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Official Durham Applicants Thread 2011

Ooh you're from the States - awesome! Where abouts? And yeahhh St Andrews! I've applied there too, if they offer me (and that's a big if) then my first choice would be a joint tie between Durham and St A's, I have no clue how I'd be able to choose between them though, they are both so nice! I've applied to Sheffield, Southampton, and Bristol as well - where else have you applied? Bad luck about Oxford :frown:

but on the plus side, somewhere as awesome as Durham has accepted you :smile:

so congrats!! And yep, I do live in London :biggrin:

I live in Arkansas . . . quite rural. I've been to London twice, most recently in early 2009. I'd think if you are in Durham, St Andrews would definitely take you as well. Edinburgh accepted me but I don't think it is as appealing as either Durham or St A. In the states, I am applying to Yale, Cornell and Swarthmore (and already accepted to Baylor and Tulane--have you heard of these schools?). btw, I did hear from Chad's today and, although it won't be official until after the new year, the office administrator emailed to say she has my application in hand--not to worry. Exciting!!!

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Reply 1881

adam0311

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Original post by steffanie

Received by a college for law!
So excited.
I'm hoping this is a good sign anyway! :biggrin:

Congrats! Will it be your firm?

Reply 1882

skypig97

Original post by Jing_jing

I went to visit St Andrews last year and it was gorgeous :love:

Yeah, it looks fantastic from the pictures . . . are you applying there this year?

Reply 1883

skypig97

I think we apply in numbers out of proportion to the others bc of a concerted marketing campaign by St A. And, for me, the size of the american contingent is a bit of a put-off--it has enough americans enrolled to start its own liberal arts college. And I am getting feedback that with that many, they end up quite segregated. On the other hand, Durham is a bit of a sleeper--largely unknown--here in the states; so the number of americans enrolled will be quite small. Durham also has the Colleges, which I think will force integration and make my experience much more exciting culturally. At St A, I end up in a band of americans encamped in a foreign uni--at Durham, I'm likely to become English.

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Reply 1884

mrmayrhofen

Is anyone going to the post-application open day on 22nd/23rd march??? Particularly university college and law department????

Reply 1885

Jing_jing

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Original post by skypig97

Yeah, it looks fantastic from the pictures . . . are you applying there this year?

No, I decided not to in the end seeing as it's 5 years for a Bachelors Degree in Maths and Economics and despite loving the place, I'd rather spend 5 years in education and come out with a Masters Degree. And in the end it was also just a bit too small for my liking! Oh, and I'm a wimp when it comes to the cold :tongue:

Reply 1886

steffanie

Original post by skypig97

very good sign!! Congratulations!!! :smile:

Thanks

Still ridiculously over-excited, eek.

Reply 1887

Nia M

Is it true that the Languages Dept. take quite a while to make offers? (I'm applying for Combined Honours Arts, specifically French and Maths, and am a bit worried that my application is still with the department, although i sent it two months ago...)

Reply 1888

skypig97

Original post by Nia M

Is it true that the Languages Dept. take quite a while to make offers? (I'm applying for Combined Honours Arts, specifically French and Maths, and am a bit worried that my application is still with the department, although i sent it two months ago...)

Are you an overseas applicant?

Reply 1889

FallenProject

Offer for Theology :biggrin:

I did an open application, but luckily I still got in. They have accepted me, but they haven't told me which college I've been allocated to!

Reply 1890

Lead Pipes A Fortune Made

Original post by Nia M

Is it true that the Languages Dept. take quite a while to make offers? (I'm applying for Combined Honours Arts, specifically French and Maths, and am a bit worried that my application is still with the department, although i sent it two months ago...)

I applied for same course, they did take awhile to get back to me too (about 6 weeks). Could be because your application is quite unusual, combining the Arts subject with a hard science (as opposed to the social science combinations the prospectus makes clear are more popular/acceptable). Were you hoping to take any other arts subjects apart from French, its just they may be a bit iffy about the choice of course, thats just looking at it from my point of view though.

