Is Medicine at Oxford unrealistic with low number of A*
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Is Medicine at Oxford unrealistic with low number of A*
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Originally Posted by pepsiu
Having achieved 98888777777, am I right in thinking it would be a wasted application. Even god willing I get a high BMAT, good PS and interview. Isn't the average number of a* like 10?
10.7, and that was before the covid-related massive grade inflation. The mean proportion of A*s was 0.96, yours is 0.45.
For people with 5A*s, 0/74 were even interviewed. 6A* was 0/84 - offers only start at 7A*s, and they likely had extenuating circumstances.
For proportion of A*, 0/46 got an offer with a p of 0.40-49. No offers were given below 0.7.
https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/me...istics-webpage
Whilst its not physically impossible, I'd suggest your chances are extremely low and certainly not worth applying.
Cambridge is still an option and shares a lot of the ...
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