Official Thread: (Undergraduate) Medicine 2023 Entry

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Hi, so I am still deciding between biochemistry and medicine, but I have already applied to volunteer in a hospital( it takes 8 months, so I have to apply early). I wonder if volunteering in a hospital is helpful even if i ended up choosing biochemistry?

Not without significant extenuating circumstances

I did have one FY1 who did this due to some significant caring issues

Ok so I just did my ucat and I wanted some advice on where to apply !
I feel like my stats are pretty average but I still somewhat have a chance .

My GSCEs : 9,8,8,8,8,8,6,5,5 , Distinction **

The 6 is in eng lang and two 5’s in spanish and eng lit . ( yes languages is my downfall )

A level prediction of : A* ,A ,A

UCAT:

VR:660
DM:670
QR:750
AR:710

TOTAL : 2790

Band 2


That’s pretty much it I’ve done hospital volunteering and work experience aswell . I’d appreciate any advice xx

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Your stats are excellent and you scored well in your UCAT, try ARU, SGUL, Leicester and UEA they should match you well especially SGUL as you scored over 500 in each section of UCAT so pretty much guaranteed an interview.

Hi guys,

I really need to decide what med uni's to apply to but I have no idea (other than Cardiff).
Here are my stats:
A*A*A* predicted in Bio, Chem, Psychology
A* in EPQ
GCSEs: 10 9's (A*s)
UCAT: 2650, Band 1

Everything is great other than my UCAT which is really dragging me down. I'm looking at Cardiff, Keele, Kent and Medway, Queen's Uni Belfast, Hull & York, St Andrews, and Birmingham. (Really need to narrow it down).

If anyone would be able to give me advice on this, it would be much appreciated!

Hi guys,

I really need to decide what med uni's to apply to but I have no idea (other than Cardiff).
Here are my stats:
A*A*A* predicted in Bio, Chem, Psychology
A* in EPQ
GCSEs: 10 9's (A*s)
UCAT: 2650, Band 1

Everything is great other than my UCAT which is really dragging me down. I'm looking at Cardiff, Keele, Kent and Medway, Queen's Uni Belfast, Hull & York, St Andrews, and Birmingham. (Really need to narrow it down).

If anyone would be able to give me advice on this, it would be much appreciated!

Hi guys,

I really need to decide what med uni's to apply to but I have no idea (other than Cardiff).
Here are my stats:
A*A*A* predicted in Bio, Chem, Psychology
A* in EPQ
GCSEs: 10 9's (A*s)
UCAT: 2650, Band 1

Everything is great other than my UCAT which is really dragging me down. I'm looking at Cardiff, Keele, Kent and Medway, Queen's Uni Belfast, Hull & York, St Andrews, and Birmingham. (Really need to narrow it down).

If anyone would be able to give me advice on this, it would be much appreciated!

you score 58.5 for leicester so that might be a shout.

Isn’t that 1 point below last years cutoff? So it’s a pretty big risk

it's one point below last years but they started differentiating between 8s and 9s this year so you can expect cut off to decrease and a decrease of one point isn't unrealistic