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Official Durham Applicants Thread 2011

Unlucky man. I will no doubt be joining you in a few days. I wish they'd just hurry up.
Can I ask what your grades were/what you're predicted? If I convince myself I never had a chance in the first place, it won't be that much of a let down :biggrin:

Yours are definetly better than mine, I got ABBB for AS (no further maths either :frown:

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Predicted AAAB by teachers however I feel I'm capable of A*AAB or A*A*AB

I think they must of liked my PS as I made it this far with not the best AS grades, what are your grades like?

Reply 4421

iFear x

Just got my rejection today for Physics MPhys, kinda wish I had applied for the BSc now, might have had more of a chance.

I just wish they had replied earlier so I could focus on my making a decision on my other offers :/

Reply 4422

Phil1541

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Original post by iFear x

Just got my rejection today for Physics MPhys, kinda wish I had applied for the BSc now, might have had more of a chance.

I just wish they had replied earlier so I could focus on my making a decision on my other offers :/

Same for me :frown:

I applied for BSc and it didn't save me :tongue:

I agree with the earlier decision, I got my hopes a little when I'd made it into march...

Reply 4423

JayTeeKay

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Original post by Phil1541

Yours are definetly better than mine, I got ABBB for AS (no further maths either :frown:

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Predicted AAAB by teachers however I feel I'm capable of A*AAB or A*A*AB

I think they must of liked my PS as I made it this far with not the best AS grades, what are your grades like?

AAAAB in chemistry, physics, geology, German and maths, + an A in gen.studies (AS levels). Crucially, my B was in maths (high Bs in C1 and C2 and a mediocre A in D1 meant I missed my A by 4 marks!!!). I don't think Bs in the maths pure units will impress anyone.
Predicted A* in chem (like that's going to happen!) and AA in maths and physics, and my GCSEs weren't too shabby, so maybe they'll let me slip through.
On the other hand, having re-read my perosnal statement, it doesn't exactly have the wow factor. My references were good, but I think my maths grades and my PS could let me down.
I wish I'd applied for Bristol. Didn't realise how good they are for physics until recently. Once I get my Durham rejection It'll be Warwick as my firm and York as my insurance.

Reply 4424

playxsailxliv

Original post by rvp-fan1

what college did you apply for? and yes three language people :smile:

I applied for castle and got it, super lucky :smile:

How about you? Sorry if it already says it somewhere here...

Reply 4425

rvp-fan1

Original post by playxsailxliv

I applied for castle and got it, super lucky :smile:

How about you? Sorry if it already says it somewhere here...

ahh that's gonna be sick for you!!
i'm so excited!! just gotta make sure we dont miss the grades

Reply 4426

playxsailxliv

Original post by rvp-fan1

ahh that's gonna be sick for you!!
i'm so excited!! just gotta make sure we dont miss the grades

Yeahhh really I'm completely freaking out about the whole concept haha. I do IB and so I've been trying to calculate exactly what I need to get on each exam to make/surpass the offer. It's absolutely doing my head in. What was your offer?

Reply 4427

KayteeKaytee

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Original post by FruitBombs

Ahh is that monday to tuesday?

On the map Collingwood sent me, it shows the train station is right next to the university. Is this the main train station in Durham? As in, if I buy a train ticket to 'Durham', will the train stop at the station outside the uni?

My letter for the open days said they were running a bus service from the train station to the hill colleges between certain times in the evenings before the open days.

Reply 4428

Keckers

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Original post by FruitBombs

Ahh is that monday to tuesday?

On the map Collingwood sent me, it shows the train station is right next to the university. Is this the main train station in Durham? As in, if I buy a train ticket to 'Durham', will the train stop at the station outside the uni?

Yeah monday to tuesday

As far as I'm aware that's the Durham train station. It's not rare for me to be completely wrong though haha

Reply 4429

rvp-fan1

Original post by playxsailxliv

Yeahhh really I'm completely freaking out about the whole concept haha. I do IB and so I've been trying to calculate exactly what I need to get on each exam to make/surpass the offer. It's absolutely doing my head in. What was your offer?

ahh samee,
yeah mine is AAB
but cos i'm already doing all three i have to get them in my languages
ahhh cant wait
are you going up on the open day?

Reply 4430

playxsailxliv

Original post by rvp-fan1

ahh samee,
yeah mine is AAB
but cos i'm already doing all three i have to get them in my languages
ahhh cant wait
are you going up on the open day?

You're already doing all three?? That's so cool, jealous :smile:

I wish I were going to the open day but unfortunately it's quite a long flight from DC to Durham, quite pricy too. So although I've never been there I'm just kinda hoping it'll suit, I'm sure it will. :smile:

Reply 4431

rvp-fan1

Original post by playxsailxliv

You're already doing all three?? That's so cool, jealous :smile:

I wish I were going to the open day but unfortunately it's quite a long flight from DC to Durham, quite pricy too. So although I've never been there I'm just kinda hoping it'll suit, I'm sure it will. :smile:

DC, as in Washington DC? bloody hell that's far!
are any of your other friends applying to british unis?

Reply 4432

vms

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Original post by playxsailxliv

Yeahhh really I'm completely freaking out about the whole concept haha. I do IB and so I've been trying to calculate exactly what I need to get on each exam to make/surpass the offer. It's absolutely doing my head in. What was your offer?

Hi what was your IB offer and what did you apply for??
Congrats on getting into castle by the way! I applied there too. What did you include in your ps?

Reply 4433

history geek

Anyone heard from anthropology and sociology recently? still waiting .........

Reply 4434

playxsailxliv

Original post by rvp-fan1

DC, as in Washington DC? bloody hell that's far!
are any of your other friends applying to british unis?

Yeahh it's quite far away, but I love it here :smile:

Yeah well I go to a british international school, so quite a few actually, as many of them are here with the embassy, world bank, exxon mobile etc. and are going back home next year.

Reply 4435

playxsailxliv

Original post by vms

Hi what was your IB offer and what did you apply for??
Congrats on getting into castle by the way! I applied there too. What did you include in your ps?

My offer was a 36 and a 6 in french with the full diploma, so relatively low I was lucky. I've applied for the modern languages course to do French, Spanish and Russian.

Thanks :smile:

I hope you get it, it seems lovely. In my PS I talked about what has made me want to study languages (a few examples, mostly to do with growing up in DC and going to an international school and a bit about my family background as well as an immersion programme I signed up for back in the days when I was failing my french GCSE haha). Then I talked specifically about French, what I have enjoyed learning and what I'm keen to learn and talked about the same with Russian. I also talked about my extracurricular stuff which was mostly my sailing and being head girl. Then I wrapped it up with what I wanted to accomplish as an undergraduate.

What have you applied for?