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From: Dr Leeron Marshall <[FOI #804109 email]>
Sent: 04 November 2021 13:19
To: foi <[Keele University request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Medical School Admission
Statistics
 
To whom this may concern,

I hope this email finds you well.

My name is Dr Leeron Marshall, I am a practicing clinician in the UK with
a personal and professional interest in medical education. I would like to
make a freedom of information request please.

I request 2 data sets. One for groups of applicants and one anonymised per
individual applicant. I would like all data to please be provided in a
spreadsheet.

1)

Data for groups of applicants

Can I please request the following  statistics on applicants who applied
to study medicine at Keele, for application cycles relating to the
following years of entry: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021:

Please split the data in the following groups:

A100

International undergraduate applicants;

International graduate applicants,

Home undergraduate applicants,

Home graduate applicants.

International means considered international for fee purposes. Home,
includes all candidates that qualified as home fees. I understand that in
previous years, that includes both UK and EU applicants.

If these exact groups are not available, please provide the  data  in an
equivalent, or similar grouping that you have available. For areas where
the data will not apply, for example undergraduate and GAMSAT score,
please put “NA”.

For each of these 4 groups, and per programme, I would like to know the
following information:

-Number of applicants (total)

-Number of applicants (with contextual data/factors)

-Number of applicants interviewed

-Number of offers

-Number of places

-Number of deferrals

UCAT

For students who received an interview (no contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest UCAT score

-Interquartile range of UCAT scores

-Mean UCAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median UCAT score

-Mode UCAT score

For students who received an interview (with contextual data/factors),
the:

-Lowest and Highest UCAT score

-Interquartile range of UCAT scores

-Mean UCAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median UCAT score

-Mode UCAT score

For students who received an offer (no contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest UCAT score

-Interquartile range of UCAT scores

-Mean UCAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median UCAT score

-Mode UCAT score

For students who received an offer (with contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest UCAT score

-Interquartile range of UCAT scores

-Mean UCAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median UCAT score

-Mode UCAT score

Lowest SJT band to receive an interview (no contextual factors)

Lowest SJT band to receive an interview (contextual factors)

BMAT

The following data applied for a) the overall score b) section 1 score c)
section 2 score

For students who received an interview (no contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest BMAT score

-Interquartile range of BMAT scores

-Mean BMAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median BMAT score

-Mode BMAT score

For students who received an interview (with contextual data/factors),
the:

-Lowest and Highest BMAT score

-Interquartile range of BMAT scores

-Mean BMAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median BMAT score

-Mode BMAT score

For students who received an offer (no contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest BMAT score

-Interquartile range of BMAT scores

-Mean BMAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median BMAT score

-Mode BMAT score

For students who received an offer (with contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest BMAT score

-Interquartile range of BMAT scores

-Mean BMAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median BMAT score

-Mode BMAT score

GAMSAT

The following data applied for a) overall score b) section1 score c)
section 2 score c) section 3 score

For students who received an interview (no contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest GAMSAT score

-Interquartile range of GAMSAT scores

-Mean GAMSAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median GAMSAT score

-Mode GAMSAT score

For students who received an interview (with contextual data/factors),
the:

-Lowest and Highest GAMSAT score

-Interquartile range of GAMSAT scores

-Mean GAMSAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median GAMSAT score

-Mode GAMSAT score 

For students who received an offer (no contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest GAMSAT score

-Interquartile range of GAMSAT scores

-Mean GAMSAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median GAMSAT score

-Mode GAMSAT score

For students who received an offer (with contextual data/factors), the:

-Lowest and Highest GAMSAT score

-Interquartile range of GAMSAT scores

-Mean GAMSAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)

-Median GAMSAT score

-Mode GAMSAT score 

2)

Per Individual applicant data

I would like to know the following information per individual applicant,
in a spreadsheet. One row per applicant.

I understand that at the time of application, the fee status may not
always be clear, and if that is the case, please categorise the applicant
as “unsure” for fee status and provide the rest of their data.

-Candidate number (any unique identifier) - 1 column

-Undergraduate or Graduate applicant  - 1 column

-Course applied for by code (A100, A101 etc)  - 1 column

-UK/home or International applicant (fee status)  - 1 column

-UCAT score (per section & SJT if available, OR overall score)  - 6
columns

-BMAT score (per section of the exam & overall if available) -  4  columns

-GAMSAT score (per section of the exam & overall if available) -  4
columns

-Curriculum (GCE A-levels, IB, CBSE, APs, SAT subject tests, Canadian
secondary school, other) - 1 column

-Invited for interview - yes or no, 1 column

-Received an offer - yes or no, 1 column

-If yes, what offer was sent? (grades required to achieve), 1 column

-Accepted an offer for application year  - yes or no, 1 column

-Deferred place for the following year - yes or no, 1 column

If Following GCE A-levels, then please provide:

-A Level Grades for each subject (1 column per subject)

-Specify if that grade is predicted or achieved (1 column)

If Following IB, then please provide:

-HL grades per subject (1 column per subject)

-Specify if that grade is predicted or achieved (1 column)

-SL grades per subject (1 column per subject)

-Specify if that grade is predicted or achieved (1 column)

-Overall IB score predicted or achieved

Please provide the equivalent information (predicted or achieved grades)
for students who apply with CBSE curriculum, APs, SAT subject tests and
Canadian secondary school diploma.

If a student applied with a different curriculum, write “NA”.

If the student has completed GCSEs or iGCSEs, please provide:

-Specify if GCSEs or iGCSEs

-Grades achieved for each subject

If a graduate applicant:

-Degree achieved or predicted

-Degree class

-Degree subject

-Masters (yes or no)

-PhD (yes or no)

For areas where the data will not apply, for example undergraduate and
GAMSAT score, please put “NA”.

If information is not available for any given year, please provide
information for years that are available

Thank you for your time and for your help, it is very much appreciated

VBW

Leeron

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