Dentistry 2020 Applicants

Yeah ngl you’re right. And yes Birms would defo be my first choice for dentistry. Tbh I’m not bothered where I go, I love all my unis and a dental school is a dental school at the end of the day. My ucat of 595 avg band 3 I guess can be outweighed by my strong personal statement , strong a level predictions (A*A*A) and fairly strong gcses (5A* 3A 2B). So far only received an interview from plymouth which I’m really happy about however I’ve heard how tough the interview stage is at plymouht which has worried me a bit. I’m hoping cardiff Liverpool and Birms are positive replies as the more interviews means More practice.

Anyone still waiting on hearing back from Newcastle?

(Original post by Sara1498)I applied to Birmingham last year with a UCAT 590 and band 4 SJT and rejected me without interview due to low UCAT. I applied as a graduate applicant though. Where else did you apply?

What were your stats if you don’t mind me asking?
And I got band 3 and I’m in the third decile which isn’t that bad but not good, however my gcses and a level predictions will certainly make up for my ucat and my motivation is evident through my perosnal statement. But whatever happens happens at this stage and nothing much I can do other than wait and see what they say. I also applied to Liverpool, Plymouth and Cardiff and have received an interview from Plymouth already. I applied to the unis that have low emphasis on UCAT so I applied strategically so we will see what happens. Are you studying dentistry rn and if so what uni?

Yeah ngl you’re right. And yes Birms would defo be my first choice for dentistry. Tbh I’m not bothered where I go, I love all my unis and a dental school is a dental school at the end of the day. My ucat of 595 avg band 3 I guess can be outweighed by my strong personal statement , strong a level predictions (A*A*A) and fairly strong gcses (5A* 3A 2B). So far only received an interview from plymouth which I’m really happy about however I’ve heard how tough the interview stage is at plymouht which has worried me a bit. I’m hoping cardiff Liverpool and Birms are positive replies as the more interviews means More practice.

Who’s still waiting to hear back from Plymouth? I haven’t heard anything and I’m slightly worried now

Wow! What are your stats

Stats are: A* psychol, A biol, A chem. 2230 UCAT ( said it was 2330 in previous post which was an error ***), 6A* 5A GCSE. I’m assuming my PS aided me greatly, never lose hope!!

Wow first person I’ve heard to have an interview with Bristol! What were your statistics and when did your recieve the good news

Stats are: A* psychol, A biol, A chem. 2230 UCAT ( said it was 2330 in previous post which was an error ***), 6A* 5A GCSE. I’m assuming my PS aided me greatly, never lose hope!!

Hi, I've applied for Bristol with A*AA predictions in Chem, Bio, Maths, 2490 UCAT, 7 A* 4 A GCSE - yet to hear back from them. Over the phone, their admission team said they don't have a UCAT cut off but they usually look at the top 20% of candidates (which is 2700+) so your case has given me a lot of hope!

How much work experience did you mention in your personal statement?

Many congrats on the interview

Hiya! Absolute brilliant stats so well done on working hard! I’ve said I got just over 60 hours of shadowing. These being in wholly private, an orthodontics and in a part private / part public clinic. The main body of my PS reflects the experience so I’d say a good 60% 😂, the rest being extra curricular etc. Thank you very much, wish you all the best of luck although I’m more than certain you’ll have an offer with flying colours x

Hi!
Well done for getting an interview for Plymouth!
I applied for Dentistry three times overall (this year will be my third one). Last year, I applied with a predicted 1st in Biomed to Bristol, QUB, Birmingham and Glasgow with UCAT 2350 and band 4 SJT. I ended up being rejected from all with Bristol, Birmingham and Glasgow pre-interview due to low UCAT and due to not scoring high in the personal statement for Bristol. QUB offered me an interview but I scored 120/153 in their interview rank and was not lucky enough to get an offer.
I graduated with a 1st in Biomed and now I am doing MSc Nutrition and Food Science. I applied to Cardiff, QUB, Queen Mary and Bristol. I hope I will be able to get an offer this year despite my low UCAT score. Do you know if Cardiff weights heavily the band 4 SJT?

Yh brum would be my first choice too. Tbf just Prep as much as you can and hopefully it will be fine. As you said they haven’t ruled you out for brum yet? I think brum did screening process for gcses and I think for ucat too so maybe it’s not too low? Have u got a email saying it’s being considered? If so maybe ur not in bottom percentiles🙏🏽

I got an email like 2 weeks ago saying it’s been taken for further consideration. I guess that means it’s good news so far and hopeuflly I land an interview 🙏🏼. Hopefully your applications goes good as well. Where did you apply to again and what were your stats like gcses and A level predictions?