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How competitive is Exeter?

I've had a good look on the Exeter website but haven't seen any published figures of applicants/places ratios as most of the other Uni's do. Anyone got a link?

Reply 1

eDDeboo

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The fact the offers have gone up from BBB only a few years ago to AAB's shows that it is competitive, and it won't be long before the majority of offers are AAA

Reply 2

DannyBoy123

OP

15

eDDeboo

The fact the offers have gone up from BBB only a few years ago to AAB's shows that it is competitive, and it won't be long before the majority of offers are AAA

Mmm, but that's not necessarily and indicator of competitiveness, for example LSE's standard offer for Govt. is AAB yet the ratio of applicants to places is around 20:1.

Reply 3

Sephrenia

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I cant say for any other subject, but this year maths alone has had over 1000 applicants - there are under 200 places available. This year they had to split the undergrads up as there were too many to fit into the largest lecture theatre - which holds 160...
Overall in Exeter they have had more applicants than ever before I believe - they've had so many that they aren't allowing returning students places in Uni accommodation next year, else there wouldn't be enough spaces for the freshers!

Reply 4

Pikey

Sephrenia

I cant say for any other subject, but this year maths alone has had over 1000 applicants - there are under 200 places available.

I don't think that's actually very bad at all. They must give out a good 600 offers or so if there's 200 places, possibly more.

Obviously depends on the course, but I got the impression that Exeter isn't too competitive in comparison to similarly ranked uni's. Definitely don't be put off applying.

Reply 5

Sephrenia

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Pikey

I don't think that's actually very bad at all. They must give out a good 600 offers or so if there's 200 places, possibly more.

Obviously depends on the course, but I got the impression that Exeter isn't too competitive in comparison to similarly ranked uni's. Definitely don't be put off applying.

I doubt they give out 600 offers - '06 entry there are only about 100 on the course I think, and this year there are almost 200 people on the course. Exeter wasn't expecting almost 200 people to get in...Vaguely remembering something from an open day - I think, dont quote me on this, theres about 4 applicants per place - over a year ago...

Reply 6

Pikey

Sephrenia

I doubt they give out 600 offers - '06 entry there are only about 100 on the course I think, and this year there are almost 200 people on the course. Exeter wasn't expecting almost 200 people to get in...Vaguely remembering something from an open day - I think, dont quote me on this, theres about 4 applicants per place - over a year ago...

Ah fair enough. What I really mean is that they probably give out a good 3 or 4 times as many offers as there are places. Most uni's will, apart from Oxbridge for obvious reasons.

Reply 7

The Boosh

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eDDeboo

it won't be long before the majority of offers are AAA

according to the student paper 2(?) years ago, the average offer is aaa. applications rose recently by something like 25% average (some departments were up 50%+). 6-7(?) years ago, exeter was top10 for applicants per place, it went down slightly when several departments closed/moved and when the new tuition fee was introduced, but the new developments (halls/sports facilities/campus/new depts etc) have boosted the unis profile and again it's super popular. it's popularity, along with the amount of 2:1s awarded, spending, student satisfaction scores and (probably) 2008 research assessment score will keep it around the 15-20 slot in the tables for a few years, which will no doubt mean a further increase in applications in future. the revamped city centre will no doubt pull in the punters too. exeter will be the new bath (or at least, how bath was seen a few years ago). i suspect that the vc wants exeter to be like a russell group uni more than a 1994 group uni, so it should be interesting to see what happens when you graduate (i think the student population will get larger, more science-based fields will emerge, larger research grants will be applied for and staff will be urged to publish more etc).

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