St. Andrews Applicants 2009 (deferred 2010)

AHHHHHHHHHHHH i just got a letter from st. A's saying they are going to make me an offer WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO finally its come

hehe sorry

Hey, is there somebody whos going to the open day on february 18 th?
Could somebody tell me the easiest and cheapest way to get to St Andrews from Edinburgh Considering the fact that I`m coming from Germany it should be the easiest way to fly to Edinburgh?
Hope to meet some of you there

Btw congrats on all the new offers

Right, there's been a huge number of people moaning about this.

Grades are not everything. In fact, your personal statement is probably worth more than your grades. There are plenty of people with 4 straight A's at A-level who have been rejected for various unis and various courses.

Just because you meet (or exceed) the entry requirements does not mean you will get an offer. See above.

When you are made an offer, the conditions do not have to be equal to their published entry requirement. The entry requirement is what you generally need. Universities can raise or lower the conditions for your offer on an individual basis. I've seen people need AAA for a course with an entry requirement of ABB, and I've also seen lower. In fact, I've seen one person with an offer of EE for a place at Cambridge..

AHHHHHHHHHHHH i just got a letter from st. A's saying they are going to make me an offer WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO finally its come

hehe sorry

I shouldn't think so. Different departments reply at different times (depending on the number of applications they recieve). At the end of the day, it's down to the department



Right, there's been a huge number of people moaning about this.

Grades are not everything. In fact, your personal statement is probably worth more than your grades. There are plenty of people with 4 straight A's at A-level who have been rejected for various unis and various courses.

Just because you meet (or exceed) the entry requirements does not mean you will get an offer. See above.

When you are made an offer, the conditions do not have to be equal to their published entry requirement. The entry requirement is what you generally need. Universities can raise or lower the conditions for your offer on an individual basis. I've seen people need AAA for a course with an entry requirement of ABB, and I've also seen lower. In fact, I've seen one person with an offer of EE for a place at Cambridge..

I understand this. The difference is I have already sat the exams that I need to get in. Individuals can receive different conditional offers for the same course yes; but I am confused as to why I would be given a conditional offer when I know there are people with the same grades with an unconditional offer. If it was due to personal statement, reference ect surely they would just reject me instead.
Generally, conditional offers for AH's at st andrews are for second year entry.

Anyway, i've emailed the professor so i guess i'll find out soon enough xD

Maybe they assumed second year entry if you're doing AH? Physics is quite often second-year entry, I believe?

Bastards rejected me.

(I didn't want to go anyway, really, I'm just angry they dare reject me, lol. )

Thats what everyone says

Hey, is there somebody whos going to the open day on february 18 th?
Could somebody tell me the easiest and cheapest way to get to St Andrews from Edinburgh Considering the fact that I`m coming from Germany it should be the easiest way to fly to Edinburgh?
Hope to meet some of you there

Btw congrats on all the new offers

yayyy the profesor emailed me saying he made a mistake, the offer is unconditional

wooo at least i now have one offer! haha

That's good
Is St Andrews where you want to go?

hmm i really have no idea where i want to go anymore!
do you know what your first choice is?

Either Durham or St andrews. Not really sure though! Might see you at one of those