How come all unis ask for at least AAA for Medicine course?
I'll be applying for medicine by this October for the 2025 intake. im really confused about how almost all unis, extremely good and even average ones as for a minimum AAA. can i get into Manchester/Leeds/Liverpool with AAB? also what ucat score would i need out of 3600 to get into unis like manchester or liverpool. manchester says on their website i need a minimum of 2750 and leeds says 2900!! is this really the case? leeds also talks about a typical access to leeds offer that's ABB? what does that mean? thank you for helping.
Usually A-level grades just form part of minimum academic criteria, they want to ensure everyone on the course has a minimum level of ability, but they usually use other pieces of information to decide between applicants when shortlisting or making offers. Note that UCAT cutoffs may only be for invitation to interview, they may still consider UCAT score after interview to determine if they will make an offer. Access schemes are usually for students who meet specified widening participation criteria e.g. being care experienced, being from deprived regions, first in family to go to university, etc.
Also bear in mind every medical school has it's own selection criteria - Manchester having a cut off of 2750 vs Leeds having 2900 doesn't really make any difference except in guiding your choice of which medical schools to apply to. As medicine is about applying tactically, since all medical schools in the UK are exactly equal in the eyes of the GMC and of the NHS (the latter of which is the only provider of graduate medical training posts in the UK and so all medical graduates remaining in the UK will work for the NHS).
Medical schools are extremely transparent in what their selection criteria are. You need to not be thinking about "good" or "average" when it comes to medical schools (since as noted this is not something that exists in the realm of medicine) and instead look at your profile as an applicant, what areas you are strong in (e.g. A-level predicted grades; GCSE achieved grades; UCAT score; etc) and find the medical schools whose selection criteria you would score the best against to maximise your chance of getting an interview.
Also bear in mind every medical school has it's own selection criteria - Manchester having a cut off of 2750 vs Leeds having 2900 doesn't really make any difference except in guiding your choice of which medical schools to apply to. As medicine is about applying tactically, since all medical schools in the UK are exactly equal in the eyes of the GMC and of the NHS (the latter of which is the only provider of graduate medical training posts in the UK and so all medical graduates remaining in the UK will work for the NHS).
Medical schools are extremely transparent in what their selection criteria are. You need to not be thinking about "good" or "average" when it comes to medical schools (since as noted this is not something that exists in the realm of medicine) and instead look at your profile as an applicant, what areas you are strong in (e.g. A-level predicted grades; GCSE achieved grades; UCAT score; etc) and find the medical schools whose selection criteria you would score the best against to maximise your chance of getting an interview.
Original post by ibrahimmrashad
I'll be applying for medicine by this October for the 2025 intake. im really confused about how almost all unis, extremely good and even average ones as for a minimum AAA. can i get into Manchester/Leeds/Liverpool with AAB? also what ucat score would i need out of 3600 to get into unis like manchester or liverpool. manchester says on their website i need a minimum of 2750 and leeds says 2900!! is this really the case? leeds also talks about a typical access to leeds offer that's ABB? what does that mean? thank you for helping.
sorry how do you know leeds needs 2900?? i’ve been looking everywhere for that. i even emailed them and they said they don’t have a cut off or threshold.
Original post by ohtobeamedic
sorry how do you know leeds needs 2900?? i’ve been looking everywhere for that. i even emailed them and they said they don’t have a cut off or threshold.
i was just about to ask the same thing, Leeds recently switched to Ucat and don’t have a cutoff point.
Original post by nez9o
i was just about to ask the same thing, Leeds recently switched to Ucat and don’t have a cutoff point.
literally what i was thinking!! who knows
If you read this year thread then you can find out roughly the cutoff of most of univs . I am not interested in Leeds but I saw last year people where complaining that the look at gcse . So I go to the website first as some will tell you there cutoff then I read the thread and look at people given the interview (what was there academics and ucat ?) then last I look at whatthey know website and google the specific univ . That how I made my favourites and know roughly what they need for ucat .
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7377154
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7377154
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/
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Original post by ibrahimmrashad
I'll be applying for medicine by this October for the 2025 intake. im really confused about how almost all unis, extremely good and even average ones as for a minimum AAA. can i get into Manchester/Leeds/Liverpool with AAB? also what ucat score would i need out of 3600 to get into unis like manchester or liverpool. manchester says on their website i need a minimum of 2750 and leeds says 2900!! is this really the case? leeds also talks about a typical access to leeds offer that's ABB? what does that mean? thank you for helping.
For the AAB or lower A level grade then you need to look at each univ contextual(find out if you meet the criteria ) . it is long process but as every univ looks at different criteria for contextual then you need to look at the once you are interested in.
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This is the thread you want.
WHEN you have your UCAT, put your info in this thread in the format of the first post.
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7312527
The advisors / experts on there have been doing it for many years and know what is historically practically needed to get an interview from going through the policies, looking at FOIs and trawling the previous years threads to understand the cut off points.
It is critical to be strategic.
It is slightly more difficult to determine potential cut offs for the new to UCAT ex BMAT med schools as nobody knows how many will apply and therefore nobody knows what the cut off will be.
The med schools certainly won't know until the applications have been received.
The fastest and slowest thread is also an interesting read. It will show you what has gone before (but you can't wholly rely on it for the future as each year is different). But it does show you the importance of being strategic.
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7395783
WHEN you have your UCAT, put your info in this thread in the format of the first post.
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7312527
The advisors / experts on there have been doing it for many years and know what is historically practically needed to get an interview from going through the policies, looking at FOIs and trawling the previous years threads to understand the cut off points.
It is critical to be strategic.
It is slightly more difficult to determine potential cut offs for the new to UCAT ex BMAT med schools as nobody knows how many will apply and therefore nobody knows what the cut off will be.
The med schools certainly won't know until the applications have been received.
The fastest and slowest thread is also an interesting read. It will show you what has gone before (but you can't wholly rely on it for the future as each year is different). But it does show you the importance of being strategic.
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7395783
(edited 2 months ago)
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