chichester?

niina234

i have applied for chichester uni and am very afraid i wont meet the grades needed, does anyone know how many ucas points they will let me drop and still take me on with? has this ever happened to anyone at chi? is it worth trying to hound them to let me on the course? as i have my heart set at going there and have applied for accomodation etc. like is it worth emailing them on results day with a new personal statement?

I'm at Chichester so will try and be helpful!

What course is it? As for the majority of their courses I very much doubt that a drop in grade/points will matter - they're wanting a bigger student base every day so the more people they get, the better. Plus for the majority, if not everyone bar one or two, they'll have places in clearing anyway. Don't give up just yet

Best thing to do is ring ASAP on results day

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OP

what if it is a very major drop in points? will my personal statement help them to reach a decision to have me even if my marks are bad? plus, during clearing can i still apply even if i don't meet the requirements?

many thanks, that was really helpful :smile:

its a english/history course

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niina234

what if it is a very major drop in points? will my personal statement help them to reach a decision to have me even if my marks are bad? plus, during clearing can i still apply even if i don't meet the requirements?

many thanks, that was really helpful :smile:

its a english/history course

Now I CAN help you as I'm doing History, about to go into my third year.

Right, seeing as I know the History department very well and English is in the same school as History - might be worth dropping the head of school (nicest woman you will ever meet and very very good at answering her emails!) an email just outling your queries as you're not entirely sure on the whole UCAS system yada yada.

Can pm you her email addy if you want.

I can probably almost safely say that unless you go and utterly fail your A-levels then I doubt you'll have a problem - History for definate for the last couple of years has been in clearing. Chi will know your A-level results before you do and they would have decided yes or no before you get to school to see them. Plus, if they've made you an offer, it means they want you and I doubt very much they will turn down a student just because you got a D instead of an C for example.

Oh and feel free to ask any questions about the History course (very good choice!)

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OP

thats cool, so if i got DD instead of BB there is a chance that they may still accept me?

also what is the history course like? like how many hours? how much work load etc?

i was thinking about redoing a personal statement so when i get rejected i can send it to them straight away in order to persuade them, lol. is this a good idea?

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Oo tough one as I obviously only know some of the grades of my friends.

There is a chance, but I'm not sure if you dropped down by that much for two subjects whether any uni would be a bit like "oo what happened there" or "no, didn't make the offer". It would depends on numbers on the course etc etc.

Most universities do have leeway though. Best advice is ring them as soon as you get your results. I'm guessing you can still use UCAS track, as I knew the uni had accepted me before I'd even got my results.

Just a thought though - if your A-level results still meet the number of points that they have given you as an offer, think you'd be likely to be accepted, unless obviously they've stated that you need a certain grade for a subject. Not to mention that they'll see your breakdown of module results so if you've got the lower grade because you've failed an exam but everything else is a B grade - they'll more likely to go OK, rather than if you've got 6 Es for that subject. My offer was points, rather than you need a certain grade in whatever subject.

Fingers crossed though! I personally wouldn't write another personal statement, they see so many and once August is here, it really is all about grades/points - best of luck and if you do have to ring the Admissions office, they'll do their best to help you out!

Anyway, about the course!

Maximum contact hours I've had is 8 per week (for a joint, that'll be split 4 and 4 I think, English might be sligtly more). Work load isn't too bad although at the time it'll seem a bit OMG, but once you get to the third year, you'll be wondering why you were so worried! They're pretty keen on seminars so expect nice chunks of reading, some hand out more than others. First year is all about getting into the swing of it type thing.

I found the step up from my first to second year far harder than from A-levels to Uni.

History course is fantastic - no other word for it really. Best decision I ever made going there. For a small department there's a big range of subject areas and mini areas within that. It's been some of the most fun I've had in my life, the staff are brilliant, really happy to chat and get to know their students. None of this student/academic divide. Very approachable, a very good open door policy if you've got any problems. Make use of it, I did in my second year and had I not done (mine was health reasons), I doubt I would have passed my second year.

Bar the odd gripe but that's more personal rather than a general feeling, I can only say very positive things about the course, department and university.

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OP

oo i really wanna go there now!
i need 200 points which as i only do 2 subjects means i need two B grades
so hopefully they will still have me even though i really stuffed up!
out of curiousity, what grades did other people on the course get at alevel?

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niina234

oo i really wanna go there now!
i need 200 points which as i only do 2 subjects means i need two B grades
so hopefully they will still have me even though i really stuffed up!
out of curiousity, what grades did other people on the course get at alevel?

Sure you'll be fine.

Trying to think what other people got - it's not something you tend to talk about once you're at uni. There's someone with 2 As and a B, I've got A, C and an E (whoops on that one) and a big mixture inbetween - so don't worry too much.

Feel free to pm me if you've got any queries etc. Oh and if you do get in (which you will, positive thinking and all that) I've got a couple of first year History texts which I don't need - give me a shout if you need to buy any and can't find them cheap anywhere.

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