No that imperial have raised there entry requirements..

[Sportygirl2008]

nvr mind i jst found it its 38 points!!! oucchhh..

[tcdlewis]

To be honest I always assumed AAA was needed for Imperial anyway

[Bambi]

Overall it is unlikey to hugely affect applicant numbers, the increase from ABB to AAB a couple of years ago didn't have a massive impact so there is no reason to think that this situation will be any different. The only thing that is likely to change is the grades required for the other London schools as they do tend to copy each other on things like this. The main reason being that they don't want to end up as everyones insurance choice as it is a nightmare in terms of offer numbers etc.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Sportygirl2008

hey guyz..
do u think i have a chance in makin in imperial it i chcked it out it really looks great..the thing is im an international student in my final yr n im doing american IB ....i haven't yet got my predicted grades bt i have a gpa of 4.389 out of 4 ...ne1 knw wt the ib grade required for entrance is it 36 by nechance??!
help plz...THNXX

How can you have a GPA higher than 4.0?

[shatteredmedic]

Originally Posted by Rich' Trash

Its logical to assume that there will be less people able to apply because there will be less actually making the grades.

Not necessarily. The proportion of people getting A's is increasing year upon year. I think it stands at about 25% at the moment.

[shatteredmedic]

Originally Posted by Bambi

Overall it is unlikey to hugely affect applicant numbers, the increase from ABB to AAB a couple of years ago didn't have a massive impact so there is no reason to think that this situation will be any different. The only thing that is likely to change is the grades required for the other London schools as they do tend to copy each other on things like this. The main reason being that they don't want to end up as everyones insurance choice as it is a nightmare in terms of offer numbers etc.

spot on.

[sophiakhanom]

Originally Posted by Jonny-R

They are the most competitive, so only the top acheiving applicants bother to apply. This doesn't mean they have the largest number of applicants. Due to the entry requirmeants only the top acheiving applicants apply.
I have looked at the UCAS 2006 institute data, and for medecine Cambridge had ~ 1604 applicants in total (all catagories), and of this they accepted 311. So they had 5.16 APP(2d.p's).
This is very low compared to most other schools.

can u tell me where this data is/ give a link cos i couldnt find it

[electrophilic_addition]

Originally Posted by Bambi

The only thing that is likely to change is the grades required for the other London schools as they do tend to copy each other on things like this.

As Imperial is no longer part of the University of London they can do what they like without affecting the other London medical schools so there will probably be no copying. For the forseeable future at least.

[Bambi]

Whether or not it is part of the University of London doesn't matter as far as this is concerned, all that matters is that it is in London, the other unis will have no choice but to put up their grades.

[sophiakhanom]

but why would they raise they're grade boundarie in the first place, wouldn't it be because they've got too many applicants?