English Applicants 2012

Hey I applied to Exeter (cornwall campus).

warwick set my application to unsuccessful on track two days ago but have failed to send me a rejection letter or email. is this a mistake or are they just being rude as hell?

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Anyone else applied for Liverpool, UWE, cardiff, Birmingham city or exeter [cornwall campus???

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warwick set my application to unsuccessful on track two days ago but have failed to send me a rejection letter or email. is this a mistake or are they just being rude as hell?

I've just been rejected by Warwick and I have no idea why: for my own sanity, I've just concluded that they're -insert swear word of choice here-

I've just been rejected by Warwick and I have no idea why: for my own sanity, I've just concluded that they're -insert swear word of choice here-

I've just been rejected by Warwick and I have no idea why: for my own sanity, I've just concluded that they're -insert swear word of choice here-

At the risk of sounding conspiracy theorist it seems that some Universities reject people that have applied to Oxbridge. Obviously I cannot prove this but last year I was rejected from Durham, St Andrews and Exeter and yet got an offer from Cambridge and my friend (in a previous year) got an Offer from Cambridge and was rejected from Durham, Edinburgh and Warwick. My other friend got an offer from Oxford but was rejected from everywhere else.

Of course it now sounds like I’m trying to justify my numerous rejections but I have an acquaintance who was a PhD student and was involved at admissions at Cambridge and she said that it was a worrying trend. Before on UCAS the universities could see where else you had applied and the order of priority and certain universities would tend to reject people that didn’t pick them first. This seems to be a continuation of that, but instead they see the date of your application and the strength of it and surmise you applied to Oxbridge and then reject you.

I don’t know, maybe this is paranoia. But the fact that all of these strong candidates get rejected but then get an Oxbridge offer is pretty weird. It’s all political really, if they know that you are likely to go somewhere else or that you are more likely to choose another university then they seem to reject. So there was probably nothing wrong with your application or your grades. *shrug*
Although on their website Durham sternly denies it:

“Is it true that Durham will reject me because I am applying to Oxbridge?
No, and it never was true. We consider your application without knowing where else you have applied. Despite some mythology that schools still seem to believe, we really cannot see any detail about your other applications until you have received offers and decided which to take as Firm and Insurance.”

Who knows, ‘tis a mystery.

Sorry to disturb you by quoting you, but this is really freaky (your username!). I'm an S- Singh (my first name's with S and Singh is my last name) and my year of birth is 1993. And I'm applying for English. Bit creepy, huh?

That is freaky! You are applying for Edinburgh too aren't you? Even more creepy, I am too! This is too weird!!!!

Jumping on the anti-warwick bandwagon! I too just saw an 'unsuccessful'

I know, what's wrong with them?! They sent my friend an offer of 40 IB points! (which is insanely difficult to get, I would've thought only Oxbridge/ Imperial/ UCL can afford to ask for that much). Feeling so lucky not to have applied there!

yhh i felt the same. will probs be contacting them to get some reasons

At the risk of sounding conspiracy theorist it seems that some Universities reject people that have applied to Oxbridge. Obviously I cannot prove this but last year I was rejected from Durham, St Andrews and Exeter and yet got an offer from Cambridge and my friend (in a previous year) got an Offer from Cambridge and was rejected from Durham, Edinburgh and Warwick. My other friend got an offer from Oxford but was rejected from everywhere else.

Of course it now sounds like I’m trying to justify my numerous rejections but I have an acquaintance who was a PhD student and was involved at admissions at Cambridge and she said that it was a worrying trend. Before on UCAS the universities could see where else you had applied and the order of priority and certain universities would tend to reject people that didn’t pick them first. This seems to be a continuation of that, but instead they see the date of your application and the strength of it and surmise you applied to Oxbridge and then reject you.

I don’t know, maybe this is paranoia. But the fact that all of these strong candidates get rejected but then get an Oxbridge offer is pretty weird. It’s all political really, if they know that you are likely to go somewhere else or that you are more likely to choose another university then they seem to reject. So there was probably nothing wrong with your application or your grades. *shrug*
Although on their website Durham sternly denies it:

“Is it true that Durham will reject me because I am applying to Oxbridge?
No, and it never was true. We consider your application without knowing where else you have applied. Despite some mythology that schools still seem to believe, we really cannot see any detail about your other applications until you have received offers and decided which to take as Firm and Insurance.”

Who knows, ‘tis a mystery.

I don't wish to sound arrogant, but I really can't see why I've been rejected. I have 5As at AS, with over 90% UMS in all five subjects, and my predicted grades are A*A*AAA (they probably should be higher, but several teachers refused to predict an A* on the grounds that no one has ever got one in that subject at my school before). My personal statement and reference were both solid. The more I think about it, the more I think it may have something to do with the fact that I had clearly also applied to Oxbridge.