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King's College London (KCL) ~ Applicants for 2019 Entry

This thread is for everyone considering applying, or who has applied, to KCL for the September 2019 entry. Hopefully it can be a good hub for you to discuss any concerns, questions or anything else on your mind regarding the uni :biggrin:

Some useful links:

KCL 2019 Undergraduate prospectus: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/prospectus.aspx

KCL Postgraduate portal: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/index.aspx

KCL Accommodation information: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/accommodation/index.aspx

KCL Fees and Funding information: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/index.aspx

TSR UniMatch KCL database: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/uni...london/courses

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Are you applying to the King's College for 2019 entry? Then this is the place to be!

This is the place for King's College applicants to chat and meet with other applicants during the application process.

Name:
Location (optional):
Course:
Predicted grades:
Also applying at:
Currently studying:
Extra-Curricular Interests:

Name: Aaminah
Location (optional): Berkshire
Course: Politics BA
Predicted grades: A*AA (Business, History & Geography)
Also applying at: Queen Mary, Birmingham (unconditional or AAB), LSE and Warwick
Currently studying: A-Level History, Business and Geography
Extra-Curricular Interests:

- Summer Schools at LSE, Dundee, Reading, Exeter, Bristol, Southampton & UCL
- Study days at Oxford
- Gifted & Talented Programme
- Writer for Youth Law Journal (wrote a article on Brexit)
- On Board of Editors of student run newspaper
- Was a Board of Director's for our charity group at school (we raised £2,000)
- Student Ambassador
- Tutor 2 girls in Maths at school
- My job is being a tutor in maths and science
- Work experience at a barristers' chamber & city law firm
- Career day at Bank of America

@Puddles the Monkey
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Name: Fitz
Location (optional): south west
Course: biomedical sciences
Predicted grades: A*A*A*
Also applying at: Birmingham, Oxford, Sheffield and Wawrick
Currently studying: biology, chemistry, physics
Extra-Curricular Interests:
- work experience at Institute of Neurology, UCL
- gold and silver d of e
- extra reading
- voluntary work abroad
- cambridge + oxford taster days

applied 01/10/18 and got an offer 10/10/18 for AAB (deferred entry)
Name: Miya
Location (optional): hell nah
Course: Law
Predicted grades: Either A*AA or A*A*A (English department are being stubborn)
Also applying at: Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle and Birmingham
Currently studying: English Lit, History and Philosophy
Extra-Curricular Interests:

- Reading
- Playing the drums
- Volunteer w Amnesty Intl
- Shadowed criminal trials at court
- Clerked for a family law case
- Tutor
- Wagamama
- Materialistic indulgements in which I waste all my money on a pair of ugly shoes
Original post by fitzfarseer
Name: Fitz
Location (optional): south west
Course: biomedical sciences
Predicted grades: A*A*A*
Also applying at: Birmingham, Oxford, Sheffield and Wawrick
Currently studying: biology, chemistry, physics
Extra-Curricular Interests:
- work experience at Institute of Neurology, UCL
- gold and silver d of e
- extra reading
- voluntary work abroad
- cambridge + oxford taster days

applied 01/10/18 and got an offer 10/10/18 for AAB (deferred entry)

Congrats :smile:. I technically applied on the 4th on my UCAS but then I changed Edinburgh on the 8th (late at night) to KCL :smile:.

I've had an acknowledgement email but my apply portal is messed up :frown:
Threads for 2019 will be up later today for all aspects of KCL (Undergrad, Postgrad, Accommodation, Offer Holders) etc.
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Has anyone yet heard from KCL? I applied a few weeks ago for modern languages and was wondering how long it would be before the offers/rejections start coming through. Maybe with the Oxbridge deadline tonight, they'll have enough for the first batch. Hope so.
Name: Ella
Location (optional): East Anglia
Course: History
Predicted grades: A*A*A*A (plus latin, which I took last year)
Also applying at: Cambridge, Durham, UCL, LSE
Currently studying: Latin (taken), History, English Lit, French, EPQ
Extra-Curricular Interests:
- Did a one on one internship and research project at Yale Uni over the summer
- Volunteering in school archives
- Young ambassador for Palace House Museum
- Volunteering with syrian refugees
- currently learning Japanese
- history masterclass @ cambridge
- lots of museum visits
- debating
- public speaking competition (Great Debate 2018)
- lots of wider reading
- lots of lectures (attended two before applyig and going to about 9 lectures in the next two weeks)
- History society and history extra club

