Why was I given such a high offer?

It's so obvious, you mus've given off the impression you were going to put manchester as insurance, the admissions officer doing the correct thing wants themselves to be in a position of interest. Giving you a high offer means you'll have to make a decision whether you want to put it as your firm or not. In a way it's more of a chance of them getting you on the course.
Sorry if it didn't work out too well for you.

Because its an easy subject.

... Arabic is an easy subject?

Its not exactly science.

It can be just as hard. Just because a subject is different, doesn't make it easier.

Its not exactly science.

Because its an easy subject.

So far from the truth....

Have you tried learning Arabic?

Fine girl in your sig btw. who is she?

Im not a terrorist so no.

And what course are you going for?

Because its an easy subject.

Its not exactly science.

I quote myself from my interview- 'I couldn't imagine studying anywhere else'. Of course I wouldn't have gone into my interview acting like I didn't care about the uni. I really bigged up Manchester and the course That's why I'm so confused!

engerlish

Foundation in CS, eyy?

Need me to predict the dead end career?

he computer industry faces a skills crisis, the president of the British Computer Society has told BBC News.

Unless steps are taken now, there will not be enough qualified graduates to meet the demands of UK industry, warned Professor Nigel Shadbolt.

Prof Shadbolt said there was increasing demand but decreasing supply of graduates in computer science.

WHAT ARE THE CAREER PROSPECTS FOR A COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE?
According to recent figures there will be over 185,000 new jobs created in the UK alone over the next 5 years so career prospects are very good for computer science experts worldwide. A career in computing can also be fulfilling both personally and financially - figures from the 2007 QS World MBA Tour show that 18% of the world's MBA graduates have an IT background so the options to break into business, start up one's own company or other options are almost limitless. Salaries can be high. There are excellent career prospects within computer systems hardware, computer networking, software development or Internet technology and many computer science graduates branch out into different vocations such as bioscience, medicine or journalism.

The range of companies a computer expert works for is almost limitless software developers, banks, car manufacturers, newspapers, universities. There are also a large number of courses available, not all of which will be suitable for your interests. Think hard about what those interests are and computer science could provide you with a long and rewarding career.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6155998.stm

(2006)

Another Source for high demand



http://www.topuniversities.com/articles/science/university-degrees-computer-science



http://blogs.payscale.com/ask_dr_salary/2008/01/jobs-for-comput.html

-Your first article is outdated.

-Your second article talks about close to 100 percent employment from Carnegie Mellon, so I wouldn't expect anything less. If you continued reading past the first paragraph, you would've seen that Illinois was only able to get 40% of grads into IT manufactures, with the rest doing in-house IT. I hope you know that in-house IT is the second to HR in lowest corporate demand. This brings me to my next point. In-house IT is a dead end career. The highest you are going to get is CIO. Which doesn't pay significantly high. Few people will reach this; you can't do much past this. Your avg in-house IT guy is going to cap out at around 125k--nothing to write home about after 20 yrs of work. This is the US market which is completely different than the UK market (which is worse).

-Keep in mind what my original statement was--CS is a dead end career. Dead end doesn't mean no salary. Just means you aren't going super far. So no idea why you are posting salaries. A better strategy for your response would have been career progression.

-According to the latest data from the U.K.'s Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), computer science graduates in the United Kingdom now have the hardest time finding work of graduates in any subject, with an unemployment rate of 17 percent. (btw my source is 2010, not 4 yrs old)
http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/computer-science-dead-end-in-the-workforce-309

Good job Im doing CS+Maths