A100 Medicine Admissions data 2022

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Elizabeth Bailey

Dear University of Dundee,

Please may I request some information relating to Medical School Admissions to Dundee Medical School for the 2021/22 admissions cycle for Medicine please? I hope you can reply to the questions listed below.
1. What typical A Level/Advanced Highers subjects were studied by students invited to interview?
2. What typical A Level/Advanced Highers predicated grades were invited to interview?
3. What was the applicant to interview ratio?
3. What were the highest and lowest UCAT scores of the candidates that were successful in obtaining an interview?
4. What were the UCAT scores of applicants that were rejected before the interview?
5. Were candidates invited to interview with Situational Judgement Band 4 invited to interview?
6. How many widening access students were invited to interview?
Thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours faithfully,
Elizabeth Bailey

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Dear Elizabeth Bailey
Many thanks for your email. Please see below for the answers to your
questions. Please also note that for questions 1&2 I have provided Highers
rather than Advanced Highers as this is what our entry requirements
primarily refer to in comparison to A-Levels.

MBChB Medicine (A100) – 2021/2 Entry

 

1 A-Levels & Highers: The top 5 subjects being studied by applicants
invited to interview were Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, English, and
Physics.
2 Grades achieved by applicants invited to interview (please note we are
only able to provide actual results of all grades achieved in one or
more sittings):
- A-Levels: 20.6% of grades were A*A*A*, 12.4% were A*A*A*A*, 12.4% were
A*AA, and 11.0% were A*A*A.
- Highers: 46.8% of grades were AAAAA and 28.8% were AAAAAA.
3 Application to Interview Ratio = 2.5:1
4 Highest UCAT Total Score of applicants invited to interview = 3440
Lowest UCAT Total Score of applicants invited to interview = 2090
5 Highest UCAT Total Score of applicants rejected before interview = 3290
Lowest UCAT Total Score of applicants rejected before interview = 1550
6 Were candidates with Situational Judgement Band 4 invited to interview?
Yes
7 75 Contextual Category 1 applications received an invite to interview.
160 Contextual Category 2 applications received an invite to interview.
For full details and an explanation of Category 1 and Category 2 please
see the University's Contextual Admissions Policy here: [1]Contextual
admissions policy | University of Dundee

 

I hope that this is helpful and please get back to me with any questions. 
Kind regards
Caroline Brown
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Dear University of Dundee,

Please may I request some information relating to Medical School
Admissions to Dundee Medical School for the 2021/22 admissions cycle for
Medicine please? I hope you can reply to the questions listed below.
1. What typical A Level/Advanced Highers subjects were studied by students
invited to interview?
2. What typical A Level/Advanced Highers predicated grades were invited to
interview?
3. What was the applicant to interview ratio?
3. What were the highest and lowest UCAT scores of the candidates that
were successful in obtaining an interview?
4. What were the UCAT scores of applicants that were rejected before the
interview?
5. Were candidates invited to interview with Situational Judgement Band 4
invited to interview?
6. How many widening access students were invited to interview?
Thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours faithfully,
Elizabeth Bailey

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