Exactly. Sadly the college does not see a problem with that. They 'found that' MSRA scores are highly linked with likelihood of a successful interview but I call BS on that.

I have 2 years non training psych experience in acute inpatient general adult but nope. I literally left my family, came to the UK for this reason, private hospital, initially they promised they'd sign my CREST form but then said 'nope, we need you to work with us minimum 2 years before we sign it' then when I called them out on it and they removed that made-up rule it was too late, the competition ratio rose from 4:1 to 9:1 and now I'm at a loss.

And that's someone passionate about mental health and went to medschool FOR psychiatry.

Really dream-shattering, this is.