Politics applicants 2016

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Reply 20

Horcrux16

Original post by Shark17

Has anyone had any offers yet?

Conditional offer from Southampton

Reply 21

erowe140

Original post by Shark17

Has anyone had any offers yet?

had offers from all of mine (liverpool, york, sheffield and leeds) still waiting for Warwick!

Reply 22

Horcrux16

Original post by erowe140

had offers from all of mine (liverpool, york, sheffield and leeds) still waiting for Warwick!

Congratulations
Still waiting from Warwick too :smile:

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Reply 23

magic_is_might

Options:
History&Politics: Oxford AAA
Government and History: LSE AAA
History&Politics: Nottingham AAA
History&Politics: Warwick AAA
History&Politics: Liverpool ABB
I'm predicted A*A*A and I've already got my last three offers. hopefully did well in my HAT today bc Oxford is my top choice :smile:

Reply 24

magic_is_might

Original post by erowe140

had offers from all of mine (liverpool, york, sheffield and leeds) still waiting for Warwick!

Warwick are usually quite quick with their offers, probably because they were in clearing last year and are afraid that they might not have enough students this year because the quota of ABB students has been changed. Don't worry it should come soon!!

Reply 25

LI09

Original post by magic_is_might

Firstly congratulations on your offers :smile:

!! I've yet to hear from LSE as well (applying for History)
How did you find the HAT today?

Reply 26

owenj4

I'm still waiting for Warwick too. Haven't seen anyone say they have got Politics offers from Warwick yet so maybe the department is slower than others. We're all in the same boat so don't worry! :smile:

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Reply 27

magic_is_might

Original post by LI09

Firstly congratulations on your offers :smile:

!! I've yet to hear from LSE as well (applying for History)
How did you find the HAT today?

it was a strange paper. really good question 2 (for me at least, really similar to my written piece title), but the sources were so strange. yeah LSE is taking their time - another eight weeks on top of the three already!!

Reply 28

TheFifaMP

I'm thinking of applying to Bath, LSE, Durham, Edinburgh and Birmingham to do Politics and International Relations and History and Politics
I'm predicted AAB at the moment, with an A in History and English Literature and a B in P.E.

I was thinking of asking to ask if I can be predicted an A* in History considering I got 190 ums out of 200 last year.

Am I likely to get offers for Bath and LSE with predicted grades of AAB, or should I ask to be predicted A*AB?

Reply 29

returnmigrant

Original post by TheFifaMP

Am I likely to get offers for Bath and LSE with predicted grades of AAB, or should I ask to be predicted A*AB?

If you match or exceed the admissions requirement you have a chance of an offer -but remember its not just about grades, your PS is also crucial.

Reply 30

diamondluck2

Original post by magic_is_might

They were in clearing last year for Politics? What other subjects? What grades were they taking?
And what changed regarding this quota of ABB students?

Reply 31

magic_is_might

Original post by diamondluck2

They were in clearing last year for Politics? What other subjects? What grades were they taking?
And what changed regarding this quota of ABB students?

not sure if they were in clearing specifically for politics but I know that they were in clearing. the whole quota thing is a long story but basically there used to be a certain number of ABB (average grade) students needed to continue to be funded. four years ago a number of unis didn't achieve this and now everyone is more concerned about it. now that the quota is gone though, more universities are afraid of not getting enough students to still receive the amounts of funds they need. my mum heads clearing for her uni during the summer so she told me all this

Reply 32

diamondluck2

Original post by magic_is_might

Oh right, so they will give out more offers this year than the years before when there was a quota thing?

Reply 33

magic_is_might

Original post by diamondluck2

Oh right, so they will give out more offers this year than the years before when there was a quota thing?

yeah basically. also probably much faster and probably more unconditional offers

Reply 34

diamondluck2

Original post by magic_is_might

yeah basically. also probably much faster and probably more unconditional offers

ah okay, thanks for clearing that up for me! :biggrin:

Reply 35

beccah_98

Has anyone heard from Leeds yet?
I've got offers from Kings, Liverpool and Loughborough, but Leeds is my first choice, getting nervous!!

Reply 36

returnmigrant

Original post by magic_is_might

yeah basically. also probably much faster and probably more unconditional offers

You have no idea about what Warwick will do this year, mainly because you don't work in Admissions at Warwick Uni, but from your other comments you clearly have little idea how this process actually works and are just making it up as you go.

NO-ONE knows which subjects will be in Clearing - in any year - in advance of the August exam results, so all 'guessing' like this is totally pointless.