Oxford Biomedical Sciences Students and Applicants

Yeah, one week is not enough for the S2 from Kaplan. I'm finding S1 very complicated. I think S2 is okay but I've heard that the Physics bits are hard. What are the average raw marks we need to get in S1 and S2?

Section 3 is the worst IMO

Essay writing =

(I'll just do my best in all sections and see what score I get lol)

There doesn't seem to be ALOT of people applying accoirding to this thread! Yay!
But I think I won't do great on my BMAT and my GCSE aren't that great so I don't think I'll get an interveiw

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This test is marked against everybody else, so the grade boundaries are impossible to predict. If 50% get less than 8/35 for instance, then 8 marks will be around 4.5-5.0. If 50% of people get more than 20, then 20/35 will be 5.0-5.5 for instance (I don't know exactly the percentages for each score )

LOL i love the essay writing part! (on a relative scale of course, I doubt we can find someone who genuinely enjoys BMAT). Haha I finished IB maths a year earlier and I think all my "mathematical knowledge" has blissfully vacated my brain.

*sigh*

I haven't got my hopes up for the BMAT, I'll just see how it goes, and my GCSE's are almost identical to yours so.. you never know! Fingers crossed for very few applicants to the course, (we may be on this course togethor in less than a years time )

N.B. my Name's Alex Munster, by some weird coincidence we are both here...

You are joking right? I'm practically illiterate

The maths required for the BMAT is hardly top-end further maths. It's just handling data to make inferences, and solving some things, (and if you want to include it, all the physics-sy stuff)

I am actually really surprised! Not many people are applying to Oxford Biomed (or maybe just not that many TSR-ers )

Guys, what's the most likely scores you get when you do BMAT past papers?

Hey everyone. Just want to offer my own piece of advice.

I am currently doing AS Critical Thinking, and the content in Unit 1 and 2 is very similar to Section 1 of the BMAT, drawing different components out of arguments etc, so getting a textbook or just practising some past papers for critical thinking might help

Good luck

Thank you, but the thing is section 1 isn't the problem, it's physics in S2 and all of S3 (for me!)

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This test is marked against everybody else, so the grade boundaries are impossible to predict. If 50% get less than 8/35 for instance, then 8 marks will be around 4.5-5.0. If 50% of people get more than 20, then 20/35 will be 5.0-5.5 for instance (I don't know exactly the percentages for each score )

I hate section 3! I havn't started revising it properly yet but I read some of the questions and I'm like o_0

They don't make sense!

This. I haven't written an essay answer for a specific "discuss" question in like over 2 years Oh well, I've finished S1, and just finishing off S2 today, (damn you physics..), so I will have the whole weekend for essays .

On a side note, look what I found in the BMAT thread guys and galz...



I think these are most of the physics formulae you need to know:

- Force = mass x acceleration

- Acceleration = force/mass

OR Change in speed/time taken

-Pressure = force/area

- Work done = force x distance

- Potential energy = mass x g x height

- Weight = mass x g

- Kinetic energy = 1/2 x mass x speed^2

- Power = work done/time taken

- Resistance = voltage/current

- Not sure whether we need the momentum formula?

Momentum (kg m/s) = mass x velocity

- Power = voltage x current

To calculate output voltage from a transformer if you know the input voltage and the number of turns on each coil:

Primary voltage Number of turns on Primary
-------------- = ---------------------------
Secondary voltage Number of turns on Secondary



I'm not taking credit, but this looks useful for those of us not so gifted in the physical sciences. Enjoy!

I'm scoring like average for S1 and S2.,
how about you guys?