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Finding out the number of applicants for medicine 2015?

Can we find out from the universities how many applicants they had to study medicine this year?
Does anyone know already it for some universities?

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joolsm

If you have a look a the individual threads in the Medical Schools forum, some universities have said how many applications they have received eg (from memory so may not be spot on) - I think Cardiff received approx 3200 (same as last year, but last year was unusually high). Lancaster has received 1645 (for only 50 places, a much higher ratio than previously).Think someone said that Birmingham is up by 800?
Basically, the non-UKCAT unis have received even more applications than usual, due to lower UKCAT scores than last year.
On the bright side, there was an article in the Scottish Times that said that overall medicine applications in England are down by 5%, and down 10% for Scottish applicants.
I have asked Manchester, Nottingham and Plymouth how many applications they received, but they have not replied.