Official: King's College London A101 EMDP 2023 Entry Applicants and Offer Holders

oh nooo !!1 what is 'low' to you i think you still light have a chance at other unis !! dont fret ! kings for a101 told me my ucat was the reason i didnt get in and i also had a low ucat so make sure you are being really strategic about where you apply ! If your gcses are good bham is good to look !
also cardiff

@Duecesusu the emdp is for people with grades lower than those required for standard entry medicine.

yes exactly !!! i know so many who had a high ucat and a levels and actually got rejected bc it was too high !!!
- its a foundation year programme for a reason and the admissions always look at that !

I mean probably, maybe not AUTOMATICALLY, but probably, It’s for people as a foundation year to medicine. Like gateway years for example, they’re not for people who have the grades for medicine. If you have the grades for medicine then its not for you hence why the entry requirements are AAB and not AAA or A*AA or higher. Also with your predicted and your great UCAT score you would have a great chance at medicine as a direct route anyway, you would get at least one offer out of 4. (if I’m basing it on what my colleges admissions stats were for medicine this year.) You have similar predicted grades and UCAT score to what people got who got accepted for 22 entry. This is designed for people who meet widening participation criteria and live in low-progression areas and who went to low attainment schools as well, which is needed as well as having the required average grades.
ALSO just because you have Band 3 doesn’t necessarily put you at an advantage, some unis like Aston in Birmingham don’t look at SJT at all whereas some like Hull York medical school look at SJT TWICE in the selection process, so you wouldn’t really have a chance there at all as they’re going to pick the people with band one and two. If you need any help reply to this as I have studied the selection processes for UCAT, SJT, Grades a lot

I mean probably, maybe not AUTOMATICALLY, but probably, It’s for people as a foundation year to medicine. Like gateway years for example, they’re not for people who have the grades for medicine. If you have the grades for medicine then its not for you hence why the entry requirements are AAB and not AAA or A*AA or higher. Also with your predicted and your great UCAT score you would have a great chance at medicine as a direct route anyway, you would get at least one offer out of 4. (if I’m basing it on what my colleges admissions stats were for medicine this year.) You have similar predicted grades and UCAT score to what people got who got accepted for 22 entry. This is designed for people who meet widening participation criteria and live in low-progression areas and who went to low attainment schools as well, which is needed as well as having the required average grades.
ALSO just because you have Band 3 doesn’t necessarily put you at an advantage, some unis like Aston in Birmingham don’t look at SJT at all whereas some like Hull York medical school look at SJT TWICE in the selection process, so you wouldn’t really have a chance there at all as they’re going to pick the people with band one and two. If you need any help reply to this as I have studied the selection processes for UCAT, SJT, Grades a lot

Okay, thank you sm! My stats are 999888776 (6 in eng lang), predicted A*AA, 2630 B3. I was thinking of applying to King's emdp, Plymouth, Hull york (as i meet the contextual criteria so get extra 15 points), & Sunderland. Would you maybe have any more viable suggestions? I also meet a few contextual criteria's.

@docxo historically people have been rejected from kings for EMDP if they’re have the grades for medicine. Sunderland is a good one with your UCAT SCORE, however Keele and Sunderland have something called a Roles and Responsibilities form… this is what they use mainly and them 2 unis in particular don’t focus on personal statement that much. They make you fill this form out after you have submitted your application and you have 2 weeks to fill it out after Oct 15th. What happens it theres about 5 sections, they score each one and give a total score. The people with the highest scores in r&r are invited for interview. So this means people who have been carers for people, done good voluntary work (the more you do the more credit you get BARE IN MIND you CANNOT LIE as they want the name, address, contact details and times/ days you volunteered, cared, worked etc etc) and worked, for example someone who has worked in a hospital or done lots of voluntary work over a long period of time they will score higher and be more likely to get an interview. Notts is good if you have A’s in GCSE science as well.

Lower than standard as in how?… AAA is what majority of medical schools A100 course ask for. Except for some like Keele which is A*AA for example

Hi Everyone!

I got 2760B1 in my UCAT.
My GCSE'S are 9999998888
My predicted grades are 3A*S in Bio, Chem and Phys.

I am elligible for the EMDP, could i get in?

Lower than standard as in how?… AAA is what majority of medical schools A100 course ask for. Except for some like Keele which is A*AA for example

Hi there - I am going to copy what someone else has wisely said on here :

Like gateway years for example, they’re not for people who have the grades for medicine. If you have the grades for medicine then its not for you hence why the entry requirements are ABB and not AAA or A*AA or higher. Also with your predicted and your great UCAT score you would have a great chance at medicine as a direct route anyway, you would get at least one offer out of 4. (if I’m basing it on what my colleges admissions stats were for medicine this year.) You have similar predicted grades and UCAT score to what people got who got accepted for 22 entry. This is designed for people who meet widening participation criteria and live in low-progression areas and who went to low attainment schools as well, which is needed as well as having the required average grades.

aka - you have the grades for med via the normal 5 year course so they would see that and the admissions probably wouldn't favour you due to already having the ucat and grades for the standard course - This course is for people who DO NOT have the ucat and grades for medicine !!
Its a FOUNDATION year for a reason - you have MUCH better option to chose from which would be wiser for you especially with your 3 a* predictions !!!! like exeter for example also queen mary in london and st georges would defo be safe for you, also think about liverpool or Birmingham - you have SO many great options !!!

Hi,
Thank you i see what youre saying but i think whoever you copied that from needs to calm down because getting good grades doesnt mean im not from a low attainment school in a low progression area because both of those things apply to me. I came on here as people on the A100 thread said my ucat may be too low for the A100 but i think im just gonna apply to the A100. Again whoever you copied that from needs to take a step back and think about what they say before they say it