Official UCL Applicant Thread for Entry in 2011!

ALL PHILOSOPHY APPLICANTS!

Hi, just to let you know I spoke to the philosophy department at UCL this morning and they said they wouldn't be in touch about interviews for at least a few weeks. They also said they've received around 400 applicants so far (yikes!) and last year, about 800. They also said there are only 40 places, can you believe how competitive this course is?! It's actually worse than cambridge! In my personal statement I talked about a bit about aesthetics, and why literary classics are conservative, made a comparison between sand and politics, and then a bit about Nietzsche's BGAE and how nothing is objective, no matter how dressed in dispassionate reason, value judgements lie behind everything. Mainly more 'soft philosophy' I suppose. I actually cringe whenever I think about my personal statement! I reckon not having any formal education in your subject actually works in your favour, it shows so much initiative I can imagine that it is daunting, but they'll definitely take it into account that you're doing it without guidance

Ahh, fair enough!

They've offered 0 interviews and have given 0 offers for Politics & East European Studies; people have only heard back for Economics, Business & EES!

Sooo, I wouldn't worry

3 as well, tempted to ask to switch for the 4 year course though, a year in Greece or Italy would be pretty amazing. Is UCL your first choice?

Hey!! Haha I am also an IB applicant, I sat my exams during this session (November) and applied to UCL around mid October.
I applied for biomedical sciences and received an acknowledgement so far. eeeeeek!! I just wish I can hear their decision soon - a rejection is even better than nothing! I was predicted around a 44/45 but I don't think reality will ever match up to that prediction .

You took them now?? How did they go?
Yeah I just want to hear from them and wow 44/45 thats amazing

Just got an interview for neuroscience Anyone else been invited to Interview Day for the 1st December?

LOL they went OK!! But my schools exams were better haha so I really don't think I'll end up matching up to my predicted althought that would be cool

Are you a.... May 2011 candidate? :P hehe GOOD LUCK!! You'll be fine And now after IB finished, I don't really know what to do with myself anymore. haha
AND I need to stop checking my email every 2 hours.

I've just been invited to the Philosophy Subjects Open Day in December where there will be some sort of written test.

Anybody else?

I've just been invited to the Philosophy Subjects Open Day in December where there will be some sort of written test.

Anybody else?

Me! Is yours on the 15th, too?

out of interest, did you recieve this in the post? i'm praying my post service is just slow....

I received it via e-mail, I'm sorry to say!

But I think there may be more than one open day for applicants, so you could still be getting one soon!

I've just been invited to the Philosophy Subjects Open Day in December where there will be some sort of written test.

Anybody else?