Leicester Medical Applicants 2014

Had an interview this year and the equivalent score based on 2015 criteria would have been 62; presumably things will, as usual, get tougher this year (it seems to get harder each year) so I would guess 64 to be confident..?

Congrats!

Apparently Leicester start clinical stuff pretty early on, so a steth would be useful, though not essential immediately. Frankly, if your dad wants to buy you one, let him - they're not cheap! All you need is a Littmann Classic SE II, do not get coerced into buying a fancy cardiology thing and definitely do not get "doctor [name]" engraved on it...

Nice, thanks! Haha, won't be a doctor for at least another 5 years so definitely won't do that! Will get my name on it though so no one pinches it.


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Wise idea... Now, the big difficult question: what colour?

Hey, I have 8A*'s at GCSE, UKCAT 3040 and AAABB at AS level. Will this be a competitive score with the new scoring system? It's annoying they've changed the system, I would of got 30 last year :-(

Hi,

I'm a re applicant with achieved AAA and 9A* 5A's at GCSE. Considering the new scoring system, does Leicester give an advantage to those with already achieved A levels. If so, I was wondering what people thought a competitive UKCAT score would be as I have mine next week Thanks

Hi there! Successful 2014 reapplicant here.

I would say the new scoring system does give an reapplicant a slight advantage compared to last year's system. What would your score be for the academic section?

With regards to the UKCAT, the average score is somewhere in the mid-sixhundereds. As a personal rule of thumb, I say anything over 670 is a good score. But with Leicester, because the UKCAT is scored, it is applicants with monstrous scores who apply.

Hope this helps

P.S. Best of luck for the UKCAT as well.

I would say 750+ scores are in the 'monstrous' class. But anything over 700, in my opinion, is very strong as a score. I reckon that the applicants to UKCAT heavy uni's generally would have a a score of 700+.

Cheers, you mentioned you were a reapplicant, if you don't mind me asking, what did you do to improve your application before you applied as it's only a month or so between results and start of the new application cycle

I would get full points in academics
Just worried about my ukcat score which is 690
Is that enough to apply with the new system?

average has gone down though from last year http://www.ukcat.ac.uk/App_Media/uploads/pdf/2014%20Preliminary%20Mean%20Scores%20140814.pdf

ALL IMO - If I was you, I'd apply to med schools that DO NOT band the UKCAT score.

Whilst 690 is repectable, its at the top side of a UKCAT band for Leicester. Its not a lost cause but this year, I think 700+ is cutoff borderline, with 750+ giving a good chance of an interview (with full academics).

Consider this.....
- 25,000 take the UKCAT each year
- Using Leicester's scoring, you get the same UKCAT points as someone who got 650 UKCAT. This year, thats the 5th decile (the top 50% of applicants got that score)
- If you had got 10 points more, you would have been midway in the 8th decile (the Top 25% of applicants)

However, the good thing about UKCAT, is that you can verify where you really are before you apply to Uni. This is because all UKCAT decile results come out a week or so before the application deadlines.