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Original post by BrasenoseLitGeek

Jesus are very fun. You'll have a blast! :biggrin:

You know its about quality right?

I had read about 3 books and some poetry outside of A level: I just spoke about it all passionately.

Brilliant, I'm very excited now. :biggrin:

Do you know how many people are interviewed per place at each college for English? I'd love just a general idea of the competitiveness.

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*pitseleh*

Original post by simbasdragon

Brilliant, I'm very excited now. :biggrin:

Do you know how many people are interviewed per place at each college for English? I'd love just a general idea of the competitiveness.

It's really variable, but it was something like 8:1 at my college the year I applied. Some colleges have more interviewees per place, some have less. Try not to think too much about it though!

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BrasenoseLitGeek

Original post by simbasdragon

Brilliant, I'm very excited now. :biggrin:

Do you know how many people are interviewed per place at each college for English? I'd love just a general idea of the competitiveness.

Obviously you have to consider that pooling evens the whole average out.

Last year 1100 people applied to read English. Approximately 670 were invited to interview.

Around 230 accepted an offer.

Around 200-220 would have then made the grades.

That's an overall chance of 1:5 (ish)

At the interview stage it's obviously better.

Most colleges interview around three times the number of places.

So assume a 1 in 3 chance.

Obviously this is only based on the numerical evidence I have from past interviews.

Does that help?

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BrasenoseLitGeek

Original post by *pitseleh*

It's really variable, but it was something like 8:1 at my college the year I applied. Some colleges have more interviewees per place, some have less. Try not to think too much about it though!

Was this for English??

Edit: I've had a think and I know why (probably). Corpus, for example, will interview for other colleges despite its tiny allocation. This had the adverse effect of making the interview appear more competitive than it is.

It's a mechanism to allow everyone to get their two interviews.

That's a really interesting point overall. I'd never considered the implications of distributing the candidate pool like that!

Thanks Pitseleh!

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BrasenoseLitGeek

Original post by simbasdragon

Brilliant, I'm very excited now. :biggrin:

Do you know how many people are interviewed per place at each college for English? I'd love just a general idea of the competitiveness.

And I'm glad you're pumped about it!

That's the way you should be :biggrin:

Nervous. But excited.

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*pitseleh*

Original post by BrasenoseLitGeek

Yep, it was for English. :smile:

There were only 3 places at my college, so even a reasonable-sounding number of interviewees (25 or so) still made for a high applicants-to-places ratio.

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studdybuddy101

Original post by z1ggystardust

I'm waiting for Wadham too - do you think we'll hear tonight?

Original post by maella

I hope so! I feel like i'm wasting time atm because I can't commit to revising for an interview I may not have, but if I do get one I could have spent longer revising :frown:

Have you guys heard anything from yet? Today's got to be the day surely

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AMS123

I've still heard nothing from Exeter

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ethan_17

Original post by AMS123

I've still heard nothing from Exeter

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same here :/

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Ulysses98

Original post by ethan_17

same here :/

you might want to try emailing them

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ethan_17

Original post by Ulysses98

you might want to try emailing them

I just called them and they said that all successful and unsuccessful applicants were emailed last week, but i haven't received any email or mail

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AMS123

That's so odd! I definitely haven't had anything

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Ulysses98

Original post by ethan_17

I just called them and they said that all successful and unsuccessful applicants were emailed last week, but i haven't received any email or mail

maybe in your junk folder?

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judithc

Anyone heard from Wadham yet?

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ethan_17

Original post by Ulysses98

maybe in your junk folder?

yeah they told me to check that too, i've been checking everything, nothing there

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studdybuddy101

Original post by ethan_17

yeah they told me to check that too, i've been checking everything, nothing there

Can't they just tell you on the phone then? So weird

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studdybuddy101

Original post by judithc

Anyone heard from Wadham yet?

No 😩, should we email them?

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ethan_17

Original post by studdybuddy101

Can't they just tell you on the phone then? So weird

the woman said that there's only so much that they're allowed to say on the phone. I agree, it's very weird

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AMS123

I emailed and apparently successful candidates were emailed last week, unsuccessful ones will be getting a letter in the post.....👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

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ethan_17

Original post by AMS123

I emailed and apparently successful candidates were emailed last week, unsuccessful ones will be getting a letter in the post.....👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

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I was thinking......maybe we've been reallocated?