King's College Medicine applicants 2014 entry

still no interview: 10A* GCSE + A FSMQ, UKCATSEN 725...what is happening? tbf I would have thought I would be given an interview at least already. I submitted it mid october...

I have mine in a few hours, I'm pretty nervous just waiting near guy's hospital.

Jus to quote a legend aka Leona Lewis ' keep keep breathing ' ..... Lol lol lol
Best of luck .....,



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I have mine in a few hours, I'm pretty nervous just waiting near guy's hospital.

l also have not received the interview invitation yet. May I know what are your A level grades.

How'd it go?

I got the same UKCAT and GCSEs and they rejected me a while back pre-interview, despite all my work experience, volunteering and A-level grades! The only feedback given was that my UKCAT was too low which is utter rubbish as many people with lower UKCAT scores than me have got interviews...

Their process seems dodgy and corrupt so best of luck! XD

you sure? as after all, I think UKCAT is a **** indicator of ability.

I completely disagree mate! It is a really good way to separate good from bad applicants! For this year I think that 725 is quite a low score!


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I got what is considered a 'good' score, and I also think it's a load of ball locks. Seriously, abstract reasoning? It's scarcely applicable to anything vocational. Alongside that, people getting extra time for medicine entry tests.. seriously.. will they get extra time when someone's bleeding out on the operating table?


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what is this years cutoff then for a100 uk? 725 too low?? but will that be compensated with 10A* 1A GCSEs and AAAAA at as etc..???

Tbh if the UKCAT average keeps rising to they will have to change it's format or it will just be discarded. already unis like Leeds and BSMS are moving to the BMAT next year, personally I think it's a far better exam, yes it was written by Satan's mother when she had severe PMT but it's a lot fairer than the UKCAT and would certainly reduce the number of applicants simply through fear....


Just a thought


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Ok I mite be a hipocrite especially after what I said above... It as u say the bmat being very hard ...
Also there are cases where certain people are given advantage because they are taught in how to master it ... ( same applies to Ukcat really ) the idea which unis have of assessing potential is a Nobel one but it hard to do that .... But I would rather have that especially after a level ( as a grad I can see that's less relevant to an extend ... Hence gamsat is becoming more popular which is 7 hours if I am not mistaken!!)
But there are so many things which affect ur current ability such as socio economic status, culture etc..... But the premise is these in an ideal world don't affect potential as much ( flawed reasoning probably but can sort of see what that means)
As medicine is about choosing people with most potential...... How in the world do u assess that .... Back in the day it used to reference and a good ps but then that usually introduces the element of some sort of corruption or many be the privileged getting all the right refereneçs etc... ( NOT SAYING THAT WAS THE CASE just pointing out hypothetically that was a possibility and a real one )
So Ukcat in those things does well, cheap exam,
Not a lot of scientific content so u can't 'coach '
But it has it's negatives ....
I am not paid by unis to device their entrance exams ... SO it's not my problem it's theirs ... ( maybe they can pay me and then I can think as this problem requires a full time commitment )
So yea it's a difficult topic ....... Hard to assess its validity in a way ...
Anyway like I said who cares about what I say on this matter ...


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So from your last sentence, you admit dealing with the time pressure in the UKCAT can be translated into real life situations.