UKCAT and Leicester application

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Bigdog - Why shouldn't you have resat your A levels?

[Mohai]

Originally Posted by silentsoul

Comapred to everyone who does apply to medicine my GCSE results are awful, well that's what i'm begining to feel but that's because at the time i didnt know what degree i wanted to do waht so ever. I got 3 As, 6 Bs and 1 C, should i keep hope in applying to medicine or do i have no hope :S sum1 plzzz help!!!!

I have your same grades but another 2 Cs, rest is 3 As, 6Bs
I only just started A lvl and im starting to worry if theres any point of me applying anywhere...

[silentsoul]

Thanks for the advice vortex_199. Atleast you have an A*, i guess my GCSE grades just put me at more competition i guess. Never mind guess i'l just have to work extremely hard in my ALevels

[silentsoul]

Originally Posted by Mohai

I have your same grades but another 2 Cs, rest is 3 As, 6Bs
I only just started A lvl and im starting to worry if theres any point of me applying anywhere...

I've done a lot of research in to what uni's requirements are and which uni I should apply to according to my grades etc. To be honest just look at all the uni's that do medicine and look for the requirements. I honestly myself feel like there isn't anyhope but i'm going to give it a go. Hopefully i'l achieve 3 As and B for my Alevels. Good luck.

[Mohai]

Originally Posted by silentsoul

I've done a lot of research in to what uni's requirements are and which uni I should apply to according to my grades etc. To be honest just look at all the uni's that do medicine and look for the requirements. I honestly myself feel like there isn't anyhope but i'm going to give it a go. Hopefully i'l achieve 3 As and B for my Alevels. Good luck.

I have found 4 Universities that are within my spec. So now time to work hard at A lvls as well lol
Good luck to you to (y)

[zidza]

what do you mean vortex?if you got an interview surely ur applciation was very good?unless u faked all your grades?

[JDavy]

Originally Posted by leicester med school

Dear Jack,

Thank you very much for your email of 19 August 2008, apologies for the time taken to reply.

The four categories that we assess are academic ability, UKCAT, Personal Statement and reference. Each is scored out of five.

Academic ability is based on a combination of GCSEs and A Level grades or predicted grades. Predicted grades of ABB would score 2/5.

UKCAT is graded as follows:
All scores over 700 = 5
All scores over 600 = 4
All scores over 500 = 3
All scores over 400 = 2
All other scores = 1

The personal statement and reference are read and scored by experienced staff.

We anticipate that the threshold or interview will be 16/20 for 2009.

Yours sincerely,

Dr K P West
Senior Admissions Tutor

This is what leicester sent me when i emailed them.

[zidza]

thats crap i really wish they would use the average instead of the lowest so now im a 4 instead of a 5 thats really sucks.

[JDavy]

I'm in the same position... and its different from what they told us at the open day in which they said 80% for 5/5

[med_lion]

what if you have AAB at A-level (with the A in chem) ?