*Closed* - The "Which Medical School Should I Apply To?" Uberthread [Part 1 of 3]

Thank you, your advice has been really helpful! My choices already made are Liverpool, HYMS and UEA, so it's nice to see that you think along the same lines. I have decided to avoid Bristol, as you say it seems to risky. I am now considering between Leicester, Aberdeen and Keele. For Keele i have 183 hours volunteering as it stands, but an extra 2hrs and 30 mins is added onto that each week. Do you have any idea what kind of stats you need to be interviewed at Keele based on academics? I've read that the first 100 they interview is based off of academic score and the rest are based off of the R and R form. I'm beginning to think this may be a safer option for me than Aberdeen/Leicester, I'm currently reading through last years forum to try and work this out. What do you think?

anyone have any experience with southampton? would ukcat 767 be likely to get an interview or would I be safer applying somewhere with an almost guaranteed interview like leicester/SGUL?

Ah thank you, so would applying to newcastle, sheffield, southampton and nottingham give me a chance of getting three interviews?? because if so then yay!! haha

I would stick with Leicester or Aberdeen, as anything that assess PS (or Keele's R & R form) is hugely subjective, and you just don't know whether they are going to like the way you reflect and phrase things. Also, as one of the few Unis not relying heavily on UKCAT or BMAT, Keele is going to be heavily subscribed by people with amazing PSs and weaker UKCAT, as they know this is likely to be their only route into medicine, so however good yours is, there are likely to be people there who have done a whole lot more. And your stats are likely to be good enough to get you an interview at places where it is a clear, cold ranking based on numbers, with nothing subjective to worry about. @meddad knows what he is talking about, so Leicester is looking good. Also bear in mind that Aberdeen carries forward your pre-interview score to count 50% towards your post-interview score for offers, so if you get that 2nd A* prediction, and your UKCAT compares favourably to previous successful applicants, you aren't relying quite so heavily on just interview performance. Keele needs pretty high academics to get an interview based on those alone, and your GCSEs probably wouldn't make the cut, I'm afraid, they are excellent, but within the world of medical applicants, they would not stand out, sorry!

Hi,
I just wanted some advice on med schools to apply to.
My GCSEs results were not very good with 3 A*, 4 A, 4 B and half course RE - A*.
English Lang - B, English Lit - A

I have got the following in my ASs
Chemistry, Biology, Philosopy&Ethics --- 3 As
Maths - B

UKCAT - Average 730 SJT - Band 1

I was thinking of applying to UAE, Liverpool, Sheffield. Not sure whether to go for Barts or Nottingham?

Can anyone advise...

Hi,
I just wanted some advice on med schools to apply to.
My GCSEs results were not very good with 3 A*, 4 A, 4 B and half course RE - A*.
English Lang - B, English Lit - A

I have got the following in my ASs
Chemistry, Biology, Philosopy&Ethics --- 3 As
Maths - B

UKCAT - Average 730 SJT - Band 1

I was thinking of applying to UAE, Liverpool, Sheffield. Not sure whether to go for Barts or Nottingham?

Can anyone advise...

Hey, I need some advice on where I should pick for my last two uni's.
GCSE: 6A*s 4As
AS: AAAAB
A2 Predictions: A*AA (plus an A* prediction in gen studies)
UKCAT: 713

I've decided on QMUL and Southampton, and then SGUL for bio med but where should I apply for the last two? I want two uni's where I would have a really good chance of getting interviews.
Thanks

No one answered last time, so could anyone advise me where to apply?

GCSES: 1 A* 10 A's 1B
Ukcat: 650 VR
740 QR
650 AR
Band 3 SJT (680 avg)

Where have you looked at? Where have you ruled out? Where do you think might suit your stats? What are your predicted A2s? Are you planning on sitting the BMAT?
People do not mind helping out, but they are not here to do all the work for you

Sheffield looks good in my opinion as they are ranking UKCAT this year but UEA don't put much emphasis on UKCAT and PS makes up 33% of their assessment and GCSES also make up 33%. Liverpool are PS heavy with a low UKCAT cut off so it depends how good your PS is, you would loose marks for your GCSEs though, have a look at their scoring system. Try Newcastle, Southampton, Manchester etc as they are UKCAT heavy and would almost guarantee an interview without having to rely on the subjectivity of PS assessment.

Where did you get this information? UEA doesn't use the PS for selection.

Also, Manchester also have their Personal Qualities form (not sure of the actual name) which you have to fill out, which they will use to help select for interview which is similar to the Personal Statement but tailored by them, so I don't think it's a matter of smashing the UKCAT and getting an interview there, but I may be wrong, I've never done much research into Manchester because I don't want to stay where I am to go to university

http://www.medschools.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/MSC-Entry-requirements-for-UK-medical-schools.pdf Go to the UEA section- it's there. They do use PS as 33%! I haven't looked into Manchester either but I am aware that their UKCAT is excellent for here, which is what I meant. It was just a suggestion to look into it that's all!

Huh, that's bizaar. They don't seem to suggest that they use it at all on their website other than just to check it's suitable? The page itself doesn't really say how it uses it toward interview selection also. I thought it was only used at interview.
I actually didn't realise that, thank you for telling me, though

Oh yeah, definitely, Their UKCAT puts them in great stead, I was just trying to add some extra information, sorry for any miscommunication issues

EDIT: I also edited my response before your reply which you may have missed, not sure if it changes anything but oh well

Yeah, it says it makes up 33% selection for interview but then also says it's reviewed informally before interview and used at interview. Not really sure what to think but this document is what I have been using, it was provided to me by my form tutor! No don't worry about it, they can look into it and see what they think for themselves, sorry aswell

I think I'm going to e-mail admissions to clear up this ambiguity
It is an amazing document if I'm honest, and I have used it to some extent myself
Yes, it's definitely a good thing for people to do at least some research for themselves

Haha yes that sounds like the best idea, if you would please let me know what they say then that would be great as I'm also applying Yes it is, I'm just trying to decide my last option at the minute! I agree!

Ooh, where else are you applying?
What are you thinking for your last option?