Leeds 2012 Applicants Thread

I've had an offer as well! AAB with an A in lit.

I've had an offer as well! AAB with an A in lit.

I remember you! That's fantastic, congratulations!

And congrats on your Sheffield offer too! I was a bit worried if I applied there I'd start stalking Simon Armitage He's brilliant. I was saying earlier to someone how I'm just going to sneak down from wherever I am for his lectures...

Aaaanyway, well done! How's ELAT prep going? I'm going to be totally honest and say I haven't done any yet :/ I feel a fail coming on... I also now have a Boots job interview on the SAME DAY, plus a Uniform Committee meeting that I can't miss (Head Girl ) blehhhh. Going to be such a busy day!

impressive! and i've applied for politics and predicted AAB. i might apply this year just to satisfy my curiosity on whether i can get in, but apply next year more confidently with hopefully better grades than AAB!

Haha, one of my English teachers said that he's a bit of an idiot in person when he gives readings; apparently he tries to be "down with the kids" The department at Sheffield looks nice though! They've converted a church to use as a lecture theatre, which is pretty cool.

Aha, what ELAT prep?! I literally haven't done anything. It's supposed to be an aptitude test, so I really don't think you can do much preparation for it. I might have a go at a practice paper on the Monday or Tuesday beforehand, just to get an idea of how quickly I need to write etc, but that's all I'm planning on doing, if anything.

Oh dear, how stressful! I failed the Boots online aptitude test I might have to try applying again; I need money for Christmas! I'm going to an Arctic Monkeys gig in the evening, which should be a nice stress-reliever. I can't wait to get it over and done with to be honest, I just want to find out whether I'm worth interviewing or not!

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Also, just had a look on the ELAT website and there are now loads more past papers! When did this happen? I thought that there was only one on there, but now they have the papers from 2007-2010!

... Maybe I'm just slow. Is this common knowledge already? Either way, thought I'd let you know.

THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH! I had no idea and now - I have a few past papers by my side Makes me feel a lot better although I doubt I will actually get in anyway but the essays will flex some literary muscles

Thanks again,

I really want to hear from Leeds too, I am getting a bit worried.

Yeah I do
A2 Maths, Economics, Biology.
AS Further Maths

On the website I'm sure they say they sometimes give offers of just AA (Maths and FM) What subjects do you take and where else have you applied? I didnt do very well in my AS but I think my PS was quite good so hopefully I'll get an offer! :/

No problem! So glad it helped someone else too I'm probably going to fail the ELAT but OH WELL.

I'm sure you'll hear from Leeds soon In the English booklet thing they gave out it said offers are given all the way into January, so I wouldn't worry too much. Keeping my fingers crossed, although I'm sure you won't need it

I've just received my Leeds offer confirmation in the post They're holding an English applicants open day on the 27th of January, right in between my English language and general studies A2 exams!

If you can't make it and still want to come up to Leeds, I would be happy to volunteer some time to tell you about my experience of the course, show you around the department and the buildings the English Department use, the Union building, the Libraries and if you want, parts of the city.

I'll be able to make it Will you be back home by then? I'm looking forward to seeing some more of the buildings and the library, as well as the accommodation (which I didn't get a chance to see last time I visited). I assume that having Leeds as your insurance option puts you at a disadvantage when applying for accommodation?