Imperial College School of Medicine

kizzy · 19-12-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by wellingtonboots

So has anyone in the UK got an interview letter yet? Is it really true that Imperial interview by decending BMAT order or is that just a big lie?

yeah i think it is more or less true....imperial baisically start with the applicants that they are most likely to accpect (who 'usually' have the highest BMAT scores)....so they start with people who obviously fit the entry requirements and have high bmat scores....(ie people like u!) and then work they're way down until all their places are filled up......and the remainig are unfortunatley rejected.

this is what i was told by the medical admissions team at imperial, so there you go.

At the mo, they are offereing interviews to international applicants, so i guess after that, its all the UK applicatants....but seriosuly wellingtonboots, from looking at ur BMAT scores, ur probably gonna be one of the few exceptional applaicants to get an early interview date!

shatteredmedic · 19-12-2006, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kizzy

this is what i was told by the medical admissions team at imperial, so there you go.

oh kool. i didnt hear it from the admissions team, so its good to get that confirmed. but it was pretty obvious that it was going on, last year.

maria_88 · 20-12-2006, 12:36 PM

But I think there were some people on this forum who got in last year with scores of 16-17...

kizzy · 20-12-2006, 03:03 PM

oh yea ofcourse....those with higher BMAT who dont succeed, will automatically give the chance for ppl with lower scores to get an offer. Its not certain that only the top bmat scoring applicatns are offered a place....some of these applicants may well be rejected after interview, so applicants down the line have more of a chance. Like i said earlier, they just work they're way down until all their places are filled up...so people with lower scores still do have hope, provided that they have a strong personal statment and good grades.

I guess at this stage, we just have to keep our fingers crossed!

All the best Maria_88!

maria_88 · 20-12-2006, 04:02 PM

Thanks Kizzy! All the best to you too!

Yes, you're right...We just have to keep fingers crossed and work hard for our grades now...Hope it turns out well for all of us!

wellingtonboots · 20-12-2006, 04:25 PM

Thanks for the info Kizzy! Good luck with your application!

Do you know if you can um...change your interview date if happens to be on the same day as a module exam because I'm doing 5 exams at the end of January.