BDS statistics enquiries

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Dear University of Sheffield,

I would be grateful to you if you could provide the ucat cutoff scores of those being interviewed and those getting an offer for the BDS course for the year entries 2018,2019, 2020 and 2021.
Also, did you treat graduates as a separate group of applicants and do you have a certain quota number?
Finally, have you ever accepted an applicant with a band 4 in the SJT either for an interview or giving an offer?
Thanks a lot for your reply.

Yours faithfully,
Sarlize Cha.

Freedom Of Information, University of Sheffield

Dear Sarlize
Please see below a response to your FOI request.

• I would be grateful to you if you could provide the ucat cutoff scores
of those being interviewed and those getting an offer for the BDS
course for the year entries 2018,2019, 2020 and 2021.

2018: 2540
2019: 2520

2020: 2570

2021: unavailable
2021 data is unavailable as the University does not supply data on the
current admissions cycle by virtue of Section 43(2) of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Section 43(2) exempts information from disclosure
which would or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of
any person. While we recognise a public interest in the transparency of
University operations, it is felt that disclosing the information at the
present time provides an insight into the admissions process and
recruitment strategy that would be likely to impact the University’s
ability to compete effectively in the higher education market. We would
be happy to consider releasing the information once the recruitment
cycle has fully concluded, in December 2021.

• Also, did you treat graduates as a separate group of applicants and do
you have a certain quota number?

At Sheffield we do not have a graduate entry programme, therefore
graduate applicants apply for the full 5 year course in competition with
A-level and all other applicants. Graduates are not treated separately
and we don't have a quota for graduate applicants.

• Finally, have you ever accepted an applicant with a band 4 in the SJT
either for an interview or giving an offer?

We don't consider Band 4 in the SJT part of the UCAT test. We only
consider Bands 1-3

If you are not satisfied with the University's response to your FOI
request, please see details of our internal review process [1]here.
Best wishes
Elspeth
On Sat, 4 Sept 2021 at 15:40, Sara <[2][FOI #788948 email]> wrote:

Dear University of Sheffield,

I would be grateful to you if you could provide the ucat cutoff scores
of those being interviewed and those getting an offer for the BDS course
for the year entries 2018,2019, 2020 and 2021.
Also, did you treat graduates as a separate group of applicants and do
you have a certain quota number?
Finally, have you ever accepted an applicant with a band 4 in the SJT
either for an interview or giving an offer?
Thanks a lot for your reply.

Yours faithfully,
Sarlize Cha.

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