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Buckingham — Undergraduate medicine
Figures are on the current UCAT scale of 2700 unless a cell says otherwise.
Buckingham (private) - Medicine
MBChB Medicine (71A8)
How this university scores applications, with the figures it publishes.
High level summary
Simple summary. Excruciating detail below.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is there a score to clear? | The UCAT is not used for this course. The test that is used is below. |
Summary of the selection model
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Scoring approach | No UCAT. Own MMA sat instead; exceptionally strong MMA performers may receive an offer at that stage. Whole application including personal statement considered |
| UCAT - how it is used | No UCAT. Uses its own Multiple Mini Assessment (MMA), a computer-based test of analysis, interpretation and judgement against Good Medical Practice |
| UCAT threshold | UCAT not used |
| UCAT lowest accepted | Unknown |
| UCAT average accepted | Unknown |
| Interview format | MMI |
| Resits | Considered after achieving ABB where there is significant mitigation. Predicted grades not considered for resit applicants |
| Data status | Complete on entry requirements and on the selection method as the university describes it. Not published: no mean or distribution, no lowest score, application volumes, interview volumes and offer volumes. |
Source
https://www.medschools.ac.uk/courses/buckingham-medicine-71a8/
Entry requirements
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Course (UCAS code) | MBChB Medicine (71A8) |
| GCSE | Grade 4 in English and Maths |
| A level | ABB including Chemistry or Biology |
| Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers | AABBB at S5 with two Advanced Highers including Chemistry and one from Biology or Maths at BB |
| IB | 34 points with three HL subjects; HL6 in Chemistry or Biology and HL5 minimum in the other |
| English language | Covered by GCSE requirement |
| Resits accepted? | Only with mitigating circumstances - after ABB |
How the UCAT is turned into a score
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Is a UCAT points conversion published? | No points conversion has been published. What the University does say about the UCAT is in the row below. |
| How the UCAT is used, in the University’s own words | No UCAT. Uses its own Multiple Mini Assessment (MMA), a computer-based test of analysis, interpretation and judgement against Good Medical Practice No UCAT. Own MMA sat instead; exceptionally strong MMA performers may receive an offer at that stage. Whole application including personal statement considered |
Entry requirements and places, as shown on the comparison table
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Figures cover | No volumes published. Buckingham is a private provider, so it has no Office for Students fundable limit and no place number is published by any regulator. |
| Places | Unknown |
| SJT - how the band is used | Unknown. Buckingham is a private provider outside the Act and publishes no selection detail. |
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