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A100 International Students 2022 Entry Thread

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G'day everyone

Does anyone have a list of universities that doesn't consider Chemistry as a requirement for overseas students? I am from Sydney, Australia and I've shortlisted Bristol, Sheffield & Liverpool but struggling to find 2 more for UCAS. My HSC subjects are Chem, Math, Eng & Latin. I am not keen to sit for BMAT and my UCAT score is 3210.

Thanks

Reply 121

davideg

Original post by MedStudDownUnder

You can only apply to 4 med schools anyway.

Reply 122

Seraph313

Hey! I'm an international applicant for medicine and I'm really struggling to decide where I should apply, any help would be greatly appreciated.

IGCSEs and AS grades were teacher assessed grades, not sure if that makes a difference

IGCSES: A*s for all my 7 IGCSES (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, FLE, IT, Urdu)

AS:
Biology: A
Chemistry: A
Physics: A
Maths: A

A Levels: Haven't received predictions yet but I expect them to be A*A*A*A* (taking maths too at A levels)

UCAT: 2650 band 2

Not the best but it is what it is :frown:

VR: 700
DM: 690
QR: 660
AR: 600
SJT: Band 2

Work Experience:

Volunteer for the national COVID vaccination drive, around 110 hours.
HR intern at a local hospital
Editor for an mental health org

Research/Preference:

My preference is, honestly, any university where I have a reasonable chance of getting an offer and unis which have a relatively sizeable amount of intl seats. All my info on UCAT cut off comes from Medify and the table attached to the megathread on applying, but I've been told UCAT cut-offs for intl applicants is usually higher so I'm really confused as to what information I should be looking at,

I have considered:

Plymouth: Has a cut off of around 2400

Birmingham: I was told, using their online offer tool, that I would be likely to get an interview? But I realise, perhaps, that is for local students. Not sure.

Cardiff: But they require 9 IGCSEs, I don't have that many-

Liverpool: Their cutoff seems to be within my range

UEA: The average UCAT cut off for intl students was 2,596 in 2020 according to a FOI I read online.

Leicester: Seems nice enough, but I don't understand the scoring. My UCAT would be 26.5/32 but I don't have 8 IGCSEs (seems like a recurring pattern )

And that's all I know, I'm also considering perhaps sitting the BMAT.

Any further recommendations as to where I should apply with my kind of score would be amazing, I'd be eternally grateful.

Reply 123

loveforchelsea

Has anyone received an interview or rejection yet? As it looks like almost all interviews or rejections are for home applicants for now.

Reply 124

xxvhxx

Original post by loveforchelsea

Has anyone received an interview or rejection yet? As it looks like almost all interviews or rejections are for home applicants for now.

I got an interview invite from St george's yesterday

Reply 125

Lovebear2951

Has anyone received interview invite from King’s? Don’t think their first batch comes out for intl’s yet?

Reply 126

PJboy2004

Original post by loveforchelsea

Has anyone received an interview or rejection yet? As it looks like almost all interviews or rejections are for home applicants for now.

Edinburgh, Dundee and Sheffield have offered interviews to internationals.

Reply 127

anon2154

Original post by loveforchelsea

Has anyone received an interview or rejection yet? As it looks like almost all interviews or rejections are for home applicants for now.

I've gotten a sheffield interview and someone I know got a hyms interview

Reply 128

Iamaboy1234

I haven’t received one from Edinburgh yet, neither rejection or interview…

What does it mean? Still any hope for interview? :frown:

Reply 129

macromed

Original post by Iamaboy1234

I haven’t received one from Edinburgh yet, neither rejection or interview…

What does it mean? Still any hope for interview? :frown:

i don't know how edinburgh sends out their interview (all at once or in batches etc) but no news is good news. goodluck!

Reply 130

Iamaboy1234

Original post by macromed

i don't know how edinburgh sends out their interview (all at once or in batches etc) but no news is good news. goodluck

You are certainly right.

Hope no bad news would ever come

Reply 131

amm2929

I did! I am from Canada :smile:

Reply 132

amm2929

Not yet, what about you?

Reply 133

poppy1063

Original post by amm2929

I did! I am from Canada :smile:

I am from Canada too and applied to QUB as a grad :smile:

hopefully we hear soon!!!

Reply 134

HD8

Can people share their BMAT scores so international students can calculate their approx chances?
Mine: 4.6, 4.7, 3A

Bmat: 3.4, 3.3, 3a

Bmat: 6.2, 5.2, 3a

i got 5.7 7.6 3A. is this enough to get an interview from cambridge?

5.4, 6.6, 3.5a

Hi everyone! As I couldn't find any such thread, I decided to start this. Lets share our
bmat scores,
ucat scores,
grades (expected and achieved),
offers and interviews,
Universities applied
and all related queries in this thread to help international community.