Exeter 2020

Hello,
I have the same question as above but for medicine.

Thank you

Ok, so I'll start:
I'm thinking of studying Zoology at the Penryn Campus. I'm currently studying Biology, Geography and Chemistry. At the moment Exeter is my number 1 for where/what I'd like to do next year In the future I'd like to go into conservation or something like that. I also enjoy playing tennis, clarinet, piano and singing. I like to give lots of things a try and am looking forward to a year's time although I can't believe it's only a year away... Anyways! Hi!
Oh! And if you couldn't tell by the course I'm obsessed with animals and the outdoors

Hi Rob. Our offer making process is largely tariff driven. This means that, at Exeter, the most important aspect of your application will be your achieved or predicted academic results, as this is the best predictor for success on one of our degree programmes. Personal statements will be considered, but mainly to identify any mitigating or extenuating circumstances that may have affected your achieved or predicted grades.

Where personal statements are considered more closely, we would want to see:

- Your reasons for the choice of subjects taken at A level or equivalent and, where appropriate, the relevance of those subjects to your chosen degree course;
- Why you have applied for a particular course and how this relates to your current and previous studies and experiences. If you have a career goal, it is helpful if you tell us how the course would enable you to fulfil that ambition;
- Evidence of a willingness and desire to learn at a higher level: we are looking for students who have the potential and the drive to succeed;
- Details of any work experience, paid or unpaid, and any other positions of responsibility that you’ve had. We’re particularly interested in the skills gained from these experiences and how they relate to your own personal development and how they may help you in your studies and life at university;
- Information regarding volunteering and other extracurricular activities and what you have gained in terms of experience and skills from these interests;
- Your plans for how you will spend a gap year (if relevant) and what you will gain from these experiences.


However, please remember that your UCAS application is for all your university choices and they may place more emphasis on the personal statement in their offer-making process. So it is important to make your statement as good as it can be.
Hope you have a great time at our Open Day in September!
Karen

Hi,
I just have a question about the application, since you say it is largely grade based. What sort of grades are you looking for ? Does quanitity of GCSEs matter? Also, if someone has all As across the board with one subject that is a C or D, will it affect their application? I have a C in my Art AS but i dropped it, got As in the others... Will this hurt my application? I am applying for a sociology course and my subjects are biology, sociology, economics and history, predicted As/A*s at A level and got As at AS but will my C in Art hurt my application?
Thank you

I just received an offer for history at A*AA and I'm really happy! On the website it says that the typical offer is A*AA-AAA so I was just wondering how they choose which offer to give - could it be that here was something negative about my application? It probably sounds obsessive but I'm stressed about this whole process

Welcome! This is a thread for those thinking of starting at Exeter Uni in 2020. Hopefully this will be a useful place to ask for information about courses, accommodation and other topics across all Exeter Campuses. As an icebreaker, introduce your current subjects, what you are thinking of applying for, which campus this is on and perhaps any other information you think would be useful

I just received an offer for history at A*AA and I'm really happy! On the website it says that the typical offer is A*AA-AAA so I was just wondering how they choose which offer to give - could it be that here was something negative about my application? It probably sounds obsessive but I'm stressed about this whole process

Sometimes they write back to you to give you a more flexible offer, particularly on the combination of grades, being able to drop a grade and still,being accepted etc. It depends how much they want you, but it does happen. Just hang on a few weeks you may hear something later on.

I'm doing English Lit, Sociology and Religious Studies. I really want to do IR w/Portuguese but as a person colour, I can't help but feel I would be a liitle uncomfortable given Exeter's recent history. Should I be worried?

Thanks a lot.

Hi everyone!

I'm applying for Human Sciences (Penryn) with A*AA predictions in biology maths and art and 9888887777 at GCSE

One question; How big/small is the average HumSci cohort?

If you undertake a course that includes a year studying abroad how much say do you get on which university abroad you attend (from the list of approved partners)? For example if you were set on University of Otago for your year abroad how likely is it that you could go there?

Just realised another question I have (sorry!)
To what extent does the university use contextual data to allocate offers? e.g. does being first gen make a difference / postcode / school type and performance? thanks!