Physics Interview at Lancaster Uni 5th December

I have received an interview as well.

However, I'm in a bit of a difficult situation though, due to offers from other universities. I have an offer from a different university with reduced grades and a scholarship, with conditions such as having to firm it. I also have an offer that I intend to have as an insurance from my 'safety' net university. To keep it simple, I believe that if I get an offer from Lancaster I am neither able to firm nor insure the university as a choice, due to the grades reqs. they will offer.
Earlier this year I was involved with the department as part of a weather balloon project. I had an excellent experience with the university with this, and would love to be able to respond to an offer, and have an opportunity to insure them. But the requirements they will most probably offer will be too high for me to insure. But if I attend this interview, I may end up wasting their time as well as mine.

I'm going to send an email explaining my situation in detail with the university, and see what's possible.

I know limited information is available to you all... But does anybody have advice? I'm in a rather frustrating position. (Apologies for not explaining how in any detail.)

Got offered an interview myself. I've organised to do mine over Skype though, seeing as I live 260 miles away :P

And I look forward to meeting you!
I shall stress that staff and students are very approachable in the department, so you can ask pretty much anyone any question and they'll either know the answer, or can direct you to someone who will. The vast majority of lecturers have an open door policy too, so you can go and see them with problems at almost any time (sometimes they're in the lab/at conferences/busy to speak, but not often). Some other physics departments are like this, but I know from speaking to physics students from other universities that this is definitely not the norm.

If you don't mind me asking, what other universities do you have an offer from?
If I were you, I would still go to the interview, at the very least it will give you an interview experience!

I'm going on the 21st are you applying for straight Physics? (I'm applying for Theoretical physics with maths) I am applying at Cambridge instead of Oxford, but I've been doing some PATs anyhow.

I have an interview at Lancaster too! Thinking of going on the 28th but haven't booked yet! Does anyone know how many people who get interviews are given an offer?

I'm afraid I don't. However, if I remember correctly, at the open day, I was told that they try to interview all the promising applicants.

I'm going on 12th November. Lancaster is one of my favourites, been there so many times already and the department looks awesome, so I hope it goes alright. Obviously we're all 'promising candidates'!

Is anyone else booked to do a campus tour and a departmental tour? One starts at 11 and the other at 4 so I reckon it'll be lunch after the first tour at 11, but then what? There is a massive gap in between, which I'm guessing is when everyone has their interviews, but for those who have had their interviews or have to wait for theirs, what do your reckon they/ we do?

I think it says that you get to attend a lecture and look at some of their research equipment... But there will definitely be something to keep us occupied..

I think it says that you get to attend a lecture and look at some of their research equipment... But there will definitely be something to keep us occupied..

I got an invite yesterday and have booked for the 21st . I wonder how many people are going for these interviews out of the 700 or so applicants.

I got offered an interview as well... (I'm attending the one on the 21st..)

If you read their email it says that they only interview their most promising students..

What that comprises of though is anyone's guess..