The "waiting for news is driving me crazy" uberthread 2011-12

If you haven't heard, it just means they haven't decided either way. They have huge amounts of applications to get through, and they haven't got to yours yet. But if they knew they wanted to reject you they would have done thatso it isn't necessarily going to be bad!

Yeah that's my thinking too, if they wanted to reject me they would have done it by now... but it's frustrating cuz i see other people for my course getting offers from the same 2 unis and it's like.. what if all the places go before they get round to my application? lol

Basically, should I be worried that 2 of my unis are taking so long to get back to me? Does this mean I'm likely to be rejected?


Nottingham have said by end of Feb they'd get back to me - I still haven't heard from them, but 2 people applying to the same course as me got an offer today! Does this mean that they've sent all their offers out already and are now sending out rejections? I also know another person for the same course who got rejected earlier...

Leeds as well I'm waiting on.. They said end of March and I now one person who got an offer from them for my course in the beginning of Feb

Should I be concerned they're not getting back to me as quickly? Does this mean I'm likely to be rejected? or is no news good news in this case?


In case it matters, I have offers from my other 3 unis who all got back to me before Xmas... (Sheffield, Manchester, Cardiff)

They didn't specify the day, and February hasn't finished yet, so expect your offer (or rejection) any time during the next 4 ish days. Don't worry if you don't got an offer from Nottingham or Leeds, you've already got 3 offers from 3 very good universities. If you've got offers from those universities, you're clearly a very good candidate, and there's a very good chance you might get offers from Leeds or Nottingham



EDIT: Isn't today a Sunday? I thought the Royal Mail doesn't deliver letters on Sunday?

Thank you made me feel better. But Leeds is my top that's why I'm worried.. I fell in love with the campus so :/

Sorry I didn't mean today! And offers come through via email before letters, but I don't think offers are made on Sunday's either

Oh, so it's Leeds which you're interested in most?
Then don't worry about it, Manchester and Sheffield are ranked higher on the Complete University Guide, so if you can get offers from them, there's a very good chance you'll get an offer from Leeds, which is ranked lower, but it's still a very good University.

Tis indeed. Yeah I noticed that too but then why hve loads of other people got offers for my course but not me? I'm baffled by it all.

Thanks for the encouragement tho are you at uni now?

Tis indeed. Yeah I noticed that too but then why hve loads of other people got offers for my course but not me? I'm baffled by it all.

Thanks for the encouragement tho are you at uni now?

I wish

I'm doing my AS levels right now, I hope to get into Pharmacy, I'm thinking about applying for UEA, Manchester, Aston, LSOP and Hertfordshire.

Don't worry, some people get letters at different times, good luck for Leeds

Depends on your predicted grades as well as the time you sent your application. I've also applied to Leeds and still haven't got a offer yet although they did call me to a open day which I forgot about . But don't worry there's still along time left till the final deadline so no need to worry.

My predicts are AAB, Leeds wants AAB. Sheffiled offered me AAA; Manchester AAB; and Cardiff ABB.

If they call you for an open day it means they're gonna give you an offer Cardiff that to me & 6 hours later I got the offer. I know but it's really frustrating having to wait

What course?

For me, I heard earlier for the ones I didn't get into and it took longer to hear from the ones I did!

Oh that's interesting! Where did you apply & what was the latest date you heard from the unis?

I can't remember fully the dates I heard as this was two years ago. But I applied to Execter and Bristol and got rejected, heard Jan/feb.
Then Manchester I heard in Feb.
Then Cardiff (where I am at) and Leeds, not until the end of Feb, maybe March!