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UCAS Extra
Contrary to popular belief, very occasionally medical schools do enter UCAS extra. However under no circumstances should you ever rely on UCAS extra being a way to get into medical school.
Medical schools enter UCAS extra primarily because of insufficient applications. Although there may be 200 applications for 50 places, a medical school is not afraid to reject all applications if they are not up to the high standard required. Medical schools then enter UCAS extra. If you have any offers, you are not eligible to enter UCAS extra. That includes offers made for any non-medicine applications you may have made. To enter UCAS extra under such circumstances, you would have to decline any offers made to you. Applicants of extremely high calibre are amongst the students who are rejected and so universities can be confident that they will fill places with applicants.
It is extremely unlikely that the well established medical schools will ever enter UCAS extra. However government legislation aimed at increasing the number of doctors has led to an increase in the number of new medical schools opening. These medical schools are initially part of a ‘parent’ medical school which is usually a more established medical school. E.g although you can apply to Keele Medical School, the course is a validated programme of the University of Manchester. As these medical schools are relatively unknown and as such have far fewer applications especially from high calibre applicants.
First you need to find a medical school which will be entering UCAS Extra. It is often by blind luck you will find a medical school which is in UCAS extra. Keep browsing forums. MedApp will call all medical schools and inform its forum users by email should a university enter UCAS extra. You should also call all medical schools and ask if they will be entering UCAS extra, if they expect to enter UCAS extra and if they know of any medical school that may be entering extra. It is important that you do keep calling every so often. You do not need to leave your details and don’t worry about boring admissions staff. Keep pursuing it, you have nothing to lose.
Clearing
Medical schools very rarely enter clearing. Places which would have been available are handed out during clearing. Medical schools do sometimes advertise that they enter clearing while others will say they do not. It is beyond a long shot that you will get an offer through clearing. MedApp will contact all medical schools when clearing opens and let forum users know by email should a university decide to enter clearing.
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Keele University entering UCAS extra for medicine.