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University of Southampton A100 (BM5) 2022 Entry

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I really wanted to apply to St Georges but the UCAT cutoff was 2620 last year so I felt it was too risky.

I've not calculated my score for Leicester because you're guaranteed an interview if you have achieved grades and if your UCAT score is in the top 5 deciles.

Oh wow I didn’t know that thank you for that information!! I will consider looking at Leicester now!

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medguy12

Original post by rke7241

Hi, I have currently shortlisted Liverpool, ARU, Leicester and Aston/Edge Hill. I’m guaranteed an interview at Leicester with my achieved grades and ucat. I’m undecided between Aston and Edge Hill. Where have you thought about applying?

It is dependent on your points for Aston as the cut off was supposedly 29

Reply 62

potatoslices

Does anyone know the UCAT cut-off score for international applicants for 2021 entry?

Reply 63

barksdale_

Original post by Charlotte22722

The minimum UCAT cutoff changes each year, depending on the scores of people that apply. They invite the highest UCAT scorers to interview first, then work their way down until all the slots are filled. It usually stays within a similar range, so if you’re above last years score you stand a good chance of getting an interview. If you’re very close to/ a bit below previous cutoff it would obviously be a bit of a risk. Hope that helps!

Do you know the last years stats? I got 2590 BAND 1 this year.

Reply 64

GANFYD

Original post by barksdale_

Do you know the last years stats? I got 2590 BAND 1 this year.

2680

Reply 65

barksdale_

Original post by GANFYD

2680

Damn that's no good. Thanks a lot again GANFYD

Reply 66

becausethenight

Original post by potatoslices

Does anyone know the UCAT cut-off score for international applicants for 2021 entry?

No, but they seem to be very open about the home one so may well just tell you if you ask?

Reply 67

username5378434

Original post by rke7241

Beware of Edge Hill...they have an extremely small intake (15 for the 5 year course) - they give about 40 offers give or take, and the interview to offer ratio is bad.
Only consider it if you have run out of other possible options, but even schools like Kent and Keele (who still have small intakes) have a larger intake then EHU.
I'm speaking from experience - I got rejected from edge hill last year, my interview went well but they could only offer a very small number of places so they put me on the reserve list.
I would say Aston is probably a safer choice than edge hill, particularly as you have achieved grades (which they score) so that boosts your pre-interview score. :smile:

Reply 68

mike23mike

Original post by GANFYD

This is discussed in the post literally just above yours.
If you are interested in a med school, read their website (and click on every link), read last year and this year's threads on here and if you still have quesions, please do ask, but independent research and self-directed learning are key for a successful medical student

wow, he just got burned!

Reply 69

macromed

i'm an international grad with an achieved first in biomedical science and a score of 2800 b1. will this be enough for BM5? I read the cutoff last year was 2680. does this include grads?

Reply 70

Kurdd

How do Southampton allocate offers?

I read somewhere that it is a mixture of UCAT score and Interview score but I cannot find any proof of this?

Reply 71

username5813655

Original post by Kurdd

How do Southampton allocate offers?

I read somewhere that it is a mixture of UCAT score and Interview score but I cannot find any proof of this?

A bit old, but:
https://cdn.southampton.ac.uk/assets/imported/transforms/content-block/UsefulDownloads_Download/FBAA687A59C349A69C11DA1E1A7D8342/2020%20Selection%20Procedure%20and%20Policy%20for%20the%20Faculty%20of%20Medicine.pdf

Reply 72

username5378434

Original post by Kurdd

How do Southampton allocate offers?

I read somewhere that it is a mixture of UCAT score and Interview score but I cannot find any proof of this?

As far as I know they rank interview scores, using UCAT as a tiebreaker

Reply 73

freemango

Original post by macromed

i'm an international grad with an achieved first in biomedical science and a score of 2800 b1. will this be enough for BM5? I read the cutoff last year was 2680. does this include grads?

Grads have a different and higher cutoff for BM5 than school leavers, it was around 2790-2800 this year. I don’t know if the cutoff is different again for internationals though. So 2800 would be somewhat risky to be honest. Southampton are pretty good at giving out information so probably worth asking if they could tell you the int’l grad cutoff for this year unless anyone else here knows.

Reply 74

nigachoro

Would a school leaver be treated differently if they were not a direct school leaver? I finished my a levels in 2020 and so I have had a gap year between then and applying now.

Reply 75

Leaf.

Original post by nigachoro

Would a school leaver be treated differently if they were not a direct school leaver? I finished my a levels in 2020 and so I have had a gap year between then and applying now.

Nah you wouldn’t. Your still a school leaver and wouldn’t be treated different as long as you haven’t embarked on uni course.

Reply 76

unknownviewer

Hi, I attended the subject talk yesterday and they said they’re going to do it virtually, the same as last year. Last year, they didn’t do a group task.

Reply 77

harrietrose17

Original post by unknownviewer

Hi, I attended the subject talk yesterday and they said they’re going to do it virtually, the same as last year. Last year, they didn’t do a group task.