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liverpool dentistry?

i'm going into year 13 in september and in an ideal world i'd get into liverpool dentistry. my predicted grades are A*AA and my gcses are 9888876666 (6 in phys, chem, maths....) i haven't done the ucat yet but currently practice isn't going to well :/

i'm worried if i don't do amazingly in my ucat i stand no chance because of my gcses and stuff - what can i do last minute to improve my chances at at least getting an interview? obviously i'll keep working at my ucat.

do you think i have a chance at getting an interview? an offer even?

i'm also considering applying to newcastle, qmul, and plymouth but i'm just at a lost because everyone i see is predicted 3x A* and has all 9s at gcse that i'm getting paranoid now 😭

Reply 1

I got 2600 UCAT and got an int, I had higher GCSEs and predictions tho, I reckon a UCAT of 2700 will 100% get you an int.

Don’t quote me on this cuz this is just what I think

Reply 2

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by AntonSlayer
I got 2600 UCAT and got an int, I had higher GCSEs and predictions tho, I reckon a UCAT of 2700 will 100% get you an int.
Don’t quote me on this cuz this is just what I think


that is what i've been aiming for anyway in ucat so hopefully all goes well - i went to a lvp open day and they said once you've met the minimum academic requirements they don't pay too much attention to them... i hope that's true

Reply 3

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by njkwde
i'm going into year 13 in september and in an ideal world i'd get into liverpool dentistry. my predicted grades are A*AA and my gcses are 9888876666 (6 in phys, chem, maths....) i haven't done the ucat yet but currently practice isn't going to well :/
i'm worried if i don't do amazingly in my ucat i stand no chance because of my gcses and stuff - what can i do last minute to improve my chances at at least getting an interview? obviously i'll keep working at my ucat.
do you think i have a chance at getting an interview? an offer even?
i'm also considering applying to newcastle, qmul, and plymouth but i'm just at a lost because everyone i see is predicted 3x A* and has all 9s at gcse that i'm getting paranoid now 😭


ur GCSEs are good wdym? if that’s bad I stand no chance 😭

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by needhelp11122
ur GCSEs are good wdym? if that’s bad I stand no chance 😭


ahh sorry to be so negative! i think i'm just over-worried because of all the people on tiktok and stuff saying they got all 8-9s 😭

good luck to you whatever you're going for! i'm sure we'll both get to where we want to be one way or another

Reply 5

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by username6938074
ahh sorry to be so negative! i think i'm just over-worried because of all the people on tiktok and stuff saying they got all 8-9s 😭
good luck to you whatever you're going for! i'm sure we'll both get to where we want to be one way or another

Hi, do you mind me asking how you are getting on generally and for Liverpool, I’ve got the same stats as you pretty much but no UCAT yet.

Reply 6

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by username6938074
i'm going into year 13 in september and in an ideal world i'd get into liverpool dentistry. my predicted grades are A*AA and my gcses are 9888876666 (6 in phys, chem, maths....) i haven't done the ucat yet but currently practice isn't going to well :/
i'm worried if i don't do amazingly in my ucat i stand no chance because of my gcses and stuff - what can i do last minute to improve my chances at at least getting an interview? obviously i'll keep working at my ucat.
do you think i have a chance at getting an interview? an offer even?
i'm also considering applying to newcastle, qmul, and plymouth but i'm just at a lost because everyone i see is predicted 3x A* and has all 9s at gcse that i'm getting paranoid now 😭

I got 3A’s predicted.888777765 GCSES and 2490 UCAT and got an interview in 2 weeks so you definitely have a chance even if UCAT doesn’t go to plan

Reply 7

For those who have got an interview, may I ask if it is conducted online? Thanks.

Reply 8

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by sbfj
For those who have got an interview, may I ask if it is conducted online? Thanks.

No. The Liverpool interviews are in person.

Reply 9

Original post
by username6938074
i'm going into year 13 in september and in an ideal world i'd get into liverpool dentistry. my predicted grades are A*AA and my gcses are 9888876666 (6 in phys, chem, maths....) i haven't done the ucat yet but currently practice isn't going to well :/
i'm worried if i don't do amazingly in my ucat i stand no chance because of my gcses and stuff - what can i do last minute to improve my chances at at least getting an interview? obviously i'll keep working at my ucat.
do you think i have a chance at getting an interview? an offer even?
i'm also considering applying to newcastle, qmul, and plymouth but i'm just at a lost because everyone i see is predicted 3x A* and has all 9s at gcse that i'm getting paranoid now 😭

the selection for interview is based on 50% non academic form and 50% UCAT

I’ve seen ppl with 2750+ Get rejected pre-interview and ppl with 2490 get an interview bcs of their non-academic form, so don’t worry abt ur GCSEs

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