Durham Applicants 2008 Thread

rejected for geography at st chads. don't know why. AAABB at AS, predicted AAAA at A2, good ps...

Reply 601

rejected for geography at st chads

Reply 602

Mike_P

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shellyholmes

rejected for geography at st chads

Sorry to hear :frown:

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Where else you applying?
Hope those will give you offers you feel comfortable with!

Reply 603

Queen Alice

shellyholmes

rejected for geography at st chads

tough luck... :frown:

I believe geography is a really competetive course at Durham, so better luck with your other unis :smile:

Reply 604

Mike_P

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Reblet

Your application has been received by a College
A decision has not yet been made. Please visit the UCAS website for further details

*prays and wishes and hopes and begs there not to be a glitch on the system*

Please Durham please... I suppose I'll just have to wait... Ho hum...

Hot chocolate for all!

Congratulations :smile:

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I believe that the decision is only for the college in question of whether to accomodate you or not, so should have gotten in anyhow!

What college did you apply for?
Why English?

(you always write in darkpurplered? kind of cute tho)

Reply 605

i'm applying to oxford (interview this weekend)
st andrews, edinburgh and aberystwyth (offer; BBB)

Reply 606

Mike_P

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shellyholmes

i'm applying to oxford (interview this weekend)
st andrews, edinburgh and aberystwyth (offer; BBB)

Oh!

Sounds excellent!
I'm sure you'll be fine anyhow.
Also grats for the Aberystwyth offer.

Reply 607

thanks, good luck to ye for whom there is still hope!

Reply 608

generic hybrid

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Reblet

Your application has been received by a College
A decision has not yet been made. Please visit the UCAS website for further details

*prays and wishes and hopes and begs there not to be a glitch on the system*

Please Durham please... I suppose I'll just have to wait... Ho hum...

Hot chocolate for all!

Oh man, Reblet, that better not be a glitch. :eek:

Early congratulations?

Reply 609

Wez

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Itchynscratchy

I will say here what I said in the other thread. Prove it.

Where does it say explicitly ''we will not take you if you do not have at least 6 A*s''? I don't want it quoted about ''a significant number'' I want it to say somewhere in black and white that the blanket benchmark exists below which everyone is rejected regardless. Show me.

EDIT: I would also like to add, for the last frigging time, that I personally know history students with less than 6A*s. Therefore people can be accepted without having 6A*s, therefore the rumour is complete rubbish.

Why do applicants always think they know better? Or are you one of these people who was rejected and is bitter about it? Its always one or the other.

Itchynscratchy: You're arguing against an argument that isn't there. kw2005 has not claimed there is a blanket rule with no exceptions. Nor did I when you used the same arguments against me in this thread. We're not arguing that there is a blanket rule with no exceptions. You asking us for proof of this non-existent blanket rule with no exceptions rule which we have not claimed exists.

As I said before, it seems likely that the department rejects people with fewer than X number of A*s at gcse given the low number of applicants with poor GCSEs unless there is something exceptional about their application. Calls to admissions tutors can confirm this. But the barrier is not impermeable. Thus you can still have the 4/5/6 A* rule and still have students who do not have 4+A*. It is perfectly valid to say you got rejected because your GCSEs weren't good enough for Durham. 'I got rejected because my GCSEs weren't good enough and I didn't have something virtually unheard of in my personal statement/reference' is, of course, slightly more accurate.

Reply 610

Itchynscratchy

Itchynscratchy: You're arguing against an argument that isn't there. kw2005 has not claimed there is a blanket rule with no exceptions. Nor did I when you used the same arguments against me in this thread. We're not arguing that there is a blanket rule with no exceptions. You asking us for proof of this non-existent blanket rule with no exceptions rule which we have not claimed exists.

A 6A* policy would have to be a blanket rule. If you are claiming that such a policy exists then you are claiming that there is a blanket rule. That's what a policy is, a definate course of action where there are no exceptions.

But the barrier is not impermeable. Thus you can still have the 4/5/6 A* rule and still have students who do not have 4+A*.

As I said eariler, if the barrier is not impermeable then there is no barrier at all. It is stupid to call it a barrier if people can be accepted who are below the barrier, it just doesn't make any sense to say that. There either is a barrier, or there isn't. All you are doing by mentioning 6A*s all the time is putting people off who might otherwise have got in.

It is perfectly valid to say you got rejected because your GCSEs weren't good enough for Durham. 'I got rejected because my GCSEs weren't good enough and I didn't have something virtually unheard of in my personal statement/reference' is, of course, slightly more accurate.

I disagree, all you can ever say is 'My application as a whole was not good enough'. Since you don't have access to any other application made to the department.

Reply 611

kates:)

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the thread is named durham applications 08, i think if any disputes are to be had wouldn't they be better placed in the rejections thread?

Reply 612

Itchynscratchy

kates:)

the thread is named durham applications 08, i think if any disputes are to be had wouldn't they be better placed in the rejections thread?

This information is probably relevent for applicants, in my opinion.

EDIT: especially applicants in your position.

Reply 613

jellybaby17

I know someone who just got rejected for geography at Durham, with straight As and a great ps and reference. Is very weird!

Reply 614

Reblet

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Mike_P

Congratulations :smile:

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I believe that the decision is only for the college in question of whether to accomodate you or not, so should have gotten in anyhow!

What college did you apply for?
Why English?

(you always write in darkpurplered? kind of cute tho)

Thanks for all the tentative congratulations folks. :smile:

haha if it's a glitch now I may cry... a lot.

So fingers crossed it will zoom through a college and I'll get a letter I can keep under my pillow...

Anyway yeah I applied for English at University (so I doubt I'll get in there tbh, I'll expect a different college if I have really got an offer!)
Why English? Because I love it so much it hurts and if I didn't do it I would be terribly unhappy and because I rock at it... haha.

Eeeeek. Any other English track changes?!

Reply 615

Reblet

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I hate applying to Unis, it destroys your soul. You work for years to get the best grades you can and then a decision from one person can ruin it all... But things will work out alright in the end. I hope your friend gets in where they want.

Reply 616

Itchynscratchy