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School of Oriental and African Studies
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SOAS Applicants Thread 2012

I haven't seen one yet, so here we go!

Please post a little info about yourself below you don't have to respond to all of them.

Course:
Entry requirements:
Currently studying:
Predictions:
Other uni choices:

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(edited 12 years ago)

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Ooooh, just saw this, been looking for this for foooreeeveer.

Course: Law
Entry requirements: AAA
Currently studying: English, History, Philosophy
Predictions: A*AA
Other uni choices:
Oxford
LSE
UCL
Exeter

Super hard choices, I know. I really hope I don't regret this :s
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Mcnubn
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Course: International Management (China)
Entry Requirements: 1st
Currently studying: BA(hons) Chinese Studies and Business
Predictions: 1st (please :s)
Other uni choices : none!
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jarif2
Hello! I'm applying for history
Entry requirement: AAB
Currently studying: History, Economics, English
Predictions: A*AA
Other uni choices: UCL(v100, v101), Manchester, Roehampton
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tomxxxo
Course: International Management (Japan & Year Abroad)

Entry requirements: AAB (already got an A in French :smile: )

Currently studying: Maths, Spanish and Japanese

I'm also applying for Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield but SOAS is where I really want to go, I loved it at the open day. :smile:
Course: History of art, archaeology and social anthropology

I'm an international student doing the french baccalaureate, my predicted grade is 16 and the entry requirement is about 14.

Also applied for UCL, Cambridge, Durham and Edinburgh.
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Bambirina
Course: Chinese (Modern and Classical) (with year abroad)
Entry requirements: 14/20 (French baccalaureate)
Currently studying: Philosophy, History/Geography, French Literature, English, Italian, German and Chinese
Predictions: 15.75/20
Other uni choices: Oxford, Durham, Manchester and Leeds

Anyone else for Chinese ? :smile:
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Mani Katti
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Course: BA Japanese :smile:
Entry requirements: AAB
Currently studying: French, Economics, Politics, Japanese, AS Critical Thinking, EPQ
Predictions: AAAB
Other uni choices: Leeds, Manchester

Just doing a bit of research and a bit daunted that SOAS doesn't seem to get back to people until about later December at the earliest D: Oh well..
Course: Linguistics
Entry requirements: AAB
Currently studying: English Language, Maths, French, EPQ
Predictions: A* A* A (don't know about EPQ prediction)
Other uni choices: Leeds, UCL, Oxford, Edinburgh

Heard abso nothing from SOAS since applying on the 10th Oct! :frown:
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okthefolkie
Course: Music
Entry requirements: BBB
Currently studying: Music, Music Technology, Archaeology, EPQ
Predictions: A*AA
Other uni choices: Sheffield, Bangor, Bristol, Leeds.

SOAS is definitely my top choice though. :smile:
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Rei_Rei
OP
Original post by RuthMadeleine
Course: Linguistics
Entry requirements: AAB
Currently studying: English Language, Maths, French, EPQ
Predictions: A* A* A (don't know about EPQ prediction)
Other uni choices: Leeds, UCL, Oxford, Edinburgh

Heard abso nothing from SOAS since applying on the 10th Oct! :frown:


I applied on the 7th and I've heard nothing, neither has anyone else I know that has applied. I've heard that they are usually quite slow with their selection process so try not to worry too much!
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082349
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Original post by Rei_Rei
I applied on the 7th and I've heard nothing, neither has anyone else I know that has applied. I've heard that they are usually quite slow with their selection process so try not to worry too much!


I'm posting this because I saw the above.

I received an email from them about half an hour ago thanking me for my application. I applied on 20th September.

Course: Social Anthropology
Entry requirements: AAA
Currently studying: Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Economics
Predictions: AAAB (no A* here, estimate only)
Other uni choices: Cambridge, LSE, two Scottish schools. (all AAA/AAB requirements haha oh dear.)
(edited 12 years ago)
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The Fez
12
Course: Law
Entry requirements: High School Diploma with GPA of 3.0; Scores of at least 600 in the 3 SAT Reasoning Tests (or SATI), or 1800 combined OR ACT with a minimum 26 out of 36. Plus SAT Subject Tests (or SATI) in three or four subjects at 600+ or Grade 4 in two but preferably three Advanced Placement tests
Currently studying : Graduated already, have all my SAT and AP scores (AB Calculus, English Lang, US Government, World History, Biology E, US History, Math IIc)
Predictions: (Achieved) 3.87 unweighted GPA, 2170 SAT, 444 AP, 800-700-640-630 SAT II
Other uni choices: Oxford, Leicester, Westminster, East Anglia, St. Andrews (Direct Application)
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Rei_Rei
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Original post by 082349
I'm posting this because I saw the above.

I received an email from them about half an hour ago thanking me for my application. I applied on 20th September.


I actually received two emails from SOAS today for some strange reason. Both say the same thing but were sent several hours apart! At any rate I'm just glad to finally have had my application acknowledged :smile:
Original post by Rei_Rei
I actually received two emails from SOAS today for some strange reason. Both say the same thing but were sent several hours apart! At any rate I'm just glad to finally have had my application acknowledged :smile:


I had this as well, about 6 hours apart or something but exactly the same email? Are you applying for BA Japanese by any chance?
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stac4321
10
Course: History of Art (Asia, Africa and Europe Pathway at UCL)

Entry requirements: 34 IB points and 5, 5, 5 at Higher Level

Currently studying: English, Biology, Visual Arts, Maths, History, French

Predictions: 36 points and 6, 6, 6 at HL

Other uni choices: UCl, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, UCA
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Rei_Rei
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Original post by Mani Katti
I had this as well, about 6 hours apart or something but exactly the same email? Are you applying for BA Japanese by any chance?


I was hoping the second email was a decision, I got my hopes up for nothing! Yes I am indeed :smile:
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zezeba
Course: Japanese and Economics

Entry requirements: 80/100 (Italian Diploma di Esame di Stato)

Currently studying: Italian, Latin, English, French, Spanish, History, Philosophy, Art, Biology, Mathematics, Physics.

Predictions: 100/100

Other uni choices: Manchester, Edinburgh
:smile:
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shnibbles
Original post by Mani Katti
I had this as well, about 6 hours apart or something but exactly the same email? Are you applying for BA Japanese by any chance?



I am applying for BA Japanese at SOAS and got the same thing:rolleyes:
Original post by Rei_Rei
I was hoping the second email was a decision, I got my hopes up for nothing! Yes I am indeed :smile:


Haha same, I was trying desparately to spot the difference in the emails and then I was like...oh wait, they're identical :L. Awesome :biggrin: Is SOAS your first choice? :smile:

Also, I'm glad it appeared to be everyone that had the two emails, and not just me D:

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