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Chemistry Research, Durham University
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Durham Applicants 2008 Thread

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Reply 2920
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de.novo
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bravenewcentury
Hahahaha, that video is hilarious. Seriously, I know both Laura and Lee in the real world and neither of them is that weird and stilted in reality! The gaze of a camera does very funny things to people (especially if the result is probably going to be shown to all the senior staff!).

That's good to hear! The best part was "Pick Grey. Grey all the way". That really took the cake given the 'enthusiasm' it was delivered with. :biggrin:
Chemistry Research, Durham University
Durham University
Durham
Hopping Mad Kangaroo
Go on then...


Hop on over the water then......
Reply 2922
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petiso
de.novo
Yeap, we're neighbour colleges. Will you be confirming your place in Durham, or will the pull of LSE be too strong to resist in the event of an offer?



Yeah i'll be confirming Durham even if i get an offer from LSE - i'll put LSE as insurance if that happens though, but i dont think i'll have problems with that :smile: x
Reply 2923
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Wez
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made_of_fail
HMK: Durham have so far failed to provide a specific reason for my rejection. That doesn't really support your theory that there were critical flaws in my PS.

It's very rare that any university will give an honest specific reason for rejecting someone. They simply have so many applications for so few places. It's a bit of a lottery really. The academics also have other things to do. For History there are around 20 applicants per place. They can't reply with a specific reason to everyone they reject!
or they can just be men and speak the truth i.e 'You were born in ireland, that is why'
Reply 2925
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petiso
Yeah i'll be confirming Durham even if i get an offer from LSE - i'll put LSE as insurance if that happens though, but i dont think i'll have problems with that :smile: x

Good to hear. Durham is so much better anyway. :wink:
Reply 2926
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petiso
Damnright! :biggrin: - I'm still shocked i even got an offer lol x
hows u get rejetced for a month?
The reconsidered her, didn't they ?
(I hope they will do it for me :frown:)
Wez
It's very rare that any university will give an honest specific reason for rejecting someone. They simply have so many applications for so few places. It's a bit of a lottery really. The academics also have other things to do. For History there are around 20 applicants per place. They can't reply with a specific reason to everyone they reject!


Lol, they must have had something like 3 applicants per place for Russian/Arabic XD. Pfff, I'm gutted, lol. I hope they'll at least give me a *pretty* good reason, lol. Or that my dreams were prophetic and that they'll reconsider me ! :biggrin:

*Loves to dream*
*Tries to close the window and to open the Manchester Applicant's one*
*Fails*
Reply 2930
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WokSz
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My application has been passed to a College!! OMG I'm so happy! I called the admission's tutor as I needed to know.
WokSz
My application has been passed to a College!! OMG I'm so happy! I called the admission's tutor as I needed to know.


congratulations! i am really jealous of you... maybe i will ring? i hpe mine is at a college :frown:
WokSz
My application has been passed to a College!! OMG I'm so happy! I called the admission's tutor as I needed to know.


Congratulations :biggrin:
And actually Hedda.Gabler, just keep in mind they kept your application so you probably still interest them ^^.
Reply 2933
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WokSz
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It's St. John's College at the moment.
Wow lucky you. I loved the way it looked.
Anatheme
Wow lucky you. I loved the way it looked.


anatheme move on. ull love manchester great party city, if thats your thing? plenty to do aswell, maybe just not as cultural as Durham, thats all. Combien de fois tu as visité a Paris? Je pense que c'est ma grande-ville favorit, mais j'adore londre aux meme temps.
kevster
Hop on over the water then......

Cant be arsed...
kevster
anatheme move on. ull love manchester great party city, if thats your thing? plenty to do aswell, maybe just not as cultural as Durham, thats all. Combien de fois tu as visité a Paris? Je pense que c'est ma grande-ville favorit, mais j'adore londre aux meme temps.


I basically hate Paris, lol. Just too much pollution and I hate the people there :biggrin:
And I moving on. Just give me some time to accept it, lol.
NAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH i want to hear!!!!!


The guy i had to email my fee form to... he's away until April 2nd.... do you think that means i wont hear anything till after April 2nd?

They could at least send it to a college while they wait to decide if i'm home, EU or overseas (keele and sheffield have classed me as home)


ARGHHH!!!
Why would they bother making a special effort to write you a nice letter? Academics have other things to be getting along with, you know...
Firstly, I don't know what you mean by 'nice letter'; I would have been happy with an email seeing as that's how I contacted them. In fact, they did give me a reply, but it was just the standard boilerplate response. However, I don't see how it is unreasonable to expect some kind of stated reason for the rejection, especially if there were 'critical flaws' in my personal statement as you claimed.

Also, you say that this would have been a waste of their time. Not so - it is their official role to be responsible for admissions, and hence this comes with the territory. University admission has a great impact on the future course of an applicant's life, and, more importantly, universities are publically funded institutions, so I think it's quite fair to expect some sort of accountability for these decisions.

Finally, I can't find any admissions statistics for Durham. Are there none available on the internet?

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