Medicine admissions 2020 entry legacy page - Timeline

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Admission timeline for 2020 entry UCAT-based medicine applicants, listing key deadlines and stages from UCAT testing and UCAS application submission through multiple mini-interview (MMI) scheduling and scoring. Includes Stage 1a and 1b academic and UCAT threshold checks, A100/A101 ranking using UCAT scores (excluding SJT), MMI invitation timing, and cut points. Covers Stage 3 interview periods across locations, review of score sheets and UCAS references, and offer or unsuccessful notifications, with update notes and possible change-of-course consideration.

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Admission Timeline

Key Deadlines (Oct 2019)

Stage 1a and Stage 1b (Checked to Thresholds and Ranked)

Stage 2 and Cut Points

Stage 3: Multiple Mini-Interviews

Scoring Review and Final Notifications

| 02.10.2019 | UCAT Last Testing Date | | --- | --- | | 15.10.2019 | UCAS Application Deadline | | 16.10.2019- 05.11.2019 | Stage 1a: All applications are checked to make sure applicants meet the minimum academic requirements (the academic threshold) . A101 applications are also checked to make sure applicants meet the minimum widening participation requirements. | | 01.11.2019 | Deadline for submitting Widening Participation forms to the Medical School (A101 applicants only) . | | 05.11.2019 | Medical School receives test scores from UCAT. | | 05.11.2019-
15.11.2019 | Stage 1b: All applications are checked to make sure applicants meet the minimum UCAT requirement (the UCAT threshold) . End of Stage 1.
Stage 2: For the A100, candidates meeting both the academic and the UCAT thresholds are ranked on their UCAT score (not including the Situational Judgement Test (SJT)) . Applicants who meet our minimum entry requirements and have the highest UCAT scores are invited to attend a Multiple Mini
Interview. Update 14.12.2019: UCAT ranking has been completed. The cut points on UCAT ranking were 2660/3600 for A100 Home/EU applicants, 2700/3600 for A100 International applicants and 2560/3600 for A101 applicants. Applicants reaching stage 2 who met or exceeded this cut points have been invited to interview.
For the A101, applicants who meet our Academic entry requirements (and; who also meet our Widening Participation requirements) whose UCAT score meets or exceeds these UCAT cut points will be invited to attend a Multiple Mini Interview. We send our MMI invitations by email.
Unsuccessful applications may be considered by the University for a Change of Course to Biomedical Science and/or Orthoptics. This process may take 2-3 weeks. Unsuccessful applicants are then notified via UCAS.
Successful applicants can expect by 15.11.2019 to receive an email from the Medical School admissions team (not UCAS) inviting them to attend an interview. Unsuccessful applicants can expect to be notified via UCAS by approximately 20.12.2019. End of Stage 2. | | --- | --- | | Nov 2019-Jan 2020 | Stage 3: Multiple Mini-Interviews
Multiple Mini-Interviews will be conducted on weekdays in Sheffield on 25-27 November and 2-13 December 2019 at our Clinical Skills Centre on the Northern General Hospital Campus.
Panel-based Interviews in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will take place in the week 6- 10 January 2020. Interviews in Singapore will take place in the week 13-17 January 2020. | | 21.01.2020-
14.02.2020 | MMI/Interview score sheets and UCAS references reviewed. | | 14.02.2020 | End of Stage 3: | | 17.02.2020-
21.02.2020 | Offers/Unsuccessful decisions notified to students via UCAS. Unsuccessful applications may be considered by the University for a Change of Course to Biomedical Science and/or Orthoptics. This process may take 2-3 weeks. Unsuccessful applicants are then notified via UCAS.
UPDATE 25.02.2020. We processed our offer decisions in the week 17- 21.02.2020. Rejection and reserve list decisions have been processed by the |

FAQs

What are the main application deadlines in October 2019?

The UCAT last testing date is listed as 02.10.2019, and the UCAS application deadline is 15.10.2019. A101 applicants must submit widening participation forms to the Medical School by 01.11.2019, and test scores are received by 05.11.2019.

How does Stage 1a and Stage 1b work for A100 and A101 applicants?

Stage 1a checks academic minimum requirements and, for A101, widening participation minimum requirements. Stage 1b checks the UCAT requirement for all applications, then Stage 2 ranks A100 candidates meeting both thresholds by UCAT score (excluding SJT) for MMI invites; A101 candidates meeting academic, widening participation, and UCAT cut points are also invited to MMI.

When do interviews and notifications happen, and what happens to unsuccessful applicants?

MMIs run from 25–27 November and 2–13 December 2019 in Sheffield, with panel-based interviews in Kuala Lumpur (week 6–10 January 2020) and Singapore (week 13–17 January 2020). After MMI/score sheet and reference review, offers or unsuccessful decisions are notified via UCAS; unsuccessful applications may be considered for a change of course to Biomedical Science and/or Orthoptics, then applicants are notified via UCAS.

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