will i get in to medicine?

[megastar]

i took the ukcat and only score 623 as my average, i got 560 in VR, 590 in QR, 630 in AR and 710 in Decision. i have 5a* and 5a's at gcse, four A's at AS! will this be enough for me to get into medicine?? please help

[magpie7]

Will you get into Medicine? No one on this forum can tell you that.

will this be enough for me to get into medicine??

Your ukcat is good, it just might not meet the requirements of some 'ukcat loving' Universities.

While choosing your Universities just make sure your ukcat score satisfies their requirements. (It will be more than enough for around 85%+ of the Universities I would have thought.) However, Sheffield for example, I know have a very strict ukcat requirement (there are others though.)

Your academic record is fine. Just make sure you have a good personal statement and teacher reference.

[megastar]

thank you, do u no any UNI's which arent incrediably strict on UKCAT?

[magpie7]

thank you, do u no any UNI's which arent incrediably strict on UKCAT?

You're making me think now. =P

Well, off the top of my head:

Cardiff and Leeds: Only use after interview to distinguish between similar candidates.

Leicester: You would get 3/5 for your ukcat score. (Whole application is out of 20, I think you need 16 for interview.) Reference, Academia and Personal Statement are all given a score out of 5 too.

Aberdeen: 4% of application.

Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol: Do not use UKCAT.

Oxbridge, Imperial (and I think one other?): Use BMAT instead.

I'm sure there are others...

Edit: HYMS: 16.67% of application. You would score 5/10 for ukcat. Personal Statement etc makes up other 50 marks giving total score out of 60. Top 600 candidates are given interviews.

[vertigo.0012]

Oxbridge, Imperial (and I think one other?): Use BMAT instead.

UCL is the other uni that uses BMAT

[magpie7]

UCL is the other uni that uses BMAT

Aha, knew there was one other! =D