King's College Medicine applicants 2014 entry

Hi,
I got BBCD, for maths and all sciences. I am applying for extended medical degree programme, is that a right decision? I am failing everything. I got a ukcat score of 440. I got an offer for biomedical science. But I want to get into foundation medicine. How likely is it?

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Reply 4821

hamza3256

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Original post by s100ia

Anyone applying for the
Extended Medical Degree Programme?

Yeah. I am, what's ur AS level grades and UKCAT score?

Reply 4822

s100ia

Original post by hamza3256

Yeah. I am, what's ur AS level grades and UKCAT score?

Cool

aabb and predicted A*AB
UKCAT was in the low 600's
What about you?

Reply 4823

hamza3256

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Original post by s100ia

Cool

aabb and predicted A*AB
UKCAT was in the low 600's
What about you?

Now I realise that there is a lot of competition. Man I got way lower than you.
I got BBCD and predicted ABB. Ukcat was 440. I am resitting some modules. I can never get into it man.

Reply 4824

s100ia

Original post by hamza3256

Now I realise that there is a lot of competition. Man I got way lower than you.
I got BBCD and predicted ABB. Ukcat was 440. I am resitting some modules. I can never get into it man.

Ohh :/
You never know! Have hope.
and if not you can always apply next year!! (take a gap year)

Reply 4825

Rida Hussaini

hey, i wanted to ask you, roughly what GCSE grades should you get to be considered for kings. I got 1 A* and 5 As and 4Bs in GCSEs, would that be considered acceptable if my A levels are really good too? (for medicine)

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Reply 4826

smilepeople

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Original post by Rida Hussaini

hey, i wanted to ask you, roughly what GCSE grades should you get to be considered for kings. I got 1 A* and 5 As and 4Bs in GCSEs, would that be considered acceptable if my A levels are really good too? (for medicine)

I think you need excellent scores for all else like if you want to compensate for your GCSE, I guess it isn't impossible but to be frank it does put you at a disadvantage

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Reply 4827

smilepeople

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When does king's college start sending out interview offers?

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Reply 4828

solarplexus

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Original post by smilepeople

When does king's college start sending out interview offers?

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mid november..

Reply 4829

Sarabelle

Hello, I have a nursing diploma and a degree as a specialist nurse. I am looking at the 4 year course, any thoughts on this at Kings.

Reply 4830

SaadMuhammad

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Hi,

I really want to apply for KCL for medicine, but my GCSE may let me down. I got 2A*, 2A, 6B and 1C.
If I get excellent AS grades, top A2 and high UKCAT, would I still be considered?

Thanks.

Reply 4831

s100ia

Original post by SaadMuhammad

Hi,

I really want to apply for KCL for medicine, but my GCSE may let me down. I got 2A*, 2A, 6B and 1C.
If I get excellent AS grades, top A2 and high UKCAT, would I still be considered?

Thanks.

Definitely

Reply 4832

SaadMuhammad

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Does that mean that King's College London do not really look at GCSE - only A-Levels?

Please help with honest opinions and only comment if you are a medical applicant yourself or a medical student.

Reply 4833

hello101

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Original post by SaadMuhammad

Does that mean that King's College London do not really look at GCSE - only A-Levels?

Please help with honest opinions and only comment if you are a medical applicant yourself or a medical student.

you have to meet the GCSEs requirement aswell( I think a minimum of grade b in English language ) so strictly speaking GCSEs are important and they do state there is some sort of sliding scale all the time.

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Reply 4834

NightStarz

Original post by SaadMuhammad

Hi,

I really want to apply for KCL for medicine, but my GCSE may let me down. I got 2A*, 2A, 6B and 1C.
If I get excellent AS grades, top A2 and high UKCAT, would I still be considered?

Thanks.

I have heard, but cannot be certain, that kings give out their interviews based on gcse grades and ukcat score. This was last year so I am not sure if it has changed. Last year a high number of gcse a* and 720+ ukcat was needed APPARENTLY. If you really want to apply to kings then definitely apply because this is based on something I read on student room when I was applying and it could be wrong. When you look overall, top AS grades is all a's which most applicants will have and the a2 predictions as long as it is about aaa (or more) should be fine to apply. High ukcat will be really impressive! But don't not apply based on what you read on student room if you really want to go to kings! (No one knows exact details. We could all be very wrong whether we are a med student or not!) Try emailing/calling the admission centre to see if they give you any more info.

Reply 4835

SaadMuhammad

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Original post by NightStarz

I have heard, but cannot be certain, that kings give out their interviews based on gcse grades and ukcat score. This was last year so I am not sure if it has changed. Last year a high number of gcse a* and 720+ ukcat was needed APPARENTLY. If you really want to apply to kings then definitely apply because this is based on something I read on student room when I was applying and it could be wrong. When you look overall, top AS grades is all a's which most applicants will have and the a2 predictions as long as it is about aaa (or more) should be fine to apply. High ukcat will be really impressive! But don't not apply based on what you read on student room if you really want to go to kings! (No one knows exact details. We could all be very wrong whether we are a med student or not!) Try emailing/calling the admission centre to see if they give you any more info.

Thanks. Don't King's College London use sliding scale where if you have better UKCAT you can compensate for your poor GCSE?

Reply 4836

NightStarz

Original post by SaadMuhammad

Thanks. Don't King's College London use sliding scale where if you have better UKCAT you can compensate for your poor GCSE?

Yep that is what I have heard. So try hard with your ukcat! good luck!

Reply 4837

AminaKubra

Hi guys,

Can someone please give me some advice on Kings' interview procedure, what questions they ask, and what they are most interested in?

Thank youuu !!!

Reply 4838

AlexOng

I am wondering will i be at a disadvantage when applying to medical school if i take biology , chemistry , mathematics and accounting?