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Rejected by Sheffield ?!?!

Huh that is weird...they gave me an offer within a week of applying last year...

I don't know why they wouldn't give you an offer though? :confused:

Pretty harsh tbh.

Reply 21

mouldy

but they only get to see my predicted grades of the subjects im carrying on to a2?
i will be so annoyed if it is my b in maths that means i got rejected. i got 95 in c1 and 84 in s1 but 60 in c2. i have restat c2 and from looking at solutions on here and speaking to my maths teacher i have got about 70/75 which should be 90+ums.
i have also done bronze and silver d of e and am doing gold. and im deputy head boy at my school and have raised nearl£10k for leukemia research

Reply 22

jelly1000

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mouldy

but they only get to see my predicted grades of the subjects im carrying on to a2?
i will be so annoyed if it is my b in maths that means i got rejected. i got 95 in c1 and 84 in s1 but 60 in c2. i have restat c2 and from looking at solutions on here and speaking to my maths teacher i have got about 70/75 which should be 90+ums.
i have also done bronze and silver d of e and am doing gold. and im deputy head boy at my school and have raised nearl£10k for leukemia research

Thats largely irrelevant.

Reply 23

mouldy

jelly1000

Thats largely irrelevant.

i agree i only stated it because someone had previously said on the thread.

D of E? voluntary?

Reply 24

Summer of 69

im really glad its not just me in this situation! i got rejected yesterday too

got aaaac (maths, economics, accounting, economics based extended project, english language) at as,

predicted A (maths), A (economics), A* (accounting) at A2.

and my teachers were all impressed with my ps :/

im just really glad i didnt wana go id have been really gutted and im sorry for those of you that actually wanted to go and got rejected!

im gona ask em why

Reply 25

jelly1000

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mouldy

i agree i only stated it because someone had previously said on the thread.

D of E? voluntary?

Ah right, I didn't notice that, but that would have unlikely affected their decison.

Reply 26

metro2610

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Maybe there's some sort of extra requirement in the small print?

I was going to apply for English at Edinburgh before seeing a small orange box on one of the prospectus' last pages that said a foreign language at GCSE was required, which I didn't have.

Could just be something like that?

Reply 27

abcdefgH18

It seems alot of rejections went on yesterday.
It makes me feel slightly better that clearly a lot of strong candidates were also unsuccessful.

Has anyone applied to LSE or York?

Reply 28

Summer of 69

abcdefgH18

It seems alot of rejections went on yesterday.
It makes me feel slightly better that clearly a lot of strong candidates were also unsuccessful.

Has anyone applied to LSE or York?

Yeah I got an offer from york early in december

Reply 29

yoyo462001

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Paulwhy

Well you:
i)got GCSE gade b
ii) AS subjects (Maths, Business, Economics and General studies) include 2 less preffered subjects: Business and General studies.
ii) Business and Economics overlapp
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=21628910&postcount=1

But it looks like Sheffield should be moved up from post 3 of TAELT 2010. i.e. sheffield is significantly harder to get into c.f. previous years.
How are your other applications going?

Lol i was going to suggest you move them up in the next TAELT :p:

, the only reason i can think of them rejecting strong applicants is them feeling like their wasting offers on those who are obviously not going to firm or insure them. Because even if they ask asked for B at maths GCSE and you got a C id expect them to still make offers, even a poor PS should still get you can offer.. :iiam:

Reply 30

abcdefgH18

69 Summer of

Yeah I got an offer from york early in december

Me too

for economics?
have you had offers for anywhere else?

Reply 31

Paulwhy

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yoyo462001

Lol i was going to suggest you move them up in the next TAELT :p:

I will do it once I can work out where to put them.

yoyo462001

the only reason i can think of them rejecting strong applicants is them feeling like their wasting offers on those who are obviously not going to firm or insure them.

I really don't think Sheffield are rejecting students because they think they are 'too good' for them.

yoyo462001

Because even if they ask asked for B at maths GCSE and you got a C id expect them to still make offers, even a poor PS should still get you can offer.. :iiam:

Appears that in reallity Sheffield are not just wanting their minimum requriements but looking for more than that.

Reply 32

Paulwhy

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bigmo7

Huh that is weird...they gave me an offer within a week of applying last year...

Do they have too many students in your year?

bigmo7

I don't know why they wouldn't give you an offer though? :confused:

Pretty harsh tbh.

They had already raised their entry requirements.
So is harder this year.

Reply 33

Paulwhy

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69 Summer of

im really glad its not just me in this situation! i got rejected yesterday too

Yes.
Commiserations.
was it BA or BSc?

69 Summer of

got aaaac (maths, economics, accounting, economics based extended project, english language) at as,

predicted A (maths), A (economics), A* (accounting) at A2.

and my teachers were all impressed with my ps :/

im just really glad i didnt wana go id have been really gutted and im sorry for those of you that actually wanted to go and got rejected!

im gona ask em why

Obvious weakest point is Accounting.
(What were your GCSE grades BTW?)

Reply 34

Paulwhy

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mouldy

but they only get to see my predicted grades of the subjects im carrying on to a2?
i will be so annoyed if it is my b in maths that means i got rejected. i got 95 in c1 and 84 in s1 but 60 in c2. i have restat c2 and from looking at solutions on here and speaking to my maths teacher i have got about 70/75 which should be 90+ums.
i have also done bronze and silver d of e and am doing gold. and im deputy head boy at my school and have raised nearl£10k for leukemia research