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I was thinking bristol and barts?

Depends on whether the average goes up this year. May be a bit risky for newcastle, southampton and glasgow if the average goes up. SJT band 3 will probably be to low for edinburgh. Also remember that some med schools use the SJT band to replace an interview station, so if you can avoid those places unless your confident.

I was thinking bristol and barts?

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Mutmit287

Original post by julesaquilina

I was thinking bristol and barts?

I would say it would be good for bristol as they only use it as 10%.
For barts it would depend on your UCAS points

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aspiringmedic178

Original post by Natalierm2707

I would say it would be good for bristol as they only use it as 10%.
For barts it would depend on your UCAS points

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What about Edinburgh? What's a good score for them? I know that they want band 1 in SJT.

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Mutmit287

Original post by natalia.medicine

What about Edinburgh? What's a good score for them? I know that they want band 1 in SJT.

No, i would completely avoid as im pretty sure the UKCAT and SJT would drop you at least 3 points if not more, you would then need a completely outstanding personal statement and academic score to get an interview, its not worth the risk in my opinion considering how many amazing applicants edinburgh reject each year for silly things like this.

I would personally say to be very safe at edinburgh you would need 750 with sjt band 1. Obviously people get in with less but often they will have full academic scores.

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Charms tee

Original post by Natalierm2707

Sadly this is very much below average (sorry if this is harsh). The average is usually somewhere around 620-630. With a score of 530 you really will struggle to get an interview any medical which heavily uses the ukcat. If you have very strong academics (mostly A*s, especially in the core subjects) then you could apply to some schools which dont use the UKCAT to much.

I personally would take the BMAT if I were you to give yourself a good chance because your UKCAT is well below what most med schools have as a cut off score (cut offs are usually above 650).

Sorry about being the bearer of bad news.

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Mutmit287

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Original post by Natalierm2707

It honestly depends a lot on your other stats, your best idea is to go through each admissions document and calculate your score or see if you would meet requirements in previous years.

You know the score though, avoid newcastle, exeter, southampton, Glasgow. Be careful with kings and barts, liecester and nottingham dependant on your academics.
Also be wary of places like manchester.

Places like cardiff, liverpool, birmingham,QUB, SGUL, bristol, Uae may be a good idea if your academics and UKCAT can push you to a good pre-interview score.

If you are willing as well i would probably throw 1 BMAT choice in there.

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Mutmit287

Original post by lukemanjan

Hi,
I did the Kaplan mock last week and got 900 (35/36) in QR but just did official UKCAT mock a and got 430 (9/36) in this section. This has really worried me and i am starting to panic knowing that my UKCAT is a couple of days away!!!
HELP!!!

Dont panic, keep practising! You cant be perfect each time.

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studentsixth

Original post by natalia.medicine

What about Edinburgh? What's a good score for them? I know that they want band 1 in SJT.

Around 730+ is needed with the exception of 2014 where it was unusually high at 750+

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21957

Hey

I got a 667 average and Band 2 SJT in UKCAT.
Is this enough for an interview at Leicester, Birmingham and Barts?
My GCSEs are 8A*s, 2As and 2 Distinction*s
(Planning to do BMAT as well)

Thanks in advance

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ib_hopeful

Does situational judgement make up less of the test? Like is it weighted less? Does it contribute to the number score at all or do we just get band 1/2/3/4?

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Jammie123

Original post by 21957

Hey

I got a 667 average in UKCAT.
Is this enough for an interview at Leicester, Birmingham and Barts?
My GCSEs are 8A*s, 2As and 2 Distinction*s
(Planning to do BMAT as well)

Thanks in advance

Well done! You can find out about Birmingham by using their calculator: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/medical-school/medicine-application-score-calculator.xlsx

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Pra99

Original post by helloimastudent

gosh that is so good! how many hours of preparation have you done?

I started on July 8th and my exam is next Tuesday and probably did about 2 hours a day until last week, where I started to do about 5 hours a day. The funny thing is that even though Ive done so much preparation, I still don't feel confident and I'm still not scoring consistently. This has been the most stressful period of my life. The UKCAT is questioning my existence atm lol.

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UniAdmissions

Original post by ib_hopeful

Does situational judgement make up less of the test? Like is it weighted less? Does it contribute to the number score at all or do we just get band 1/2/3/4?

Hi ib_hopeful

The SJT (non-cognitive) is considered in a different manner to the other sections (cognitive) and doesn't contribute towards your numerical score. The scores for SJT are given to you as a band, with one being the highest.

Hope that is useful. Do let me know if you have any questions... always happy to help!

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21957

Original post by Jammie123

Well done! You can find out about Birmingham by using their calculator: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/medical-school/medicine-application-score-calculator.xlsx

Thanks. My score is 7.75 out of 9 for Birmingham. Hopefully that is enough. How did your ukcat go ?

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TianaEsther

Original post by clairebear101

That reassures me so much as i am scoring about that in mocks too :smile:

I am just worried about the VR as everyone is struggling, and i already struggle at it haha! are they ALL really long questions and statements and confusing text??

I think I had about 2-3 t/f/ct questions and the rest were comprehensive which sucked lol but tbh I wasn't focusing properly so as long as you are focused you should be good! Also try to do well in the other two sections to pull up your average score. The other two sections were beautiful this year :biggrin:

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Jammie123

Original post by 21957

Thanks. My score is 7.75 out of 9 for Birmingham. Hopefully that is enough. How did your ukcat go ?

That's a good score, well done again. I haven't got mine until the 10th September. I am regretting doing it so late now, eugh. Ah well, hopefully, it will be okay. :smile:

I am looking to apply to Birmingham and Barts as well! :smile:

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TianaEsther

Original post by Natalierm2707

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Hey! You seem to know a lot about this stuff, could you help me please? I got an average of 686 and band 3, do you think I could get into Southampton? If not which Uni's would you recommend? Thanks :smile:

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21957

Original post by Jammie123

That's a good score, well done again. I haven't got mine until the 10th September. I am regretting doing it so late now, eugh. Ah well, hopefully, it will be okay. :smile:

I am looking to apply to Birmingham and Barts as well! :smile:

Thank you!
Ah ok... I'm sure you'll do great.
What did you get at GCSEs, if you don't mind me asking?

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Mutmit287

Original post by 21957

Nobody could tell you whether it will be enough yet as the UKCAT averages change year on year.
You can actually calculate your score for each of these medical schools on their websites so go away and do that, the previous years cutoffs are available so you can compare your score.

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