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Clearing 2007

Reply 180

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trackaddict

drongo, thanks so much for these lists!

can i be annoying and ask for "maths & spanish" unis please??

No such category I'm afraid. Courses would be listed under both individual categories (usually). I've done Maths, which unis in that list do the course? I'll check the code if you tell me what code/codes and which of those unis you are interested in.

Reply 181

trackaddict

Drongo

No such category I'm afraid. Courses would be listed under both individual categories (usually). I've done Maths, which unis in that list do the course? I'll check the code if you tell me what code/codes and which of those unis you are interested in.

oh, i think it's g1r4, or gr14? and g1t9/g1tx for maths with modern language?

Reply 182

Drongo

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trackaddict

oh, i think it's g1r4, or gr14? and g1t9/g1tx for maths with modern language?

OK, so I'll give you all of them since there aren't too many but if there were loads it would really help if you requestees narrowed down which institutions are of interest...

U Aberdeen
U Aberystwyth
Aston U
U Chester
U Greenwich
Lancaster U
U Stirling
U Swansea

Reply 183

trackaddict

oh really, that's it? wasn't expecting much, but maybe a few more than that...

the ones i was looking for were aston (on the list), st andrews (which NEVER has clearing anyway lol), manchester, exeter, southampton, sheffield, ucl (again, not likely to have any places)

thanks for that :smile:

Reply 184

gLace

what does U mean? the grade?

Reply 185

readjono

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I wondered that at first. It just means University.

Reply 186

gLace

i dont get what that means can anyine tell me?

Reply 187

bete noire

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Like University Aberswyth or Greenwich University. They just put the letter instead of the word.

Anyway, do you think that, if a course went into clearing last year that it'd be pretty easy to get in this year?

Reply 188

Drongo

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i am a duck

Like University Aberswyth or Greenwich University. They just put the letter instead of the word.

Anyway, do you think that, if a course went into clearing last year that it'd be pretty easy to get in this year?

Correct re uni. I'd be typing out 'university' to mental distraction! And I was doing it to avoid confusion (LOL) as sometimes there are Colleges which share the other bit of the name eg Bristol, Swansea, Greenwich.

I wouldn't count on entry being easier/easy. As applicants can only choose 5 places this year (it was 6 before) it may make the offer/uptake ratio for the unis more complicated to get right.

It does seem that if you just miss your firm offer then a place having space on results day may well be accomodating rather than looking for a clearing applicant.

Having loads of spaces last year might have meant the course requirements were dropped for this year but that should be reflected in the prospectus. The trend however is for ever higher entry requirements as evidenced on TSR.

Reply 189

papillon22

could you possibly do a list for modern languages please? preferably combinations with german, like german and spanish or similar :smile:

Reply 190

madima

Drongo

Already did aero engineering. Have a look at the unis and ask for codes of those you're interested in.

Adding Aerospace gives:

U Bath
Brunel U
Coventry U
Doncaster Coll
U Glamorgan
U Glasgow
Imperial Coll
U Liverpool
NE Wales Unst HE
U Nottingham
Stockport Coll
U Surrey

WOW

. you sure about that one?

Reply 191

jermaindefoe

15

would it be possible to have a list of the unis that went in to clearing for computer science pelase

thanks very much

Reply 192

Drongo

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papillon22

could you possibly do a list for modern languages please? preferably combinations with german, like german and spanish or similar :smile:

OK, the following is not meant as a criticism of you Papillon. I'm just using this request to highlight the way the newspaper advertises the clearing places.

Papillon's request is not as easy as it sounds. In the 110 pages of newspaper there are subject categories, under each one is a list of institutions with all the course codes for each place. The universities seem to choose under which category they will advertise their spaces. In the case of languages the categories are "Languages" , "Modern Languages" , "Spanish" , "French" etc. The problem is a uni may advertise each course in all of them, in one or in a random number. The one thing that doesn't happen is a neat list of just eg German and Spanish courses. And there isn't only one code for such a course so I'd have to cross check all the codes of interest (once I'd looked them up on UCAS)against pages and pages of close typed codes.

This is not just a problem with Languages. All joint, 'with', particularly specialised and unusual courses (ie not straight Law, Phil, Economics etc )are categorised equally randomly. This is why I'm asking Requestees to ask for subjects/courses (with codes) at specific institutions, please.

I started giving long lists at the beginning of this thread so that people realised that there was a lot to be found in Clearing. If you look at the lists the same places come up again and again. If you need info about the ones that don't (or specific reassurance about the ones that do!) then please ask me only about those named places with your best guess at category along with a code if possible.

Of course this is not my thread and the requests are not actually addressed to me, so it's probably not my place to say how they should be worded... :wink:

Reply 193

jermaindefoe

15

well to be more specific in my post im looking for

imperial college london course code = g400 or g401

hope thats better? if not sorry :tongue:

Reply 194

Rhys.

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Drongo

Of course this is not my thread and the requests are not actually addressed to me, so it's probably not my place to say how they should be worded... :wink:

Let's face it, this is your thread. Thanks again for this, I certainly wouldn't .

Reply 195

Drongo

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jermaindefoe

well to be more specific in my post im looking for

imperial college london course code = g400 or g401

hope thats better? if not sorry :tongue:

MUCH better thanks. :smile:

I'll give you everything Imperial under Computer

GH56 HG65 HG6M

Reply 196

jermaindefoe

15

thanks very much for that

much appreciated

Reply 197

Drongo

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jermaindefoe

thanks very much for that

much appreciated

As a bonus..

Unis in the top 25 places according to Times Rank for Computer Science with G400 and G401 in Clearing are

Aberdeen (G400 only)
Kent
KCL
Lancaster
Manchester
Nottingham
Royal Holloway (G400 only)
Sheffield
Southampton
Surrey
York

Reply 198

TimeLady

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