Post Assessments - Pre-interview Ask an Admissions Tutor

Colleges have their Section 1 and Section 2 results now, so will start sending out interview invitations shortly. The things that ight hold things up from them going out immediately will be 1) a backlog of invites to go out. Colleges might be ensuring that they get all their invites for at-interview assessments out first; and 2) arrnaging meetings between the DoS and the AT, both of whom are very busy at this time of year and so that might take a day or so.

For us at Medwards, I've had my meeting with our Economics DoS and so we have made decisions but there will be a short delay while we send out invitations in other subjects. Ultimately candidates need to have patience and remember that one person can only do one thing at a time! You will all hear soon!

Okay, because I am starting to get worried ( like everyone I think haha)

Okay, because I am starting to get worried ( like everyone I think haha)

The answer to your second part is yes, plenty of people are successful with scores of around 5.5. in Section 1 and Section 2.

For the first part, we're looking at more than just BMAT and the interviews - we're looking at everything and we want as much data as we can. Very few candidates are strong in everything and most candidates have areas of strength and weakness and one can certainly be accepted with parts of your application (be they BMAT, interviews, GCSEs or anything else) that are weaker than other parts.

When can ChemEng applicants who took the NSAA expect to receive invites or rejections?

Hi AT, may I know why this advice regarding 'very few candidates are strong in everything' and that 'candidates can be accepted with some parts weaker'
apply to other subjects such as engineering?

Absolutely, it applies to all subjects.

The answer to your second part is yes, plenty of people are successful with scores of around 5.5. in Section 1 and Section 2.

For the first part, we're looking at more than just BMAT and the interviews - we're looking at everything and we want as much data as we can. Very few candidates are strong in everything and most candidates have areas of strength and weakness and one can certainly be accepted with parts of your application (be they BMAT, interviews, GCSEs or anything else) that are weaker than other parts.

We have the results, so students should start hearing in the next few days.

Hi AT,

I'm a mature international applicant to Wolfson Engineering and although I fulfil the criteria for applying, i come from a vocational institution (Singapore Polytechnic)that doesn't teach math and physics in depth. Thus most of the syllabus from the ENGAA I self learnt outside of school.

I think I fumbled a bit in the second section and currently am worried that my results in engaa would be weighed heavily against me.

may I know how the engaa is viewed and weighted for an international mature applicant? especially because my circumstance is very different from the rest of the applicants from my country, who do the Singapore Cambridge A Levels. I understand that home mature applicant do not have to take the ENGAA but will take an at interview test instead.
how would I be differently assessed from home mature applicant?

Can a very weak NSAA score (in the context of some problems that occurred on the exam day - the invigilator not following normal practice and causing me to be more nervous than normal) make it unlikely for me to get an interview offer?

I have a relatively strong A level outlook with 3A*'s predicted (and I got three A's at AS), but my GCSE's are far below average cambridge standard (bearing in my mind that I had extenuating circumstances at the time of my GCSE's) .

I haven't done any olympiads or anything since at my school they didn't mention them (probably because they don't expect many students to be interested) and I didn't find out that they existed until it was too late to get involved (as far as I'm aware), the same is true for any other research placements and the like.

I have made an effort to do my own 'research' - a review of current C4 photosynthesis research - but this is not stated anywhere in my PS or reference. - (I'm thinking that if I do get an interview then I can show my own interest with this).

What percentage of Economics applicants do you/other colleges usually interview?

is that true for vet med as well?

It's difficult to comment as the mature colleges are not involved in most of the pre-interview assessment scheme, so I can't really say how I think they will view any result that you get. All that I can say, is that they will view your result within the context of your whole application and make a judgement accordingly about whether to call you to interview. The assessment on its own isn't going to be used to deselect you for interview. Sorry not to be more forthcoming at this stage but I hope that is useful in some way.

Hello!
I was wondering how the medicine interviews are structured at Murray Edwards ( 2 science interviews or 1 science, 1 ethics and personal statement, etc.)
Also, who are the interviewers and what fields do they specialise in?

Thanks a lot for this help!
I know that you always have a thread for bmat, interview, etc. and I find this immensely useful!

Hello!

If my interview process would involve having a test in the morning of the interview day, in addition to the admissions assessment I have already done pre-interview, would my answers to this test be used as part of one of my interviews?

Would it be used to in an interview where I discuss my answers with the interviewer, or would it just be another piece of data for my college to use alongside the admissions assessment?

Thank you!