Graduate Entry Medicine: 2016 Entry

Hi all. What is considered a competitive score in the UKCAT? I know it varies between unis but are there any benchmarks for what will be required for 2016 entry?

There will be cutoff scores, but universities can't set them until everyone has taken the UKCAT and they know how everyone did.

Last year the cutoffs were around;

Warwick - 710ish but with extra weight on VR section.

Newcastle and Kings 725ish.

These are just off the top of my head, I could be slightly off but it gives you an idea of what a good score is.


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I'd forgotten how much I disliked the UCAS form.

Whilst filling it out I noticed that you can select 2016 entry or defer until 2017. I didn't know this was possible with Medicine?

Thanks Liam. I'm assuming those cutoffs are for graduate entry and not undergrad entry? From what I understand the grad cutoffs are much higher than for undergrads?

I'd forgotten how much I disliked the UCAS form.

Whilst filling it out I noticed that you can select 2016 entry or defer until 2017. I didn't know this was possible with Medicine?

Will anybody else be applying for both undergraduate and graduate course entry? Does anybody know if the undergraduate course A-Level reuqirments change if holding a degree? Liverpool are asking for 3 As of which I only have 2 and a B.

Will anybody else be applying for both undergraduate and graduate course entry? Does anybody know if the undergraduate course A-Level reuqirments change if holding a degree? Liverpool are asking for 3 As of which I only have 2 and a B.

I think I've decided I'm going to sit the GAMSAT instead of chemistry/bio A level. I didn't realise how expensive doing the A level was so the GAMSAT seems cheap compared to it!

I'm going to change my UKCAT from start of August to start of July so that I can revise more.

Is this enough time to revise? I really didn't want to sit this but I would rather do it to open up choices for me!




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I think you should do it. I'm just starting GAMSAT revision too (alongside UKCAT revision). I decided not to go down the A-Level route for the same reasons.

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I'm reading the 600 UKCAT book, in particular the 'Decision Analysis' section and my Philosophy degree is finally coming in handy here! It's very similar to symbolic logic (if anyone else ever had the misfortune of studying that!).

Hey, I'm not sure if this has already been covered but I haven't read through all of the posts on this thread... Does anyone know the round about UKCAT score that people should be aiming for when applying to GEM? I'm aware that it's higher than for undergraduate courses and obviously changes year to year depending on national performance. I have never sat the test before and so I am not quite sure what is a good result...
Thanks!

What prep are people doing for UKCAT then?

Does anyone know where to find the number of places per university? I can't find it....