Durham Applicants 2008 Thread

Poor you. Sorry to hear that. I ended up sending them a letter to confirm exactly why they did as it was like getting blood from a stone.

Best of luck with all your other choices, I'm sure you'll be fine.

Heads up for English applicants.

My friend just got in with NO A*'s 5 A's and a bunch of B's. 38 predicted at IB.

I really dont know where these A* myths come from. Piffuit.

ah interesting. did you get a reply?
thanks, just keeping my fingers crossed for Bristol or KCL now
good luck with your others as well

My first offer, from my (almost) top choice! Yay Durham!

Natural Sciences (AAA) from Hatfield

Congratulations to everyone who received an offer so far! Good luck to everyone still waiting

It's hard to know how you do with the Lnat tbh - I felt like I'd done terribly and given that it's out of 30 I suppose I have good reason to feel this way with a score of 21. 60% is a C in A level terms and you're likely to feel it wasn't great accordingly. Hang in there though, my essay was rubbish and Durham still gave me an offer - so maybe they put higher priorities on the multiple choice and you can stop worrying about the essay

Also, my offer last year was AAB which seemed to suprise a lot of people at the sample lecture at the open day (for people with offers in April, whatever it is) who presumed I was some 'wonderkid' genius or something. I'm not sure if this was my lnat (which I still feel 21 was alright to th average of 16 or 18 or something) but talked to someone on yougo with the same thing.

I've applied for English Literature at University College.
Am having to rely completely on my personal statement, which is terrifying!

Well done to him/ her! This is a very stupid question since your location is France, but is your friend an international applicant?

Time has definitely been a problem for loads of people, which is what makes it such a challenge! Both last years Lnat and this years PPE test (think it's called eplat or something silly) were the same for me.

I distinctly recall marking a number or sections (lnat) I wanted to come back to because I wasn't sure and thought I should look at freshly, but even cutting short and pushing onwards I was seriously low on time on the last few and didn't make the best decisions. This year (ppe) I was even more pressed for time -there's more questions and it's a mix of the omre lnat comprehensive and mathsy logical questions- and had to rushh to the end of the questions :s

If it makes you feel any better about the essay, for lnat I started to plan one then decided to write another essay and spent 10 minutes writing and rewriting the introduction.. The ploblems of computer based tests! So I had only done a smaall amount and had like 10 minutes left or something and just started rambling on about nothing. Then the counter was going down and I was in the middle of a word when the time cut me short and I felt physically sick coming out - I'd just ruined my chances of Law at some of the top unis.. To top it off, I was writing about education and realised that admissions tutors would be faced with this piece of junk that effectively said tv is a better learning tool than teachers O_O

Haha, and they let me slip through the system - you could do just as well

Woo My application apparently has been received by a college according to the AES.

I've just been on the durham tracker thing for the first time {never realised it existed!}

My status said my application has been sent to a college!!!

yippeee!!


Goood Luck to everyone else x