Barts and The London medicine applicants 2014

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For school-leavers/gap year students, you must be predicted to achieve a UCAS Tariff of at least 460. We expect you to take all exams for which we have been given a predicted result.

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We are not able to give you advice on the minimum score we require, since it varies from year to year; however, it is unlikely that you would be offered an interview if you obtained a UCAS Tariff of less than 460, although there is no guarantee you will be offered an interview if you score above this.

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UCAS Tariff is not relevant for graduates who apply for either the 5 year or 4 year programme.

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We wish to avoid unfair discrimination on criteria beyond an applicant's control. An example of such a case might be if a candidate’s school or college does not allow him/her to sit a range of examinations broad enough to permit him/her to achieve the UCAS Tariff needed to gain an interview (as outlined in this first two bullet points of this section). Accordingly, we have reserved up to 25 places in which such applicants will be considered independently of their UCAS Tariff i.e. only the UKCAT score and other information on the overall application will be used to determine who will be offered an interview. (The minimum academic criteria will still apply.) To be considered for this scheme, the head of the institution from which the candidate is applying must write to the Senior Tutor for Admissions by 15th October of the year preceding proposed entry (e.g. 15.10.12 for 2013 admission) ([email protected]), explaining that their institution’s policies or facilities mean that their candidates cannot take more than 3 A levels and a fourth AS level and therefore are disadvantaged from competing with candidates from other institutions in terms of achieving comparable UCAS Tariff scores. The justification must relate to the institution and not the individual candidate’s ability and there are no restrictions on type of institution. These applicants will then be considered separately and in competition with each other.

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Where a candidate has a higher tariff score but their Institution falls into this category, they are welcome to apply under this scheme and put themselves in competition with other applicants, based on UKCAT score and other information on the overall application.