or long paras for vr - it isnt very standardised imo but I dont mean to say that its based on pure luck its just its unpredictability for it which I guess is what makes it challenging and I mean iq test just in terms of its testing of specific cognitive abilities and aptitudes relevant to the med or dent but u do make a valid point

Also the current personal statement builder on the ucas website is what is presumed to be what the personal statement questions will be next application cycle - here’s a link to the article on the ps builder -> https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/writing-personal-statement/introducing-personal-statement-tool

Thank you