I have been offering advice about med school admission for coming up 8 years now.
I am a GP, Associate Lecturer and involved in med school admissions.
I personally wouldn't apply to Cardiff if you paid me, and have my medical degree, but have had personal experience with MANY people who have
I was meaning you as the person who knows about Cardiff admissions, based on your statement "
please do take the information on here with a pinch of salt unless it has come from people from Cardiff uni such as myself".
I have never claimed any links to Cardiff, or any other med school.
Lots of people will be interviewed with <27, but in recent years, they will have had contextual flags. As I have said on multiple threads, most Welsh state schools are considered contextual, I believe. It is disingenuous to suggest that all applicants are likely to be considered with <27.
I just want to see accurate, up to date information shared so people can make informed choices. Cardiff senior admissions teams used to talk to me, but have decided they don't want to give info to anybody, any more. You have claimed your information is somehow more accurate than mine and others, as you are at Cardiff, so please share the information you have, so people can objectively assess it, rather than offering meaningless advice that nobody should be "put off applying".
But you haven't answered my questions?
1) What inaccurate information has been posted?
2) You are saying past cut offs have ZERO impact on the score likely to be needed this year? What are you basing that on?
3) So you think it is fine to apply with 18 points? Or 21? What do you think might be a competitive number this year?
4) There were almost twice as many A* equivalent GCSEs awarded in 2020 compared to 2019. On what planet do you think that is going to lead to lower admissions scores for places that use GCSEs to shortlist??
5) Is the information given "
vague" or do you stand by "
I would always encourage you to get official responses from the medical school too they have a fantastic admissions team happy to help".As I say, it is great that you are enjoying Cardiff med school and want others to be able to experience what they offer, but encouraging people to waste a choice at a place they have no chance of being shortlisted is not in their best interests. If you have insider Cardiff info, share it for everybody to evaluate.
If I have said something factually incorrect, please point me to the relevant info, as I am happy to learn, and want to be able to offer people the best advice to increase their chances of a place at med school.