Official Durham Applicants Thread 2011

Your application has been received by a College.

Congrats!! which college and course did you apply to?

I applied for the four year Physics course, to Josephine Butler college. I don't really care what college I wind up with though, I was tempted to just pull one out of a hat at one point! Still, I wanted to go non-catered.

What about yourself?

well, what are you applying for? its nice to have somewhere close to where you're going. although in durham everywhere's close! i applied to trevs because its sporty and fun but also has a really good academic record and is really close to the science department which is where i'm going to be studying.

you could narrow it down by whether you want to be in the centre or not. look at the durham colleges site, they should give you a good idea. also, there are very few that are self catering, that should sort your choice out pretty quickly!

I think i am going to stay over on Monday the 21st and go to the Tuesday one
I would very much like to go on the Wednesday one as it involves missing double history But mu conscience has got the better of me, and anyway i'd better start working hard or the open day will be the most of the castle I ever see!

When I applied, I did so with an 'open' application, but then called and asked to change that to St Chad's--they said they would do that since no college had been allocated yet . . . but we'll see if I get St Chad's. So far, all I know is that I have an offer through UCAS for Combined Honours Arts, but I don't know which college.

Is trevs self-catered?

close - no! i live in london! but i visited durham as a child and loved it, and then when i went for the open day i fell in love all over again! i like how its small - i go to a really small school with only about 250 girls. which is why i like the colleges too, it makes uni much more personal. the people when i went there all seemed really nice and cool and also they have an excellent sporting reputation, something i'm interested in.

i'm sure they look at overseas students separately, i'd expect so. the AES doesn't really give you any more info. in a few days it will change to: 'a decision has been made, please refer to UCAS for further details.' and on UCAS it says a college will contact you. so you only know if you've got into Chad's when they send you a letter, because they do applications for the courses and for colleges completely separately. chances are, you'll still get in!

i'm just glad i've got a place. i was considering bath as another option but they actually asked for higher grades than durham, and durham's my first choice so i can't apply to bath. my only other option is nottingham which i was pretty keen on but not as much so as durham, and its asking for the same grades, so i might put it as my back-up as they're more likely to lower their grades than durham... but tbh, if i don't get ABB, i don't think i should go to uni!

cheers to us lucky few! x

haha nice! If I go, I'll be staying over on Monday as well. Still haven't decided 100% whether I'm going to the open day though. I'm assuming Durham is going to be your firm?

It will be when i get rejected from Cambridge some time in the next fortnight!! lol
I'm assuming its yours then?

Btw for everyone whos firming Durham, what are you putting down as insurance? uni and grades

Just received my college confirmation letter via post. I got St John's. I can relax a bit, now!

Congrats!! You're a Philosophy applicant right? I think I've seen you around in other threads I'm a Philosophy future undergrad too! And I've got an offer from Chad's, we'll be basically neighbours

It will be when i get rejected from Cambridge some time in the next fortnight!! lol
I'm assuming its yours then?

Btw for everyone whos firming Durham, what are you putting down as insurance? uni and grades

Just received my college confirmation letter via post. I got St John's. I can relax a bit, now!

Congrats!! You're a Philosophy applicant right? I think I've seen you around in other threads I'm a Philosophy future undergrad too! And I've got an offer from Chad's, we'll be basically neighbours