"FAILED" UCAT? Where to Apply With a "LOW" UCAT SCORE | Medical Schools UK | UCAT
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- Do you think you "failed" the UCAT? Well, here is where to apply with a "low" UCAT score! There are loads of medical schools you can apply to with a "low" UCAT score. You just need to apply strategically to UK medical schools.
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0:00 Start
1:40 How is the UCAT scored?
2:42 Cheeky Disclaimer
3:14 What is a "low" UCAT score?
4:05 What UCAT Medical Schools to look at? How do they use the UCAT?
11:14 What else can you do?
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Useful vid man, ngl got a bit of Ali Abdaal vibes. Maybe the glasses? Maybe my sleepiness? Anyway, would you say 687.5 is a high or medium score?
Hey, glad the video was useful! Haha It's not the first time I've been called Ali abdaal, I think it's the glasses 😂 One day Ali abdaal will be telling people he's not Devify! I think your score is definitely above average and I would say it's a relatively high score! I think you're safe to apply to most medical schools with that score.
Very interesting video. I mean I I'm not applying to medical skl but I know a lot of my friends are. But still very interesting
That's mad you're still watching the video! I really appreciate the support!! If your friends are in the position I talked about in the video, then please be sure to share it with them!
Hi Dev! I've scored 2520 and a band 1( not a great score :(. What options do I have? Will Manchester consider me? Assuming I have great GCSE's? Please help, great video btw!
Hey! I got a 2680 in the UCAT and a band 1 for SJT. I've got 7 A*s and 2 A's in O levels. I've got 3 A*s as predicted. What would have been good uni choices for me?
Hey great vid, I got a total score of 2150 and band 3 in SJ, do you think I should reconsider my application?
Sara D hey, thanks for watching and glad I could help! I would definitely still apply to medical schools! It depends on how your GCSEs are. If they are very high, I would consider Cardiff and Queens university Belfast. If not then I think the best option would probably be to go all in for the bmat and apply to 4 bmat universities. It's a big risk but if you really want to study medicine it's a risk worth taking! Make sure you don't lose hope save try your best! (This is obviously my take on it and I might be wrong. Hope this helps!)
did you get into a med school?
Heyyy, I achieved 617.5 average in my UCAT and Band 2 in SJT. I feel like my score wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t great either. My GCSEs were 9,8,8,7,7,7,6,6,5,5 and I’m predicted A,A,A,A. I’m thinking of applying to QMUL, Liverpool, Keele and Hull York. Do you think my choices are okay and are there any other unis you think I should consider? Thank you 🥰
hey! So I looked into QMUL and they go 50/50 on ucat and ucas tariff. They don't look at anyone below the 3rd decile which in 2019 was 612.5 (617.5 is really close to that and if 2020s results are slightly higher its a straight rejecion). Also, check this out www.qmul.ac.uk/smd/undergraduate/courses/admissions-statistics-for-medicine--dentistry/ defo look at that as they give examples of what a high, mid and low randge candidate would be. basically they give examples of what you need to get so with your ucat score of 2470 you would need a ucas tariff of roughly like 250 for a mid range score (On average). AAAA gives a tariff of about 192. heres a tariff calculator www.ucas.com/ucas/tariff-calculator . so i personally wouldn't consider QMUL. For liverpool you need 15/18 points for gcses and I think yours works out to 14. I think Keele is a good place to look at. I'm not too sure about hull york, they seem to go 30% academics, 40% ucat, 15% sjt, 15% contextual data. so ucat makes up a bulk of it and i found that the average in 2018 was about 680 so i think you should research a bit more into that. I think you should look into kent and medway, plymouth, sunderland, maybe aston (i havent had time to research this one much) and also i would highly recommend you to look into BMAT too! Hope this helps and sorry for the late response.
I’m a private candidate and taking a level biology, chemistry and maths. I didn’t get the time to do ucat in 2020 for 2021 medicine entry application. So I am going to take the A2 exams in bio, chem and maths in may/June 2021 time and practicals in Jan 2021.
Would I need UCAT admission test if I’m applying with achieved results for 2022 entry medicine - so say I get AAA or more would I need to get UCAT admission test as I would be applying with achieved results.
