Your statement, marked against the criteria medical schools publish.
Paste your answers to the three UCAS questions. Each of the 6 criteria gets a band and a score, weighted two ways: for most medical schools, and for Oxford and Cambridge. You also get academic exploration out of 5, which matters most for Oxford and Cambridge, the lines to fix and the lines to keep marked in place with reasons, advice on structure and length, and concrete next steps. Feedback only: nothing is rewritten for you.
Where the 100 marks sit
Most medical schools
Oxford and Cambridge
- AThe doctor's role 20 · 15
- BSelf-awareness 10 · 5
- CSkill from studies 10 · 15
- DCaring and communicating 30 · 15
- EResponsibility and balance 25 · 5
- FAcademic exploration 5 · 45
Marks for most schools · for Oxford and Cambridge.
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What each criterion is looking for
The rubric is fixed and published. It is built on the criteria of the two schools that score the statement, Keele and Lancashire, and on official admissions guidance from a dozen more, and it is Medicine-only. Every statement is marked 3 times and each criterion keeps the middle mark, and nothing earns credit unless it can be quoted from what you wrote.
Understanding of the doctor's role, with realistic insight20 marks for most schools · 15 for Oxford and Cambridge · usually Q1
What the role involves, where that understanding came from, the doctor within a team and within society, and a realistic sense of its demands. Observation earns credit here and nowhere else.
Self-awareness and development10 marks for most schools · 5 for Oxford and Cambridge · usually Q1, some Q2
The knowledge, skills and behaviours a doctor needs, related honestly to where you are now: a named gap and what you did about it. Honest reflection on a setback, resit or reapplication counts.
A skill acquired through studies10 marks for most schools · 15 for Oxford and Cambridge · usually Q2
One skill, named precisely, the specific part of your studies that built it, and why it matters. One skill explained fully beats a list; grades and subject choices earn nothing.
Caring, supporting and communicating with people30 marks for most schools · 15 for Oxford and Cambridge · usually Q3
Direct support for people who needed it: your own specific role, and the outcome for them or what you learned. Any setting counts, clinical or not.
Responsibility, initiative and balance25 marks for most schools · 5 for Oxford and Cambridge · usually Q3
A responsibility you actually fulfilled (titles earn nothing), plus something you started or clear evidence of a balanced life, with the scale of the time commitment made clear.
Academic exploration and intellectual curiosity5 marks for most schools · 45 for Oxford and Cambridge · usually Q2, some Q3
One or two explorations beyond the syllabus, evaluated in depth: what changed in your thinking, what you followed up next, how your interests connect. A reading list earns nothing.
What it does, and what it will not do
It does
- Score all 6 criteria out of 10, only on what can be quoted from your statement, and give each a band.
- Weight them two ways: for most medical schools, and for Oxford and Cambridge.
- Put academic exploration (criterion F) on a scale of 5, since it matters most for Oxford and Cambridge, and point out any science it gets wrong.
- Mark up to 12 lines to fix and 8 to keep, each with the reason attached.
- Check your draft against the UCAS limits: 4,000 characters in total, 350 minimum per answer.
- Give you specific next steps, in priority order.
It will not
- Write or rewrite a sentence for you. The words have to be yours.
- Predict whether a school will interview you — that is the finder's job, on the numbers.
- Mark for a course other than Medicine.
- Keep your text indefinitely: reviews and the text you submitted are deleted after 90 days.
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