For Christ's sake!!!

I've applied to do History at Edinburgh, ticked all the boxes IMO (A in History and Maths, B in Chemistry, Physics, Drama and Theatre Studies and Critical Thinking at AS; 1 A*A*, 3 A*s, 3 As and 1 BB at GCSE; great personal statement and reference as admitted by my Head of Sixth), but I just read on the Edinburgh Uni website that a C or above in a language other than English is required. In my defence they're not overly obvious about the fact, placing it at the bottom of a page where I don't think many would pay much attention to.

I've just emailed an admissions tutor asking if this will be a problem, but I think that's my application down the drain! Not only is it goodbye firm, it's a waste of a choice as well.

This is absolute rubbish! Warwick do the same bloody thing, they're just a lot more obvious that you need a mfl to study History there than Edinburgh are.

I'm doing History at university, not a god damn ****ing language!

I've applied to do History at Edinburgh, ticked all the boxes IMO (A in History and Maths, B in Chemistry, Physics, Drama and Theatre Studies and Critical Thinking at AS; 1 A*A*, 3 A*s, 3 As and 1 BB at GCSE; great personal statement and reference as admitted by my Head of Sixth), but I just read on the Edinburgh Uni website that a C or above in a language other than English is required. In my defence they're not overly obvious about the fact, placing it at the bottom of a page where I don't think many would pay much attention to.

I've just emailed an admissions tutor asking if this will be a problem, but I think that's my application down the drain! Not only is it goodbye firm, it's a waste of a choice as well.

This is absolute rubbish! Warwick do the same bloody thing, they're just a lot more obvious that you need a mfl to study History there than Edinburgh are.

I'm doing History at university, not a god damn ****ing language!

You might not have got in anyway. Your GCSEs aren't terrific. Cheer up.

5A*'s, 3A's and 2B's aren't terrific??

I got an unconditional for History and didn't do a language. Calm down, and wait. If your application is as good as you say it is, they might overlook you not having a language.

I don't know how stringent they really are about this OP. I'm a current student and didn't do a language at GCSE. If the rest of your application is good then perhaps they will overlook it.