Of course I coulld've missed the small print in the prospectus etc. and be completely wrong in this assumption though!
If you're worried about how far you've progressed though, have you tried using the AES? Durham should've sent you an email when you applied with a PIN you could use to track the progress of your application, www.dur.ac.uk/aes.
On here it should say whether your application's been recieved by the Department or College yet.

Hope this helps a little an good luck :smile:

Reply 1891

steffanie

Original post by adam0311

Congrats! Will it be your firm?

Thanks

I'm not sure, I'm far too indecisive! I'm still waiting on another two, and then I'll visit anywhere that needs to be visited :smile:

Reply 1892

Nia M

Original post by skypig97

Are you an overseas applicant?

No, I'm not.

Original post by Lead Pipes A Fortune Made

I applied for same course, they did take awhile to get back to me too (about 6 weeks). Could be because your application is quite unusual, combining the Arts subject with a hard science (as opposed to the social science combinations the prospectus makes clear are more popular/acceptable). Were you hoping to take any other arts subjects apart from French, its just they may be a bit iffy about the choice of course, thats just looking at it from my point of view though.

Of course I coulld've missed the small print in the prospectus etc. and be completely wrong in this assumption though!
If you're worried about how far you've progressed though, have you tried using the AES? Durham should've sent you an email when you applied with a PIN you could use to track the progress of your application, www.dur.ac.uk/aes.
On here it should say whether your application's been recieved by the Department or College yet.

Hope this helps a little an good luck :smile:

I've been using the AES thing - it still says my application is with the department. And I've been in to see the Combined Honours office, and also the French and Maths departments, and they never said anything about my combination possibly being an issue with it combining an Arts and a Science subject. :frown:

Reply 1893

babyblossom

Original post by mrmayrhofen

Is anyone going to the post-application open day on 22nd/23rd march??? Particularly university college and law department????

I think i should be going, just unsure due to the school musical being that week so don't know if i can get out of it :/ University college but for music :smile:

Reply 1894

eve_m

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I got my offer for history exactly a month ago today, and still heard nothing from any college! Originally applied to Hatfield, has anyone else had it take so long? :redface:

Reply 1895

Noodlzzz

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Original post by eve_m

I got my offer for history exactly a month ago today, and still heard nothing from any college! Originally applied to Hatfield, has anyone else had it take so long? :redface:

I think it means your first choice can't take you so you've been sent somewhere else. Only a guess due to the long wait, you'll find out soon enough!

Reply 1896

eve_m

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Original post by Noodlzzz

I think it means your first choice can't take you so you've been sent somewhere else. Only a guess due to the long wait, you'll find out soon enough!

Yeah that's what I figured.. shame, seeing as I sent my UCAS on 3rd September, you'd think they'd have space seeing as as far as I know, Durham do it on a first come first serve basis.. Oh well :smile:

Reply 1897

rubberdam123

Getting worried now.
my application was 'received by a college' at least 3 weeks ago now, but i still haven't heard anything through ucas. Anyone know whats going on???

Reply 1898

stargirll

Original post by rubberdam123

Getting worried now.
my application was 'received by a college' at least 3 weeks ago now, but i still haven't heard anything through ucas. Anyone know whats going on???

mine hasn't even been passed to the college yet eeeekkk! but im hopinf that there just on a break for xmas!

Reply 1899

webber8345

Original post by eve_m

I got my offer for history exactly a month ago today, and still heard nothing from any college! Originally applied to Hatfield, has anyone else had it take so long? :redface:

Perhaps it might be an idea to give them a ring? It'll just getting busier and harder to get sense out of them as it nears and passes the UCAS deadline.
I applied to Hatfield too but I only got my offer today (yay) so I hope I'll hear about my college sooner than in a month!
After you heard from UCAS, did you receive an acceptance letter from Durham itself? if so, how long did it take you to get that?

How long after being accepted did other people hear about colleges?

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