Also, is there clearing for medicine at any of the UK universities?
Hey, yes you would still need the ucat for the ucat universities even if you have achieved results. It depends on the year but yes some medical schools do end up on clearing! Good luck!
Hia! Sorry if you've already answered this but do you think an A level prediction of A*A*A and a UCAT of 2480 is enough to get into the Dentistry course in QMUL?
Hey! Basically all my research was conducted for medical schools. Dental schools have completely different requirements and the schools may use the different parts of the application differently. At the moment, I don't feel confident to give advice on dental schools. Sorry!
@@DoctorDevify Hey thank you for your reply! In this case would you think those stats are enough to apply for the medical course in QMUL?
@@rabiahussain1842 hey, have a look at this. it gives a good idea of what applicants are expected to achieve. www.qmul.ac.uk/smd/undergraduate/courses/admissions-statistics-for-medicine--dentistry/ QMUL is a weird one because A*A*A is insanely good but they go by ucas tariff and would prefer something like AAAA more as it gives more points. from that website they would probably want an accompanying ucat score of 2700ish i think
Thanks for the vid. I am an Irish student and I just did my UCAT and I scored 2550 and sjt band 1. I only had 10 days to prepare I tried my best with the time I had but now I don't even know what universities to apply to with my score. Can I even still apply? I'm honestly so lost. If anybody knows any solid info plz let me know I would really appreciate that.
What’s up mate. I did my UCAT on Tuesday and got a 2580. Queens Uni in Belfast is a Good option
THat soo goood! try uni of kent they need 2420 and sjt 3 or above,aab at alevel and no predicted grades required just archived grades
Thanks for the reply I really appreciate it
Hey! Glad the video was helpful! You've got quite a reasonable score imo, I would say to explore Cardiff and queens Belfast if you've got good GCSEs, Keele, Sunderland, Plymouth and Kent are good too!
Hi, I took my ucat today and got 585 with band one situational judgement. Would this be considered low and what do you think I should do now?
OMG me and you got the exact same score and band
Hmm, I think it depends on your GCSEs, if they were really good you can look at Cardiff and Queens university belfast. Keele and Sunderland may be ok too but you're quite close to their cut off and could be above or below depending on how the rest of the ucat applicants do. I would personally start considering bmat universities too. Perhaps apply to 2 bmat and 2 ucat? (This is my opinion though)
Salss what universities are you looking at?
Devify I’m applying for dentistry so I can’t do the UCAT so I’m just applying to kings twice (enhanced programme ) and Manchester and Cardiff’s foundation years
Ah that's really cool! Good luck, hope you get in! Is kings your number 1 choice then?
I got 595 do you think it’s worth applying to Kent and the Medway still
looking at old deciles at www.ucat.ac.uk/media/1415/ucat-test-statistics-2016_2019.pdf it looks like they vary from 605 to 620 from 2016 to 2019 so i would expect 2020 to hover around the 605 mark too and if anything it could be higher due to people being in a more comfortable environment at home this year whilst taking the exam. Therefore, I would probably avoid it personally. Hope this helps :)
If you get a low UCAT score, there is a main option available to you. There are some universities that do not focus heavily on your UCAT score, but put more weighting on your academics and Personal Statement. Some universities are relatively new & less competitive are also an option for you. But, if you want to obtain high UCAT score, my suggestion goes with iCanMed UCAT preparation courses. They helped to get high UCAT score and got admission in one of the top universities in the UK.
Can you do for graduates too :(
I could potentially do it but the only thing is I'm currently working on 2 videos and university's starting so I don't know if I can do it in time for the application deadline in 12 days 😔
Hi is Leicester good to apply to with a 643 average?
Did u get in to leicester?
What about Dundee or Aberdeen?
Hmm seems like I didn't look into Aberdeen much but the medic portal summarises both these universities' requirements really well! www.themedicportal.com/blog/where-to-apply-with-a-good-ucat-score-part-three/ for Aberdeen the minimum ucat score they interviewed seems to hover around 590-620 so I guess you can have a chance there if the rest of your application is amazing. But it definitely needs more research! Dundee seems to be 40% ucat which is too much contribution for it to be ok to apply with a "low" ucat in my opinion. Sorry for the late response, hope it helps!
