How does Imperial use BMAT?

[mariamsalako]

well i have no beef wiv cambridge!!! but i so have beef wiv St. George's!!! i'd rant about them but ..... i'm too nice

[psyche87]

Well it's really a matter of what you want to get out of the course.

For me, the Cambridge course is perfect since I fully intend to go into academic medicine, so the first 3 years will really provide a solid grounding for me in the sciences. Not to say the Imperial course isn't good as well, but it's just that the Cambridge course would suit me more. =)

I just have a bit of a problem with Imperial's admissions process working in batches, though, since it gave me the feeling last year of them just interviewing people in batches and rejecting most of the rest of the people once they'd filled up their places...

[switchday]

i kinda got that feeling too at the time but all the emotions settle eventually.

[umerhakeem]

I'm still in love with Cambridge. Dont diss it.

[switchday]

don;t be in love with a poor university that's gonna be our rivals.

[Artistic]

Originally Posted by sheak

On the open day they seemed to be saying that you need a good BMAT score to get to interview. Then they look at your personal statement, grades etc.

Hello
So they said that to be considered further, a good BMAT score is firstly needed, and only then do they look at other aspects of your application to judge if your suitable for interview?
Do you have any idea what a good BMAT score is to them? or if they have a cut-off point etc....partly the reason why i'm likely to go for imperial and not UCL is because i felt they don't disadvantage you as much if you don't get under 19, but now you've scared me

[naimslim89]

I can second that -- I went to the open day, and they said that the first thing that they look at is the BMAT score. THEN they look at the rest of the application.

W.r.t a good BMAT score, I dunno. It could be that they'll operate a cut-off policy whereby applicants have to achieve x amounts of points to be considered, or they might place all their applicants in rank order and take the top x% or so. But I reckon, like UCL, that a good score of 19 is actually a competitively high one.

[crajee]

What is the lowest score you know someone has got,who still got an interview at Imperial?

(BMAT was awful..)

[YetAnotherEgyptianMedic..]

thank god someone dug this thread up. i really want to be offered a place from Imperial its one of the best medical schools there is! i love the atmosphere and the people and it generally felt 'right'!
I'm worried my BMAT will get me rejected i cocked up section 3 because i planned more than i had time for. i just want a place in imperial now :S :S :S

[crajee]

Same here... very worried.. but in all fairness, if I don't deserve a place, then I don't deserve it (this is, of course, assuming the way Imperial assesses if candidates deserve a place is a fair way of doing so... hah! Why do I think of Critical Thinking points AFTER the exam?)...