Official Durham Applicants Thread 2011

Ah.. thanks for the advice.. hehe

Im not sure yet.. the other thing is that Durham is really far from all the other places... like my sister and few friends are in London and i won't be able to visit because the train charges are extremely high..
Oh well.. I will just have to wait and... Warwick has not replied yet.. So no point wasting time now deciding..haha

Yep its true that academics is only a part of the university experience!

Have u received any offers yet?? Ur doing IB right??

Hey thanks - you too! I take it you're an American? I lived in the US for 7 years, returned here almost three years back.

YEAH! Were any of these people at St. Chad's? I really really hope it isn't over-subscribed for music

hahaha well you might've wanted to be close to them - to have home cooked meals or something? I know people that are like "I have family in Bristol.. ok, I think I'll apply to Bristol" whereas family really doesn't factor in at all for me - I know I won't see them lol.

Yea I'm not too excited about St Andrews.. I'll consider it though if I get an offer.

Ah ok cool we have Geog in common, I find it quite amusing that you felt the need to justify it.
I do English Higher, Biology Higher, Geography Higher, Maths Standard (its the middle of three options) Italian B Standard and Art Standard.

lol.. I always have a really hard time trying to explain Anthropology. In its broadest sense its the study of humanity and this can basically be through culture/society and biology. One distinction I've read between Anthropology and the other types of human sciences is that anthropologists immerse themselves within a culture to gain a better understanding rather than pure observation -- though I don't really know to what extent thats true at an undergraduate level. Anyways, what I like is how it seems to overlap with so many of the things I'm interested in, Biology, Geography, Linguistics, the Arts (literature, history of art.. etc in terms of culture), Psychology, Sociology.. it lets me be a bit indecisive and greedy, which I love!

I'm sorry, I'm sure you told me before, what have you applied for again?

omg finally!!! just checked my AES and I've gotten my college. lol took about a month after my offer came through.
I chose and got Hatfield so so happy! I would've been fine anywhere but I'm just glad I know.

Promise you will cry "Sappho!" when a girl bumps into you on your first day at Durham!

Are you referring to a certain someone?

St. Aidan's popped up under 'Useful Links' on my AES yesterday so guess I got reallocated from Castle.
Does anyone know if the accommodation's nice (especially about chances of getting a single room!) and what the food's like? (Obviously the most important thing )

I didn't mean to, but nice thought
5 days and 5 months?

Hope you'll hear from Castle soon, and hope it'll be good news!

Same thing happened to me. I'm still getting used to it. I heard the food is the best on campus and the rooms have been refurbished so they're nice. There does seem to be a lot of room sharing though, which is worrying me. I'm going to the open day though. I will probably love it when I've seen it.

AH. just logged into my AES and it says M101 you application has been received by a college. A decision has not yet been made.
what does this mean?! is it still a good sign even if it says they haven't made a decision yet?

also apologies in that this question has probably been asked a million times, i'm
just way too excited/nervous

AH. just logged into my AES and it says M101 you application has been received by a college. A decision has not yet been made.
what does this mean?! is it still a good sign even if it says they haven't made a decision yet?

also apologies in that this question has probably been asked a million times, i'm
just way too excited/nervous

No guarantees but generally a good sign. Means your department want to offer you a place. They are still deciding on your college. Good luck!

I think it means you've been accepted Of course there is the disclaimer at the bottom, that it may be an administrative error but at this stage in the process I don't think that really matters.

Also, nice to see another NI person applying to Durham (even if you are from Methody) What college did you apply to?

Got an offer yesterday for archaeology and anthropology at University College

AH. just logged into my AES and it says M101 you application has been received by a college. A decision has not yet been made.
what does this mean?! is it still a good sign even if it says they haven't made a decision yet?

also apologies in that this question has probably been asked a million times, i'm
just way too excited/nervous