Official: University of Leicester A100 2023 Entry Applicants and Offer Holder thread

Hi. I was wondering if Leicester may still have a low interview: offer ratio this year?

I've had a quick read through 2023 entry and it seems to be the same scoring process as for 2022 entry, apart from the reapplicant ucat cutoff. If you are a home non grad then I'd be aiming for 58.5 or above to be safe but it is possible that cutoffs could be slightly lower this year as grade inflation should be eliminated, but there's no point in me predicting

You should know what a pedant I am, but this is the main year that GCSE grade inflation will hit (it was 2021 TAGs that were most affected), so med schools that use GCSEs to shortlist are likely to see a rise in cut offs, as there are just more 8s and 9s about. Whether that is offest by the tightening up of achieved applicant criteria at Leicester, or interviewing more people (do not think they will do that, as interviewed more than usual last year, due to underestimating the achived applicant numbers) remains to be seen
Good luck with med school, hope you have a ball

Oh wow Id completely forgotten about GCSEs being affected by covid for this year of applicants, time flies lol. I'll remove my last post to avoid confusion

hi, what was the cutoff score for 2022 entry for non contextual applicants?

Hi, I'm about to start 1st year at Leicester, if anyone has any questions feel free to dm or at me in this thread . I'm guessing most of your questions will be about admissions this early on in the process, which is still pretty fresh in my mind so you might as well take advantage

I need help and guidance of feasibility of getting success at Leicester with following:-

GCSE - All 9s
A Level (Bio, Chem, Maths) - Predicted All A*
UCAT - 2600 , SJT-Band1
Virtual Work Experience - BSMS
Physical Work Experience - Kings Hospital, London
Volunteering - Kings Hospital, London

Appreciate suggestion on this.

According to their 2023 application scoring I'm at 59/64 (GCSEs and UCAT) is that good enough for a chance of interview right now?

Edit : Compared to 2022 I'm barely in and 2021 and the years before I'm a bit better. Is it worth the gamble that it will decrease or should I assume it will increase I guess is my new question.

Your years' inflated GCSE grades probably will not mean more interviews, Leicester use GCSEs as a main factor in their scoring for interview but lower numbers of achieved applicants should help. You guys having normal a levels should mean that even if numbers of interviews given out do rise, Leicester may be comfortable giving out a few more offers as more people with offers will miss out on places BUT also balance that with potential rises in applicant numbers in general. Also, be careful when looking at med school admission statistics because they can sometimes be misleading (intentional or not), *Im looking at you manchester*. Leicester are very up front and detailed which is good but I remember looking at fois from other unis when trying to find interview offer ratios and realising they didn't add up. Just take everything with a bit of skepticism because med schools WANT you to apply, they are trying not to scare you off.

what did manchester do i am thinking of applying should i not if there is something i dont know pls let me know ?

I need help and guidance of feasibility of getting success at Leicester with following:-

GCSE - All 9s
A Level (Bio, Chem, Maths) - Predicted All A*
UCAT - 2600 , SJT-Band1
Virtual Work Experience - BSMS
Physical Work Experience - Kings Hospital, London
Volunteering - Kings Hospital, London

Appreciate suggestion on this.