English Applicants 2014

Regarding Bristol, I sent mine in on the 25th of October and got my offer about 2 weeks later :smile:

still waiting on king's, UCL and Warwick!

Thank you for the info, funnily enough I got mine yesterday so about 3 weeks later! Good luck with the rest of your offers :smile:

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SixteenHundred

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Original post by Amapola

Nope, unfortunately they're set in stone :/

*hugs* That must be so harsh on you, I hope Christmas and New Year take your mind off it all for a bit.

Original post by shaken-pine

Hi, weren't you going to be interviewed at Cambridge? How did that go? :smile:

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Haha, yes I was! It was very different from what I was expecting, but I think I did okay. Obviously there's stuff I wish I had said and also I spent the whole thing talking like a little kid on a sugar high, but here's hoping I didn't make any huge mistakes! I'm trying not to think about the outcome now, but there's 2 weeks to go...

Original post by misschatoyant

It makes me feel a little better to know I'm not the only one waiting! :frown:

Yeah, definitely not the only one! I've posted so many times about UCL's radio silence that I think it's pretty obvious how much I'm obsessing over it :tongue:

And then they sent me an email about scholarships today! Just add salt to the wound why don't you, UCL! :wink:

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shaken-pine

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Original post by SixteenHundred

Haha, yes I was! It was very different from what I was expecting, but I think I did okay. Obviously there's stuff I wish I had said and also I spent the whole thing talking like a little kid on a sugar high, but here's hoping I didn't make any huge mistakes! I'm trying not to think about the outcome now, but there's 2 weeks to go...
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Just trying to compare it with Oxford-- how were the interviews structured?

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SixteenHundred

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Original post by shaken-pine

Just trying to compare it with Oxford-- how were the interviews structured?

Oh I see - sorry! Well, I don't want to be too specific, but it was a written test comparing two poems followed by two interviews which featured discussion of my PS, an unseen poem, an unseen piece of prose, and my submitted essays. Yours?

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shaken-pine

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Original post by SixteenHundred

Oh I see - sorry! Well, I don't want to be too specific, but it was a written test comparing two poems followed by two interviews which featured discussion of my PS, an unseen poem, an unseen piece of prose, and my submitted essays. Yours?

Haha yeah it's probably not a good idea to be specific...we received an unseen poem before each interview (which we had to prepare) and then we discussed that in the interview. Aside from that, we also discussed my PST. I was quite surprised that they didn't ask about my submitted essays or the ELAT though!