Interviews for English

Got a few q's:

First, do Kings do interviews?

ALSO: just wondering. If my predictions (ABB) don't match entry requirements for UCL (AAA), is there a chance they'll give me an interview?

Reply 1

tigrrmilk

on UCL: it's very unlikely. they routinely reject very strong applicants with AAA predictions before interview - they only actually interview the top 3rd of their applicants, i think, and without an AAA prediction (unless you have extenuating circumstances) you probably won't be in that top 3rd. sorry.

Reply 2

Franc Vouloir

On King's: they only interview those that they consider to be 'borderline candidates'. I happened to be one of these (probably due to my GCSE grades) -- the interview consisted of a short oral prac. crit. of a poem that they'd given me a few minutes beforehand, followed by some more general stuff re: my personal statement & extra-curricular reading. I completely failed & wasn't given an offer, but it was fun.

Oh, & although my grades weren't astonishing overall, I did get a UCL interview too, though didn't go in the end. As tigrrmilk said, you might not have much luck with ABB -- if you think you're going to get AAA/AAB in the end, though, couldn't you persuade your teachers to bump it up a bit?