Durham University 2017 Applicants

Just a quick question, does the speed of receiving an offer affect your college allocation? I.e. If you receive an offer quickly, are you more likely to receive your preference?

I don't mind I've applied for history! (probs about the furthest you can get from biomed 😉)

😬😬 I really want to know their decision! Durham's my first choice, I loved it (and especially Trevs) when I went to the open day.
Fingers crossed we'll both get in and both get into Trevs! The girl who showed me around on the open day said that Trevs is usually pretty undersubscribed so hopefully we'll be put there!

I do History at the moment, and yeh it is quite far from Biomed but thats the kind of thing I love about Durham and its Collegiate system - people doing such opposites are all mixed up equally and I think its great!
I was also told it was quite undersubscribed too, which is so lucky for us but I have no idea why, it was so lovely!

Yeah exactly!!

I think it's because it has this stereotype of a rejects college, mainly because a lot of people (especially those obsessed with Oxbridge) apply for University college and other grander ones, and then obviously they don't all get in so they get out in ones like Trevs... no clue why people prefer university over Trevs tbh - it's so cold and sterile imo and apparently there are loads of tourists 😬 but each to their own I guess!!


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Yeh I completely agree - personally I'm not at all interested in Oxbridge, I just want to be somewhere where I am happy!!
I didn't really look at University College but I just hear loads of international students apply there because it's so iconic, and I guess people think they might live in a castle which is quite cool.

Which universities did you apply to for Veterinary Medicine? Well, I've applied for Biochemistry everywhere so Durham's my first choice.

I've applied to Cambridge and I legitimately have no idea why 😂😂😂 I feel so out of my depth and the entire process is making me so stressed omg; even I got in I would have serious doubts taking the place because I just don't know if I'd actually like it there??

Ahh see I don't like grand stuff at all - it's nice to stay in for a couple of days imo but I just don't think the really grand places are somewhere I can feel comfortable (like the college I applied to for Cambridge was like the least grand one I could find 😂). I imagine if you want to feel like you're in Harry Potter tho it'd be like the perfect place! The hall is seriously grand - I took pictures on the open day if you did want a look (there might be a virtual tour online or something on the college website idk)


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I doubt it, as academic offers are made before college offers, which are made from February, so by then you'd expect most academic offers to have already been made.

I couldn't find on the website how they allocate in February (there is some stuff about you may not get your choice if Durham is not your firm or if you apply after February). Is it names from a hat for the others? The colleges seem to be autonomous so do they decide which ones to keep? Do the colleges compete?

Heyy
I've applied to do BioMedical Sciences - predicted AAA - got AABC at AS - the C was a massive fluke and in biology
Got 7 A's and 2 A*'s at GCSE....I've got my offers from Liverpool and UCL - anyone got theirs for BioMed at Durham??
What do you think my chances are??
(oh, and my boyfriend got his a couple of days ago for physics....)

Hey, our predicted grades are the same and I'm also applying for Biomed. I've got all my other offers but still waiting on Durham too!! Glad to see I'm not the only one

Just received an offer for Bsc. Economics with Business placement I am an international applicant from Singapore, happens to receive my offer on the day of my last A level exam. Good luck everyone !!!