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  1. A level Az's Avatar
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    If you sent it less than a month ago then of course not, there's still time.
  2. Jam''s Avatar
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    Be patient - you did leave it very late.
  3. POWW!'s Avatar
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    So you applied to 5 uni's where you don't meet the requirements... pretty risky if you ask me.
  4. juliewho's Avatar
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    Re: The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12
    After my horrendous interview at Sheffield, I HAVE AN OFFER! I'm so confused/happy
  5. Alevelsareboring's Avatar
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    (Original post by POWW!)
    So you applied to 5 uni's where you don't meet the requirements... pretty risky if you ask me.
    I'm starting to think it is now, just heard that if they require BBB they don't take the fact i have an A into count and just see it as me having 1 grade lower than the requirements, they don't average it out as 3 B's as i have an A and a C, ahh man i hope for best honestly. I really should have sent this way earlier, man!
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    Your predicted grades don't meet the requirements for any of the Unis you have applied to. ABC doesn't cancel out to BBB, and AAB is way above your predictions.
  7. Nathan_oH's Avatar
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    1) You sent your ucas form late?
    2) All your options have higher requirements than your predictions?
    3) Your applying for a competitive subject

    I have a feeling you got low AS grades, what where they?
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    Sent mine out october the 13th, bearing in mind four were medicine and the other was not, still no reply from any of the universities
  9. Alevelsareboring's Avatar
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    (Original post by Nathan_oH)
    1) You sent your ucas form late?
    2) All your options have higher requirements than your predictions?
    3) Your applying for a competitive subject

    I have a feeling you got low AS grades, what where they?
    My AS grades were the same A in English Literature, B in History and C in Religious Studies, i know i will get higher than an ABC though i think i'll get an AAB or ABB hopefully im working really hard and my january exams went well, will it even matter though since ABC was written on the UCAS form if i rocked up with an AAB i would have already got rejected. Ahhh i really am screwed aren't i?
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    (Original post by Alevelsareboring)
    I'm starting to think it is now, just heard that if they require BBB they don't take the fact i have an A into count and just see it as me having 1 grade lower than the requirements, they don't average it out as 3 B's as i have an A and a C, ahh man i hope for best honestly. I really should have sent this way earlier, man!
    WHOW OH We're half way there WHOW OH - Livin' on a prayer
    but seriously you'll be ok, if you don't get any you could take a gap year
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    Re: Should i be worried, received no offers from 5 uni's yet?
    it's possible that you might still get some offers, but only if the spelling in your ps wasn't like in your original post...

    on the other hand, at least if you don't get any offers, you can immediately go into Extra, where you're more likely to get into a course more suited to your grades. http://www.ucas.com/students/offers/extra
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    Re: The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12
    (Original post by juliewho)
    After my horrendous interview at Sheffield, I HAVE AN OFFER! I'm so confused/happy
    well done! i have an offer from sheffield as well for maths and management.. but when i went to see the city i really hated it
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    Re: Worried that I've applied too late...
    (Original post by yayayapiolin)
    I applied the on the 13th of Jan, yes cutting it close.

    Within 12 days I had 3 offers. 3 week just under a month on and ive had offers from 4 unis.

    Give them time they take every application equally. Regardless of when it was submitted.
    what course have you applied for if you don't mind me asking? i'm wondering if archaeology is more popular than i thought? and it's taking a bit more time because of that? i'm hoping it's that anyway!
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    Re: Worried that I've applied too late...
    christmas is fine thats when most send them, ucl and nottingham have a habit of not replying to certain courses untill damn close to the deadline anyway plus from what i've heard [could be wrong] they do some of their offers in tranches so youd have probably missed the first tranche ergo youd be getting an offer later anyway having said that i just got my offer from ucl :awesome: may i ask what you applied for?
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    Re: Worried that I've applied too late...
    (Original post by lauraaimee)
    what course have you applied for if you don't mind me asking? i'm wondering if archaeology is more popular than i thought? and it's taking a bit more time because of that? i'm hoping it's that anyway!
    Aerospace engineering at LEEDS, SHEFFIELD, LBRO, LIVERPOOL, LEICESTER

    Still waiting to hear from LBRO.
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    Re: The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12
    Wahh, big problem.
    I got an offer from Greenwich so far. The offer is conditional to a Grade in my Abitur at 2,5. But my German teacher had a bad mood this year and rated the whole class down. So I will miss the 2,5 for some points and only will get a 2,6. I hope to get offers from 2 more Unis at well, but they told me per email & on their website that the lowest accepted grade will be an 2,5. What should I do? :confused:
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    Re: The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12
    (Original post by JosieG)
    well done! i have an offer from sheffield as well for maths and management.. but when i went to see the city i really hated it
    Why didn't you like it? I know what you mean though, I don't like Leeds at all, sometimes you just have preferences as to what you're looking for. No point going somewhere you won't feel comfortable
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    Re: The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12
    (Original post by German_Saskia)
    Wahh, big problem.
    I got an offer from Greenwich so far. The offer is conditional to a Grade in my Abitur at 2,5. But my German teacher had a bad mood this year and rated the whole class down. So I will miss the 2,5 for some points and only will get a 2,6. I hope to get offers from 2 more Unis at well, but they told me per email & on their website that the lowest accepted grade will be an 2,5. What should I do? :confused:
    So 2.6 is your final grade and it can't be changed?
    If you do get offers from the other universities then you will need to send them your Abitur results and see if they will accept you even though you didn't meet the offer. They might do, but they might not be able to tell you until August when the British students get their results as priority will be given to people who did get the right grades.

    If you get rejected from all of your choices then you can consider UCAS Extra which is where you get to add an additional choice. However, you'd need to make sure that they accepted 2.6 before you applied.
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    Re: The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12
    (Original post by German_Saskia)
    Wahh, big problem.
    I got an offer from Greenwich so far. The offer is conditional to a Grade in my Abitur at 2,5. But my German teacher had a bad mood this year and rated the whole class down. So I will miss the 2,5 for some points and only will get a 2,6. I hope to get offers from 2 more Unis at well, but they told me per email & on their website that the lowest accepted grade will be an 2,5. What should I do? :confused:
    As oxymoronic said or just steal her dog and make her an offer she can't refuse
    Hope you fix your problem, jokes apart
  20. Camppu's Avatar
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    Re: The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12
    I'm sure I'm in the maybe-pile (still waiting from 4 universities) and I'm going to wait until the end of March or something.......
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