I wonder if Leeds are trying not to be like Bristol where the high UCAT requirement is sort of self-selecting as people know you need a high UCAT to stand a chance, so only people with high UCATs apply, meaning that the score required goes up and up as you are competing against those who have the highest UCAT scores.
There's no doubt that Bristol miss out on some fantastic candidates because their UCAT score is not high enough, but they may well have loads of other fantastic qualities and accolades that mean they go another med school and be hugely successful.
Maybe Leeds are saying they want the med students who want to study at Leeds, who love the course and the city, so they don't want to end up limiting their pool to only l those who meet a particular criteria which ends up being accentuated by which students apply.
I sort of quite like their approach, but it's easy for me to say as Leeds isn't on our wish list, and I suppose I feel similarly about KMMS which I think could suit my DD, but which we dare not apply to as her school has a high attainment 8 score.
But when you're limited to only 4 choices and a process as brutal as needing to be above the line where they cut off for interview, it is pretty disappointing.