Southampton BM6 2012

Hi please can some one help me, i really want to do medicine however i didnt get the AS grades i wanted i got ACCD my predicted grades are now ABB if i resit some modules.
I have done my ukcat, how do you work out your score i think i got 560.
Please can someone give me some advice, i want to study in LONDON.
But i think i will only get into nottingham or Southampton.
What else can i do, i dont want to do bio med or anything like that .

Do you think other unis will consider my application like for example barts or st. georges?

Nope. My predictions were BBBB. Got and offer and i'm going next week

Hi everyone,

im looking to apply for BM6 at southhampton im currently in my gap year and got AAB in Chemistry, biology and applied ict respectively.. plus i have 3A*'s, 3A's and 3B's at GCSE.. however in my first year of college i only got BCC because my grandmother suffered badly with dementia, and obviously my mother stepped in to look after how whilst i had to pick up the pieces at my own home looking after my younger sisters.. hence why i couldnt concentrate properly on my college work during the first year, however i really tried hard in my second year as my grandmother got better my mum was more able to look after my younger siblings.. hence allowing me to turn it around to get AAB however do you think ill be frowned apon because i was so close to the A100 grades? even though i match 4 out of 5 of their criteria they want?

thansk for your help!

Depends why you're applying.... if it's just a grades/UKCAT thing then no. If you have other reasons and meet the criteria, yep.

What's wrong with your UKCAT? Why the sad faces? there are a few uni's who don't even use it, Southampton BM5 only use it as a cut off of the bottom 25%.

There are only 30 places on BM6, and there is an interview and more applicants per place. It's harder to get in!

its not that, ive spoken to pple on the bm6 course and i meet the criteria aswell, but im just worried that they might look down on me and think that im trying to find the easy way into medicine. and comeon my ukcat isnt that great and it would probs come in the bottom 25%

This would be a reasonable reason to apply. You've had the potential but not the circumstances to succeed. You'll not be frowned upon for having high grades because it's not really about them

in your opinion where shall i talk about the reasons why i missed out on achieving all A's for the A100.. in my personal statement or shall i get my referee to also talk about it?

I did the BM6 course too (2010/11 class). They will see you as trying to get in an easy way unless you have a reason for applying other than grades or a reason why your grades weren't high enough. You'd be surprised how rubbish some UKCAT scores are, but phone and ask what the average range is!

In your reference do you have to include why you are eligible for the course? Or do we fill that in, with the extra sheet they send?

I know that there are only 30 places for the BM6 but how many people get invited for interview?

I know that there are only 30 places for the BM6 but how many people get invited for interview? and also do they give more offers than the spaces they have (like other med uni's do) because they know that some people might not get the grades at the end?

I did the BM6 course too (2010/11 class). They will see you as trying to get in an easy way unless you have a reason for applying other than grades or a reason why your grades weren't high enough. You'd be surprised how rubbish some UKCAT scores are, but phone and ask what the average range is!

well what do you mean other reason? well i was not born in this country and took me a while to settle in,and because i meet the criterias and i love southampton ?

Just a little update. This year there were 665 applicants so around 22:1 ratio of applicants per place. This is compared to 14:1 for BM5 and 36:1 for BM4.

Lucky for some! lol

I really need to get on and finish my PS..

I emailed my referee to make sure he has a reference ready for next week so fingers crossed

I've still got one more choice left that keeps throwing me.. might just play lucky dip with my choices lol!

Good luck anyway Where did you apply- whats your academic/UKCAT profile?

Just a little update. This year there were 665 applicants so around 22:1 ratio of applicants per place. This is compared to 14:1 for BM5 and 36:1 for BM4.