The "I've applied to Edinburgh for 2012 entry" chat thread

I'm going to the open day on the 7th March with my mum. Looking forward to it!

emailed Science and Engineering admissions today about when we would likely hear back;


Dear Katie,

Thank you for your email. It is currently anticipated that decisions will start
to be processed in the next day or so and will be completed in approximately 2
weeks time.

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Kind regards,

Jamie Smith

Recruitment and Admissions
College of Science and Engineering

Tel: + 44 (0) 131 650 5737
Fax: + 44 (0) 131 650 5738
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/science-engineering/

So much for end of February

Thanks for posting that. In previous mails they mentioned that they plan to be done with making all the decisions by end of February, but apparently for them "being done" is a synonym to "start" ;] I wonder what caused the delay.

emailed Science and Engineering admissions today about when we would likely hear back;


Dear Katie,

Thank you for your email. It is currently anticipated that decisions will start
to be processed in the next day or so and will be completed in approximately 2
weeks time.

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Kind regards,

Jamie Smith

Recruitment and Admissions
College of Science and Engineering

Tel: + 44 (0) 131 650 5737
Fax: + 44 (0) 131 650 5738
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/science-engineering/

So much for end of February

phew, someone else is going!!
What have you got an offer for?

I like the "It is currently anticipated"... it's not even certain when the processing will start... they could keep us waiting FOREVER!

Not forever, only until 9th May.

I told you guys that you wouldn't have responses by the end of Feb and all of the current/past students have been telling you that for months on end... but what do we know

There have been way more offers going out in February than there have been in the last 6 years so consider yourselves all lucky that you may not be waiting right until May!

Well, I've already come to terms with the fact that no responses in February, but I hope Edinburgh will send something until the end of March, as I'd like to apply for one of their scholarships too, and the deadline is the 2nd of April..

Searching for "Edinburgh accommodation" on TSR brings up that thread easily enough, as does going into the University of Edinburgh forum and seeing it stuck right at the top of the page.... so I'm not sure whether this comment was intended to be a criticism or not - I don't control the search y'know!

Well, I've already come to terms with the fact that no responses in February, but I hope Edinburgh will send something until the end of March, as I'd like to apply for one of their scholarships too, and the deadline is the 2nd of April..

Wow I hadn't thought of that! Which scholarship do you want to apply for?

No no, no criticism intended, I'm probably just incapable of spelling "accommodation"

Wow I hadn't thought of that! Which scholarship do you want to apply for?

If its a financial scholarship for home students and related to widening access then I think Edinburgh would have to make allowances for students to apply for it if they received an offer later than this as otherwise they would be breaking their access agreements. Universities had to draw up plans to show how they could justify charging fees of more than £6000, so to charge £9000 a year for four years Edinburgh had to come up with lots of scholarships and financial assistance. If the late delivery of offers means students miss the deadline for these sort of scholarships then they might come into difficulty as you would be in a position where you would be able to make a complaint on the grounds that this was not fair access.

Looks like the college of humanities and social science have missed their own target. #incompetence

Well, I'm an EU student, and if I get an offer, I will apply for a scholarship for eastern europeans. That's one of the reasons I would pick Edinburgh as my firm choice.. but even if I get an offer, it's not guaranteed that I will get that scholarship.. so: these are rather stressful times

Well, I'm an EU student, and if I get an offer, I will apply for a scholarship for eastern europeans. That's one of the reasons I would pick Edinburgh as my firm choice.. but even if I get an offer, it's not guaranteed that I will get that scholarship.. so: these are rather stressful times

Looks like the college of humanities and social science have missed their own target. #incompetence

I wouldn't really consider it incompetence, as people have mentioned, Edinburgh have given out far more offers than normal for this time of year and it's evident from this thread the offers are still being given out almost daily.

I would, because they haven't stuck to the dates they informed people of.