How the previous BMAT medical schools intend to use UCAT for 2025 entry

University of Leeds:
The information below is taken from the following threads:
Fastest and Slowest Offer Senders 2024 Entry
University of Leeds A100 2024 Entry
Medicine Clearing Thread 2024 Entry

This information is based on applicants who posted on TSR only and may not be representative of the wider cohort not posting on TSR.
Thank you @MedMama for helping with this!
It's not certain on whether Leeds will increase or decrease their UCAT requirements this year. Most of the other previously BMAT universities seem to be using the UCAT deciles to judge. Perhaps Leeds will do the same depending on whether this year's deciles are vastly different to last year's.
Applicants need to meet academic entry requirements before UCAT score is considered. Last year, applicants with a high UCAT score were rejected due to not meeting the entry requirements.

Unless Leeds have changed this completely, they use GCSEs as their primary shortlisting criteria, scoring 8 GCSEs for 24 points. They also score A levels, but this is a bit pointless as you do not get more for anything above AAA. Then UCAT is scored in quintiles of their applicants for 5 points.

GCSE’s receive a mark out of 24 for the top 8 subjects; 3 points for A*, 2 points for A, 1 point for B. Secondly predicted A level grades are marked with 8 points for AAA, 4 points for AAB, 2 points for ABB. Finally, UCAT attracts a maximum of 5 points, based on scores of applicants (top 20% receive 5 points etc).

I think you have probably been able to drop a couple of points, if non-contextual (certainly was around this when they were willing to divulge their cut offs)

So raw UCAT scores are not that helpful, given the quintiles will have quite wide bands and GCSEs are a bigger part of the scoring. Plus there is either a score uplift or lowered cut off for contextual. Unanswered questions (if anyone can find out) are do they score 8s and 9s the same and are full academic points given for achieved A levels. My best guess is yes and no.

Unless Leeds have changed this completely, they use GCSEs as their primary shortlisting criteria, scoring 8 GCSEs for 24 points. They also score A levels, but this is a bit pointless as you do not get more for anything above AAA. Then UCAT is scored in quintiles of their applicants for 5 points.
GCSE’s receive a mark out of 24 for the top 8 subjects; 3 points for A*, 2 points for A, 1 point for B. Secondly predicted A level grades are marked with 8 points for AAA, 4 points for AAB, 2 points for ABB. Finally, UCAT attracts a maximum of 5 points, based on scores of applicants (top 20% receive 5 points etc).
I think you have probably been able to drop a couple of points, if non-contextual (certainly was around this when they were willing to divulge their cut offs)
So raw UCAT scores are not that helpful, given the quintiles will have quite wide bands and GCSEs are a bigger part of the scoring. Plus there is either a score uplift or lowered cut off for contextual. Unanswered questions (if anyone can find out) are do they score 8s and 9s the same and are full academic points given for achieved A levels. My best guess is yes and no.

Hello i couldnt find any info bout the Leeds scoring system...
May I know if this is confirmed and is there a source i could refer to

