Average Oxbridge GCSE Grades

soz what is BMAT?

they got BMAT scores of between about 4.5-5.9 aparantly the cut off was 6.0

I know quite a few ppl who got into oxbridge med school and all have Bmats of 4 - 6, and GCses of between 2 - 10 A*s, so the cut off is not 6.

I was told by a Magdalen Medic today that they only interview 12-15 applicants, chosen on who has the highest BMAT scores.

Thus, for different colleges, they'll interview different people. For 2004 entry, I know people who were interviewed at Magdalen with scores from 6.5 - 7.9 ish.

Now that's just balls. It doesn't matter whether you go to a private school or state school and you certainly don't have an "advantage" over better qualified private school applicants; all Oxbridge are looking for is academic potential. Most Oxbridge applicants have a healthy mixture of A*s and As at GCSE and most strong applicants do in fact breeze through GCSEs. Of course there are exceptions, but by and large admissions tutors will expect you to have a strong set of results.

s-k, you'll have to work hard to counter that B in GCSE Chemistry. Whatever you say, GCSEs do still have some relevance, and a B in Chemistry GCSE for a Medicine applicant does not look good and will most probably count against you. So don't just dismiss your GCSE results.

I was told by a Magdalen Medic today that they only interview 12-15 applicants, chosen on who has the highest BMAT scores.

Thus, for different colleges, they'll interview different people. For 2004 entry, I know people who were interviewed at Magdalen with scores from 6.5 - 7.9 ish.

E.G
Lets say you had bad gcses grades but got really good grades for AS, and you decide to apply, and give it a go and it boils down to you and another canditate.

Someone from a v good Private school with

10A* GCSES 4As AS Levels (Avg Interview, Avg Bmat)

Someone from a local comprenhensive

1A* 6As 3Bs 5As AS Level (Good interview, GOOD BMAT!)

don't quite get this rating system, what is 6A* 5A's and a B in this rating system?

yeh one of them was applying to Magdalen - they said the cut off BMAT was 6. The other was brasenose and their cut off was the same. Both said they were interviewing a very few number of candidates this year.

Emmmm... jus spoke to a teacher that used to work in Oxford, and a person who got in to the medical school year... they both said that the cut off (for gaining a place on interview) for the BMAT depends on the GCSEs, e.g. if u had 10A*s the cut off would be 5, and if u had 5 A* it would more likely to be 6. So the GCSEs and BMAT are interconnected.

When blissy and *joanna* refer to being 'top 5', what do they mean? In their school, county or in England? If you do mean either county or country how did they find out?

im actually quite surprised by some of the gcse results of those who attend the universities or have been offered places! i really dont mean it offensively, id just always assumed youd need about 8A* to even be considered. its good that this is not the case!

i am hoping to apply for architecture in 2005, and was extremely worried about not being considered - i got 4A* and 6A and did not have private education. if i get all A grades in my AS levels is there any reason why I wouldn't be offered an interview?