Hi Tom,
OK, let's go through these questions...
Your
PARTNERS application won't be processed until your UCAS application has been submitted, and you need to put your UCAS ID on the the PARTNERS form. So do UCAS first
The Uni will contact your teacher who will then verify your application, add any further info about extenuating circumstances etc. If your teacher hasn't acted as a contact for a PARTNERS application before, they'll need to e-mail
[email protected] so that the team have their details.
Yeah, you will still need to stick to the October deadline as a PARTNERS applicant. You should be told if you've been provisionally accepted with a few weeks, but then the usual Medical School application process applies. Being provisionally accepted doesn't guarantee that you will receive an offer for Medicine. If your UKCAT is high enough then you will be invited for an interview, and then the Medical School aims to have all offers and rejections processed by 31 March.
This is at the Medical School's discretion - in some years the UKCAT cutoff for PARTNERS applicants has been lower, but in some years it's been the same for all applicants. The thresholds aren't decided until after you've sat the UKCAT, so I'm afraid I can't give any advice on that front!
To get a place on PARTNERS you need to fulfill at least one of the
eligibility criteria. If you're accepted onto the scheme then you need to firm the PARTNERS offer and fulfill all conditions of the offer (which includes attending the
PARTNERS Summer School and passing the assessments/final project).
I don't any details on the percentage of applicants who are accepted, but I can ask the scheme if there are any stats that they can pass on?
Hope that helps!
Persephone