Durham University 2017 Applicants

Anyone think there's any point my daughter putting Durham as insurance?

She wants to firm Oxford (Law) - AAA offer

Durham (Law again) is her second favourite but her offer for that is A*AA

Just thinking, Durham may be more flexible than Oxford if, say, she ended up getting A*A*B or A*AB

I've seen some people with AAB offers for Durham Law.

Thanks.

Durham is more flexible than people think re: grades (they do sometimes give lower offers on access schemes and iirc have some courses in clearing).

For example (on my course page):

"We consider each application holistically. Whilst academic achievement is important, it is not the only factor that we consider when assessing applications and applicants who have achieved, or are predicted to achieve, close to our typical offer, but who have not met it exactly, will be welcome to apply if they have a strong application in other key elements."

Also on the law page:

"If you do not satisfy our general entry requirements, the Foundation Centre offers multidisciplinary degrees to prepare you for a range of specified degree courses. "

November 23rd, but mine was pretty fast compared to many, so don't let that worry you. How are your grades?

Politics / IR anyone??

Applied for politics, still awaiting an offer.

@katherinegracee

Got an offer fro IR

Anyone heard for PPE yet? I know they started giving offers a couple of days ago…

PPE started giving out offers on the 15th. Was lucky to get one!

Hi,

I have an offer to study philosophy & theology.

GCSE: 2A*7A2B
AS- Level: AAA in RE, Bio, Maths + A in General Studies
A2- Level: A*A*A predicted + achieved B in EPQ.

Anyone else applied for philosophy/ going to the visit day 22/5?


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Rejected by Durham for history.
Very surprised as 5A*5A gcse
And achieved A*(history) AA at A level?!

Hi ,
I recieved an offer for Biological Sciences a few months ago,
GCSE's: 3 A*'s 6 A's and a B
AS: 4A's (Biology,Chemistry,Maths & Geography)
Predicted 3 A*'s
Furthermore, I applied to Collingwood College

Rejected by Durham for history.
Very surprised as 5A*5A gcse
And achieved A*(history) AA at A level?!

That is certainly unlucky. Competition must be very fierce. When did you find out? I'm assuming from your user name you applied to Oxford, how did that go?

Nice!

Can I ask what your predicted grades are and when you applied?

Rejected by Durham for history.
Very surprised as 5A*5A gcse
And achieved A*(history) AA at A level?!

Sorry to hear that

Are you on a gap year? If so, it's probably because they are not convinced with what you're doing during it. Or, more generally, it just came down to the personal statement.

Durham really should interview/have an entrance exam for subjects they reject ~50% or more of applicants. It's not right at all that entry to a university can come down to a personal statement.