English Applicants 2014

I know, I am just applying for it just to fill up space, but same, I seriously dont want to stay here. Its funny that annoy Uni is right near my bloody college so that is also one of the reasons why I want to run away from Leicester. Can I ask what course you doing in college now?

Think I know the college you mean yeah! I'm on a gap year (first time applying this year though), got my grades last year in Maths, History, Latin and English Lit. You?

Wow, what a combination! Latin?! How was that as an overall course. do English combined. Law and Sociology. Yeah, there are two colleges near that uni. How stupid is that though? Leicester is so stupid sometimes.


Goldsmith! I was looking at that too. It actually looks like my college! i showed it to all my friends and they are like you are so right. LOL. Thats a bit freaky :P

Okay, I need a little help and I was thinking maybe you guys could help me out. I'm an a2 student doing science because my state doesn't have the resources for me to take English literature and language for a levels. But I really, really want to do English at university. My AS results are 4 As. I'm wondering whether or not to take a gap year and do English literature and language at the capital. Can I get into university now? Will good universities in the UK - or any other parts of the world for that matter - allow transfers from science to English?


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I think that your best option here is to get in touch with universities and ask them directly. Some may do foundation years (a year for beginners before your degree) and may take you on for a degree like that. Whatever you choose to do though, good luck!

Hi everyone
I've applied to Cambridge, Durham, Bristol, UCL and Edinburgh. I'm from Australia so we don't get told a huge amount about the UK application process over here.. Apart from Shakespeare, I've only ever really been exposed to American literature during school - any idea whether that will affect my chances??

Hi everyone
I've applied to Cambridge, Durham, Bristol, UCL and Edinburgh. I'm from Australia so we don't get told a huge amount about the UK application process over here.. Apart from Shakespeare, I've only ever really been exposed to American literature during school - any idea whether that will affect my chances??

Snap on Durham, Cambridge and UCL! Which colleges at Durham and Camb? I think as long as your personal statement talks about other literature you've read outside of school you should be fine. It's more about using your A-level as a base to read around and into other literature which interests you.

How to phrase this. It will not affect your chances in that only studying American lit in school will be considered unavoidable by the universities, and they won't put you at a disadvantage for it. But if, as your post makes it sound (I may have it wrong of course) you haven't actually done any reading out of school of non-American texts, then you, like anyone else who hasn't done outside reading, will have their chances affected.

St Chad's and Jesus Ok well I've done that so fingers crossed!

Thanks! I have done a bit... I'm guessing it would be better to read non-American texts up until the interviews then haha