I can see i have gatecrashed your thread but i would suggest that most of you applying this cycle should not panic because top universities like LSE , UCL and Warwick will be offering pretty much more places for home /UK students than any of the previous years due to the fact that they will be getting a bumper £9K unlike last year's incredible competition where LSE offered only a tiny 30% to home students and a tiny 35% at UCL for UK students so you might be getting 60% or so places for you . I m talking of Econ only , so that's why they are silent and taking their time . The level of competition isn't fierce this year compared to last year esp since it was the last year students were eligible for lower fees , so no one was looking forward to a gap year so that they would be welcomed by a £9K fees , so be hopeful .