Applied 21/09/18, received confirmation and kings apply account, but still waiting for a decision (nerve wracking)
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Original post by fitzfarseer
Name: Fitz
Location (optional): south west
Course: biomedical sciences
Predicted grades: A*A*A*
Also applying at: Birmingham, Oxford, Sheffield and Wawrick
Currently studying: biology, chemistry, physics
Extra-Curricular Interests:
- work experience at Institute of Neurology, UCL
- gold and silver d of e
- extra reading
- voluntary work abroad
- cambridge + oxford taster days

applied 01/10/18 and got an offer 10/10/18 for AAB (deferred entry)

Congrats on your offer! Which uni did you get the offer from? I applied for medicine and biomed at King's on 5.10.18 but still haven't heard back yet. I haven't even received an acknowledgement email or a student ID. Am I the only one?
Name: prefer not to
Location (optional):
Course: English
Predicted grades: --> already achieved nine 5's in AP, and 1550 in SAT (equivalent to A Levels should be A*A*A* or A*A*A*A*, depending on how unis treat my APs)
Also applying at: Oxford (Exeter), UCL, Edinburgh, Warwick
Currently studying: Art History, English Language, Physics
Extra-Curricular Interests:
-copywriting internship @ startup
-journalism internships
-Shakespeare's globe young academics
-student government president
-student librarian
-etc etc.....
Congrats :smile:. I technically applied on the 4th on my UCAS but then I changed Edinburgh on the 8th (late at night) to KCL :smile:.

I've had an acknowledgement email but my apply portal is messed up :frown:

I applied on the 5th October but still haven't gotten an acknowledgement email for both Medicine and Biomed😓😓
Name: Asher
Location: North Oxfordshire
Course: Digital Culture (either standalone or as a Liberal Arts major)
Predicted grades: A*AA
Also applying at: Only Kings. There are very few courses like this one in the country and no one does it quite like them.
Currently studying: English Literature
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Original post by seph_muriel
I applied on the 5th October but still haven't gotten an acknowledgement email for both Medicine and Biomed😓😓

Those subjects will probably have longer acknowledgement times to be fair :smile:
Original post by aaminahsaleem
Those subjects will probably have longer acknowledgement times to be fair :smile:

Ahhh I didn't know. Offers are already being given out for biomed so I started semi panicking😂 but you telling me this reassures me a bit. Thank you😊
Original post by suzekent
Has anyone yet heard from KCL? I applied a few weeks ago for modern languages and was wondering how long it would be before the offers/rejections start coming through. Maybe with the Oxbridge deadline tonight, they'll have enough for the first batch. Hope so.


I got an offer from KCL for Modern Languages a few minutes ago so hopefully you should get one really soon!
Original post by charlotteeve08
I got an offer from KCL for Modern Languages a few minutes ago so hopefully you should get one really soon!



Congratulations on your KCL offer!!! :smile:

How long did they take to respond? :smile:
Original post by aaminahsaleem
Congratulations on your KCL offer!!! :smile:

How long did they take to respond? :smile:


Thank you! :smile: My application went to UCAS on Thursday night, so about 5 days
Original post by MrDystopia
Threads for 2019 will be up later today for all aspects of KCL (Undergrad, Postgrad, Accommodation, Offer Holders) etc.


Sturgeon... the poisoned dwarf!
Name: May
Location (optional): London
Course: Adult Nursing BSc
Predicted grades: A B Distinction
Also applying to: City Uni, Greenwich, Middlesex, Southbank,
Currently studying: Sociology, Healthcare, EPQ
Extra-Curricular Interests + Work experience:
- Borough volunteer (can't name)
- Assisting in youth sports gatherings
- Reading + writing (short stories, novels, poems)
- Creating websites
- Coding
- Worked with mental health org ThinkArts
- Learning to cook, however failing badly hehe
- Shadowed doctors (FYs + registrars + consultants), nurses, OTs, PTs, Dieticians.
- Watched live surgery
- Watching surgery procedures + researching medical conditions
- GP work experience for 3 days

Applied: 15/11/2018
Acknowledgement:
Offer/Rejection:
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Has anyone received an offer from King's for Biochemistry yet??? If so, when did you apply??
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