The big thread of questions about Track status

If you log into AES (applicant enquiry service) on the Durham website it tells you the status of your application within the university. It is very unreliable though - they don't necessarily update it promptly so people quite often get offers on UCAS when AES is still telling them that their application's at the department still. So don't get too worried about it!

I agree with this, I had had my written offer letter from graduate admissions for two weeks before the online system updated itself, and even then i had to ring up two or three times to ask for it to be updated so that i could get a place in the college accommodation. The couldn't put my name down for the accommodation until the knew i had an official offer and had accepted it, obviously they knew i had the offer because they had offered me a place in college but the system didn't say i had accepted.

Yeah, it's not the best system....

By the way applicants: first year undergrads are automatically put in college accommodation so don't worry, pipsi's problem won't effect you in any way. Undergraduates don't have to do anything on AES, it's just there for information.

Basically my question is the title ^.

Once an application has been ‘received by a college’, in my case my chosen college was Castle for law, how long approximately would a reply usually take?

Some people have said that colleges are super-quick once the department forwards your application, but others say that I should expect to wait until March. (I just hate hearing that)!

I know there is a good chance Castle will say no and then the circle of other colleges begins… but an approximate guesstimated waiting period would help. Even if it was just your experience…

Thanks.

^^ Thanks for all the helpful replies.

I am doing Law and my application has been sent to University college!

Any ideas about how long it takes for them to give offer, if they are going to do so?

Thanks.

I am doing Law and my application has been sent to University college!

Any ideas about how long it takes for them to give offer, if they are going to do so?

Thanks.

I think it means you're in. I'd be very surprised if a college could overrule a dept.

If the department approves it but no college has space, then I get a rejection. I'm just wondering how often it happens, whether it's affected by the quality of my application, and when they're likely to get back to me.

If the department approves it but no college has space, then I get a rejection. I'm just wondering how often it happens, whether it's affected by the quality of my application, and when they're likely to get back to me.