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Birmingham Med School Number of A*s

mikeuk2006

The rumour is that birmingham medical school take all applications and order them in the number of A*s achieved at gcse, then they invite candidates to interview starting from the most A*s until they have given out enough offers.
I was hoping people could state how many A*s at gcse they got and whether theyd received an interview if they had applied there???

Reply 1

ToriWS

Everyone who has 7A*s or more will automatically get an interview. They then use any spaces left over to interview those with 6 then 5 etc..

However once you have had the interview, its all about that and that is what their decision is based upon.

I was told that on the open day.

Reply 2

lostphotobooth

11

My friend has eleven A*s and still hasn't received an interview from them but she has had interviews from Newcastle, Kings and has one for Cambridge next month. So I don't think they rank them at all.

26a*

7-8 apparently to almost guarantee an interview

Reply 5

Harmonium

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mikeuk2006

I was hoping people could state how many A*s at gcse they got and whether theyd received an interview if they had applied there???

I got 11A* at GCSE and got an interview in early November (and got an offer, waheeey!!) :biggrin:

I think 7A* is the magic number they mentioned on the open day though, so above that you should be fine.

7-8

ToriWS

Everyone who has 7A*s or more will automatically get an interview. They then use any spaces left over to interview those with 6 then 5 etc..

However once you have had the interview, its all about that and that is what their decision is based upon.

I was told that on the open day.

hehe you're perfect you have seven lol :yep:

Reply 8

Dr Acula

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med_lion

26a*

how could they not know

Reply 9

SS92

i only have 3 :frown:

is this the same for all med schools?

Reply 10

7589200

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Harmonium

I got 11A* at GCSE and got an interview in early November (and got an offer, waheeey!!) :biggrin:

I think 7A* is the magic number they mentioned on the open day though, so above that you should be fine.

where else did you apply?

Reply 11

notepad

10

SS92

i only have 3 :frown:

is this the same for all med schools?

No

Reply 12

Haz313

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SS92

i only have 3 :frown:

is this the same for all med schools?

No, not at all. Most uni's dont take TOO much interest in gcse's but obviously as much A's/A*'s helps. the AAB-AAA predicted grades is what matters aswell as a good ukcat score (dno if theyre doing it after this year)

Reply 13

mikeuk2006

OP

5

I was wondering if there cut-off point was just a reflection of what happened last year. Im curious whether the amount of A*s relates to how early someone is interviewed? Tbh i think its a ridiculous way of filtering through candidates.

Reply 14

iSimon

1

No I think they interview in order of when your application was received, but who they interview depends on whether you have 7 A*s or not.

Because I've seen people with just 7 A*s go for interview, and people with like 10A*s still waiting.

Reply 15

*Princess*

lostphotobooth

My friend has eleven A*s and still hasn't received an interview from them but she has had interviews from Newcastle, Kings and has one for Cambridge next month. So I don't think they rank them at all.

Thats like me, I got 10 A* and 1A at GCSE and still haven't heard from Birmingham :frown:

I called up and they said they haven't interviewed anyone with less than 8A* yet though so I am presuming they have a list of the applicants ranked in order of number of GCSE A* grades somewhere!

Reply 16

iSimon

1

*Princess*

Thats like me, I got 10 A* and 1A at GCSE and still haven't heard from Birmingham :frown:

I called up and they said they haven't interviewed anyone with less than 8A* yet though so I am presuming they have a list of the applicants ranked in order of number of GCSE A* grades somewhere!

wow really!? My friend got an interview and I'm sure he had 7...I'll have to check how many he had again :redface:

Reply 17

*Princess*

iSimon

wow really!? My friend got an interview and I'm sure he had 7...I'll have to check how many he had again :redface:

Although my UCAS got sent off really late (stupid school) on the 13th October so that may explain things

Reply 18

b9muslove

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*Princess*

Thats like me, I got 10 A* and 1A at GCSE and still haven't heard from Birmingham :frown:

I called up and they said they haven't interviewed anyone with less than 8A* yet though so I am presuming they have a list of the applicants ranked in order of number of GCSE A* grades somewhere!