Official Durham Applicants Thread 2011

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Well at least you didn't have to watch the michigan wisconsin game

That's funny, I only lived there from 2 to 10...so missed out on all the stereotypes. Although I ran into a huge group from carmel about a year ago, and picked up on that.

Now that there's a midwestern girl who plays dodgeball, Durham is definitely my firm .

I'm 90% positive I'll end up at Durham. LSE (even if they give me an offer) can't compete with the experience I'll have. And since I'm set on working in London upon graduation, I'd rather live in London where I'll have my own income and can actually enjoy the city.

Yeah, I think Durham is pretty much it for me, unless Cambridge gives me an offer. But even then, I don't know if I'd say yes.

Holy crap, we have to start a dodgeball team

That's great, Bristol rejected me for Politics! Must have been personal statement or something which seems a bit mad but nevermind. I applied to Castle for single honours Politics, it's my second choice after Cambridge but getting in there is so unlikely that Durham is pretty much my top choice hahah. The only downside of Durham is that it is so so far from where I live, but other than that it's perfect. I hoooope they don't reject me, I'll cry Hahah.

So I got an unconditional offer for History through UCAS on Friday... seeing as my campus code said "U" I presumed I was in to Castle, plus my AES changed to say a decision had been made - so it's not just that the department has made a decision, but a college has too.

However, Durham just emailed to say congrats on my offer, and they'd let me know my college soon.

So... I guess I have to temporarily suspend the rejoicing? Does this mean I'm not necessarily in at Castle? Their system confuses me!

Yeahh it's a bit of a pain unfortunately. Basically what it means is that the department has made you an offer and now that that's happened it's been sent to castle as that was your specified choice. If college looks at you and decides to make you an offer you'll get a letter in the post, otherwise you'll be forwarded onto a second college that was specified by the department at the time of their accepting your application.

Sooo in short no, it means you're not necessarily at Castle. But one way we've found that we think helps to cheat the system a bit is go and look under your personal links section and the first heading should be colleges, what does it say under there?

Yeahh it's a bit of a pain unfortunately. Basically what it means is that the department has made you an offer and now that that's happened it's been sent to castle as that was your specified choice. If college looks at you and decides to make you an offer you'll get a letter in the post, otherwise you'll be forwarded onto a second college that was specified by the department at the time of their accepting your application.

Sooo in short no, it means you're not necessarily at Castle. But one way we've found that we think helps to cheat the system a bit is go and look under your personal links section and the first heading should be colleges, what does it say under there?

Thanks for the help

Under colleges it says "colleges", rather helpfully. Like:

Colleges
Colleges

Yeah I figured all that, I was just confused by the fact that I have been accepted by a college according to AES ("A decision has been made" rather than it just being passed to college), and the fact that campus code is still "U". Do you know what happens here? Does it just change if it's another college in the end?

I'm sure you'll be fine. Although applying to castle is a risk isn't it? I'm sure it is the most applied for? If not they'll probably move you to another though... Hopefully see you in seminars in the future! tim x

As a fellow American I feel compelled to jump in and say that dodgeball was a staple of my middle/high school PE experience and you can put me down as the third member of this team haha.

Mine just turned to the same thing!!
This means a pretty much guaranteed offer right?
& also o/t but Hi! Haven't spoken to you in aaaages

Yo bro let me know when you get a letter in the post. I'm trying to gauge how long it'll take to get from the UK to the US. If my calculations are correct, we should get something this week.

I know! Dodgeball gets such a bad rap because lame parents think it's too rough for their babies, but it's those skinny quiet kids you have to watch out for. They're the ones with like four balls behind their back.

Anyone with a history v100 offer yet?

I don't think it really lessens your chance of getting a Durham offer, you're just less likely to get into your college of choice. I was hoping for an early offer so I'd get into Castle before it filled up (not going well so far haha).