University of York Firmers 2011!

Has anyone actually received confirmation from York for their firm place? I firmed sometime in February and haven't heard squat!

Reply 1581

Vekeh

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Original post by LostHorizons

The reading list is exactly the same as the 2010 one on the website :biggrin:

Is Rear Window any good?

I can't find the one on the website :redface:

, I can see the list fine, it's the 'Dear Applicant' bit that doesn't load properly. Does it say if we're meant to have read the novels before term begins?

And yeaaah, it's a very clever film :biggrin:

Reply 1582

slamcat

Original post by Wedgely

Has anyone actually received confirmation from York for their firm place? I firmed sometime in February and haven't heard squat!

No, I haven't heard anything from them either :s-smilie:

Reply 1583

mwnciau

2

Original post by Wedgely

Has anyone actually received confirmation from York for their firm place? I firmed sometime in February and haven't heard squat!

I had an email saying "congratulations on receiving an offer" after I firmed, but that doesn't really sound like a confirmation.

I did get an unofficial confirmation when I had to email them about the course though.

EDIT: They have to potentially wait until the 26th of July for everyone to firm/decline so they might be waiting for that.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 1584

LostHorizons

13

Original post by Vekeh

I can't find the one on the website :redface:

, I can see the list fine, it's the 'Dear Applicant' bit that doesn't load properly. Does it say if we're meant to have read the novels before term begins?

And yeaaah, it's a very clever film :biggrin:

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/engl/ugrad/index.htm

It's on the right-hand side of that page, under 'core texts for 2010 entrants'. The email says you are "encouraged to explore the anthologies and read the set texts in time for the beginning of the course", which I guess is a polite way of saying you have to read them before you get there :tongue:

do you want me to PM you the text of the email?

Edit: I got an email congratulating me on my offer (over a year after they gave me the offer...), but I've not had any real confirmation that I've firmed. I've just had the email today and an email a couple of weeks ago about when I can pick accommodation.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 1585

Basmati

Original post by Wedgely

Has anyone actually received confirmation from York for their firm place? I firmed sometime in February and haven't heard squat!

Same

dw, its probably nothing, just the way they roll
But hey, I'm going for history too! :smile:

Reply 1586

Vekeh

1

Original post by LostHorizons

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/engl/ugrad/index.htm

It's on the right-hand side of that page, under 'core texts for 2010 entrants'. The email says you are "encouraged to explore the anthologies and read the set texts in time for the beginning of the course", which I guess is a polite way of saying you have to read them before you get there :tongue:

do you want me to PM you the text of the email?

Edit: I got an email congratulating me on my offer (over a year after they gave me the offer...), but I've not had any real confirmation that I've firmed. I've just had the email today and an email a couple of weeks ago about when I can pick accommodation.

Yes please :biggrin:

The page that starts
'You have received the offer of a place to read En
more about the early stages of the course. We are therefore'
would be nice :smile:

You got an email about accommmodation? Did it just say the date and nothing else of real importance?

Reply 1587

LouiseChapman

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Ahhh cool! Got the reading list e-mail too...! Although, I have done all that reading already. Just the film now then, I suppose. Shame they took Beckett's 'Catastrophe' off the list - I wrote up so many notes for that little guy! Anyway, AHH CAN'T WAIT! :biggrin:

Reply 1588

LostHorizons

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Original post by LouiseChapman

Ahhh cool! Got the reading list e-mail too...! Although, I have done all that reading already. Just the film now then, I suppose. Shame they took Beckett's 'Catastrophe' off the list - I wrote up so many notes for that little guy! Anyway, AHH CAN'T WAIT! :biggrin:

But they put Endgame on! Eeeee :biggrin:

Reply 1589

LouiseChapman

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Original post by LostHorizons

But they put Endgame on! Eeeee :biggrin:

I know, I bloody love 'Endgame' too! Let's hope we get a bit of Godot throw in for good measure.

I'm not thrilled that the Shakespeare is staying the same... I was secretly vying for 'Twelfth Night' or maybe even 'Hamlet'. But really, can't complain, it's a great group of texts to start us off!

Reply 1590

LostHorizons

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Original post by LouiseChapman

I know, I bloody love 'Endgame' too! Let's hope we get a bit of Godot throw in for good measure.

I'm not thrilled that the Shakespeare is staying the same... I was secretly vying for 'Twelfth Night' or maybe even 'Hamlet'. But really, can't complain, it's a great group of texts to start us off!

