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Where should I apply with low ucat and gcse

I have a ucat of 2410 band 2 and my gcse are 9887665 A* and D*. Predicted A levels of AAA. What unis should I apply to to give me the best chance of getting an offer?

Reply 1

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Reply 2

Bigfishytime

if it helps i got a ucat of 2900 Band 1 yesterday

Reply 3

username6042973

Original post by Bigfishytime

if it helps i got a ucat of 2900 Band 1 yesterday

wtf is wrong with you?

Reply 4

toothysmile

Original post by Bigfishytime

if it helps i got a ucat of 2900 Band 1 yesterday

No it doesn't.

Reply 5

toothysmile

Original post by n3h40000!

I have a ucat of 2410 band 2 and my gcse are 9887665 A* and D*. Predicted A levels of AAA. What unis should I apply to to give me the best chance of getting an offer?

Try Keele and Sunderland, also Aston and Sunderland, have you looked into BMAT?

Reply 6

username5868172

Original post by Bigfishytime

if it helps i got a ucat of 2900 Band 1 yesterday

bruh

Reply 7

username6042973

Original post by jennaa21

bruh

its probably a troll, most likely they didn't even get that score

Reply 8

he110!0000

Original post by toothysmile

Try Keele and Sunderland, also Aston and Sunderland, have you looked into BMAT?

I’m not rlly willing to do bmat tbh, also thanks for replying and do u think cardiff could be a potential good choice for me

Reply 9

username6042973

Original post by n3h40000!

I’m not rlly willing to do bmat tbh, also thanks for replying and do u think cardiff could be a potential good choice for me

Hi, if you really want to do medicine I think you should do the BMAT. Not saying that you won’t get an interview with that score but it’s very very risky putting down 4 UCAT options with your UCAT. So do the BMAT, you never know you might do allot better

Reply 10

he110!0000

Original post by B7861

Do yk if it’s too late to apply for it

Reply 11

toothysmile

Original post by n3h40000!

I’m not rlly willing to do bmat tbh, also thanks for replying and do u think cardiff could be a potential good choice for me

Cardiff puts heavy emphasis on GCSE so maybe not

(edited 7 months ago)

Reply 12

toothysmile

Original post by n3h40000!

Do yk if it’s too late to apply for it

No clue but the sooner you start researching for BMAT the better - take a look on the BMAT official thread

Reply 13

he110!0000

Original post by toothysmile

Try Keele and Sunderland, also Aston and Sunderland, have you looked into BMAT?

I might be wrong but don’t keele or Aston need like an A* in one subject

Reply 14

toothysmile

Original post by n3h40000!

I might be wrong but don’t keele or Aston need like an A* in one subject

I'm sorry you're right they do, but this can be AAA if you have A in EPQ

Reply 15

he110!0000

Original post by toothysmile

I'm sorry you're right they do, but this can be AAA if you have A in EPQ

I didn’t do EPQ, do they reduce the offer for any contextual factors? And if they did and iit turned to AAA does that mean I can apply to them?

Reply 16

toothysmile

Original post by n3h40000!

I didn’t do EPQ, do they reduce the offer for any contextual factors? And if they did and iit turned to AAA does that mean I can apply to them?

Do you meet the contextual factors and if so it might be worth applying

Reply 17

Feeb_05

Original post by n3h40000!

I have a ucat of 2410 band 2 and my gcse are 9887665 A* and D*. Predicted A levels of AAA. What unis should I apply to to give me the best chance of getting an offer?

Places such as Exeter weigh up UCAT as 25% of your score and 75% is academics to be invited to interview, I know a few that had lower scores that applied to Uni of Birmingham as well. Leicester weigh up ucat and academics 50:50 to be invited to interview. Other than that most unis that allow “lower” scores the cut off was around 2600, 2023 cohort. Keele may be an idea to apply to since their cut off was 2280 but definitely check their WP, mainly involves doing the access course in year 12 however.
Not to dampen but I had a friend apply to medicine with a score of just over 2400 and did not manage to secure a place at a university (decided to go into musical theatre anyway so was fine). My recommendation would be to bulk out that personal statement as much as you can, research, volunteering in different areas. Once you secure that interview that’s all that matters.

(edited 7 months ago)

Reply 18

Feeb_05

Original post by n3h40000!

I have a ucat of 2410 band 2 and my gcse are 9887665 A* and D*. Predicted A levels of AAA. What unis should I apply to to give me the best chance of getting an offer?

Another idea for you to do would be to check the Bristol uni website as they add a list of schools and colleges every year that are eligible for WP. Though their ucat score minimum is very high, my college would have secured me a guaranteed interview with the uni (didn’t end up applying for med) but definitely check everything you can to spy for WP