if there is already a conditional offer, the applicant would already have succeeded in the interview, which would mean this applicant had good UKCAT scores and/or impressive PS (reflecting amongst other things, work experience).

That was what I am trying to tell that you don't really need A* except for the elite few and even then, it would be 2A* plus an A. I also agree that an impressive PS helps a lot as the interview do focus on your "key" points in the PS. Having an experienced mentor/lecturer to review your PS is very very important.

Funny, because even the University of Western Sydney requires A*A*AA for entry into their MBBS

http://www.uws.edu.au/medicine/som/applyin...onal_applicants

Btw, podrunner, has your son decided on which medical school he's going to?


This post has been edited by Huskies: Jan 28 2012, 06:18 PM

that requirement will only specify at best, the top 6% of the a levels cohort, so not a very strict criteria.....remember up to 6% of students will get 3 a*..........

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jan 28 2012, 06:55 PM

Very likely UTAS atm.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Jan 31 2012, 08:44 PM

Not all interviwers focus on PS. Some unis are heavy on ethics, eg Kings. Some are MMI like St Georges and Manchester ( if interview in UK). For me, no questions were asked on PS during my 3 interviews except for one which picked on some topic I mentioned.

But before u get the interview, u have to impress them on your PS and your result. For some uni in UK, they received 3500 applications for abt 300 places, and only abt 20s for international. So a candidate with 3 A will not be so impressive as someone with 4A*. They might give u 3A as condotional offer, that does not mean that with a predicted 3A, u will even get an offer of interview.

This post has been edited by eliselam: Jan 28 2012, 09:01 PM

The application was made last October using AS results and only sat for A2 last November. Interview held in Dec and conditional offer was given before A2 results was released last Monday. I find it odd that those already with results like 4A* or 3A* got rejected or did not manage to secure any interviews. Is it the PS one of the key determinants?

Ukcat, PS and school reference.

Any idea if the rejected applicants with 4A* or 3A* applied to the same unis as the applicant with conditional offer? It will still boil down to each unis' weighting on each of the main criteria.

Thanks for all the useful information. So, in short which university is best for mbbs? I mean in Malaysia though

So which UK university does interview in Malaysia nowadays?

If you are not looking to recover your return of investment then Monash should be top picks.

From another forum :

Sheffield
Durham
Keele
Liverpool
Newcastle
Soton
Glasgow

In the past:
Manchester
Bristol
Cambridge
Nottingham UK

Now no more?

Not sure about Notts, but the other three interviews in Singapore apparently. Some who are called for interviews will opt to fly to the UK.

Hey thanks for replying!
If you don't mind me asking, will hosp/clinics either private or government, likely accept Monash than IMU grads or the other way around? Or both the same? I'm quite confused :S i know that we have to work for the govt either way.

Yeah why not? both the same. For private you can work anywhere in Malaysia as long as there are spaces available in the hospital. Will there be patients or not is another story altogether.

Another question, is Monash Malaysia already approved by the MMC? I'm pretty sure the 1st batch of mbbs have already graduated ^^

Yes already approved...