Warwick Applicants 2012

Still waiting on a Politics offer here; though I'm just about a mature applicant and have my grades so maybe that's adding some consideration time.

I also have an offer from Bristol. I noticed that quite a few of you also applied there. Any thoughts on choosing between the two for Politics aside from getting a BSc at one and a BA at the other?

I just got rejected for English Lit.
Was not expecting that.

Yup, just got rejected for english lit. Pretty disappointed, two offers and two rejections so far, just waiting on Durham which I haven't got much hope for now.

Me either What were your grades like? I at least wanted an interview.

Though for pyschology they've apparently been sending out the wrong decisions... One can only hope.

4A*s and 6As at GCSE (admittedly not great but I made no effort back then), 4As at AS level and predicted 3A*s and 1A at A level.

I'm guessing it was my GCSEs or my personal statement which they didn't like. Although Cambridge didn't seem to have a problem with them.

I've been rejected by both Cambridge and Warwick, and had my birthday, within the same week. How delightful.

Warwick haven't actually emailed me yet, I only know through Track. Is this the case with you? Are they a little slow or just rude? I intend to email them asking why I was unsuccessful.

:lolwat: Warwick rejected you with those? That's quite silly. What was your PS like?

Do you think so? I think most applicants would have had similar, if not better, grades.
In my PS I talked about Shakespeare a bit and Classical literature, and then much of the rest was focused on 20th century stuff: the Beats, Fitzgerald and E. E. Cummings. Maybe they didn't like the fact that I showed no interest in the clichéd classics which everybody mentions: Austen, Eliot, Dickens etc.

Whilst that may remain true, not even an interview? Surely your academics warrant that (well, by the looks of it they do!) What were your subjects?
Hahah, if that's what they were implicitly searching for in a PS, you may not want to go there after all.

Admittedly I was surprised - I was expecting an interview, at least.
English Lit, Classics, English Language and Psychology.
Haha, I guess. I didn't really want to go there, but I would have liked to have had the option as I've been rejected by Cambridge and haven't heard from UCL, my other top two choices.

Latter two A-Levels are 'soft' which may have been a contributing factor. English Language a tad less so, as it's related to the degree choice, but still not ideal. History and a language/mathematics/a science/a stronger social science (like Economics) would've helped more.

Ah well, good luck with UCL!

It is possible, I suppose, although, like I said, an interview would have allowed me to show how relevant those subjects are to my chosen course. They were strong enough to warrant an interview at Cambridge.
I've just fired off an email to the Warwick admissions department requesting feedback. Shall be posting their response on here as soon as I receive it

And thank you. Good luck to you, with wherever you have applied!

4A*s and 6As at GCSE (admittedly not great but I made no effort back then), 4As at AS level and predicted 3A*s and 1A at A level.

I'm guessing it was my GCSEs or my personal statement which they didn't like. Although Cambridge didn't seem to have a problem with them.

I've been rejected by both Cambridge and Warwick, and had my birthday, within the same week. How delightful.

Warwick haven't actually emailed me yet, I only know through Track. Is this the case with you? Are they a little slow or just rude? I intend to email them asking why I was unsuccessful.

It is possible, I suppose, although, like I said, an interview would have allowed me to show how relevant those subjects are to my chosen course. They were strong enough to warrant an interview at Cambridge.
I've just fired off an email to the Warwick admissions department requesting feedback. Shall be posting their response on here as soon as I receive it

And thank you. Good luck to you, with wherever you have applied!