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Chemistry Research, Durham University
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Durham Applicants 2007 Thread

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I'm generally taking the piss with my posts but in all seriousness the order of ability of students and quality of course+prestige goes as follows:
Durham
BIG jump
Birmingham
jump
Leicester


Yup. For Law there is a huge gap between Durham and the others. Whereas Durham is a consistent top 5 uni for the subject, the other two rarely feature in the top 20. Birmingham hangs around the bottom sometimes.
Of course, if you get LSE, then you will have to choose between London and Durham, and they're equal enough in terms of reputation and prestige to make the choice nice and justifiable with personal preference :smile:.
Chemistry Research, Durham University
Durham University
Durham
Woop woop guys, I got a letter from Durham today... BBB for Archaeology at Chad's! :love: I thought for sure I'd been passed to another college, because it's been over 2 months since I was accepted by dept.

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
elyim
Woop woop guys, I got a letter from Durham today... BBB for Archaeology at Chad's! :love: I thought for sure I'd been passed to another college, because it's been over 2 months since I was accepted by dept.

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

Well done, that's awesome! :smile:
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NickiM
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Yay, congratulations!
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Lucia.
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awww Durham just rejected me :bawling:
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amzable
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Lucia.
awww Durham just rejected me :bawling:


Really sorry to hear that :frown: they obviously don't know who they're missing out on xxx
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Lucia.
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amzable
Really sorry to hear that :frown: they obviously don't know who they're missing out on xxx


Thanks :hugs:

btw do they give feedback? :frown: I want to know why they rejected me.
Well I think they might give you feedback if you press and ask, but I dont think they will automatically, no.
elyim - congrats:smile:, are you off to the open day ?
lucia - sorry to hear about the rejection. they can only say no about giving the reasons for rejection. Where abouts are ou hoping to go now ?
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jonnylan
I also just checked the UCAS track and there was the dreaded rejection. Suppose I may as well phone up to ask as well and give the admissions people something to do. I'm sure they don't have many people contacting them :smile:

Now got to decided whether to a) go to Nottingham or b) just go for Economics at Durham and perhaps consider trying to swap once I'm there. May turn out to be a good thing as I was starting to fear that I may have regretted doing too much maths anyway

EDIT: Is it just the normal number/email you would contact them by that it says on the website or will there be a specific admissions contact?
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Lucia.
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BlueRibbon
elyim - congrats:smile:, are you off to the open day ?
lucia - sorry to hear about the rejection. they can only say no about giving the reasons for rejection. Where abouts are ou hoping to go now ?


Thank you for the sympathy :hugs: I'm not sure actually. I have offers from great unis. Always look on the bright side of life ;yes;

I just emailed Durham to ask why they rejected me.:rolleyes: I hope I've emailed the right person :afraid:
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NickiM
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Nice to see you optimistic, though it's a shame you didn't get an offer :frown:
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*River
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Aww, big hugs and chocolate to everybody who's been rejected today. I'm sure that you'll be happy elsewhere once rejectee emotions have calmed down a bit :smile:.
jomo
*shuffles uncomfortably*

ANYWAY...

Just checking - has anyone heard back from the philosophy/theology departments yet? All of the people I know who have applied to Durham seem to have heard back one way or another by now. I know we've still got a month till the end of March, I just really wanna know! :P


Yeah i'm in for philosophy at castle
How about u?
xxx
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kissmekate
Yeah i'm in for philosophy at castle
How about u?
xxx


Ah, it must be the stupid theology department then. Congrats on your offer from castle though - i've applied there too! You never know, we might be sharing philosophy lectures. :P
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Winnipeg
My status on Durham Track now says:

-Your application has been received by a College
-A decision has not yet been made. Please visit the UCAS website for further details.

This does mean they're going to make me an offer, right?! I thought I was hallucinating when I saw it had changed! :eek:
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^I'm pretty sure that it means that they're going to make you an offer, you've been passed to your college of choice to see if they have room for you. If not, you'll be passed to another randomly selected college.
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Winnipeg
YAY!!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: I'm soooo happy! Will they send me a letter/e-mail to tell me which college, or will it come through on UCAS/Durham Track??
Winnipeg
YAY!!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: I'm soooo happy! Will they send me a letter/e-mail to tell me which college, or will it come through on UCAS/Durham Track??


You'll get an offer letter through the post from the college once they've made a decision, and it'll come through on UCAS as well. For me it appeared on UCAS the same afternoon I got the letter, but I suppose that depends how slow the post is! Durham Track is the slowest of the slow...

Well done, btw :smile:
hi winnie! I think in your durham track you will have a link to one of the colleges. that would probably be the college you have been sent to.:smile:

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