The "I'm scared I'm going to miss my offer" thread

I'm scared that if I call up my insurance asking if I can defer one year they'll take away my offer. I know it's stupid but I can't help thinking that might happen

Hey everyone..

I was offered a place at the University of Aberdeen for the International Relations course. The offer is subject to me obtaining 85% in my "Diploma di Esame di Stato" (It's an italian exam) and 6.0 in my IELTS (International English Language Testing System).
I obtained 82% in my "Diploma di Esame di Stato" and 7.0 in IELTS.
Even if I have not quite achieved the required grades do you think they may consider my offer and confirm my place?
My teachers were very unfair and tried it all to push me down, in order for me to not study abroad. I really would like to demonstrate that I'm worth it.

Thanks

Depends on how everyone else did


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You mean the other applicants?

Yeah,

Eg if a lot of people miss their offer there is more chance to get in if you miss your offer but if a lot meet or exceed their offer there might not key you in, however as if you got s higher. English test score than asked it MIGHT nit matter but I dint know how the language test works as I of course I don't need it


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Hey everyone..

I was offered a place at the University of Aberdeen for the International Relations course. The offer is subject to me obtaining 85% in my "Diploma di Esame di Stato" (It's an italian exam) and 6.0 in my IELTS (International English Language Testing System).
I obtained 82% in my "Diploma di Esame di Stato" and 7.0 in IELTS.
Even if I have not quite achieved the required grades do you think they may consider my offer and confirm my place?
My teachers were very unfair and tried it all to push me down, in order for me to not study abroad. I really would like to demonstrate that I'm worth it.

Thanks

Have you spoken to them yet?

I fell short of my offer in a really annoying way-- I needed 37 pts and 666 HL (I did IB) and I got 40 points and 775. I've applied for linguistics and got the 7s in languages though, so maybe not all is lost..? Does anybody know how competitive linguistics is in general, and in Edinburgh in particular?

Also, I tried calling the general admissions office and they said to just wait because there's so many results coming in, but that I could also contact the specific department if needed. I've already e-mailed her with the results; is there any sense in calling? (I don't speak formal English very often and get really nervous on the phone, so would it potentially ruin my chances even more if I call?)

Linguistics at Edinburgh (as with any other subject at Edinburgh) is competitive as its one of the best undergraduate linguistics courses in the UK and in general, Edinburgh do not let people in who missed their offer. Doing well in languages is irrelevant to studying linguistics, it isn't about learning languages, as you will know.



If you've already contacted the LEL school with your results then there's no point in phoning them unless you do not receive a reply. At this stage they will either reject you outright (ie: they do not have a place, end of story) or they will tell you that they can not tell you if they have a place until the A level results day on 16th August. They will not accept you right now if you've missed your offer.

At this stage I would start considering options for other universities in clearing whilst you wait for Edinburgh. With your grades you're in a strong position to find a place at English universities (where the student number controls are different to Scotland) so I would recommend contacting other universities with strong reputations in linguistics, such as Manchester, Lancaster and Leeds to see if they will have any availability in clearing. QMUL also have a strong reputation and often take clearing students. If you're only interested in Scottish universities due to the fee situation, then you will struggle more to find a place as there are fewer linguistics departments.

(My undergraduate degree was linguistics. I went to Edinburgh.)

i may miss my offer by about 20 points or so and i dont think my course is high in demand (business and digital media communications at Buckinghamshire) so hopefully i will still be let in and i have hope now ive seen that many uni's have let students in!

Leeds is actually my insurance, and I got in with no problem. Buuut because of the fees, I'm wondering whether it isn't easier to just apply for Vienna like the rest of my friends. Closer to home, less stress, costs around 24 euros a year, etc. Thing is that they accept everyone with 24 IB points (they kick everyone out later), so I'd feel stupid having tried for 40 haha... (+ the courses are in German, which is my third language...)

In other countries, Austria included, admissions don't work in the same manner because there isn't as much of a financial gain for a university. Like you say, studying at Vienna is really not expensive so there's no financial motivation for Vienna to try and persuade you to attend and there's also a smaller pool of competitor universities because a lot of people simply attend Vienna because it's their local university. You can't compare the entry requirements of a university like Vienna with universities in the UK, it's a completely different environment with totally different market influences. Vienna is a good university - I have friends from my year abroad who were students there (doing psychology) who speak very highly of it and one of my best friends (who was studying at Cambridge) studied linguistics at Vienna for her year abroad as part of her German degree. She also holds the university in very high regard and said the classes she took there were very interesting and challenging. She certainly didn't see it as somewhere "stupid" that she shouldn't be at because she had high enough grades for Cambridge.

hi, I just received my IB result, I got 5 in physics HL, 6 in chemistry HL and 7 in maths HL, 7 in language B HL, i did meet the condition of 776 in highers, but not total score 40, (only have 37), do i still have chance??? is chemical engineering popular in Downing, Cambridge??

thanks for any advice....!