Dr James Knapton
Information Compliance Officer
Jon Torih
By email
Reference: FOI-2019-306
20 May 2019
Dear Mr Torih,
Your request was received on 19 April 2019 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’).
You asked:
I would like to know the average number of A* [GCSE] grades (or equivalent) per college for
Medicine applicants for 2019 entry (A100). I would like to know the number of applicants, the
average number of A* grades per applicant, the average number of A* grades per successful
applicant and the college it applies to.
The requested information is attached.
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"…..per college for Medicine applicants for 2019 entry (A100). I would like to know the number of
Data
applicants, the average number of A* grades per applicant, the average number of A* grades per
successful applicant"
Request
By
Jon Torih
On
Friday, 19 April, 2019
Figures are grouped by entry year. The 2019 entry year includes standard entry applications from the
Notes
Entry Year
2019 application round and deferred entry applications from the 2017/2018 rounds.
GCSE
GCSE qualification information is supplied as declared by applicants through their UCAS application.
A100 Applicants
Average number of A* GCSEs
Average number of A* GCSEs
Entry Year
College
with GCSE data
for A100 applicants
for A100 offer holders
available
All
1142
7.05
9.01
Christ's
58
6.97
9.07
Churchill
43
6.33
9.92
Clare
41
7.73
8.70
Corpus Christi
23
6.83
9.29
Downing
59
7.34
8.87
Emmanuel
74
8.23
9.80
Fitzwilliam
33
5.79
7.00
Girton
21
6.24
8.70
Gonville and Caius
112
7.92
10.31
Homerton
24
6.79
7.67
Hughes Hall
0
N/A
N/A
Jesus
97
7.77
10.25
King's
42
5.07
9.00
Lucy Cavendish
6
2.33
N/A
2019
Magdalene
22
6.77
8.25
Murray Edwards
27
6.30
9.60
Newnham
31
5.42
8.89
Pembroke
49
7.39
10.50
Peterhouse
23
7.43
8.67
Queens'
43
6.67
8.25
Robinson
24
5.96
8.33
Selwyn
30
7.57
9.11
Sidney Sussex
32
7.28
8.38
St Catharine's
71
7.75
9.00
St Edmund's
11
3.73
7.00
St John's
62
7.66
9.00
Trinity
46
6.65
9.42
Trinity Hall
31
6.39
9.67
Wolfson
7
4.14
6.00
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