UCAT question about band 3

Hi, i’ve done my ucat a few days ago and i scored 2110 but band 3 in sjt. what unis do you think will definitely not accept me because of my b3 and which ones wont care as much. i’m a little disappointed tbh

Reply 1

rayyshazib008

id say dont apply manchester as they automatically reject anythig below b2 and look into if the unis u want to apply to weigh sjt at all. most dont so u shud be fine for most unis.

Reply 2

donna_m01

Original post

by rayyshazib008

id say dont apply manchester as they automatically reject anythig below b2 and look into if the unis u want to apply to weigh sjt at all. most dont so u shud be fine for most unis.

do you know which unis don't focus much on sjt? i've been researching but can't find much info. (B3 as welll btw)

Reply 3

Foodis8ae

Hey, this is some info I found that may be useful.
Keele doesn't rlly focus on the UCAT (however they do automatically rule out band 4 SJT and whilst they allow B1-3, B3 may be a disadvantage) instead they are heavily weighted on academics and the R&R form (basically a separate form kinda like the personal statement where you lay out any experiences, volunteering, etc)
Another good option is Exeter which has a weighting of 3:1 for academics: UCAT (although I'm not too sure how heavily SJT is weighted)
Cardiff like Exeter doesn't rlly focus on ucat and uses academics mostly, but then uses the UCAT to differentiate between candidates with similar grades (however they also automatically rule out band 4 SJT)
There are many unis that automatically rule out B4 SJT and some that may let you in. For B3 I would advise you to look into Birmingham, Sheffield, Aberdeen and they don't disqualify B3 but they use it in borderline decisions between candidates
Hopefully any of this helps, but I would strongly advise you to do your own research xx