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I am relatively lucky as i have my UKCAT three weeks tomorrow which means i have plenty of time to practice, but I'm really struggling with QR in the how to master UKCAT book :/ The AR is absolutely ridiculous in there too! I'm so nervous!

Reply 6901

Loulibelle

Original post by colabottles

Kings apparently operate on a sliding scale - the higher your UKCAT, the lower your GCSEs need to be and nice versa. So if someone applied with like 14A*s, I'm guessing their UKCAT of 570 would be overridden. So if you have really good GCSEs, you're probably in with a chance :smile:

Really? How bizarre... I might email them to ask. I have 6A*s and 4As, so nothing special. UKCAT of 645, bit pants. Maybe I'll give King's a miss!

Reply 6902

colabottles

Original post by Loulibelle

Really? How bizarre... I might email them to ask. I have 6A*s and 4As, so nothing special. UKCAT of 645, bit pants. Maybe I'll give King's a miss!

Don't rule it out just yet, your UKCAT is okay and your GCSEs are good, you may have a chance to be honest! I'd email them and ask if I were you :smile:

Reply 6903

loz876

Original post by Ariadne xox

Well I was told by my school that they HAVE to show AS level grades now?
I guess it's a retake you mean so I'm not sure! Ask your school. I guess as long as your reference for chemistry is strong and the school fully believe you can get the A, it should be fine :h:

Hmm, I read that if you were resitting any part you put it as pending...
And the ISA isn't exactly a retake as I can do it at any time in the year and it'll be moderated within a coupla weeks... the module I was talking about resitting is separate to the ISA, sorry if I wasn't clear! :tongue:

Reply 6904

Average_Girl

Original post by loz876

Oh okay

Well I'd just ask your school. If it is the ISA you're doing again, then hopefully it will be okay :smile:

Reply 6905

Dean54

Hey guys

I got 11A* 1A at GCSE
5As at AS - Biology, chemistry, physics, maths, and psychology.
643 average for UKCAT

The uni's i'm applying to that use it are King's, Dundee, and QUB.

Is my UKCAT too low, am I wasting my time?
Please advice me of suitable places to apply

Thanks a lot,
Dean Ox

Reply 6906

dej_unit

I got a shocking UKCAT score of 565, reckon any ukcat unis will look at me apart from liverpool and bristol? I got 8 A* and 4 A's at AS

Reply 6907

Dean54

Original post by dej_unit

I got a shocking UKCAT score of 565, reckon any ukcat unis will look at me apart from liverpool and bristol? I got 8 A* and 4 A's at AS

Do Liverpool not value UKCAT much, and is this John Moore's? BTW Congrats, great results! :biggrin:

Reply 6908

Vulpes

Original post by dej_unit

I got a shocking UKCAT score of 565, reckon any ukcat unis will look at me apart from liverpool and bristol? I got 8 A* and 4 A's at AS

Leeds and Leicester put less emphasis on the UKCAT. You might want to consider applying to those universities too.

Reply 6909

Normandy114

Original post by Vulpes

Leeds and Leicester put less emphasis on the UKCAT. You might want to consider applying to those universities too.

Leicester gives equal weighting to UKCAT, GCSEs and PS in a three-way split, each part is worth 30 points in interview selection scoring. I'd say a safer bet for someone with a lower UKCAT would be Keele.

Reply 6910

Manii93

Hi everyone, just wondering if I stand a decent chance at my proposed unis based on my academic record...

GCSEs: 4A*, 7A, 1B (early citizenship)

AS results: Maths (A), Biology (high B), Chemistry (B), History (B - will remark it though because I was 1 UMS off an A)

Possible A2 predictions: Maths (A*), Biology (A), Chemistry (A)

UKCAT: 652.5

Proposed Unis: Imperial, King's, UCL, Barts/St George's

Thanks in advance :smile:

Reply 6911

Average_Girl

Do UCL look closely at UMS of AS grades? :beard:

Reply 6912

Sailingslipelick

Original post by Ariadne xox

Do UCL look closely at UMS of AS grades? :beard:

Nope, Ums is only necessary for Cambridge.

Reply 6913

ll94

Hi I just did my UKCAT today and was a bit disappointed with my results. Average - 602.5

I'm thinking of applying to BSMS, Bristol, Nottingham and Southampton 6 Year.

I got 4A*, 8A at GCSE.

ABBC at AS Level, should hopefully be A*AA predictions.

Can anyone tell me if these are wise choices? thanks :smile:

Reply 6914

Average_Girl

Original post by Sailingslipelick

Nope, Ums is only necessary for Cambridge.

That's good then :colone:

Thanks

Reply 6915

Erotas

It says on sheffields website that applicants should have a ukcat in the range of 2800. I have 2870 - will I be risking it because this was the exact cut-off last year or do you guys reckon they'll lower it? Thanks.

Reply 6916

dej_unit

Original post by Vulpes

Leeds and Leicester put less emphasis on the UKCAT. You might want to consider applying to those universities too.

And yeah, i was thinking about leeds, not sure about leicester though because they do the 30-point scale thingy. its a tough one

Reply 6917

dej_unit

Original post by Dean54

Do Liverpool not value UKCAT much, and is this John Moore's? BTW Congrats, great results! :biggrin:

Thanks

and yeah, bristol and liverpool don't care about the UKCAT which is good for me. And no its University of Liverpool!

Reply 6918

sophyy

Original post by Loulibelle

Hello!

I really REALLY wanted to apply to King's but got a UKCAT score of 645 :frown:

I wonder if you could help me out here... the website says they take the top X of UKCAT score BUT they also say they took applicants with UKCAT scores as low as 570... so, I 'm not sure what's going on there!!

I agree with 6A* and 645 - you should get an interview. I wouldn't let it stop you applying to Kings if you want to - and I don't think it's bad choice at all!

Reply 6919

sophyy

Original post by Dean54

Hey guys

Kings use a sliding scale of UKCAT with GCSEs - so as your GCSEs are exceptional I think you have a good chance with Kings.
QUB seem to be mainly about GCSEs - so I think your safe
I'm not sure about Dundee admissions sorry