BMAT is no longer used in the UK as an admissions test for undergraduate Medicine. UCAT will be used instead.
Some medical schools that previously used BMAT opted to change to UCAT for 2024 entry onward, but all medical schools in the UK now use UCAT for 2025 entry onwards. The information below is taken from the relevant university websites only.
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (https://www.bsms.ac.uk/undergraduate/applying-to-bsms/entry-requirements.aspx)
SJT Band 1-3 After assessing academic qualifications, they rank applicants according to their total UCAT score out of 3600 and work down the rankings to fill interview places.
Reserve 30% interviews for applicants with contextual data and these applicants are ranked separately from the wider applicant pool.
Need more information about post-interview selection criteria
University of Cambridge (https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/medicine-mb-bchir)
Not using SJT score for 2025 entry
Using overall UCAT score out of 3600 for both interview and post-interview offer selection criteria.
See a couple posts down for A101 information.
Imperial College London (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate/medicine/)
UCAT cut off scores set to change each year according to ‘ranked candidate UCAT scores vs number of expected interview sessions’. Anticipate to invite top 1/3 of ranked candidates based on UCAT score to interview. Required to score minimum threshold in each subsection (including SJT). There is also a threshold on total UCAT score.
Adjustments are made to total UCAT score threshold for those with contextual data.
Lancaster University (https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lms/medicine/mbchb-medicine-and-surgery/how-to-apply/)
SJT band 1-3
Total UCAT score out of 3600 will be ranked. Anticipate to select applicants from top 7 deciles.
Applicants with contextual data and borderline UCAT score will be considered.
Post-interview selection criteria seems to be based on overall MMI score only not UCAT.
University of Leeds (https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/5580/medicine-and-surgery-mbchb#applying)
No exact information, only that they will be using UCAT.
Post-interview selection criteria is entirely based on interview performance.
This university used UCAT for 2024 entry, please have a read through last year's application cycle for Leeds here:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7377154
University of Oxford (https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/medicine/pre-clinical/applying/application-process)
Initial shortlisting includes numerical ranking of applicants with UCAT results (and GCSE results if available and this will be equally weighted to UCAT in first stage of shortlisting). Those without GCSEs (or took them summer 2020 – summer 2021), has double weighting of UCAT score.
GCSEs performance is established according to number and proportion of grade 8/9/A*. Interviewers will not be aware of UCAT scores when interviewing.
To put this simply:
Initial shortlisting = either GCSE + UCAT (equal weighting) or UCAT + UCAT (double weighting).
Following this initial shortlisting, an extra ~80 applicants are added by tutors onto the initial shortlist taking into account individual circumstances (I’m assuming they mean contextual data here?).
University College London (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-school/study/undergraduate/mbbs-admissions)
‘For candidates who meet our minimum entry requirements, the overall UCAT is used, to help us select candidates for interview.’
Applicants eligible for contextual offer scheme will have UCAT scores reviewed separately. No information on cutoffs on their website.
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https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7312527
This thread is an amazing resource for tips on UCAT for 2025 entry:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7475233
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Unless Leeds have changed this completely, they use GCSEs as their primary shortlisting criteria, scoring 8 GCSEs for 24 points. They also score A levels, but this is a bit pointless as you do not get more for anything above AAA. Then UCAT is scored in quintiles of their applicants for 5 points.
GCSE’s receive a mark out of 24 for the top 8 subjects; 3 points for A*, 2 points for A, 1 point for B. Secondly predicted A level grades are marked with 8 points for AAA, 4 points for AAB, 2 points for ABB. Finally, UCAT attracts a maximum of 5 points, based on scores of applicants (top 20% receive 5 points etc).
I think you have probably been able to drop a couple of points, if non-contextual (certainly was around this when they were willing to divulge their cut offs)
So raw UCAT scores are not that helpful, given the quintiles will have quite wide bands and GCSEs are a bigger part of the scoring. Plus there is either a score uplift or lowered cut off for contextual. Unanswered questions (if anyone can find out) are do they score 8s and 9s the same and are full academic points given for achieved A levels. My best guess is yes and no.

Hello,
Do you think I stand a chance with Leeds with the following (are GCSEs scored by reference to particular subjects?);
GCSEs - 7 x 9s, 2 x 8s and 1 x 7
Predicted A Levels - A*Biology, A* Latin, A Chemistry
UCAT 2890 Band 2
Thank you!

Please post this in the megathread instead of this thread:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7312527
Ensure you read the first post of that thread before posting your stats in the requested format

Thank you. Have posted over there but just thought of Leeds as a possibility and saw this thread. Will wait for a response on the megathread!

Hopefully you get a response soon! The advisors are making their way through, but are volunteering there in their spare time

Thank you. Have posted over there but just thought of Leeds as a possibility and saw this thread. Will wait for a response on the megathread!

please say what the reply number in top left of your post was and one of us will get back by tomorrow night - if not tag me tomorrow night or at the weekend ( it does look totally feasible)

University of Leeds:
The information below is taken from the following threads:
Fastest and Slowest Offer Senders 2024 Entry
University of Leeds A100 2024 Entry
Medicine Clearing Thread 2024 Entry

This information is based on applicants who posted on TSR only and may not be representative of the wider cohort not posting on TSR.
Thank you @MedMama for helping with this!
It's not certain on whether Leeds will increase or decrease their UCAT requirements this year. Most of the other previously BMAT universities seem to be using the UCAT deciles to judge. Perhaps Leeds will do the same depending on whether this year's deciles are vastly different to last year's.
Applicants need to meet academic entry requirements before UCAT score is considered. Last year, applicants with a high UCAT score were rejected due to not meeting the entry requirements.

Hi! Not sure if I'm being silly but I can't fully make sense of this table 😭 Does that mean the cutoff was around 2750?? Asking because I got 2800 B2, with 98888877777 at GCSE. I'm contextual and will apply for Access to Leeds

This information is based on applicants who posted on TSR only and may not be representative of the wider cohort not posting on TSR.

Unless Leeds have changed this completely, they use GCSEs as their primary shortlisting criteria, scoring 8 GCSEs for 24 points. They also score A levels, but this is a bit pointless as you do not get more for anything above AAA. Then UCAT is scored in quintiles of their applicants for 5 points.
GCSE’s receive a mark out of 24 for the top 8 subjects; 3 points for A*, 2 points for A, 1 point for B. Secondly predicted A level grades are marked with 8 points for AAA, 4 points for AAB, 2 points for ABB. Finally, UCAT attracts a maximum of 5 points, based on scores of applicants (top 20% receive 5 points etc).
I think you have probably been able to drop a couple of points, if non-contextual (certainly was around this when they were willing to divulge their cut offs)
So raw UCAT scores are not that helpful, given the quintiles will have quite wide bands and GCSEs are a bigger part of the scoring. Plus there is either a score uplift or lowered cut off for contextual. Unanswered questions (if anyone can find out) are do they score 8s and 9s the same and are full academic points given for achieved A levels. My best guess is yes and no.