Durham Applicants 2008 Thread

how many times have you honestly been out in N.I It's by no means London but it certainly punches above its weight. Nights out in Ireland are always eventful, no matter what part, we haven't got a reputation for nothing, we know how to drink and have a good time. In durham, there is a severe shortage of niteclubs and decent bars and clubs. you'd have seen the whole night scene in freshers week for christs sake. In london, you'll still be boucning around new places well into your last year. Thats the beauty. Durham is very mundane, you don;t want to be confined to your college, you want to go out and meet other people from other uni's and other backgrounds. That is very limited in Durham whether you like it or not. It's your stereotypical North of England City.

yes he blows de.novo out of the water. Yes I've read it, it's a fine piece of work. Hmmmm, surely all p.s's are pretentious, because when you think of it, what is their purpose? Do you want to hold back and not mention allll you've been involved in. It's your chance to show them what you've done and how you managed to do it? Who else here can say they won a political competition out of thousands of apps to go to westminster and meet the PM, huh? Didn't think so. However, that does not bother me. What does is the fact the admissions tutors told him a BLATANT LIE. They said, although his app was very commendable, they believed that his score in the LNAT was not sufficient enough to atttain a place, the competition was too stiff and he just did not cut it with the 20. Hmmmmmm?? Fallacious? de.novo? 20? Sopme other person on this thread 15? Swiss fairy who if she does attain a place, and best of luck to her, 19?
I rest my case.

not atall, I just don't want to be stuck in the sakespeare on a saturday night.

Swiss fairy who if she does attain a place, and best of luck to her, 19?
I rest my case.

I live in Dublin, party capital of Europe

As i have said several times (but you seem to be refusing to take notice of) i qualify for extenuating circumstances.

But just for to satisfy you a little more (because i find it quite insulting that you are implying that i may only get an offer from Durham because i'm not Irish or that i dont deserve a place that your "friend" should have got) i'll tell you a bit about my acedemic history.

In the UK i was taking 13 GCSES. I was predicted 8A*s and 5 A's. I achieved the highest marks possible in both my Maths, Biology and Chemistry coursework. It was assumed i would go on to do very well in A levels too.

In the UK i also did a wide range of extra curricular activities including (but not limited to) several sports teams, drama club, three choirs, an orchestra, the debating society, school council, my local town youth council, hampshire county youth forum and was a member of the UK Youth Parliment.

I moved to Switzerland before i took my GCSE's as it was the only chance we had to move and it was assumed i would do well.

Despite only doing ONE year of the FOUR year course out here which is equivilant to GCSEs, i got 47 out of 52 in the IBMYP exams.

I was predicted at the start of the IB to get at 41 points (not including bonus points) but things didnt go to plan. I've explained the situations before but to summerise, my step dad walked out after three months of marriage, my remaining in Switzerland was at risk, we had no house or money without him, two weeks later my mother had a stroke and i had to look after her and my little sister while she recovered from heart surgery (i missed a lot of school). Then we found out my bastard of a step dad had been shagging his secretary since before the wedding (excuse the language) and my mum had a nervous break down. I had to take more time off school to look after her. Eventually (and this is something i havent told anyone on here except my bf of course be he knows cos he looked after me through it) i had a nervous break down of my own and had to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital as a danger to myself for 10 days. I missed a lot of school and my grades slipped.

However, this doesnt make me any less worth of an offer from Durham and as i previously said, i take huge offence at the suggest that i dont. I managed 28 IB points in my mock exams in February without even revising and without knowing a lot of the syllabus i missed while away from school (while everyone else is doing in class review i'm learning it for the first time). I've recently been given new predictions for the IB of 36 - 38 points.

I've worked hard and i probably have a lot more experience of real life than your "friend" and am just as capable acedemically.

Durham is NOT racist, your "friend" was just unlucky. Accept it and get over it.

I hope you did not mention that bit on your application, although Durham tend to be quite understanding.

I did not say they were racists, I said, now for I don't know how many times, they are discriminatory, there is a wealth of difference.

I did not say they were racists, I said, now for I don't know how many times, they are discriminatory, there is a wealth of difference.

And then you rambled on about the Irish being **** on and so forth. The implication was Durham are racists, even if you did not directly say it in those words