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Durham Applicants 2007 Thread

Reply 1140

db

17

Cheers. It still was a bit of a sad moment seeing Unsuccessful come upon track. ;_;

Reply 1141

arkbar

12

Where are your other choices db?

Reply 1142

NickiM

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db - yes, I know, even if you don't want to go that place, it's still :frown:

Reply 1143

Piggsil

16

db

I've been rejected. :smile:

Rubbish!

But Brizzle ;yes;

Reply 1144

db

17

arkbar

Where are your other choices db?

I applied to Classics and English and Classical Studies at Bristol and Classical Studies at Exeter. I don't even know why I put anywhere other than Bristol down though. :s

Reply 1145

vanillawick

8

I've just got an offer from St. Aidans for psychology!!!! I don't think I am particulalry keen on this college....is there anyway I can change it?If I beg and beg and beg??xxx

Reply 1146

Piggsil

16

vanillawick

I've just got an offer from St. Aidans for psychology!!!! I don't think I am particulalry keen on this college....is there anyway I can change it?If I beg and beg and beg??xxx

What's wrong with it?

Reply 1147

arkbar

12

Note that with many other colleges you'll have to go to the Psychology building up Cardiac Hill whilst from Aidans I think you can cut through Collingwood.

Reply 1148

gentlyused

i can not say that i'm particularly impressed by durham's offer-letter-slash-package that i received in the mail this past week. i was expecting more than just a booklet/pamphlet from grey college and two pieces of letterhead.

comparing this to my birmingham/leicester packages which contained residence information on top of enough persuasive literature to fill an entire bookshelf, i feel slightly disappointed to have had opened a package i was expecting for so long, only to find the sort of paucity i just described.

and no. the empty feeling in my stomach was not due to an oversubscribed fad diet or even worse, voluntary starvation...

hrm...interesting.

comments?

Reply 1149

Paranoid Kid

13

gentlyused

i can not say that i'm particularly impressed by durham's offer-letter-slash-package that i received in the mail this past week. i was expecting more than just a booklet/pamphlet from grey college and two pieces of letterhead.

comparing this to my birmingham/leicester packages which contained residence information on top of enough persuasive literature to fill an entire bookshelf

Maybe Durham doesn't feel it has to work as hard as the other two unis to attract people? Not that that really excuses them though!

Reply 1150

Piggsil

16

gentlyused

i can not say that i'm particularly impressed by durham's offer-letter-slash-package that i received in the mail this past week. i was expecting more than just a booklet/pamphlet from grey college and two pieces of letterhead.

comparing this to my birmingham/leicester packages which contained residence information on top of enough persuasive literature to fill an entire bookshelf, i feel slightly disappointed to have had opened a package i was expecting for so long, only to find the sort of paucity i just described.

and no. the empty feeling in my stomach was not due to an oversubscribed fad diet or even worse, voluntary starvation...

hrm...interesting.

comments?

It's because you don't sort out any accommodation stuff in Durham until after results day in August, because as a first year you're automatically assigned accommodation, so they won't send you much until you've met your offer now I'm afraid.

Reply 1151

vanillawick

8

I wanted to be in a bailey college which ahs old buildings and more history and I'm just a bit dissapointed! Do you hear of people changing college?xxx

Reply 1152

Danny_777

16

vanillawick

I wanted to be in a bailey college which ahs old buildings and more history and I'm just a bit dissapointed! Do you hear of people changing college?xxx

I feel exactly the same; I would've loved Castle or Hatfield for the history and architecture. However, after really researching into the colleges, I found that there were easily enough things about Van Mildert that beat Bailey colleges hands down to put that one down instead! The architecture is horrible compared to the other two, but I absolutely love the college in spite of this! You should research into Aiden's a little bit more. If in any doubt, go to the open day!!!

Reply 1153

Piggsil

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Danny_777

I feel exactly the same; I would've loved Castle or Hatfield for the history and architecture. However, after really researching into the colleges, I found that there were easily enough things about Van Mildert that beat Bailey colleges hands down to put that one down instead! The architecture is horrible compared to the other two, but I absolutely love the college in spite of this! You should research into Aiden's a little bit more. If in any doubt, go to the open day!!!

Couldn't have put it better myself. Please go to the open day if possible, you'll probably end up loving Durham and the prospect of Aidan's. :biggrin:

Reply 1154

vanillawick

8

I've done a bit mroe research into and had a good look at the JCR and college pages and going through the prospectus trying to see if St. Aidens beats the other colleges in my opinion and it does some of them! I've already been to Durham and adored it but the course isn't as good as it is at other unis which I have offers from and I think it was the castle I really fell in love with! I will definitely try to get to the open day!xxx

Reply 1155

Piggsil

16

vanillawick

I've done a bit mroe research into and had a good look at the JCR and college pages and going through the prospectus trying to see if St. Aidens beats the other colleges in my opinion and it does some of them! I've already been to Durham and adored it but the course isn't as good as it is at other unis which I have offers from and I think it was the castle I really fell in love with! I will definitely try to get to the open day!xxx