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arkbar

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:

Reply 1181

Slender Loris

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:

Reply 1182

Piggsil

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:

Well done, that's awesome! :smile:

Reply 1183

NickiM

Yay, congratulations!

Reply 1184

Lucia.

awww Durham just rejected me :bawling:

Reply 1185

amzable

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

Reply 1186

Lucia.

amzable

Really sorry to hear that :frown:

they obviously don't know who they're missing out on xxx

Thanks

btw do they give feedback? :frown:

I want to know why they rejected me.

Reply 1187

RobbieC

Well I think they might give you feedback if you press and ask, but I dont think they will automatically, no.

Reply 1188

OrangeLemon

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 ?

Reply 1189

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?

Reply 1190

Lucia.

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:

Reply 1191

NickiM

Nice to see you optimistic, though it's a shame you didn't get an offer :frown:

Reply 1192

*River

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:

Reply 1193

kissmekate

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

Reply 1194

jomo

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

Reply 1195

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:

Reply 1196

*River

^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.

Reply 1197

Winnipeg

YAY!!!!

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??

Reply 1198

Slender Loris

Winnipeg

YAY!!!!

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:

Reply 1199

blablabla

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: