Graduate Entry Medicine: 2016 Entry

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UCAS isn't £60

Hey guys,

Looking for a bit of advice with my application. I'm currently a Microbiology student with a predicted 1st looking to apply for GEM Medicine. Here are my stats:

A level: AAB (Biology, History & Chemistry), A in AS Psychology and A* in Extended Project (which means FA haha)
GCSE: 6A*'s 4A's
UKCAT: 690 average with 740 in Verbal and 760 in Quantitative.
Work Experience: 1 week shadowing a pre-surgical unit and a 2 week General Medicine placement I did 2 years ago. I've also been a volunteer for a confidential helpline for 1 & a half years.

I know my UKCAT is low so am I right in thinking I should just apply to Southampton & Warwick for GEM? As average cut off for Kings/Newcastle is like 750+

Any help would be much appreciated x

Yeah you might be alright for Southampton/Warwick but Kings/Newcastle are usually a bit higher. Have you looked at non-UKCAT unis such as bristol or cambridge? Are you sitting the GAMSAT?

Hello, could someone help me please

I am applying for graduate entry medicine and sat my UKCAT today;

I got a terrible score of
Verbal reasoining: 470
Quantative: 660
Abstract: 840
Decision Analysis: 630
Situational Judgement: Band 2
my average is therefore 650

Are there any universities that I can apply to with a score like this?

I was aiming for Kings and Queen Mary's

I am also very confused with the UKCAT, in the practise I was struggling with quantative but it became my second highest and verbal reasoning I was scoring better at. Even when doing the exam, though I ran out of time, I thought I did relatively well, well enough to be scoring 600 at least, so you can imagine my surprise that I achieved only a 470. So is anyone aware of how things can turn so badly in the exam?

Can you sit the gamsat and don't apply for that years' cycle instead apply for the next cycle?


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Yep, it's valid for 2 years.

I didn't say it was...!?

Go for it. 60 squids for ucas and 80 for ukcat. May change your life if you get in. If not, then that's some good rejection experience (in a serious way).

I'm confused so what does that mean?

Windnamer27 said it was £60, not me. You even quoted him in your post. For clarity's sake, UCAS costs £23, not £60. Hope that clears this up.

Apologies, I was looking at your 'squid' explanation post.

Hey guys,

Looking for a bit of advice with my application. I'm currently a Microbiology student with a predicted 1st looking to apply for GEM Medicine. Here are my stats:

A level: AAB (Biology, History & Chemistry), A in AS Psychology and A* in Extended Project (which means FA haha)
GCSE: 6A*'s 4A's
UKCAT: 690 average with 740 in Verbal and 760 in Quantitative.
Work Experience: 1 week shadowing a pre-surgical unit and a 2 week General Medicine placement I did 2 years ago. I've also been a volunteer for a confidential helpline for 1 & a half years.

I know my UKCAT is low so am I right in thinking I should just apply to Southampton & Warwick for GEM? As average cut off for Kings/Newcastle is like 750+

Any help would be much appreciated x

Hi! I did my UKCAT today and scored 740 average (2960). I was planning to apply to Barts, Kings, Newcastle and Edinburgh (5yr).

I'm really pleased with my score but I'm a little worried that it's a bit too close to the thresholds for Barts, Kings and Newcastle. Although I know the scores went down for 2015 entry, for 2014 entry my scores would have been below the minimum for Barts and Newcastle and I'm slightly worried that the averages could go up again and leave me just outside the interview cutoff. I think if I scored over 750 I would be a lot more confident but oh well! Is it wise to apply to 3 high-UKCAT universities or should I balance it with one or two others? Or should I just go for it?

southampton and newcastle do not.