Dear Fiona Hyseni
I acknowledge receipt of your email received by this office on 20 July 2023
Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and has been allocated reference FO23-294 which should be quoted in all correspondence. We will respond to your request within 20 working days starting the next working day after receipt, therefore you can expect to receive a response no later than 29 August 2023
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Dear Fiona Hyseni

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 30
July 2023

For ease of reference, I have reproduced your questions below and set out
our corresponding responses.

I am writing to obtain some statistics on your A-level entry BDS course.
Please can you compile a document of the following information from the
past 3 application cycles:

-Number of applications, number of interviews and number of offers given
out (per year) -Lowest, Highest and average UCAT scores of those invited
to interviews (per year) -What does the selection process consist of and
how are GCSEs, UCAT scores, A-levels, personal statements etc, weighed
-Also, are A-level resits accepted and if so, are there any restrictions -
e.g. a particular grade must be achieved in the first sitting or only a
set number of subjects resat will be accepted etc.

Applications All Number of Offer All Made
Academic Year Headcount Interviews Headcount
2020/1 698 257 154
2021/2 863 307 147
2022/3 1131 275 103

Of those interviewed:

Academic Year Lowest UCAT score Highest UCAT score Average UCAT score
2020/1 2190 3250 2675
2021/2 2240 3220 2630.9
2022/3 2190 3190 2635
       

For qs 3 and 4, the information that you have requested is already in the
public domain and is available at [1]DENTL_AdmissionsPolicy_2023_ENG.pdf
(cardiff.ac.uk) Accordingly this information is reasonably accessible to
you by other means and is exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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Cardiff University. If you require further assistance, please feel free to
contact me.

Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office

Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University

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