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Received an offer from York last week! Very happy :smile:

Also are many people applying with deferred entry? I haven't done, but am tempted to ask to push my start date back... :/

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Original post by mahatma ghandi

I'm grateful, but my never satisfied and always striving attitude is probably the reason Im getting offers and people like you aren't

'People like you' who are worried about meeting an A*AA offer? Yeah, such a reason to be full of yourself..

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Epic Flawless

Guys, stop this; don't stoop to his level. Let him be arrogant and condescending; that's no excuse for you guys to do the same.

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azns

Original post by mahatma ghandi

Only an idiot wouldn't worry about getting an A*, theyre not exactly easy to get are they?

You could take it as a compliment - sometimes unis give out higher offers just because they think the candidate can meet them :smile:

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username963570

Original post by mahatma ghandi

I don't mean to sound like a ****, but my offer of A*AA from Exeter is a bit of a joke, my friend got an AAA and my GCSE's As Levels and Predicted grades are all better than his. My academic record is near perfect, the only negative been 2As at GCSE

probably because if your record is " near perfect " then to them, you should be able to get A*AA easily enough without much problems.

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username963570

Original post by mahatma ghandi

I'm grateful, but my never satisfied and always striving attitude is probably the reason Im getting offers and people like you aren't

who do you have an offer from? is it just exeter?

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Mike_123

Original post by mahatma ghandi

Are you high?

It is though. You're only lying to yourself.

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Mike_123

Original post by mahatma ghandi

When did 10th best in the UK overall and 7th for economics count as second tier? where have you got an offer from then?

Tier 1 is Oxbridge, LSE, Warwick, UCL.

By the way, I'm applying to 4 of these, one twice.

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azns

Original post by Mike_123

Tier 1 is Oxbridge, LSE, Warwick, UCL.

By the way, I'm applying to 4 of these, one twice.

Are you applying to UCL for the year abroad?

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Jkizer

Original post by mahatma ghandi

I'm applying to two of them, but applying somewhere isn't impressive, you actually have to get in. And what kind of muppet doesn't spread his risk? your the arrogant one by the looks of things

My mate is applying to Oxbridge, UCL, LSE, Warwick and Bristol. Bristol is his lowest being AAA.

Why? Well he achieved A* in A level maths already, meaning hes basically fulfilled the A* requirement at 4 universities meaning hes only got to achieve AA from 3 possible subjects (Economics/Chemistry/Further). He also achieved average of 97% UMS in his AS subjects.

Its not arrogance for someone applying to high end universities only. Im sure Mike is in a similar position of high end grades / UMS. Why do you care anyways where people apply to?

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Mike_123

Original post by azns

Are you applying to UCL for the year abroad?

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No L100 UCL and L100 Warwick + MMORSE

Reply 1771

Jupperrs

After reading the thread, just thought I'd join the bant!

GCSE's 4A*s - 6As
AS' - ABBB
Predictions - AAA
Applied to - York, Exeter, Southampton, Nottingham, Leicester

No offers yet :s-smilie:

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Dilzo999

Original post by Jupperrs

After reading the thread, just thought I'd join the bant!

GCSE's 4A*s - 6As
AS' - ABBB
Predictions - AAA
Applied to - York, Exeter, Southampton, Nottingham, Leicester

No offers yet :s-smilie:

Those are fantastic grades. I'm sure you'll get offers soon :biggrin:

Reply 1773

Jupperrs

Original post by Dilzo999

Those are fantastic grades. I'm sure you'll get offers soon :biggrin:

Aha, thanks very much. That's nice to hear!

What's everyone's favorite 'second tier' university - ie of the ones I'm applying to.

If Exeter give me A*AA then I wont accept, and will choice between York or Nottingham. So what are people's favorites of those?

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username963570

Original post by Jupperrs

York and Nottingham :colone:

although ive got an offer from one and have applied to the other so im a tad biased hahahahaha

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Jupperrs

Original post by Fas

York and Nottingham :colone:

although ive got an offer from one and have applied to the other so im a tad biased hahahahaha

Ahah yeah, which do you prefer of those two?

- because my first choice is probably going to be one or the other (assuming I get offers) :s-smilie:

- my sister's at nottingham and loves it, but i dont want to make my decision just on that.

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username963570

Original post by Jupperrs

Ahah yeah, which do you prefer of those two?

- because my first choice is probably going to be one or the other (assuming I get offers) :s-smilie:

- my sister's at nottingham and loves it, but i dont want to make my decision just on that.

i much prefer Nottingham, higher rep, very nice campus etc etc :smile:

you'll definitely get offers with those grades! although isn't Nottingham A*AA for entry?

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Jupperrs

Original post by Fas

i much prefer Nottingham, higher rep, very nice campus etc etc :smile:

you'll definitely get offers with those grades! although isn't Nottingham A*AA for entry?

Im applying for industrial economics at Nottingham which has.a slightly lower offer.

Thanks anyway - hopefully ill bag an offer soon !

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username1129244

Original post by Mike_123

Tier 1 is Oxbridge, LSE, Warwick, UCL.

By the way, I'm applying to 4 of these, one twice.

I look at it differently. This is purely my opinion but I think Tier 1 is Oxbridge + LSE.

Tier 1:
Oxbridge, LSE
Tier 2:
Warwick, UCL
Tier 3:
Bristol, Bath, Nottingham, Durham, Exeter
Tier 4:
York, Southampton, Surrey etc.