Imperial College London vs St George's

Imperial College London's published UCAT threshold for home applicants is around 2320, while St George's sits at approximately 1950.

That's a 370-point gap — large enough to put the two schools in completely different competitiveness tiers. An applicant scoring in the 2100-2200 band would be competitive at St George's but borderline at Imperial College London.

Contextual / widening-participation cut-offs differ — Imperial College London: 2170+ /2700 (2026 entry official contextual cut-off); St George's: not separately disclosed. Eligible applicants should weight this heavily when choosing.

Imperial College London requires AAA including Chemistry and Biology.

St George's requires AAA including Chemistry and Biology.

Both demand the same A-Level grade band, so academic prediction is unlikely to differentiate your application between them — provided you meet the required subject combination at each.

Both Imperial College London and St George's use MMI interviews, so the underlying prep approach is the same — practise ethics frameworks, NHS hot-topic answers and (for MMI) structured station responses against a timer.

Interview windows: Imperial College London interviews in December - February; St George's in November - February.

Imperial College London: All Applicants: 662/852 = 78% (2025). 280 international interviews, ~2130 international applicants. St George's: Home Undergrad (2024): 247/677 = 36% (or 423/686 = 62% inc. deferred); Overseas Undergrad: 25/146 = 17% (or 58/152 = 38% inc. deferred).

Post-interview odds give you the clearest signal of how competitive each school is at the final stage — a school with a 60% post-interview success rate is structurally easier to convert than one at 25%, even if the interview thresholds look identical on paper.

Imperial College London: Heavy emphasis on scientific reasoning and the integrated London course structure. Around a quarter of places are now reserved for international applicants. UCAT is the primary shortlisting factor, with personal-statement use limited to exceptional cases.

St George's: Strong holistic-care and soft-skills emphasis. SJT used post-interview in offer making (B1 = 15 pts, B2 = 10, B3 = 5, B4 = nothing). St George's is also generous with deferred-entry offers, often made to borderline applicants in lieu of rejection.