Leeds Medicine A100 - 2020 Entry

Ohhh I see. I have completed A levels and obtained A*AA and GCSEs are 2 A*s, 6 As and one 5. You mentioned as levels getting 27 points but they didn’t exist during my year of study so does that mean as I’ve done my a levels I get 27 points and would I get in?

any international applicants applying to Leeds?

I got 8 9s (A*) in my GCSEs and 2 7s (A’s) and A*AA predictions and I want to apply to Leeds. How well would I have to do in my BMAT to secure an interview?
I’m also looking at Kent and Medway, Cardiff/ Queens University Belfast and Brighton and Sussex. Would you say B&S is more or less competitive than Leeds? Do they require a higher BMAT?

What subjects were the 7s?

Maths and French

I get my score to 34 before I take the bmat I should meet A2l does that score seem okay ?It appears that they have interviewed A2L from a score of 31 in 2018 but unsure I have interpreted the data correctly

Hi, a little confused on scoring and cut offs. I have 6A* 2A 1B A*-HPQ. I am yet to do BMAT. Predicted A*AA. What score will I have and do I stand a chance.

I got 8A* 1A 1B (english lang) 3A* prediction and 4.7/4.9/3A for bmat. Does anyone know what band ill get with my bmat?

What was the A for? Last year 5,5,3A was 5/5 for BMAT so it will be either 4 or 5 points. The BMAT score threshold move around.

The A is in arabic. So my total will be around 37/38 depending on the bmat threshold. Do you think the cut off of 37 from last year will decrease or increase because of factors like the new reformed gcses?

Could someone give me an idea whether I'd get an interview offer with these stats and what i would need to get on the BMAT.
9 A*s at GCSE and A*A*A prediction and I'm also eligible for A2L.

There is a question! I don't think it will decrease - it will be either 37 or 38 so you are right on the cusp!

It can't be more than 38 as there are 2,500 applicants and 1,000 interviewed so unless every one of the 1,000 had full academic points, some of them must have 38 points. It may go from 37 to 38 as there are more 8/9 grades around than there were A* grades.

You have a good chance, but you can't be 100% sure of an interview.

I'm just out of luck then I guess. Also do they score your personal statement after reviewing your academics? There isnt really a clear answer anywhere.

As Leeds are not exactly transparent about their shortlisting, here is a summary for A level applicants.

Applications are scored out of 40, with 27 points for GCSEs/AS levels, 8 points for A levels and 5 points for BMAT. They are a bit vague about what they do with the PS, but it is not included in the points system.

The GCSE points are calculated for your 9 best including maths, english and science. 3 points for A*/9/8, 2 points for A/7, 1 point for B/6. They have confirmed this is unchanged for 2020 entry.
If you have done AS levels and have AAA, they give you the full 27 for that instead of the GCSE points.

You get 8 points for AAA A levels achieved/predicted.

The BMAT scores of all applicants are converted to a single score. I don't think anybody managed to work out quite how they convert it, but they say that sections 1 and 2 have double the weighting of section 3. I was told by Admissions that they do not use the letter in the score, but others got different responses. For 2019 5,5,3A got 5 points, so the threshold for top BMAT band was no higher than that and was probably a little lower.

For 2019 entry, regular (non-A2L) applicants needed 37 points - so 6A*s, 3As at GCSE, AAA at A level, top band BMAT was just enough for an interview. There will be more people with a high number of 8/9s this year as some of the old As would have been 8s, so there is a risk that people will need 38 points this year.