Medicine 2012...(hopeful entrants) !!

Then an agonising wait to see if we've been offered an interview... then an agonising wait to see if we've been offered a place... then an agonising wait to see if we've gotten the grades! D; Applying to medicine is such a horrible process

This is the point where you envy people applying to easy courses....but it'll pay off in the future once we've started our jobs

OHH THE AGONY!!! D:

Does anybody know of or have somewhere or has seen somewhere online a definitive list of the UKCAT weightings at different unis? I found some info, e.g. at Aberdeen it's only 8% of your application and Leeds only use it for borderline decisions... but I'd like to compare all the unis at once
thanks!

If you pm me the unis you know, then I'll do the ones I know. Then I'll ask for knowledge of the unis that other people know, and produce a table.

So far I know;

Leeds - optional mark available if you attain 2800, and are one below the interview criteria

Leicester - graded out of 30, 3000+ is 30, 2900 is 29, 2100+ is 21, etc. Combined with academics (also out of 30) as initial filtering to remove the bottom end of candidates

Sheffield - cut off, 717.5 average last year. Changes every year but usually around that mark.

Barts have a cut off, don't know what but apparently it was much lower than usual this year

Kings combine it with GCSE grades

Kings combine the UKCAT score with GCSE grades?
Also started your PS yet?

If you pm me the unis you know, then I'll do the ones I know. Then I'll ask for knowledge of the unis that other people know, and produce a table.

So far I know;

Leeds - optional mark available if you attain 2800, and are one below the interview criteria

Leicester - graded out of 30, 3000+ is 30, 2900 is 29, 2100+ is 21, etc. Combined with academics (also out of 30) as initial filtering to remove the bottom end of candidates

Sheffield - cut off, 717.5 average last year. Changes every year but usually around that mark.

Barts have a cut off, don't know what but apparently it was much lower than usual this year

Kings combine it with GCSE grades

Yes, apparently. Great grades can supposedly make up for an average UKCAT, or vice versa. I'm not applying to Kings so I haven't checked it out, so I don't know for sure, but I've read this in passing.

And no, but I've got two weeks to get a draft ahaha.

When you say academics, are yooh saying they focus a lot on GCSE ? Please say no

So if you have great grades and a great UKCAT then you got a good chance?

And loool similar situation here

Download the UKCAT and BMAT uncovered for free.

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I don't know in all honesty, I don't know how much emphasis they put on it etc.

How much have you done?

Status update:

Verbal reasoning: I can get 75-80% of the questions right
Quantitative reasoning: Just need to speed up a little
Decision analysis: Get majority correct
Abstract reasoning: complete fail

Status update:

Verbal reasoning: I can get 75-80% of the questions right
Quantitative reasoning: Just need to speed up a little
Decision analysis: Get majority correct
Abstract reasoning: complete fail

Then you're all set

No, they don't focus a lot. Academics is solely GCSEs, yes, the head of admissions said they don't consider AS results.

That is just part of initial filtering, to remove the bottom few candidates. If your UKCAT makes up for modest grades, then you are likely to get past that stage.

i'm stuck in my decision for uni.
sometimes i will decide yes i can do medicine...and other times i feel it will be too hard and the chance of me enjoying it would not be very high.
I am not as interested in the health and disease side of biology. I prefer the biochem side and using science in a different way other that human biology (dont get me wrong though, the idea of saving someones life is amazing)

What do you think i should do.
what other jobs could i go into after a biochemistry/biology degree baring in mind i would like a nice salary as anyone would.....?

How is everybody doing with their personal statement?