King's College London 2012 Applicants

Rejected by Oxford and LSE.
Offers could arrive until 10th of May? Can I email then for a earlier reply?
I am going to take my exams on April. Having an offer later than exams really affects my planning.

Btw, do you have good predicted grades and profile?

I didn't realise we had to firm Kings by March 31st?! I am still waiting to hear back from Cardiff I thought the deadline was dependent on when you received your last offer?

Don't worry, nobody is required to firm anything before they received all of their offers. Just email King's, they'll take your situation into account and excuse you for not responding yet.

Try and have a look at UCAS website, there has to be something about this issue in the FAQ.

I didn't realise we had to firm Kings by March 31st?! I am still waiting to hear back from Cardiff I thought the deadline was dependent on when you received your last offer?

This is not the case, look at there website (towards the bottom of the page) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/ug/ImportantDates.aspx

We have until 9th May, I hope!

We endeavour to make decisions on applications as quickly as possible but some applicants may receive a decision sooner than others. Not receiving a decision does not mean that you have been refused a place. There are two main reasons why you might not hear quickly. Firstly, assessment may take longer during busy parts of the admissions cycle. Secondly, some programmes operate a ‘gathered field’ process for some applications, a procedure frequently used in university selection. We hold off making decisions until a suitable number of applications have arrived to allow comparative assessment. Therefore, very well qualified applicants (both academically and non-academically) may receive offers throughout the assessment cycle. Less well qualified applicants (relative to the applicant pool) may be collected together over short periods of time. However, they may still receive offers in due course.

Perhaps this can give us all some sense of comfort. We are the less well qualified applicants, and the offers for us will be given with at the very last.

Woot, just firmed King's for English

Woot, just firmed King's for English

What made you choose KCL over St Andrews in the end?

Anyone else who has been accepted to King's PPL?? (Philosophy, politics, law)

Hi everyone, I'm an international student. I've firmly accepted an offer to read Law at King's in September. Unfortunately, I'm afraid my A Levels results don't quite meet the expectations they had. I received an A* in English Literature, B in Maths (This was a real pity, I was 4 UMS marks away from an A) and a B in Economics as well. If there are any current King's College students out there, I would appreciate any advise. The thing is, ordinarily it is obvious that my offer ought to be revoked, but King's hasn't officially rejected my offer via UCAS yet, and it's been a while. My college UCAS admissions officer told me to be optimistic, because this delay indicates there's a chance they are considering my application, otherwise they would've rejected me outright.. But to be perfectly honest this seems like a long shot and rather far fetched to me!

I'm just kind of in a limbo right now, neither here nor there because no decision has been made by King's regarding my application, so any words of advise would be greatly appreciated.

Being rejected from the latter

Sorry to hear that. Still, KCL is incredible - I'm sure you'll have an amazing time there!