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Pears Cumbria School of Medicine: GAMSAT requirements
Pears Cumbria runs a six-point contextual gap — 59 for home applicants, 53 contextual — and requires a bioscience or allied health degree, not “any discipline”.
- 59Minimum overall to apply
- —No section minimum published
- —No GPA minimum published
- 1:1:2ACER weighted overall
Every figure on this page is a number to compare yourself against, which is difficult to do without a score of your own. Our GAMSAT practice test is free, timed and marked section by section, so you can find out where you currently stand against Pears Cumbria’s requirements before you spend a cycle applying to it.
What is distinctive about Pears Cumbria
Pears Cumbria publishes two real cutoffs for 2026 entry: 59 for home applicants and 53 contextual. That six-point gap is one of the largest contextual concessions published by any UK medical school here, and the 59 is the highest actual cutoff any UK institution in this dataset publishes.
Which means the contextual route is worth checking properly before the headline number talks you out of applying. The two figures describe the same course in the same cycle.
The degree requirement is where secondary sources go wrong. ACER describes it as any discipline. Pears Cumbria requires a 2:1 in a Biosciences or Allied Healthcare degree, which is a materially narrower door.
No section minimum is published. A102 through UCAS, home fee status only.
Courses admitting through the GAMSAT
At Pears Cumbria School of Medicine, the GAMSAT is used for one course.
- Medicine – Graduate Entry MBBS — A102
How to apply: UCAS.
How Pears Cumbria scores the GAMSAT
This institution uses ACER's published overall score.
| Scoring method | Formula used | What that means for you |
|---|---|---|
| ACER's weighted overall score | (S1 + S2 + 2 × S3) ÷ 4 | The overall score printed on your ACER statement of results. Section 3 counts double. This is the default across the market, which is exactly why the institutions that depart from it catch people out. |
Pears Cumbria does not publish how the GAMSAT is weighted against the rest of the application. Not published is the honest answer; we do not estimate it.
Every figure this institution publishes
Each figure carries the kind of number it is and the year it applies to. They are not interchangeable.
- 59Actual cutoff2026 entryHome
The lowest score actually admitted or invited to interview in this round.
- 53Actual cutoff2026 entryContextual
The lowest score actually admitted or invited to interview in this round.
Pears Cumbria publishes 2 separate figures. Quoting one of them as “the Pears Cumbria cutoff” without naming which is how the wrong number ends up in circulation.
Minimums, GPA and the application route
| Requirement | Pears Cumbria |
|---|---|
| Minimum overall GAMSAT | 59 |
| Minimum in each section | Not published |
| Minimum GPA | Not published |
| Academic entry requirement | 2:1 in a Biosciences or Allied Healthcare degree — NOT "any discipline" as ACER states |
| Selection weighting | Not published |
| Application route | UCAS |
| Scoring method | ACER's weighted overall score |
What else you should know
Home fee status only.
Common questions about Pears Cumbria
Does Pears Cumbria publish a GAMSAT cutoff?
Yes. 59 (Home) for 2026 entry; 53 (Contextual) for 2026 entry. A cutoff is the lowest score actually admitted or invited to interview in that round, so it moves with the applicant pool every year.
What GAMSAT score do you need to apply to Pears Cumbria?
An overall score of at least 59, and no section minimum is published. No GPA minimum is published. These are eligibility floors. Meeting them does not make you competitive.
Does Pears Cumbria use the weighted or unweighted GAMSAT score?
ACER's weighted overall score — (S1 + S2 + 2 × S3) ÷ 4. The overall score printed on your ACER statement of results. Section 3 counts double. This is the default across the market, which is exactly why the institutions that depart from it catch people out.
Check your score against Pears Cumbria
Pears Cumbria uses ACER's weighted overall, so the figure on your statement of results is the one to compare against everything on this page.
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