Does BSMS use the UKCAT tests?
BSMS has joined the UKCAT consortium, and expects all applicants to sit the CAT test prior to application. BSMS has always taken particular care to take account of both academic and non-academic factors in considering whether to make an offer of a place, and we are broadly satisfied that our application procedures are effective at selecting students from a wide background and with all of the attributes that Tomorrow’s Doctors will need. We are interested to see what additional information we might gain from the CAT scores, and we use the CAT results selectively and with care in informing the judgements of our admissions assessors in making offers to individual students. This is because the UKCAT test is relatively new. An above average UKCAT score is likely to be an advantage but a lower score is not necessarily a disadvantage if outweighed by other factors in your application as a whole. For more information, please see our UKCAT question and answer page or www.ukcat.ac.
BSMS has joined the UKCAT consortium, and expects all applicants to sit the CAT test prior to application. BSMS has always taken particular care to take account of both academic and non-academic factors in considering whether to make an offer of a place, and we are broadly satisfied that our application procedures are effective at selecting students from a wide background and with all of the attributes that Tomorrow’s Doctors will need. We are interested to see what additional information we might gain from the CAT scores, and we use the CAT results selectively and with care in informing the judgements of our admissions assessors in making offers to individual students. For more information, please see our UKCAT question and answer page or www.ukcat.ac.
BSMS has joined the UKCAT consortium, and expects all applicants to sit the CAT test prior to application. BSMS has always taken particular care to take account of both academic and non-academic factors in considering whether to make an offer of a place, and we are broadly satisfied that our application procedures are effective at selecting students from a wide background and with all of the attributes that Tomorrow’s Doctors will need. We are interested to see what additional information we might gain from the CAT scores, and we use the CAT results selectively and with care in informing the judgements of our admissions assessors in making offers to individual students.
All applicants to BSMS are required to take the UKCAT the summer prior to applying to us. However, there is currently no threshold. We only use the UKCAT once you have been interviewed, either if you are on borderline with other candidates to being offered a place here, or if you are already on our waiting list and a space has become available . A low UKCAT score does not mean that your application will automatically be made unsuccessful if you meet our other entry requirements.
