Nottingham Medicine Applicants 2011

Oxford and Cambridge always get loads of **** from the press and government over 'unfair admissions' - yet the way Oxbridge select candidates (for nearly all subjects they interview 90%ish of people, really clear about how they select you, really helpful - I know that because I considered applying to Ox for medicine and rang up admissions and spoke to a lovely women for about 10 minutes - compared to the abrubt and unhelpful answers I got when I asked Notts about the UKCAT), plus they don't make such a big deal out of an unproven test (because I think Oxbridge care a lot more about getting individuals they want - rather than just a bunch of decent people with high numbers) is much fairer than other hard to get into courses like medicine at most places.

I have some non-medic mates who have applied to Cambridge, and the SAQ - and the way admissions inform them of what is going on puts most medical schools to shame.

How many applications did they get this year? Was it a rise?

Say for argument purposes, the 'smartest' people got that high in the UKCAT. Why would they apply to an AAB uni though? Wouldn't they be more inclined to apply to more 'prestigious' unis? No disrespect to Sheffield but I doubt my uncle in India will have heard of it lol

I like the fact that Cambridge interview 90% of applicants too .. obviously not possible for all unis due to the numbers of people applying. But atleast they give everyone a chance to shine off paper. And its made clear - you need >90%UMS in AS for 4 subjects and a BMAT score of above 5.2 in both sections (ie BB) to get an interview in the first place.

Thought id chip in with cambridge due to compliments oxford are getting

congrats =) u knw for why nottingham on the questionnaire? did u put cos of the 2 degrees?

I assume that's a 90% average at AS not 90% in all individual modules? The latter would be pretty ridiculous.

Congrats! Looks like the ball is rolling again!

I think that was my problem last year.

+ my problem with Sheffield this year.

One of my best mates has applied for Cambridge Maths with, 96%, 94%, 98%, 98% UMS grades.

Yeah exactly, I can see my application being top 50%, just not top 30% *who get the interviews).



Well done - just calculated you have a 690 UKCAT and have 100%A* This is what I mean - higher UKCAT by 30 and 12.5% higher GCSE grades - I'm not attacking you, I'm just outclassed! well done - hope it goes well and you get an offer

I assume that's a 90% average at AS not 90% in all individual modules? The latter would be pretty ridiculous.

How does Cambridge deal with re-applicants, i.e. if you already have A2 results?

Haha one of my friends also applied there. He did Maths 1 year early and got 599/600. Crazy.

I didn't know >90% UMS was needed for other courses too?

STEPS sounds horrible! Yeah, they might be a bit more leniant with artsey subjects - where it's easy to mess up an essay, but I can see with sciences (and especially med) that high UMS is important.

Haha one of my friends also applied there. He did Maths 1 year early and got 599/600. Crazy.

I didn't know >90% UMS was needed for other courses too?

725.

Up like 45 or something on last year.

Heard it's madness. The same mate was saying he was struggling with STEP. He got an offer from Warwick of A*A*A (Maths, F. Maths + Physics) and I think, a 2 in STEP.

Jeez - seriously?? That's pretty high - I wonder what the national average score is then?

It went down by 5 points lol.