School of Medicine
     A100: Guidelines for Liverpool Scholars/ROGs offering GCSEs/Science-based A-levels
Our typical minimum requirements:

Admissions Test: Al  non-graduate applicants applying to the A100 programme must take UCAT. Details at www.ucat.ac.uk
and https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/medicine/study-with-us/undergraduate/admissions-information/

Academic qualifications:
GCSE or equivalent requirements. Usually:
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GCSEs in nine subjects attained by the end of Year 11 which must include: English Language, Mathematics, Biology,
Chemistry, and Physics. Core & Additional Science is an acceptable alternative to the three individual sciences. Minimum of
grade B (score 6) required in core subjects.
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A minimum score of 12 points from the best 9 GCSEs or equivalents. Points awarded as indicated in table:

Qualification and Grade awarded
Points value
GCSE (A*/8/9)
3 points
GCSE (A/7)
2 points
GCSE (B/6)
1 point
BTEC (Non-science) Level 2 and OCR awards (Distinction*/Distinction/Merit)
3/2/1 points

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Three points is the maximum score awarded in each subject area. (e.g. only one of Maths and Further Maths).
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Three points is the maximum score awarded for Dual Award GCSEs except for Dual Science for which up to 6 points may be
awarded. Triple science can achieve a maximum of 9 points.
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Short course GCSEs wil  at most receive half the points of a full GCSE but two short courses can be offered in place of a full
GCSE.
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No more than two Level 2 BTEC qualifications or OCR awards wil  be considered as part of the 9 GCSEs/equivalents. These
cannot be used as replacements for English Language, Maths and Science subjects. i.e. a minimum of 7 full GCSEs required.

A-level requirements (Please note that 2020 calculated grades are considered to be equivalent to A-level grades) are usually:

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A-levels in three subjects taken at one sitting after 2 years of study at a minimum of ABB, to include Chemistry, together with
one of either Biology, Maths or Physics and a third academic subject. The A grade needs to be offered in either Chemistry,
Biology, Maths or Physics. The Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Skil s Challenge Certificate is accepted in lieu of a third
academic subject.
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General Studies and Critical Thinking are not considered to be academic subjects
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Resit ing Applicants: Please note that candidates sitting A-level examinations fol owing receipt of calculated grades awarded in
2020 are not considered  as resit ing candidates. However, candidates are expected to take these examinations at the first
opportunity made available to them. Other resit ing candidates are advised to consult our Departmental Supplement to the
Admissions Policy.
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To be considered for a reduced offer for the medicine programme, Scholars and Realising Opportunity Group students (ROGs)
need to successfully complete their respective programmes.

Other attributes:
Evidence of appropriate experience, aptitude, and communication:
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Candidates must demonstrate suitable evidence of:
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health care career awareness/insight and
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a caring contribution to the community and
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a critical, coherent, and informative approach to writ en communication and
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the values that embody and underpin good healthcare practice.
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Please note:
•  Applicants must read our Departmental Supplement to the Admissions Policy. Applications made through UCAS in the normal
way. An additional on-line form  may need to be completed by certain groups of applicants. Please refer to
www.liverpool.ac.uk/medicine/study-with-us/undergraduate/admissions-information/ for details.
•  The selection procedure at Liverpool is a competitive process. The indicative criteria are the minimum required. Invitation to
interview is highly competitive and dependant on ranking of  academic achievement and  UCAT performance. Non-academic
attributes wil  be assessed at interview and offers made to the most competitive applicants. No applicant wil  be made an offer
without interview. The threshold for progressing through each stage varies annually, depending upon the quality and quantity of
applications. The Medical School reserves the right to vary offer conditions depending on a candidate’s application. Further details
at: www.liverpool.ac.uk/medicine/study-with-us/undergraduate/admissions-information/
•  If an applicant fails to achieve a place on the A100 programme they may only make one further consecutive application to the
programme.
•  Applications may be considered from students entering the final year of study in degree programmes. Please be advised that
we do have specific criteria for A100 graduate applicants, and this can be found on our Admissions page.
•  We do not usually consider transfers into the medicine programmes, but we commit to reviewing al new applications on an
individual basis.
•  UCAS, Rosehil , New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ, Tel: 0870 1122211    Web-site: www.ucas.com
16th June 2020

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