Japanese Language/studies Applicants For 2011

Just got rejected from Manchester today, pretty bummed about it and no reason with it which was annoying :/

Status so far is:

Newcastle: waiting (email of acknowledgment)
Manchester: rejected :'(
Sheffield: waiting
SOAS: waiting (email of acknowledgement)
Southampton: (to study japanese chinese and german) waiting

First application reply and it's a rejection kinda threw me, worried I'm gonna be left without any acceptances :/ Predicted BBB so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they care about your personal statement as well as grades.

Newcastle and Sheffield are what I'm concentrating on right now after I've lost Manchester, hows everyone else doing? xx

I'm sure you'll get an offer from either Sheffield or Newcastle, as Manchester's entry requirements are higher (AAB) than both of those (ABB). Don't worry about it!

We'll be waiting a long time for SOAS's reply.

Ugh, SAME HERE. I'm obsessed with worksheets. I love filling out workbooks and being asked questions, it's something of a fascination of mine, lol. I can't wait to get all my Japanese books for the first year!! I hope I have to buy a workbook like the Genki one.

Me too, I want my reading lisssssssssssts, so I can stalk Amazon and look at how many books I can get for 1p. I think the bursary etc. will help with books costs.

Totally, me too. As I said before I've done no speaking practice except for the bare basics so I really want to go into the beginner group and make sure I've got a firm grasp of everything and can start practicing orally from scratch.

I'm glad it went well for you, I hope the speaking one went okay, too. The IGCSE exam did have role play in it, I got 15 minutes beforehand to read a sheet that had role play scenarios on it (in Japanese) and I had to figure out what they were trying to get me to do... as well as the pressure of it being in Japanese, it was annoying trying to figure out what all the arrows and pictures etc. were hinting at, it wasn't exactly clear... more like a game of charades, lol. Still, I think I did the best in the role-play test because I got time beforehand to formulate a response in my head. The general conversation was haaaaaaaaaaard, because I'm just not used to it. T_T

I got an offer from Manchester yesterday so I'm really happy, I need to get a B in the IGCSE though and 5 Distinctions, 10 Merits on my Access course (so far 6 Distinctions, 4 Merits, 1 Pass) so I can do it but I can't slip up at all. XD Nervewracking. The fact they didn't want an interview has made me a little more interested in going there than before, as it was my 4th choice really and I couldn't be bothered going up there (sooo expensive and far away), seeing as Sheffield are only asking for 10 Merits and I preferred it overall.

Just got a rejection from Sheffield :/ i really wish I'd applied earlier now, or my grades were higher, looks like I'm going to have to re-evaluate doing Japanese at university.

If you call them up, they might give you a reason for the rejection.

Oh dear, I'm really getting worried now.

My reference is halfway through being written, and there's been a mistake with my personal statement! (I used an 'o' with a line on top and it didn't show...)



I just want this to be over- everybody's getting offers and I'm so behind.


I'm applying to:
Leeds - Japanese & Asia Pacific Studies
Sheffield / Manchester / SOAS - Linguistics & Japanese
Ox Brookes - Japanese studies

I get the feeling, I've been waiting on a reference for almost two weeks now

Mademoiselle,I've waited for my referece for 2 months! It has finally been done, so hopefully mine will be sent this week

Who're you calling mademoiselle

I apoligise,I was trying to be polite

Wait...are you a man?

Indeed. And not effeminate gay either.

I feel stupid now

Don't worry, you're only the third person on the internet to get my gender wrong

I must be emitting estrogen vibes in the interwebz or something