Southampton Medicine Entry 2019

Yo,

my predicted= A*AA
UKCAT score= 2470, band 3 - crap ik haha

I'm confused, a tutor told me the lowest they interviewed was 2500 last year. However, I saw meddad's FOI request and they quoted him 645 avg, which is 2580. With avg UKCAT scores, 55 points lower than last year, that makes this years 'cutoff' =2525. 55 points off my score.

Do you think this tutor was quoting a score with contextual data??? or have I just wasted an application

I can give you 2016 cycle data

Each group applying to BM5 is considered separately. Find the group you belong to to find your stats:

School Leavers (A levels)
No. of places: 126
No. of applicants: 636
Lowest UKCAT interviewed: 2560 (total)
No. of interviews: 432
No. of offers: 250
Applicants per offer: 2.5

Graduates applying to the 5 year course
No. of places: 20
No. of applicants: 363
Lowest UKCAT interviewed: 2770 (total)
No. of interviews: 48
No. of offers: 20
Applicants per offer: 18

Mature non-graduates
No. of places: 5
No. of applicants: 40
Lowest UKCAT interviewed: 2400 (total)
No. of interviews: 24
No. of offers: 14
Applicants per offer: 3

Overseas applicants
No. of places: 12
No. of applicants: 153
Lowest UKCAT interviewed: 2120 (total)
No. of interviews: 72
No. of offers: 19
Applicants per offer: 8

Hi Ganfyd, first of all thank you for posting this and everything else that you've posted on TSR - it's been helpful to newbies like myself! Second, is there any data for overseas graduate applicants specifically? I can't seem to find anything online for southampton

Southampton have declared in a FOI request that the lowest score for a standard applicant last year was 645, so not sure where your tutor got his info from. I doubt Southampton are giving erroneous information as the regulators would seriously frown on this.

It is not as simple as just reducing all scores by the "average" drop this year. It is probably more use to look at where 645 (2580) fell in the deciles last year, and the answer is almost at the top of the 6th decile. Looking at this year's deciles, a similar score would be around 2530-2540 or 632.5-635.
That does not mean this year's cut off will not be higher, or lower, than last, all I am showing you is roughly what the equivalent score is to last year.

Did everyone else get the Southampton thank you card lmao?

Did everyone else get the Southampton thank you card lmao?

Yes! I felt so appreciated haha

Yes- waste of money!

Did everyone else get the Southampton thank you card lmao?

I mean personally I see it as good customer service, we’re essentially they’re potential customers and they’re trying to please us. Makes sense since we’ll be paying 9k a year to study there.They got more than they put out so it’s a win win.

Was it in the post for you? That's quite cute of them.

I know what you’re saying but mine went from the letterbox to recycle bin within about 20 steps - so waste of money!

Any other applicants to A101?

Yes me! I'm just hoping I manage to get an interview!