Would you say 670 average and band 1 is a good score?
its definitely well above average and you're almost in a comfortable position to apply to any medical school that you want.
Devify thank you 😊
Can you apply to Cardiff if you have 8 GCSE's?
Not too sure. I think if you got high marks on them and are above their cut off you might be ok but this is something you'll have to email them to check
Hi so my UCAT score was horrible 605 avg, SJT 2. I know I can definitely rule out Cardiff and Queen's because of my gcse's 88877777766, predicted AAA Chem, Bio and History. I have 3 options right know and I'm not sure of a fourth, could you suggest any? (Plymouth, UEA and Aston) . Also I just wanted to ask what you chose for the 5th non medicine course? Hope its not too much trouble. Thanks :)
Hey, not to worry! I had a look and it seems that Plymouth is ok, you want to avoid UEA because they rank you based on ucat. Aston seems to go 2/3 GCSE and 1/3 ucat and then they rank you so I would do a bit more research for that on what the average students ucat score was. You can also look at Keele and Sunderland too. But I would start to consider bmat universities for sure
@@DoctorDevify Thanks so much for the reply! after your reply I did even more research and decided to change UEA to Lincoln based off having a higher chance of getting an interview. Aston I will do more research and considering changing it for Keele, however their R and R form does worry me a bit.
I haven't looked into Lincoln yet, so can't say much but about your work experience, have you done much?
@@DoctorDevify I've done 6 months volunteering at a church taking care of children once a week, one week at elderly retirement village and just less than two weeks at QEF's brain injury rehab centre over the summer, although it was just a lot of maintenance tasks with other people.
That's really good!! Make sure you talk about the 6 months as long term commitment ✅ and don't mention that you only did the others for a week or 2, it can look "bad". And make sure you talk about what you learnt from it and see if those skills can be applied to medicine. I'm sure you'll be fine with the form!
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Hey I have been watching your videos recently it’s quite nice can you make a video on how to choose your 5 uni for medicine like how put them on your ucas application and how to number them
Yes! I will most definitely make that but I feel like that video would be more useful next year around summer time, a couple months before the next application cycle so im going to hold off until then! Thanks for watching!
@@DoctorDevify alright we will be waiting 👍
I had
520 Verbal reasoning
670 decision making
690 quantitative reasoning
630 abstract reasoning
Band 2 situational judgement
Please recommend me affordable good colleges around this score range 2020 be4 oct 15
P.S thank you so much for reading.
Hey! You average about 627.5 so I would say look at all universities that I mentioned in the video apart from Liverpool and if you're GCSEs are mediocre then shy away from Cardiff and queens Belfast
do you know what unis dont look at your predictions
As far as I'm aware, all universities require you to have a certain set of predicted grades. I think they run some kind of computer algorithm that automatically rejects anyone that doesn't meet their minimum requirements.
@@DoctorDevify i was looking into unis and it seems like cardiff, keele, nottingham, aston and KMMS dont really initially for inviting for an interview. I think on their websites they mention that gcses/personal statement/ucat/ roles and responsibilties are only used (100% sure with keele, cardiff, aston and KMMS dont!)
Hmm upon having a quick look at their website, you're correct, it doesn't seem to actually mention it, only what the final offer would be. Are you in a position where it affects whether you apply or are you wondering out of curiosity
@@DoctorDevify asking because it affects me :(
@@DoctorDevify I’m applying to all 4 of those unis (not Nottingham)
I got a ucat score of 2010 and got band 4 unfortunately 😥😥and Im predicted AAA in biology chem and business, I have all my gcses 6 and above except maths, I have applied to Newcastle, Glasgow, Plymouth, Exeter.. Do u think I even have any chance
did you get any offers?
@@courtneyw648do any unis accept band 4s
I got 2490, where should I apply?
hey, if you got good gcses then look at queens belfast or cardiff, otherwise kent and medway, keele, sunderland and plymouth. But wasn't the deadline today?
Thank you! I applied to Belfast, Cardiff, Keele, and Leister
And yeah the deadline was yesterday, but I got it in thankfully
Ok that's good! Good luck!
Ah ok looks fab