Bristol 2012 applicants !

Hoping to go to Bristol next year!

Seems like most people I ask are applying to Bristol

Bristol (and some other similar unis) may well be harder to get into than Oxford and Cambridge...

That's what I was thinking, I wonder how Bristol compares to Oxbridge application number-wise.

Bristol (and some other similar unis) may well be harder to get into than Oxford and Cambridge...

May I ask.. what are the unis included in the 'some other similar unis'? Warwick? Nottingham? How about York?

I know that for maths there are ~16 applications a place for Bristol and 5 or 6 apps a place for Oxford. However, you have to remember that most people with an offer from Oxford will firm it, whereas I know at Warwick a third of offer-holders firm it (and Warwick is better for maths than Bristol). So the applicationsffers ratio is probably similar.

That's what I was thinking, I wonder how Bristol compares to Oxbridge application number-wise.

Seems like most people I ask are applying to Bristol

Based purely on "places I see lots of people applying" I'm thinking Warwick, Imperial, LSE, Edinburgh type places. I don't really know anything about Nottingham, but I don't think York comes into that category. But I am just speculating really...
Yeah, at the Oxford open day yesterday the head of admissions was comparing Oxford to Edinburgh. He was basically saying that Edinburgh get about five times as many applicants for about the same number of places as Oxford do, but they Edinburgh give out about three times as many offers as they have places.
It would be fascinating to make some Freedom of Information requests regarding a) number applicants b) number offers c) number firms d) number insurances d) number of firms that end up coming e) number of insurances that end up going f) number of people who neither firmed or insuranced who end up going (e.g. clearing). I might actually do that Although I suspect I'd have to go to each of the universities individually. Asking UCAS would be much easier, but I don't think they are covered by the FOI act.

Edit: UCAS are going to be included in FOI from October 2011! I might actually do this...

Edit 2: looks like that was just a proposal, not sure the October thing is actually legislated on

Edit 3: there is a draft piece of legislation

Edit 4: turns out of the people that apply to Bristol, only 10% end up going there (lower than all other universities, except for LSE and Edinburgh) - source. This data doesn't tell us everything, but it does tell us something.

I was at the Oxford Open Day too, I was surprised how he admitted to Oxford seeing non-academic stuff making no difference whatsoever! Got a revision list for the PAT !

What are you applying for?

I suppose with applications, if you're someone who got into Oxbridge, you could get into anywhere in the UK really? If you've got into Oxford, you're all the things that anybody could want: sharp, clear thinking, enthusiastic, hard working and able !

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So who else is going to the open day tomorrow?

I suppose with applications, if you're someone who got into Oxbridge, you could get into anywhere in the UK really? If you've got into Oxford, you're all the things that anybody could want: sharp, clear thinking, enthusiastic, hard working and able !

So who else is going to the open day tomorrow?

I am Only managed to book for the Philosophy talk, though, which is a bit of a shame since I'm coming from Manchester. Hopefully there'll be extra places or at least the stalls will be good.

wooh, glad i'm not the only one. (well i know i'm not, there's 12998 other people booked on this open day...)

so i'm booked for "computer science at bristol" talk tomorrow at 11.15. However in the programme those talks are only scheduled for 9.30 and 11.45...

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