The only complaint I have is against Mrs Dalloway :tongue:

I used to love it, but I'm not much a fan of Woolf any more.

Also, are you already making notes for university?!

Reply 1591

rainbow drops

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urgh, Woolf. I'd rather read pretty much anything other than her oversentimental piles of ****. Not the most intellectual response in the world but I've had an exam today so I don't care.

Rear Window is a great film. I wasn't expecting it to but it ended up being one of my highlights of the first module :smile:

edit: also, notes?! WHAT IS THIS. I don't even have my reading list for autumn 2011 yet and that's for a special module!

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Reply 1592

LouiseChapman

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Original post by LostHorizons

The only complaint I have is against Mrs Dalloway :tongue:

I used to love it, but I'm not much a fan of Woolf any more.

Also, are you already making notes for university?!

Ahh... I see. I'm a bit of a Woolf fancier myself and was really happy to see Dalloway made it to the reading list. It seems she divides opinion in a big way though, which I can completely understand, I look forward to hearing what the lecturers have to say about her and her work.

Ha, notes. I haven't been making them religiously, but I work a 40 hour week as a receptionist in the most dead company in the world, and I literally would be pulling my hair out if I didn't have my books and wasn't making notes of some description. I only really do it as a boredom-blitzer though - I'm definitely not THAT naturally conscientious!

Reply 1593

ojpearson

6

Hi all,

Sorry if I haven't grasped the right way of posting... I'm new here.

Anyhow, I firmed York with Leeds as backup to do Philosophy, potentially changine to PPE if I get in.

I hold a conditional offer of AAB but I'm doing 4 A2s (Philosophy + Ethics, Politics, English and Drama) so I'm sort of hopping A*BBC or A*BBB will be enough.

Just did Philosophy + Ethics and Politics exams today :smile:

What's everyone's interests / thoughts about going to York? it's a pretty good University, it seems.

Cheers.

Reply 1594

ojpearson

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Original post by loonyplatypus

Yay, nice to see lots of new and enthusiastic people coming to York next year! You'll be the freshers then :colone:

If anyone has any questions about York, feel free to ask :smile:

Hi

I noticed that when I visited (from Devon so I've only visited once) there wasn't a "student union" as such - or generally a place to go between lectures / work? Is that true?

Cheers :smile:

Reply 1595

Gracie312

SOOO excited to have got my reading list!
Only four months to go! :smile:

Reply 1596

alwatkins1991

OP

Original post by ojpearson

Hi

I noticed that when I visited (from Devon so I've only visited once) there wasn't a "student union" as such - or generally a place to go between lectures / work? Is that true?

Cheers :smile:

I don't think there is a main student union, but there are different bars/cafes in some of the colleges so it wont be that bad!

Reply 1597

TruckBear

15

Original post by ojpearson

Hi all,

Sorry if I haven't grasped the right way of posting... I'm new here.

Anyhow, I firmed York with Leeds as backup to do Philosophy, potentially changine to PPE if I get in.

I hold a conditional offer of AAB but I'm doing 4 A2s (Philosophy + Ethics, Politics, English and Drama) so I'm sort of hopping A*BBC or A*BBB will be enough.

Just did Philosophy + Ethics and Politics exams today :smile:

What's everyone's interests / thoughts about going to York? it's a pretty good University, it seems.

Cheers.

Just so that you know, switching to PPE is rather difficult - usually impossible. You'd stand more of a chance if you got better grades, I'm sure, but even then it's not likely that you'd be able to.

Reply 1598

Ellziii

Original post by Vekeh

My reading list is broken, I can only see half of the first page, and it's cut directly in half down the middle so it doesn't even make any sense :sad:

I can see the second page though, I'm really happy that the set film is Rear Window - I studied it in Film last year :awesome:

Is this in google docs/gmail?
If you download it rather than jsut viewing it in a different window you can see all of it, cause I had the same problem :smile:

Reply 1599

Ellziii

Original post by rainbow drops

urgh, Woolf. I'd rather read pretty much anything other than her oversentimental piles of ****. Not the most intellectual response in the world but I've had an exam today so I don't care.

I can cope with Woolf, it's the people who try to copy her without the technical ability, like Ali bloody Smith, that I can't bear. You can't just use incorrect grammar and call it post-modern! And no, you're not writing in the style of Larkin, you're just using a lot of profanities.

(edited 12 years ago)

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