The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12

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Reply 2960

divina commedia

Sent off 13th October, got back on the 26th of that month :smile:

Reply 2961

Hooby

Applied 14th October

1st Offer:The University of Gloucestershire- 21st October
2nd Offer:The University of Birmingham- 11th November
3rd Offer:The University of Sheffield- 11th November
4th Offer:The University of York - 15th November
5th Offer: De Montfort University - 7th December

Reply 2962

camaieu

Sent mine off in the second week of October, and got an offer from Queen's at the end of November...still my only offer.

Reply 2963

fudgesundae

Applied 14 October:

1st - 3rd November

Got my 5th offer on the 16th December. So happy that the whole process is finally over. Now I just have to get the grades :smile:

Reply 2964

Nikkuro

It took me 54 days for me to get my first reply and I am still waiting for the other four. :frown:

Reply 2965

Besakt

Original post by Dbrown18

In my 6th form, a girl sent hers off and got an offer the very next day :eek:

And then, you have people who sent theres in october and still havent gotten a reply.

When did you get your first offer, and in general, whats the sort of average time you have to wait between sending off the ucas and receiving your first offer(or rejection if thats the case)?

I sent mine off thurs morning, and got an acknowledgement from hertfordshire today.

I sent mine off at the beginning of October still haven't heard a peep.

Reply 2966

Cats150

Can offers still be made over the Christmas period?

Reply 2967

bozkay

The UCAS website and all its features will be still be active during christmas so I don't see why not, unless the university admissions departments themselves are closed.
I got an offer today, but the christmas period defined by UCAS is from 25th December until around 2nd January.

Reply 2968

Cats150

Cool, I just don't want to be checking it so often :smile:

I don't think I'll be hearing until January anyway :P

Reply 2969

glf2110

Original post by Cats150

Can offers still be made over the Christmas period?

Yes.

Reply 2970

dbou

I applied last year but I think these should still be broadly relevant:

Applied - 14th October
1st Offer - 24th November
2nd Offer - 21st December
3rd Offer - 5th January
4th Offer - 6th January
5th Offer - 21st January

Just remember that the dates will vary between universities and departments, and that when you get your offer relative to other people usually doesn't say anything about how strong your application is :smile:

Reply 2971

Normandy114

Applied on 3rd October, got my first offer on the 12th October for my insurance choice :smile:

Completely depends on the university department, seems UEA's biochemistry section is very quick!

Reply 2972

Cats150

About 2 weeks, mine was sent mid-November.

Reply 2973

Cariie

I'm just gonna drop in here and hope to put some people at ease:

Sent my UCAS in late September, 1st offer mid October (Exeter), one mid November (Sussex), Oxford interview in December (Offer a week later), solid rejection from Durham in January and heard bugger all from Edinburgh until right before the deadline for replies! It is not a contest of who can get the most offers the fastest, some unis do them as they come in, some wait for all of them to come in (Like the lovely Edinburgh) Patience :smile:

Reply 2974

Victor-PP

Applied on Oct 11th

First offer on Oct 26th
Second offer on Nov 2nd
Third offer on Nov 10th
Fourth offer on Dec 6th

Reply 2975

Joey15

Has anyone heard yet from Bristol at all? Or York? My only two left waiting. Bristol is killing me inside.

Reply 2976

Joey15

It was so frustrating watching everybody get offers - really pissed me off.

But, applied on the 13th October, then my first offer came 18th November.

UCAS....

Reply 2977

lizzxo

Mine was processed on 5th december, got my first offer on the 9th december, and the second on the 13th, just 3 more to go but i know that's not going to be will into january :frown:

Reply 2978