Official Durham Applicants Thread 2011

Have you not finished your EE? I did mine looking at viewer interactivity in digital interactive art. (lol, yea, art again.)

I've read books but they've normally been related to either interview prep or one of my school subjects. I've been between about 4 novels for ages!

Yea hopefully travelling. Its a bit of a tradition now for people in my school to go to Ios in Greece after the IB exams so there's that, then a friend of mine has a house in the south of france so hopefully hang out there for a bit. Maybe a festival in the UK, otherwise I might go with my mum to burning man in the states which I've been dying to go to but havent been able to cuz it always overlaps with the school term.
I'm probably being a bit ambitious but this will be the first summer holiday since year 9 where I haven't HAD to do a certain amount of art and that freedom feels AMAZING
What about you?

Goodluck with your LNAT results!

lol... nope not finished yet final deadline is some time in Feb, our school is not the most organised

wow... that sounds like a pretty awesome summer.. especially the Greece and south of France bit Not quite sure whats gonna happen this summer... in Portugal till the end of June, so will probably be hanging out with friends, beach and maybe a week away somewhere, but not sure yet. Then going over to England, and have to get a summer job but need money to fund the fun at uni Hopefully do some horse riding then, and then just relax and spend time with family. My mom and I were looking into doing a trip to Egypt or Israel or something like that, but not sure if that will happen

Its weird.. this is probably the only summer that we will have absolutly nothing to worry about until we retire! Its gonna be so nice not having to worry about work that I'm not actually doing... ah, I can't wait!

Thank you, tomorrow will either be a very good day or a very bad one Have you heard from any of your other unis yet?

york nottingham leeds sussex.. but Durham is my top choice for sure

lol... do you have offers from them all then?

I applied for chem in Nat sci. I thought I'd written chemistry on the right place on the UCAS form but apparently I hadn't and the head of department emailed me to let them know which subjects I wanted to do-especially if it was chemistry - and they couldn't consider my application until I told them. So I'm 99.99% sure that they've put you down for chemistry so no need to worry.

I'm applying to UCL too! But it's probably going to be my insurance. The main reason I chose Durham is cause it's a small place quiter and it's collegiate. I feel like it's more of a community.

If you like being in a city and going out tons then UCL is the place. Plus London is one place you can't be bored but its also expensive to live. Btw I saw the chem department for UCL and really hated it, it seemed really old and not very well equipped - Imperial is much nicer with better facilities.

(also I don't think the Nat Sci course at UCL is RSC accredited, which is a problem if you want to pursue a chemistry related career)

ahhhh the dreams about summer after the IB! i just want it to be now.. this stress is killing me..

hey I'm in the same boat, I really had my heart set on an old traditional Bailey college and applied for Castle. Originally put in an Open application to maximise chances then found out it doesn't matter and changed it to Castle. If it did go through then your campus code on UCAS should change, that's what happened to me. Ive been given Trevelyan too for Nat Sci (chem) ! Was slightly disappointed since i particularly dont like the building or the fact that it's a new college, but hopefully we will both come to love it . I haven't seen Trevelyan yet so keeping an open mind till the Open day. Are you going to the open day in March by any chance?? If so, which day?

lol... nope not finished yet final deadline is some time in Feb, our school is not the most organised

wow... that sounds like a pretty awesome summer.. especially the Greece and south of France bit Not quite sure whats gonna happen this summer... in Portugal till the end of June, so will probably be hanging out with friends, beach and maybe a week away somewhere, but not sure yet. Then going over to England, and have to get a summer job but need money to fund the fun at uni Hopefully do some horse riding then, and then just relax and spend time with family. My mom and I were looking into doing a trip to Egypt or Israel or something like that, but not sure if that will happen

Its weird.. this is probably the only summer that we will have absolutly nothing to worry about until we retire! Its gonna be so nice not having to worry about work that I'm not actually doing... ah, I can't wait!

Thank you, tomorrow will either be a very good day or a very bad one Have you heard from any of your other unis yet?

Right?? I keep fantasizing about after the IB but its so counter-productive because it means I don't do the work I need to NOW and so I feel like I'm not ready for the exams which will determine whether I get into my uni of choice and so I'm simultaneously dreading the end of the IB.

ahhhh the dreams about summer after the IB! i just want it to be now.. this stress is killing me..

Wow, Egypt/Isreal sounds incredible!! I'm very jealous

That's such a depressing way to think about it!! Now there's so much pressure for this to be the best summer ever. lol. Well, it was going to be anyway so I guess it's just living up to its potential.

Yea, I want to get a summer job too but I have no idea where I'll be in one place for long enough.. hmm.. some mula would be very convenient - particularly for all my ambitious travelling plans! lol

No, Durham was the last one I've heard from and that was before Christmas. I'm still waiting on Exeter and St Andrews.

Goodluck with finishing your EE, trust me, itll be worth it in the end. Strive for those bonus points!! The only thing I can suggest is for you to get literally everyone you know to read it, but I'm sure you're already doing that

haha defiantly have the same feelings.. right now i should be doing my econ and history coursework. Tok essay, CAS evidences, and about 5 other essays.. fun times

haha amen to that.
keep everything the same but substitue econ with biology and history with art projects and we are in the same stressful boat.

we will survive! what college and subject are you?

Anthropology at Hatfield you?

Hey, I've got an offer for Natural Sciences at Durham in Collingwood College, which I am stoked about. But I'm also waiting on an offer/rejection from UCL.

I'm not sure which one I'd prefer to go to. Any1 got any ideas/recommendations/words of wisdom? Any1 in this situation?

Any help would be awesome

For lecture/seminar numbers, go to www.dur.ac.uk/faculty.handbook and look up your course. Once you've selected your course, it will show you all the modules you can take. If you click on the module codes and scroll down to the bottom of the page, it tells you what your contact hours will be, and what you'll be learning about.