Lowest UKCAT Score to have an interview..?

[Srauf]

I was just wondering what was the lowest ukcat score that leeds gave an interview to..? is it worth applying if you have a ukcat score in the 500's to leeds..?!
can someone please advice.. as to how strongly leeds look at the ukcat score ?
do they have a cut off point..?
what was the lowest that ever got taken in leeds ?

even though i have already got my a- level grades :
AAA in Biology Chemistry and law !

Gcse's :
AA( science) A ( Business Studies) A* ( Food Technology) B ( spanish) B (media studies) B ( maths) C and C ( English Language and literature - resitting language) Merit ( GNVQ ICT ) - average resultss !

personal statement:

1 week at GP's surgery,
Sahara homes - nursing home dementia and alzeimers patients !
Queen Victoria Hospital - organised experience... May 2009
2 weeks at pharmacy
first aid course
working with the british red cross: Emergence Response volunteer
working with the BRC again: with humanatarian education officer - in high schools taking about first aid, starvation issues, refugees etc.
Young Enterprise London - Business advisor to sixth Business studies business competition.
Young enterprise london: primary schools programmes - examining world trade issues etc
Pandor clothing: recpetion helper..
Nursery- children with special needs
and ofcourse all the school stuff - mentoring, open days etc !
---- later this year ----
Police Cadets
training to be a first aid trainer ( pending )
St.Jhons Ambulance volunteering ( pending )
police cadets ( pending)

[Srauf]

no one... has the answer...?

[Kinkerz]

A) How is anybody going to know the answer to that?

B) It's quite irrelavant as Leeds only use the UKCAT to differentiate between very close applicants, and thus it does not form a large part of the selection procedure.

[Srauf]

Thanks !
I was just wondering... if there were any current leeds medical school students that know of friends, fellow medics... who had a unusally low ukcat score and still got taken in..?!
You think i shoukd apply..?
you advice me any medcial schools to apply to ( just one ukcat ) guna do 3 bmat unis and then .. maybe bristol...or one ukcat university !

[Kinkerz]

Thanks !
I was just wondering... if there were any current leeds medical school students that know of friends, fellow medics... who had a unusally low ukcat score and still got taken in..?!
You think i shoukd apply..?
you advice me any medcial schools to apply to ( just one ukcat ) guna do 3 bmat unis and then .. maybe bristol...or one ukcat university !

Well if you have 7A* or more at GCSE, I'd advise Birmingham as they don't use the UKCAT and people who have 7A* seem to have a really good chance. Otherwise it's your own choice!

[kizdxb]

1.Well GCSE wise you have 4 A's and 3B's. Most Uni's ask for applicants to offer a wide range of subjects with at least six at grade A or B (B in the case of leeds), so you've made the requirements there.
2. A-levels...great, but why did you take law??
3. UKCAT, for Leeds isn't taken much into consideration apart from in neck-neck situations, so if you have 500, just hope you don't go up against someone with 700....
4. Good idea to resit Lang because almost all unis ask for at least a B.

Final note
Grades arn't everything.
Personal qualities, MBChB Admissions, School of Medicine, University of Leeds

[kizdxb]

5. I would highly discourage you to pick 3 BMAT unis....if your thinking that BMAT uni's are better than the rest, then its not a good reason to do it....also if you get a poor score, youve got a big challange and may count 3 out already...then if go for a non-UKCAT uni (Brum,Bristol,L'pool) they are normally harder to get into....so overall your giving your self quite a tough task to a task thats already quite hard.

[Srauf]

5. I would highly discourage you to pick 3 BMAT unis....if your thinking that BMAT uni's are better than the rest, then its not a good reason to do it....also if you get a poor score, youve got a big challange and may count 3 out already...then if go for a non-UKCAT uni (Brum,Bristol,L'pool) they are normally harder to get into....so overall your giving your self quite a tough task to a task thats already quite hard.

i know !! I am sooo badly struggling at the bmat preperation ! its meant to be hard !! its like putting all the eggs in one basket ! but then also my ukcat isnt too high to go for a ukcat uni ! . I was thinkingleeds maybe ! but now just tooo scared !
I hope it works out. reallyy badly do ! you think.. tht applying to leeds would have given me any chances..?

[kizdxb]

i think your already making it too hard for yourself...so all i can say is good luck with your BMAT...if you get a low score, uve got an uphill struggle.
plus leeds is one of the most competetive...

[Swifty]

if you are sure that you can ace your BMAT and if you know that you can perform excellently in an interview, then you will have a good chance of receiving an offer from leeds and your other unis (I know that Leeds do not require the BMAT).