Medics and Applicants Profiles: Discussion

All that message has done is probably made you more nervous a day before results day

yeah i dont think it works that way for uk though cos int he previous years everyone has had to log on at 7 am on results day to see and even then it hasnt necessarily updated!

well done james must be great to know ur certainly going to uni!

My Edinburgh Conditional has changed to unconditional

well done! how did you find out? Damn I want to know about mine!

Thanks, got an e-mail from the uni through their online system. You will do fine aswell no doubt!

Thanks, got an e-mail from the uni through their online system. You will do fine aswell no doubt!

Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: No
GCSEs: 6.5A*, 3A, 1C
AS Grades: aaaa in Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics
A2 Prediction/Results: AAAa in Maths, Chemistry and Physics (with AS Biology)
UKCAT (if applicable): 720, 760, 670 750, Average 725
BMAT (if applicable): 7.9, 5.6, 12.0, Total 25.5
Work Experience/Volunteering: 1 week Hospital, 1 week GP, 4 months volunteering at local Hospital
Extra Curricular: Football for a local team, variety of other sports like running, cycling etc. (mainly to stay fit for football), peer mentoring, some film reviews for a local newspaper.
Universities applied to and decisions:
Oxford (Offer AAA)
Imperial (Offer AAA)
Newcastle (Offer AAA)
Barts (Offer AAA)

I added about a degree in there, maybe my post will be useful for people applying to GEP courses.


Year of Entry: 2008
Deferred?: no
GCSEs: 6 A's 5 B's
AS Grades: BCD
A2 Results: BCE
Previous degree: Anatomy and Human Biology (2:1)
UKCAT (if applicable): 700
Work Experience/Volunteering: 3 weeks hospital and GP. Mixture of things, surgery, home visits, outpatient clinics etc.
Universities applied to and decisions:
Warwick GEP - accepted with 2:1
Barts and the London GEP - rejected although offered place on 5 year course
Birmingham GEP - rejected
Leicester 5 yr - rejected

Hope that's useful x

Edit: What a dunce, i got my UKCAT score wrong. Was 670 before abstract reasoning was taken out, after that it went up to 700.

I added about a degree in there, maybe my post will be useful for people applying to GEP courses.


Year of Entry: 2008
Deferred?: no
GCSEs: 6 A's 5 B's
AS Grades: BCD
A2 Results: BCE
Previous degree: Anatomy and Human Biology (2:1)
UKCAT (if applicable): 700
Work Experience/Volunteering: 3 weeks hospital and GP. Mixture of things, surgery, home visits, outpatient clinics etc.
Universities applied to and decisions:
Warwick GEP - accepted with 2:1
Barts and the London GEP - rejected although offered place on 5 year course
Birmingham GEP - rejected
Leicester 5 yr - rejected

Hope that's useful x

Edit: What a dunce, i got my UKCAT score wrong. Was 670 before abstract reasoning was taken out, after that it went up to 700.

Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?:No
GCSEs:2 B's, 2 D's and a bucket load of C's
AS Grades: n/a
A2 Prediction/Results:DDe (Biology, Chemistry, physics)
Previous Degree (if applicable): 2.2 Biomedical science (University of Wales, Bangor)
UKCAT (if applicable):n/a
BMAT (if applicable):n/a
GAMSAT: 56,64,55 - 58 overall
Work Experience/Volunteering:
- A few years as a voluntary sailing instructor to sea cadets,
- A few years part time as a first aider at a motor racing circuit (no, not st john's ambulance- a private company!),
- 1 year placement in a pathology lab as a trainee biomedical scientist (part of my degree),
- couple of years part time as a nerve conduction technician/physio assistant (electrical testing of patients with ?carpal tunnel/cubital tunnel syndrome),
- 1 year full time as an mla/traceability officer in haematology/blood bank (alongside the part time nerve conduction job).
Extra Curricular: 1st kyu shotokan karate, appointed first aider for karate club, level 5 sailing and sailing instructor.
Universities applied to and decisions:
Nottingham (4yr) - Offer
St Georges (4yr) - Offer
Peninsula - Rejection (i didnt meet their gamsat cutoff)
Swansea - Withdrawn

Could i ask how you found your interview with St George's? Was it hard? what type of things did they ask?

Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: Nope
GCSEs: 9.5A* AB
AS Grades: aaaaab
A2 Prediction/Results: AAA/AA
UKCAT (if applicable): 643
BMAT (if applicable): 22.3
Work Experience/Volunteering: 7 weeks at a GP + a part time job that followed after for 6 months once a week, 1 week in a hospital, 2 weeks helping disabled children, Pupil mentoring 2 years, 1x week for a year at a primary school and boring stuff eg prefect...
Extra Curricular: Cricket + Badminton competitively, 5 years Army Cadets - with full first aid certificate from St John's and other awards, Recreational sports like football
Universities applied to and decisions:
Cambridge - Offer AA in Bio Chem (A in maths already achieved)
Imperial - Offer AAAC (C in geography)
Kings AAAC ( C in geo/maths)
Southampton rejected (didn't fulfil their criteria)

this may sound really bad; but how did you get into medical school with them grades?

Hi, I heard that for GEP med, when u apply to a uni to study, and after uve gotten the offer, ur placed somewhere else to actually do the degree... is this tru?

Wud be grateful if yew could help Thanks

Several GEPs do not take GCSEs and A levels into account, they only ask for a 2:1 in your degree. GEPs which do this are:
- Imperial
- Kings
- Keele
- Leicester
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- St Georges
- Swansea
- Warwick

I had CDE at A level as well and got 2 GEP offers and a 5 year offer.



I can't speak for all unis but generally no, you won't be away from the uni, where on earth did you hear that?
GEP med students usually live in standard uni accommodation and are taught at the medical school where the 5 years are taught.

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I kind of like that I got in with such 'bad' credentials Scraping the barrel ftw!

Jest aside, this may give 'lesser' applicants that are technically weaker on paper some hope.

Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: Negative

GCSEs: A*|AAAAAa|BB|C [business|dual science,geography,history,english literature,RS|english language,maths|french]
AS Grades: ABBC [biology,chemistry,psychology,physics]
A2 Prediction/Results: AABc (predictions)
UKCAT: Avg. 537.5

Work Experience/Volunteering: Three, one week placements with a nice mixture of departments/volunteered at a youth club for about 4-5 months
Extra Curricular: Football, cricket, snooker and fishing

Universities applied to and decisions:
Leeds - Unsuccessful [PS: 19/24, academia and referee statement: 11/22 | Total: 30/46 | Cut-off for interview: 38/46]
Keele - Interviewed - Offer (AAB)
Nottingham - Withdrawn
BSMS - Unsuccessful [academic score not competitive]