Official Thread: (Undergraduate) Medicine 2025 entry

what are the low GCSE unis though? when i search, i get Imperial,Glasgow most of the time
^I am kinda of leaning on BSMS now
(lilysilly_5454, thank you much for your replies and i will be taking your advice<3)
(Ibmoahsa, thank you for your advice!! i tried few ucat mocks, and the scores are pretty decent but yes i will re-finalise my decision once i get my Ucat and A levels)
I am a bit too organized about everything so i like to have a goal to motivate me, so yeah i get pretty deep into it, plus need to write ps according to the unis as well

what are the low GCSE unis though? when i search, i get Imperial,Glasgow most of the time
^I am kinda of leaning on BSMS now
(lilysilly_5454, thank you much for your replies and i will be taking your advice<3)
(Ibmoahsa, thank you for your advice!! i tried few ucat mocks, and the scores are pretty decent but yes i will re-finalise my decision once i get my Ucat and A levels)
I am a bit too organized about everything so i like to have a goal to motivate me, so yeah i get pretty deep into it, plus need to write ps according to the unis as well

Idk bout glasgow but ye imperial and bsms would be classed as low gcse unis

Hi Ola_2007 where did you take UCAT mock exams. Any links pl. ta

would it be a wise choice then?
if you don't mind me asking, which uni are you planning on applying?

Hey, which unis would you suggest for putting high value on GCSEs? I got 9 9s and an 8 so I don't want to apply to a uni which doesn't consider them much...thanks

Birmingham oxbridge Newcastle kcl off the top of my head (maybe notts Manchester ) more about meeting minimum for those thou 7 grade 7s

Thanks for the helpful reply! ☺️

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

Hey, which unis would you suggest for putting high value on GCSEs? I got 9 9s and an 8 so I don't want to apply to a uni which doesn't consider them much...thanks

I have 4 As and 2Bs (French and chemistry) should I apply to schools that don't look at IGCSE or the ones where I pass the minimum requirement? I am an International student applying for the 2025 entry.
I am doing my AS level so I will apply with A-level predicted grades.(I want to know if they are safe to choose or not) I have picked four med schools:
University of Leicester
University of Leeds
The University of Edinburgh
Queens University Belfast

I have done virtual internships to boost my CV and took part in leadership roles in school(I chose these unis for their PBL and CBL courses plus anatomy method (I prefer dissection))(for personal interest I looked at their student union as well)
Can anyone suggest any unis that might fit?

birmingham, KCL (high ucat unis,) also leicester (which i just got an offer from!) nottingham, keele, aston are the ones that score gcses from the top of my head

Hi.
I am an aspiring medic and I'm currently in year 12 doing Chemistry Biology and Maths.
I am currently getting consistent 85-95 percent in all three subjects, so I assume I will be predicted 3 A*.
I have also achieved all nines in GCSE and I have done a couple of UCAT mocks and with the best score of 2970 and average of 2890.( I am not cramming at all I'm just doing it casually)
I will be doing volunteering for 6 months in British heart foundation and medical museum, with 3 hospital work experiences and 1 GP.
I am planning on applying to UCL, King's, Bristol and Queen Mary or Southampton as my fourth.
Am I being over-ambitious and unrealistic?

Note: I am applying for deferred entry, and from the statistics I've seen, it is basically the same as home applicants' offer rate.

Hey, which unis would you suggest for putting high value on GCSEs? I got 9 9s and an 8 so I don't want to apply to a uni which doesn't consider them much...thanks

Leicester score 8 GCSEs with a score out of 32 (9=4, 8= 3, etc). They combine that with your ucat which they also score out of 32.
It’s a scoring system which strongly rewards those with good GCSEs as each dropped GCSE point is equivalent to a 100 point UCAT drop). Leicester is the most GCSE heavy med school. And it is certainly possible to compensate for an average UCAT score here if you have great GCSEs.

Kings score your GCSEs out of 30.
And combine it with your ucat score out of 100, your UCAT SJT score out of 10 and a contextual score out of 30. To give you a total score out of 170.
130 has been the cut off for them in recent years.

So GCSEs are important with KiNGs but clearly not to the same extent as Leicester which is mainly about your GCSEs.