BMAT vs GCSE's!

Hi, everyone. I've heard that the Bmat is very useful to the Universities that are associated with it for a candidate applying for medicine. I would just like to know whether the Bmat can counteract 'average' GCSE results in the hope of being accepted at top med school such as, Oxfod or Imperial?(Assuming of course that you gain AAA in A - levels later on)

A CASE STUDY

Eg, A student with: 3A's and 8B's at GCSE
THEN! AAAAAA at A/s and AAAA at A2 plus any additionl AEA's and extra-curriculars etc.......

PLUS! A top grade in the BMat?

Help please? Thank you! :smile:

Reply 1

MaryKay

Yep, apparently that's the case, stellar GCSEs can augment a crap BMAT score.

Reply 2

packupthemoon

Well, for Oxford, they use a matrix with your GCSE results to get interviews, as such:

% of A* at GCSE - Rank in BMAT as % of applicants

0 - 3
10 - 5
20 - 9
30 - 11
40 - 17
50 - 24
60 - 30
70 - 38
80 - 45
90 - 55
100 - 62

So, with those results, you would need to be in the top 3% of BMAT scores, which would be very tricky but not entirely impossible.

They do take another 10% or so, but I would imagine you would need some fairly good extenuating circumstances for your GCSE performance. :smile:

Reply 3