The Official "Which Dental School Should I Apply To?" Thread

Did u manage to secure a place in any dental school?

i got 2630 last year and was rejected by manchester so they might increase their cut off even more this year

Did you manage to secure any places for dentistry?

Ucat:

2480 Band 1



GCSE:

Sciences - 998

Maths - 9

English lit and lang - 77

French - 5

Geo - 9

RE - 8



Predicted Grades: AAA



What unis should i apply to? would plymouth, liverpool, birmingham, sheffield be good options

Hello again
So after thoroughly going though universities websites I have narrowed out my uni selections to the following
1. Dundee university
2. Plymouth university
3. Birmingham university
4. Liverpool university
In two minds about Glasgow university.
My stats
GCSE 99998888887
Predicted AAA
UCAT 2730 band 3.
Lots of work experience.
I live in Dubai at the moment but I will apply as a Scottish student as our ordinarily residence is in Scotland, family house etc. we are in Dubai due to dad work.
Please can you let me know if my choices are wise?
Shall I include Glasgow instead of any other English uni?
Any help would be much appreciated

how about Belfast. Have you thought and discussed with your family the distance to Plymouth from your home town if you are based in Scotland.

Thank you so much for your reply and congratulations on going to start this September! I hope next year this time I'll be replying to a student and help them like just you did!!
I will for sure do the BMAT, do you have any suggestion when to start preparing for it?

Hi, sorry for the belated response. I just made sure I was well informed of the BMAT specification, did all of the past papers to ensure I had a deep understanding. NGL i only did 4 essay plans. The ucat has kind of prepared you for BMAT section 1. Section 2 is all practice and specification. Section 3 is just your ability to waffle. I did 300 words on my essay and still got i think, 3.5 or 4.5 A. Which, I think is above average for Leeds applicants

Hi guys is 2700 B1 good enough for barts and kcl? I graduated 2 years ago with a biomed degree (2.1) and I have lots of experience, let me know what you guys think please

Anyone able to provide me with any insight into this please?

From my very limited knowledge of graduate entry dentistry, I'm afraid to say that 2700 isn't exactly the target score they've been looking for. The thresholds for the past couple of years has been 29/3000+ for graduate entry into KCL. Not too sure about Barts but I'd say it's probably similar. A 2:1 is pretty good, enough (I think) to put you at the min reqs, however graduate entry is really competitive and I'm not sure how good your chances are. It's brilliant that you've got a lot of experience, and you'll be able to show that off if you manage an interview, however your UCAT score is maybe lower than what's required. However, if you really want to go for it, by all means do so and best of luck!

Hi
you should look after number one that is you by maximising your chances of an offer. do not worry about others and do the BMAT with the aim to get high 4s or 5 in BMAT sections 1 and 2. you must give yourself all the chances to get interviews and offers by hard work and try all options including BMAT as opposite to not getting offers.