Durham Applicants 2007 Thread

i got feedback. just emailed the Durham admissions and then they forwarded it to the law dept.

Aww thanks. I'll be all right.

How long did it take to get the feedback? I emailed a while ago and am really curious to know!

If u dont mind me asking was it the usaul to many applicants or did they go into specifics?

Also sorry to hear about rejections. Osmosis looks as if you have other good offers anyway.

emailed them on saturday, got reply today..

check this link:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=298289&page=118

pasted their email there word to word. absolutue *******s

Or else they might point to my GCSEs and give me the "Unfortunately there was a B present" line.

Sorry to hear about your rejection man, that sucks.

You can stop worrying about your GCSEs though, I only had 4*, 5A and a B, with no excuse as my school was fantastic, and I somehow got a Law offer over 1400 AAA applicants, and 700 others! I was specifically told that Durham couldn't care less about GCSEs as long as they're not all Es or something lol! Maybe that's just Law though...

Ah, thanks. Guess it's combined arts being slow again...

I still haven't heard anything from combined honours in arts (want to do English & French) - should I be concerned?

Yep, my GCSE's are almost identical (I have another A). Law is possibly the most competitive course though. If law doesn't care about GCSE's (although to fair Dan we could have done worse), then which subject will?

(Edit, having pondered this); Hmm I should answer that myself though-possibly one without an LNAT...

No not at all, Durham are notorious about taking their time and may wait til late feb/march to let you know - especially combined hons in arts, I was unsuccessful last week so I'd say no news is good news at the moment, nice choice of subjects and best of luck with your app.

Arg, I know I've said this before, and I know I'm just impatient, blablabla, but seriously, is it normal for an application to be accepted by the department within 2 weeks, and then be at the college deciding stage for over 2 months?! I don't care about getting the offer through or knowing which college I'm in; I just want to know which open day I'm on so I can sort it out!

Lol! Yeah, to be fair, we could have done much worse, but to get into one of the most competitive and popular subjects around at a top 5 uni for it, I think it's expected that unless you have an excuse, i.e. terrible school, bereavement etc, you should be applying with at least mostly As and A*s, and preferrably 5+ A*. I am in no doubt whatsoever that it was my LNAT score (24) that gave my application the boost it needed to get me my offer.