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Reply 5121

sarah83

Original post by Juichiro

Crazy. I have been waiting since mid December and heard nothing.This morning I got an email with an interview on the 30th. Minutes ago I got an email saying I have an interview on the 29th!
Talking about timing.

Im still waiting to hear from my choices too, so annoying when my peers have heard and already had interviews. Good luck with yours!

Reply 5122

Amy Williams

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For the Primary PGCE, can we choose the school that we do our placement at?

Reply 5123

kyiwaa

Hey every1, I got a conditional offer at Bradford College today.Any1 else who went for interview on 22nd January with an offer?It'd be lovely to get in touch.Nana. x

Reply 5124

cinderella25

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I am so thrilled that I got an offer for PGCE secondary MFL at Kingston University! :biggrin:

Reply 5125

kpwxx

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Original post by Amy Williams

For the Primary PGCE, can we choose the school that we do our placement at?

Usually, no.

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Reply 5126

zterpzterp

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Reply 5127

Amy Williams

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Original post by kpwxx

Usually, no.

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The school that I am currently working in (as a TA) has told me that I can do my placement with them. Would that make any difference? x

Reply 5128

kpwxx

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Original post by Amy Williams

The school that I am currently working in (as a TA) has told me that I can do my placement with them. Would that make any difference? x

Possibly. Your uni will be more precise with info so I'd definitely contact them. My uni didn't allow placements at schools you had links with so that would have been out of the question anyway, and I think many unis have similar rules, along with the fact that placements are tricky to organise so after considering everyones transport options, connections, age ranges and childcare needs etc there isn't much room for preference. However, I can't speak for all unis and it's not impossible that your uni
does it differently and may allow it.

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Reply 5129

womanonamission

Original post by Amy Williams

The school that I am currently working in (as a TA) has told me that I can do my placement with them. Would that make any difference? x

At St Mary's you can choose 2 of your 3 placements. So you could go back to the school for 2 out of the 3 blocks.
Also they love it if you have got somewhere to go so they don't need to find you a school. Try and mention it somehow on your interview day if your reference hasn't already said it x

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Reply 5130

Amy Williams

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Original post by womanonamission

At St Mary's you can choose 2 of your 3 placements. So you could go back to the school for 2 out of the 3 blocks.
Also they love it if you have got somewhere to go so they don't need to find you a school. Try and mention it somehow on your interview day if your reference hasn't already said it x *

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Ah that's great, makes it all so much easier travelling wise too. Still waiting for St Mary's to respond to my application, it's been over a month and i haven't even received an acknowledgment email yet!

Reply 5131

womanonamission

Original post by Amy Williams

Ah that's great, makes it all so much easier travelling wise too. Still waiting for St Mary's to respond to my application, it's been over a month and i haven't even received an acknowledgment email yet!

Oh really! The admissions lady is usually very efficient. There may have been a big rush of applicants or something. Sometimes UCAS track doesn't update as well - hang in there xx

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Reply 5132

KerryE5

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Original post by Sara Jayne

Hi. Yes it is from BG. Had an email from the admissions team but had nothing updated on track!

Had my official track offer through today did you get yours? X

Reply 5133

zterpzterp

If you have an interview at a uni in the future but you know that they are full (and are telling people that they are full) then is it possible for UCAS to withdraw that choice so that you can apply elsewhere? I'm assuming no but if you don't ask you don't get...

Reply 5134

Fabay

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Hi can anyone help/offer advice. I'm in apply 2 and I've searched for primary vacancies and seen leeds met have vacancies through the general course search, but when I'm logged into track and on 'add a choice' Leeds met doesn't show up.. Is this because I'm in apply 2? It's really strange !

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Reply 5135

Sara Jayne

Original post by KerryE5

Had my official track offer through today did you get yours? X

Hi yes I did too 😀. Are you planning on accepting BG as your first choice x

Reply 5136

Captainconehead

Why would they interview people for a course with no places on it? Does this actually happen? I have an interview on the 29tj for PGCE History at Edge Hill and the course closed to applications recently but I would have assumed that was because they have enough applications to sift through at the moment.

I would not be impressed at all if I was going to interview for a place on a course that did not exist!

Reply 5137

KerryE5

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Original post by Sara Jayne

Hi yes I did too 😀. Are you planning on accepting BG as your first choice x

I think so still not 100% decided are you? X

Reply 5138

zterpzterp

Original post by Captainconehead

Why would they interview people for a course with no places on it? Does this actually happen? I have an interview on the 29tj for PGCE History at Edge Hill and the course closed to applications recently but I would have assumed that was because they have enough applications to sift through at the moment.

I would not be impressed at all if I was going to interview for a place on a course that did not exist!

An applicant for the same course had an interview two days ago and was told that as far as the university was concerned they didn't have any more places so they couldn't offer a place and instead put him on a waiting list. So yes. Bizarrely the course is still listed as having vacancies on UCAS.

I'm not annoyed with the institution, they are obviously allocated places on a very inefficient basis. What I am annoyed with is the UCAS system, in these circumstances I should be able to withdraw the offer and select another choice but I do not think that there is any way that I can.

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Reply 5139

kpwxx

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Original post by Captainconehead

Why would they interview people for a course with no places on it? Does this actually happen? I have an interview on the 29tj for PGCE History at Edge Hill and the course closed to applications recently but I would have assumed that was because they have enough applications to sift through at the moment.

I would not be impressed at all if I was going to interview for a place on a course that did not exist!

Original post by zterpzterp

An applicant for the same course had an interview two days ago and was told that as far as the university was concerned they didn't have any more places so they couldn't offer a place and instead put him on a waiting list. So yes. Bizarrely the course is still listed as having vacancies on UCAS.

I'm not annoyed with the institution, they are obviously allocated places on a very inefficient basis. What I am annoyed with is the UCAS system, in these circumstances I should be able to withdraw the offer and select another choice but I do not think that there is any way that I can.

Remember this is the first year applicants have had more than one choice. I would imagine that they are doing a similar thing to undergrad and selecting more people than places as they expect a certain number to decline offers this year. However, since they've NEVER had experience of this before they don't know exactly how many are likely to decline. Also I think limits on places are more rigid for teacher training so they can't afford to offer people a place without certainty.

This is just speculation but I would be very surprised if this wasn't the case.

Captainconehead, don't panic, I imagine most unis are doing what you said... Close for a bit and reopen if they need more applicants.

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