*CLOSED* - The "Which Medical School Should I Apply To?" Uberthread [part 4 of 5]

Manchester's holistic system is literally a lottery where someone just reads your application and decides, so depends how much you like Manchester and want to risk it. I would see it as an almost guaranteed rejection and see what happens.

HYMS does have a scoring system but they are very unwilling to disclose it in detail (look at https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=7089691). They score SJT and WP flags heavily so may not be the best choice.

Liverpool and Plymouth would hopefully be OK - we don't know how much cutoffs may go up by but you only have so many places you can apply.

ARU should be OK. UEA seemed to have a mid 2600s cutoff for non-contetxual last year.

You score 30 points for Aston and cutoff last year seemed to be around 29 - have a read through https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7080374&page=15

Could also look at KMMS if GCSEs likely to contextualise well, Keele and Sunderland if lots of material for the Roles and Responsibilities form. Could also look at Edge Hill.

Score yourself for Birmingham on their website looking for 7.5+, Leicester looking for 58+, QUB looking for 31+, Lincoln looking for 118+ to be safe.

Either would be finr
UEA use SJT at intervew (B2 unlikely to be a dealbreaker) and UCAT for 50% of post interview score (your score would be above average for them, so help you out post interview)

Hi TCL, awesome table you've got there!! It's very helpful thank you.

Just to query, is sunderland for local applicants as well as UCLAN or is it just UCLAN? Can't tell if the box extends to both or if they are seperate but just the same colour?

Thanks

@GANFYD @Coolkingz and all the other other wonderful TSR contributors
Working through the uni medicine pages and could really do with some advice please.

Have the following stats:
GCSEs
PE, Geography - 9
Biology, physics, Maths, Eng Lang, Art - 8
Chemistry - 7
Eng Lit, German - 6

Predicted A levels: Biology (A*), Geography (A*), Chemistry (A)

UCAT 2680 (VR 530, D 710, Q 690, A 750) SJt 2
No contextual flags, volunteering in hospital and online WE

Would have loved Sheffield but UCAT too low. Currently thinking Liverpool (but worried have changed criteria), Manchester, Portsmouth and possibly UEA or Southampton. Any thoughts how risky these are/ suggestions of others to consider. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello, I'd appreciate any form of reply to this post

I'm an international applicant and I think I've finalised my three unis (KCL, Newcastle and Sheffield) and I'm now trying to decide on my fourth and fifth (non-medical) option. I'm debating between Leicester and SGUL, I want to choose the 'safer' option (though I understand that every medical school is extremely difficult to get into). I read that Leicester is giving interviews for achieved A-level students (if they meet the threshold) and I was worried that they would take priority before people with predicted grades could have a shot at an interview. I score 62.5 (out of 64) on their point system but was worried whether people with achieved A-levels would be considered separately from those with predicted A-levels only - does anyone know whether Leicester fills up their interview spots with achieved A-level applicants first before ranking the rest of the applicants?

I haven't heard much about SGUL, I'd appreciate any information to note about SGUL and admissions for international students.

Here are my stats in this spoiler.

I agree for Cardiff, but if you do not tell me you have achieved your A levels, how can I know

Hi @applecyder - I wish you all the best for your first choices and with those numbers you should really do well! Can I offer a left-field suggestion in answer to your query about 5th choice? University of Worcester, Three Counties Medical School here. We are a graduate entry, GMC approved Medical School (101), new for 2022 entry with up to 100 places for international students only. We accept graduates with a first degree in any subject - so you might consider a 5th choice in a humanities subject that you have always wanted to read more about, and then apply to us in 3 years! Just a thought. Applications open!

Worcester med school is not GMC approved, as they have had no grads to be quality assured? I think you mean they are approved to accept applicants?

And please don't advise people to do a random degree for the purposes of applying to medicine, as this is a much more competitive route, that takes longer, costs more and generally requires far higher stats to be successful

Hi @GANFYD

My daughter is taking a gap year and applying with:

Achieved A-levels

Chem A*
Maths A*
Biology A*
Further maths A

GCSEs:

Maths 9
Chemistry 9
Biology 9
Physics 9
English Lit 9
Geog 9
French 9
Music 9
German 8
English Language 7
Astronomy A


UCAT score: 2890 + SJ Band 2

VR 570
DM 690
QR 760
AR 870


Lots of relevant work experience and volunteering in hospitals over the past three years and currently employed this year as a playworker at a primary school and undertaking additional work as an administration assistant within a legal setting.

She doesn't want to take any unnecessary risks and so would prefer to try and obtain 4 interviews if possible as she isn't planning on another gap year. Do you think St Andrews (with no preference selection), Exeter (she maybe scores 100 but not clear with the decile situation-is it their own deciles based on their applicants or UCATs own deciles and is the 9th Exeter decile the 10th UCAT one?), Liverpool, QMUL (she has a tariff score of 307), Bristol, Plymouth, Southampton, Glasgow and Leicester (guaranteed interview I believe?) are all wise choices? Which would you suggest are the safest? I am unsure whether Angela Ruskin and UEA are good options? She doesn't want to apply for Aston as it is too local to home. Have we missed any other obvious ones? Also not wanting her Band 2 to work against her too much in the post interview scoring etc so we are trying to take that into account too.

I would very much appreciate your thoughts if you can spare yet more of your time. Thanks

@GANFYD (and others), thanks for the fantastic advice you dish out on these pages, I am a parent that has been reading the forum and other related discussions for some time, first time poster, seeking advice, on behalf of son. He is in Gap year, Scottish Student, applied last year unsuccessfully, retaken UCAT

NATIONAL 5's 9 A's
Highers 5 A's including Chemistry and Biology
Advanced Highers 3 A's including Chemistry and Biology
UCAT 2740 B3
VR 590
DM790
QR 700
AR 660
Thinking of Dundee, Aberdeen and Glasgow. First of all, am I correct in my thinking that none of these universities take into account SJT other than rejecting candidates with Band 4. Are these 3 universities 'safe' choices for interview with 2740 UCAT for Scottish student. Vary of Edinburgh as I believe they score SJT post interview to rank candidates for offer.
Also what universities would you suggest in England, for 4th choice, with above grades and UCAT where band 3 would not be detrimental. Thinking of SGUL, maybe Liverpool. Thanks

If you have achieved a levels and apply to Aston does that mean that you would get full academic points?