GPEP BDS Dental Surgery Queries on Admissions

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Dear King's College London,

I would like to request for information regarding the GRADUATE-ENTRY BDS Dentistry admissions.

1) Please could you provide me an excel sheet containing all of the following information for the past 3 BDS Dentistry admission cycles: 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 (if available). If you do not have information for the years requested, I kindly ask for you to provide the statistics for the next most recent 3 years of admissions.

* UCAT/UKCAT score cut-off
* Mean UCAT/UKCAT for offer holders
* Number of Applicants
* Number Interviewed
* Number of offers made

2) To what extent is the UCAT used in the selection process, when compared to academic qualifications (e.g. degree prediction, A-levels, GCSEs) and the personal statement?

3) What is the course size of the graduate-entry course? What is the course size of the total BDS cohort (including undergraduate-entry)?

4i) To what extent will the A-Level grades of applying graduates be considered once over the threshold?
4ii) If the A-Level grades are to be more heavily considered, is there a point system, and how are the points awarded?

Yours faithfully,

J. D. Thomas

Information Compliance, King's College London

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Poole, Katie, King's College London

Dear J D Thomas,

Thank you for your email. We will treat your request for information as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received by the university 18th May 2020. We will endeavour to respond to your request within the statutory 20 working day time frame. Please note that the university has adopted the Model Publication Scheme and also publishes FOI responses on our Disclosure Log.

Kind regards

Katie Poole
Information Compliance
 
Department of Business Assurance
King's College London
Room 5.35
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8WA

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From: J. D. Thomas <[FOI #665388 email]>
Sent: 17 May 2020 12:35
To: Information Compliance <[King&#39;s College London request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - GPEP BDS Dental Surgery Queries on Admissions

Dear King's College London,

I would like to request for information regarding the GRADUATE-ENTRY BDS Dentistry admissions.

1) Please could you provide me an excel sheet containing all of the following information for the past 3 BDS Dentistry admission cycles: 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 (if available). If you do not have information for the years requested, I kindly ask for you to provide the statistics for the next most recent 3 years of admissions.

* UCAT/UKCAT score cut-off
* Mean UCAT/UKCAT for offer holders
* Number of Applicants
* Number Interviewed
* Number of offers made

2) To what extent is the UCAT used in the selection process, when compared to academic qualifications (e.g. degree prediction, A-levels, GCSEs) and the personal statement?

3) What is the course size of the graduate-entry course? What is the course size of the total BDS cohort (including undergraduate-entry)?

4i) To what extent will the A-Level grades of applying graduates be considered once over the threshold?
4ii) If the A-Level grades are to be more heavily considered, is there a point system, and how are the points awarded?

Yours faithfully,

J. D. Thomas

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Dear J D Thomas,

Please find attached the university's response to your information request.

Kind Regards,

Katie Poole
Information Compliance
 
Department of Business Assurance
King's College London
Room 5.35
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8WA

-----Original Message-----
From: J. D. Thomas <[FOI #665388 email]>
Sent: 17 May 2020 12:35
To: Information Compliance <[King&#39;s College London request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - GPEP BDS Dental Surgery Queries on Admissions

Dear King's College London,

I would like to request for information regarding the GRADUATE-ENTRY BDS Dentistry admissions.

1) Please could you provide me an excel sheet containing all of the following information for the past 3 BDS Dentistry admission cycles: 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 (if available). If you do not have information for the years requested, I kindly ask for you to provide the statistics for the next most recent 3 years of admissions.

* UCAT/UKCAT score cut-off
* Mean UCAT/UKCAT for offer holders
* Number of Applicants
* Number Interviewed
* Number of offers made

2) To what extent is the UCAT used in the selection process, when compared to academic qualifications (e.g. degree prediction, A-levels, GCSEs) and the personal statement?

3) What is the course size of the graduate-entry course? What is the course size of the total BDS cohort (including undergraduate-entry)?

4i) To what extent will the A-Level grades of applying graduates be considered once over the threshold?
4ii) If the A-Level grades are to be more heavily considered, is there a point system, and how are the points awarded?

Yours faithfully,

J. D. Thomas

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Dear Poole, Katie,

Thank you for your reply.

Yours sincerely,

J. D. Thomas