Aberdeen is a historic Scottish medical school with a five-year MBChB and a systems-based, early-clinical course. It blends your UCAT and academics before interview and leans heavily on the interview itself — so it rewards a rounded applicant.
Aberdeen has no hard UCAT cut-off but won't consider SJT Band 4. Before interview, it weights UCAT 40% and academic achievement 60%; applicants invited to interview have typically scored somewhere around 1610–1880 on the current scale. After interview, the picture shifts: the interview is worth 50%, academics 30% and UCAT 20% — so the day itself matters a great deal.
Aberdeen suits a strong all-rounder, since academics outweigh the UCAT pre-interview and the interview dominates afterwards. If your UCAT is in that ~1610–1880 range with strong grades, you're competitive; just keep your SJT out of Band 4. Check your percentile.
Check your percentile →AAA including Chemistry and at least one of Biology, Maths or Physics.
Grade 6 (B) or above in English Language and Maths (Biology and Physics recommended).
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MMI. A 6–8 station MMI; after interview, the interview itself is worth 50% of your total.
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There's no hard cut-off, but applicants invited to interview have typically scored around 1610–1880 on the current scale. Aberdeen weights UCAT 40% and academics 60% before interview, and won't consider SJT Band 4.
Pre-interview, UCAT is 40% and academic achievement 60%. After interview, the interview is worth 50%, academics 30% and UCAT 20%.
AAA including Chemistry and at least one of Biology, Maths or Physics, with grade 6 in English and Maths at GCSE.
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