What BMAT result is good???????????????

7 + 8 + 9 = 24

that would be good.

Reply 4

Oxford and UCL have specific boundaries which guarantee interviews.

Cambridge doesn't have an obvious one, but these are the stats from the Nov 2003 paper.

22.8 total was the mean score for the Cam applicants who got offers.

Reply 5

Elles

17

Optimistic

Oxford and UCL have specific boundaries which guarantee interviews.

Which is?

Reply 6

Optimistic

Oxford and UCL have specific boundaries which guarantee interviews.

Cambridge doesn't have an obvious one, but these are the stats from the Nov 2003 paper.

22.8 total was the mean score for the Cam applicants who got offers.

Actually, no... You just added up the Section 1, Section 2 and then the Section 1+2 scores.

The mean for sections 1 + 2, for a candidate that got an offer, was 11.4.

Reply 7

theredsox

15

is it true that cambridge don't care about the essay section?

Reply 8

Vazzyb - see your point. They left out Section 3 from the statistics, make of that what you will.

Reply 9

klarka

OP

ok, maybe this will sound stupid, but section 1 is worth 35 marks in total and section 2 27. r u sayin that its enough 2 goe 7 and 8 marks on them? that seems too little...

Reply 10

Elles

Which is?

"A table giving an indication of the combination of GCSE and BMAT performance that were required in 2005 to make the initial automatic short-list" suggest that they'll have a similar procedure for interview short-listing this year and the next.

Didn't you post the link for this at some point?

Reply 11

klarka

ok, maybe this will sound stupid, but section 1 is worth 35 marks in total and section 2 27. r u sayin that its enough 2 goe 7 and 8 marks on them? that seems too little...

The scores are standardised (on a scale of 0-9.0 for sections 1 and 2) similar to the UKCAT so you can't find out your marks directly from your score. BMAT scores of 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0 approximate to
performance at the 50th, 80th, and 95th percentiles respectively.

Reply 12

Section 1 (/35)

Correct Responses / Mark / %tile
35 9.0 100
34 8.9 99
33 8.4 99
32 8.0 99
31 7.6 98
30 7.3 97
29 7.0 95
28 6.7 92
27 6.4 88
26 6.2 84
25 6.0 80
24 5.7 72
23 5.5 66
22 5.3 60
21 5.0 50
20 4.8 43

Section 2 (/27)

Correct Responses / Mark / %tile
27 9.0 100
26 8.9 99
25 8.5 99
24 8.0 99
23 7.7 99
22 7.3 97
21 7.0 95
20 6.7 92
19 6.4 88
18 6.1 82
17 5.8 75
16 5.6 69
15 5.3 60
14 5.0 50
13 4.7 40
12 4.4 31

Reply 13

interesting, where did u get that from

Reply 14

Elles

17

Optimistic

"A table giving an indication of the combination of GCSE and BMAT performance that were required in 2005 to make the initial automatic short-list" suggest that they'll have a similar procedure for interview short-listing this year and the next.

Didn't you post the link for this at some point?

Yes, it's not been a BMAT cut off + = guaranteed interview unlike UCL, which is why i thought the comment could do with some elaboration. :smile:

Reply 15

Wangers

16

surely because the marks are standardised it would depend on how good the years' batch are? if they are especially good/bad, then the bell distribution may be skewered. that would mean that any arbitary grade would be percieved differently every year?

Wangers

Reply 16