Missing Warwick offers

johnperp

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Hello, how lenient is Warwick on people who meet the STEP offer but get a B in the "third subject"?

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BobLoblawLawBlog

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Original post by johnperp

Hello, how lenient is Warwick on people who meet the STEP offer but get a B in the "third subject"?

I think they're generally much stricter on the A level requirements than they are on the STEP requirements.

So from what I've seen, they would probably be more likely to go with someone that got A*A*A3 than someone with A*A*B2.

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BobLoblawLawBlog

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Original post by johnperp

Hm, thanks. What about A*AB1?

I imagine that would be viewed the same as A*A*B2.

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johnperp

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Original post by brittanna

I imagine that would be viewed the same as A*A*B2.

Sorry, I deleted my previous post in an attempt to re-post.

What is "what I've seen"? I find it hard to believe that STEP would be viewed lower than a third a level subject that has little or no relevance to the course. Are there instances where someone can be saved by e.g. a good competition record (senior maths challenge/olympiad)?

Thanks

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BobLoblawLawBlog

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Original post by johnperp

Hm, thanks. What about A*AB1?

Edit: Sorry, I can't help but ask: What is "what I've seen"? I find it hard to believe that STEP would be viewed lower than a third a level subject that has little or no relevance to the course.

I know quite a few people that have got a 3 in STEP, and met the A level requirements, but I don't know anyone that hasn't met the A level requirements, even with a higher STEP grade.

That's not to say you won't get in. I'm not an admissions tutor and so I can't say for certain.

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BobLoblawLawBlog

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Original post by johnperp

Sorry, I deleted my previous post in an attempt to re-post.

What is "what I've seen"? I find it hard to believe that STEP would be viewed lower than a third a level subject that has little or no relevance to the course. Are there instances where someone can be saved by e.g. a good competition record (senior maths challenge/olympiad)?

Thanks

Ultimately, it would come down to how many people met the offer that year.

If the quota is managed to be completely filled by people that got A*A*A2, then even if you got A*A*BS, then if there's no space left, they can't let you in.

I'm not sure about maths competitions. I don't imagine they'd care all that much about the SMC. Perhaps they'd look more carefully if you'd gotten through to and done well in BMO.

(edited 8 years ago)

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johnperp

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Original post by brittanna

I know quite a few people that have got a 3 in STEP, and met the A level requirements, but I don't know anyone that hasn't met the A level requirements, even with a higher STEP grade.

That's not to say you won't get in. I'm not an admissions tutor and so I can't say for certain.

Thanks, so it's just the case that people who meet the STEP offer don't usually fail the A level requirements?

Edit: Regarding your last reply: Ok, that's more understandable. Thanks for the info

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BobLoblawLawBlog

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Original post by johnperp

Thanks, so it's just the case that people who meet the STEP offer don't usually fail the A level requirements?

Edit: Regarding your last reply: Ok, that's more understandable. Thanks for the info

Pretty much, yeah. So it is possible that you would still get in. It would just depend a lot on how many people actually met the offer.

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Jai Sandhu

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Original post by johnperp

Thanks, so it's just the case that people who meet the STEP offer don't usually fail the A level requirements?

Edit: Regarding your last reply: Ok, that's more understandable. Thanks for the info

Original post by brittanna

Pretty much, yeah. So it is possible that you would still get in. It would just depend a lot on how many people actually met the offer.

No government restrictions on intakes anymore either :smile:

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username1560589

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Original post by brittanna

I know quite a few people that have got a 3 in STEP, and met the A level requirements, but I don't know anyone that hasn't met the A level requirements, even with a higher STEP grade.

That's not to say you won't get in. I'm not an admissions tutor and so I can't say for certain.

Sorry to derail the thread.
What about GCSE requirements? How important are they compared with A-level and STEP grades?

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BobLoblawLawBlog

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Original post by morgan8002

Sorry to derail the thread.
What about GCSE requirements? How important are they compared with A-level and STEP grades?

In terms of getting an offer, it doesn't really make a difference. Warwick give maths offers to basically anyone as long as they are predicted at least AAB at A-level (or somewhere around that).

If you mean in terms of getting accepted if you miss your offer, then I don't imagine they'd care all that much about GCSEs. I didn't do amazingly at GCSE (I only got 7 actual GCSEs). And for universities in general, I have a friend who got into Oxford with 2A*'s at GCSE, witht he rest being A's, B's and C's which I imagine is below average. So I don't think GCSEs are all that important generally when applying to universities, although perhaps slightly more for Arts/ Humanities subjects.

As I said though, I'm not an admissions officer and so can't say for certain. But I don't think GCSEs would really even come into play at all in the decision (as long as you've got at least a B in Maths, although I'm sure even that could be excused with a good AS result).

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BobLoblawLawBlog

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Original post by Jai Sandhu

No government restrictions on intakes anymore either :smile:

But they still have to be reasonable with the number of students they can accept. I can't imagine they'd every accept more than 320 students or so (which I think is roughly how many they have admitted each year anyway for the last few years), mainly to do with the capacity of the lecture theatres.

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Jai Sandhu

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Original post by brittanna

But they still have to be reasonable with the number of students they can accept. I can't imagine they'd every accept more than 320 students or so (which I think is roughly how many they have admitted each year anyway for the last few years), mainly to do with the capacity of the lecture theatres.

What I mean is similar to what UCL said to me on their post offer holders open day. Before if everyone met their old entry requirements of AAA, someone who go A*A*B they would have to reject when they would prefer them over an AAA candidate. Warwick i assume would be likewise, if you got A*A*B + S in STEP I highly doubt they would reject you.

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ens

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Anyone know anyone that studies ancient history at Warwick and didn't meet their offer but still got in? The offer is abb

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jaseis23

I have just got my results for the European Baccaleurate. My offer was 85% overall and 85% maths. I have achieved the maths but missed my overall average by 0.2% as I got an 84.8% How lenient is Warwick with European students.
PD: I applied for Economics

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