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Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Health and Social Care Sciences

Reference FOI2021-22-003
Cranmer Terrace,

London, SW17 0RE

Switchboard:
+44(0)20 8672 9944
31st August 2022

www.sgul.ac.uk

We write to respond to your recent Freedom of Information enquiry.

Enquiry

1.    Number of UK students who applied for A100 for 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21
application cycles

2.    Number of International/non-UK students who applied to A100 for 2018/19, 2019/20 and
2020/21 application cycles

3.    Number of Graduate students who applied to A100 for 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21
application cycles

4.    Number of interviews offered to UK students who applied for A100 for 2018/19, 2019/20
and 2020/21 application cycles

5.    Number of interviews offered to International/non-UK students who applied to A100 for
2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 application cycles

6.    Number of interviews offered Graduate students who applied to A100 for 2018/19,
2019/20 and 2020/21 application cycles

7.    Number of places offered to UK students who applied for A100 for 2018/19, 2019/20 and
2020/21 application cycles

8.    Number of places offered to UK students who applied for A100 with contextual data for
2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 application cycles

9.    Number of places offered to UK students who applied via WP and not part of Q.1 for
2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 application cycles

10.    Number of places offered to non-UK students who applied to A100 for 2018/19, 2019/20
and 2020/21 application cycles

11.    Number of places offered to Graduate students who applied to A100 for 2018/19, 2019/20
and 2020/21 application cycles

12.    Number of UK students, non-UK/International Students, Graduates who accepted a place
and started the A100 course for 2019, 2020 and 2021 entry

13.    Highest, lowest and mean UCAT score for applicants and students offered an interview for
UK students who applied for A100, International/non-UK students A100 applicants and
Kirsten Hylan, Records Manager
Governance Legal & Assurance Services
Telephone 020 8725 5007 Email xxxxxx@xxxx.xx.xx

Graduate A100 applicants (for 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 application cycles)

14.    If UCAT cut offs are implemented for interview or offer selection, then could you please
provide the cut offers for UK students who applied for A100, non-UK students A100 applicants
and Graduate A100 applicants (for 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 application cycles)

15.    Are offers completely dependent upon interview performance/score? If not, then what
other factors are taken into account and what are their weightings/contribution in receiving an
offer?

16.    Are personal statements and work experience scored when selecting for interview or for
receiving an offer?

N.B. 2018/19 application cycle = 2019 entry, 2019/20 application cycle = 2020 entry, 2020/21
application cycle = 2021 entry

Response

For admissions data, we hold a complete set of records for 2 years after application. Therefore,
we are unable to provide data for admissions cycles before 2020, as the information is not held.
The information included in this response refers to the 2020 and the 2021 admissions cycles
only.

2020 Admissions  2021 Admissions
cycle
cycle

1. Home (UK) applications
1358 (main cycle)
See below* (main

cycle)
2. International applications
260 (main cycle)
See below* (main

cycle)

3. Graduate applications
We are unable to provide this
information as we first assess
applicants based on their aptitude test
(UCAT for A100). Those who are
ranked too low for their aptitude test are
not assessed further, therefore we do
not hold data relating to their academic
qualifications.

4. Home (UK) interview invites
712 (main cycle)
See below* (main
cycle)

5. International interviewees
120 (main cycle)
See below* (main
cycle)

6. Graduate interviewees
n/a (main cycle)
114 (main cycle)
7. Home (UK) offers (conditional)
445 (main cycle)
See below* (main
cycle)

8. Home (UK) offers (conditional) for Contextual
15 (main cycle)
26 (main cycle)
Admissions

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9. Home (UK) offers (conditional) for WP
n/a (see answer to  n/a (see answer to
question 8)
question 8)
10. International offers (conditional)
44
See below*

11. Graduate offers (conditional)
n/a (main cycle)
36 (main cycle)

12. Home (UK) enrollers
175 (2020 entry)
See below*

12. International enrollers
21 (2020 entry)
See below*

12. Graduate enrollers
54 (2020 entry)
See below*

*For questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 10 for the 2021 Admissions cycle, please see our Admissions
Statistic webpage.

13. 2020: (Main Cycle, Across Home & Overseas)* - Highest: 3130, Average: 2652, Lowest:
2480,
2021: (Main Cycle) - Highest (Home): 3090, Highest (Overseas): 2990, Average (Home): 2698,
Average (Overseas): 2689, Lowest (Home) & Lowest (Overseas) see Admissions Statistic
webpage.

*Home and Overseas applicants in 2020 had the same UCAT requirements, therefore our
UCAT data for the 2020 cycle does not include fee status.

14. UCAT scores are used to determine who can be invited to interview. Historic UCAT scores
can be found on our Admissions Statistic webpage.

15. Currently, offers to study are based on interview-score alone. Please note, this may change
in future, in which case, information will be published with our entry requirements.

16. No, personal statements and work experience are not scored when selecting for interview or
during offer making.

Whilst writing may I advise that if you are not happy with the way in which we have handled
your request, you can appeal by writing to St George’s Head of Information Governance:

Geoffrey Gray
Head of Information Governance
St George’s University of London
Cranmer Terrace
Tooting
London
SW17 0RE

The Information Commissioner has authority and responsibility under the Freedom of
Information Act and you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office by email at
xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx or at the following address:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

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For more information see the website of the Information Commissioner’s Office
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-freedom-of-information

May I ask you to direct future FOI requests for SGUL to the generic email address
xxx@xxxx.xx.xx the sake of expediency.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any further queries.

Yours faithfully

Kirsten Hylan
Records Manager

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