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Has any international student been accepted to UCL for an undergraduate degree?

I really want to know people who are either accepting or currently they are applying to UCL university in London. I have noticed that their acceptance rate especially for the international students is really low particularly for medical majors. So l really want to know more about it.
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by f.a38x
I really want to know people who are either accepting or currently they are applying to UCL university in London. I have noticed that their acceptance rate especially for the international students is really low particularly for medical majors. So l really want to know more about it.

UCL last year exceeded their visa allocations for international students (they fixed it later), so I would imagine they are being particularly careful this year.

Also, international medical school places are heavily capped by the government, so they obviously reject a lot more international students for medicine.
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by Scotland Yard
UCL last year exceeded their visa allocations for international students (they fixed it later), so I would imagine they are being particularly careful this year.
Also, international medical school places are heavily capped by the government, so they obviously reject a lot more international students for medicine.


So what qualifications do l need to get accepted? Also lm not talking about Medicine, l have applied to multiple medical related majors but not medicine, l really want to be sure about it because it’s my only option and l can’t apply to anything else
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by f.a38x
So what qualifications do l need to get accepted? Also lm not talking about Medicine, l have applied to multiple medical related majors but not medicine, l really want to be sure about it because it’s my only option and l can’t apply to anything else

Either A-Level, IB or whatever international qualifications they say they accept as equivalents.

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by Admit-One
Either A-Level, IB or whatever international qualifications they say they accept as equivalents.


Do they only care about the grades? Or that’s the most important part? Because If my grades were converted to A-levels, I expect they would be A* A* A
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by f.a38x
Do they only care about the grades? Or that’s the most important part? Because If my grades were converted to A-levels, I expect they would be A* A* A


Only UCL admissions could tell you what weighting they put against achieved/predicted grades and the personal statement. They have general guidance here, but it does not include weightings. You can check equivalencies here:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/international/region-search

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