Dear Karnika,

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Hi Bev,

Another one sorry but hopefully a quick one to fulfil. Ques. 1-2 are all online (s21). Only question 2 which I am not sure of the response.

It would be of great help if you could answer the following questions:

For the past three admission cycles (Entry in 2020, 2019 and 2018):

1) The UCAT threshold for overseas applicants to be invited to interview
2) The lowest UCAT score of an overseas applicant that was given an offer
3) Just to confirm, if I offer IGCSEs instead of GCSEs, the method of scoring would remain the same right?

Our deadline is 21 September 2020, however I will appreciate it if this information is returned to me by 07 September 2020.

Kind Regards,

Tina Chikuzah
Senior Information Assurance Officer
Legal & Information Assurance Services
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w: www.le.ac.uk

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Dear Karnika,

My sincere apologies for not getting back to you by the deadline. Please also note that from our last response we had indicated that the University campus is currently closed due to the Covid 19 virus so it may therefore take a little longer than normal for us to respond.

Are you happy for us to extend the response deadline up to 30 September 2020?

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Tina Chikuzah
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Dear Karnika,

I write on behalf of the University of Leicester in response to your
request, dated 22 August 2020 made under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Our response is as follows;

1)      The UCAT threshold for overseas applicants to be invited to
interview.

Our Response

For question 1, we are refusing your request under s21 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 as information is available online on our website,
see the link on applying statistics in the table below;

Home/EU International
2019 2020 2019 2020
No. of
graduate
candidates
interviewed [1]https://le.ac.uk/medicine/study/applying...
Min/Max
UCAT 2350/3090 2460/3020
No. of
offers to
graduates [2]https://le.ac.uk/medicine/study/applying...
Min/Max
UCAT 2350/3030 2460/2490

2)      The lowest UCAT score of an overseas applicant that was given an
offer.

Our response

Please see above table  in question 1 response.

3) Just to confirm, if I offer IGCSEs instead of GCSEs, the method of
scoring would remain the same right?

Our response

For question 3 , we are refusing your request under s21 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 as information is available online on our website.
Yes, IGCSEs are the same as GCSEs.  This is referenced on page 6 of the
Scoring document – Information Is available on our website, please find
the link below to access it; See link below

[3]https://le.ac.uk/medicine/study/mbchb/sc...

If you have any concerns or wish to complain or appeal about any aspect of
this response then in the first instance please contact the University's
Data Protection Officer Elisabeth Taoudi by telephoning 0116 229 7640, or
by email [4][email address].

Please be aware that it is also your legal right under Section 50 of the
Freedom of Information Act, to apply to the Information Commissioner for a
decision whether a request for information made to the University has been
dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Act.  It should be
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making the application and there is an expectation that the complainant
will have exhausted the University's internal complaints procedure.

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I hope you find this response helpful.  Please don't hesitate to contact
me if you have any queries regarding the above.

Regards,

Tina Chikuzah

Senior  Information Assurance Officer

Legal & Information Assurance Services

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