Graduate Entry Medicine: 2016 Entry

Bit of a change in conversation direction, but just wondered whether anyone had heard anything about funding yet for 2016-onwards? Ive had my eyes open but I haven't seen anything so far! If they haven't announced it yet, they're leaving it a bit late.....

Hey guys,

First time posting on here.. I am a hospital pharmacist applying to do graduate medicine, been struggling with my UKCAT and judging by my mock scores will be pushed to get a score of anything above 700. Was also looking at non graduate medicine but my A-Levels are ABC (IT, Chemistry and Biology).. This might seem a stupid question.. but I'm guessing that non-graduate courses don't take into account the fact that you have a degree if you don't first meet the A-Level requirements.

Cheers,
Will

Hi, I think that a score of 80% should give a score of over 55 but it is very difficult to say as the scoring system has not been made clear and it depends on the performance of the cohort for that year. I have been averaging 60% in section 1 and 50% in section 3, and after your post I am VERY worried :/
How have you been doing in section 3?
Are you of a humanities or sciences background if you don't mind me asking?

Good luck with your UKCAT!

With regards to 5 year courses it depends where you apply. Some places will take your degree instead of A-levels such as Sheffield. You will have to look at schools you are thinking of applying to individually to look at their requirements for graduates.

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I am humanities/ languages as you may have guessed I also have to MA research which helps. To reassure you, I got 44% on my practice section 3 yesterday and that was guessing many many questions with absolutely no idea what they meant.


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Good luck with your UKCAT!

With regards to 5 year courses it depends where you apply. Some places will take your degree instead of A-levels such as Sheffield. You will have to look at schools you are thinking of applying to individually to look at their requirements for graduates.

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Sheffield still ask for BBB!

Hi ive been watching this thread but thought it's about time to ask the dreaded question.
Average school grades
BSc and MSc graduate. Currently working full time in a clinical role.
UKCAT: 665 :VR lowest with 560
I'm guessing this isn't Good enough for any GEM schools.
What do you think the odds are for warwick? -If not I will only be applying to UG courses.
Thanks!


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Hey there.

I think maybe you should apply to 5 year courses if you want to get a feel for the UCAS process. Sheffield and Keele would possibly take that result. Without offending you, 578 is too low for any grad course and you would most likely get straight rejections through UCAS which makes that learning curve a bit of a dead end.

I'd look at applying to Sheffield, Keele and Manchester if I were you! Good luck and well done in the exam. It is a bitch and anyone who does it should be commended.


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Hiya,
I would love some general opinions on my GEM application. I'm about to start my research based masters fourth year in Biomedicine (I'll be based in a neuroscience lab). I have numerous experiences with shadowing doctors and I work as a care assistant in a dementia home.
I scored 2930 on UKCAT (average 732.5) with:
VR = 790
QR = 640
AR = 840
DA = 660
Band 1 SJ.
My UKCAT scores are slightly varied and I'm really not sure if the average in high enough to apply to Kings or Newcastle? I was thinking definitely Warwick, Barts and Southampton, but I'm not sure about the final slot. What do you think?
I'd appreciate any insight!!

Is everyone who is doing the ukcat going to wait for average results or do you think it's beneficial to send off you application before this?

Is everyone who is doing the ukcat going to wait for average results or do you think it's beneficial to send off you application before this?

I am sending my application off by the end of this week.

I don't see the point in waiting for the end of testing data because even if the the average UKCAT score increases significantly it wouldn't change my med school choices.

As Kirstie has said there is no benefit to an earlier application because they won't get our admission test results till November.

Do you think this score is good enough to try for Warwick?

Hi there, you might sneak in the Warwick cutoff as you are doing a masters and have a first (somebody in the Warwick thread who went to an open day this year said that Warwick are scoring on degree classification). Maybe worth going for Southampton as you have chemistry A level?

High UKCAT unis such as Kings and Newcastle may be a stretch too far (unless there is a swing in the overall mean this year), however people have been predicting Kings cutoff score to go down this year, as they will have less applicants due to them only accepting science degrees now.

You could always try 5 year courses too, if you can find the money from somewhere.

Good luck!

Hi there, you might sneak in the Warwick cutoff as you are doing a masters and have a first (somebody in the Warwick thread who went to an open day this year said that Warwick are scoring on degree classification). Maybe worth going for Southampton as you have chemistry A level?

High UKCAT unis such as Kings and Newcastle may be a stretch too far (unless there is a swing in the overall mean this year), however people have been predicting Kings cutoff score to go down this year, as they will have less applicants due to them only accepting science degrees now.

You could always try 5 year courses too, if you can find the money from somewhere.

Good luck!