[Official] Computer Science applicants thread 2024 entry

That’s the first offer I’ve heard so far on here. Was it their standard offer A” A* A?

Yes, A* for Maths. Her 2 friends received offers on the same day, but with lower than standard offers. We suspect where they live, there is less people going to university, hence the lower offer. Otherwise can't think of any other reasons.

Yes, A* for Maths. Her 2 friends received offers on the same day, but with lower than standard offers. We suspect where they live, there is less people going to university, hence the lower offer. Otherwise can't think of any other reasons.

Still waiting on Warwick 🙁

Don't worry...Warwick does take their time because there is no admissions test to differentiate between candidates. Since there is no admissions test, it is very similar to Durham in that regard because they will wait until the applicant deadline is past before sending out the majority of offers.

The only course I know that has had lots of offers come out is Maths because they have had admissions tests (the MAT and/or TMUA).

Thanks. Fingers crossed.

Still waiting on Warwick 🙁

Ahh that is so cool! My NEA is going OK. I have finished my testing phase and I just need a massive write-up because essentially I have neglected my documentation altogether except for my analysis, which needs tweaking ever so slightly as I found a better way to do it. I am making essentially my own chess platform, except there is no rating system nor player vs player system.

I would tell you much more the exam board prevents us from saying any more about it.

One of my friends is doing a similar thing to you but he's also got a hardware element to it. Good luck for the A*!

I too want the A* but it's not a requirement for me.

I just want to get through school with awesome grades! 9999999988 at GCSE and hopefully 5 A*s, if not close to it, in my A levels.

Anyone had an offer from Warwick for Computer Science?

i regret not applying there i dont know why i didnt

I didn't because of the drop in the rankings and I'm happy I went with Durham instead because of lower typical requirements. My other places have quite high requirements so I need some places with lower requirements so that I have some chance of going. Having said that, in retrospect, I probably should have applied there over Edinburgh or Manchester

yh thats true bro, always good to have a safer option tbf

Initially,I thought my logic makes sense (I think it still does but I'm unsure about it). My logic was that if I don't get into Cambridge or Imperial, I still want to go somewhere really really good, if not world class, for Computing, even if that meant higher UCAS tariffs.

My friend went to the Warwick Open Day and told me that the members of staff were col and rather abrupt, which was his interpretation so I didn't take it too seriously, Looking at the rankings as well, the drop suggested that there had been some massive reformation within the department that made it worse, which slightly put me off. The sledgehammer was my Computing teacher saying to me that the course was better at Edinburgh and Mnchester and I am going to choose between the three, I should go for Manchester and Edinburgh.

That left one option, which I decided should be like a lower requirement university in case I didn't get in to these universities and as an insurance option if I got my offers from the other 4 but still in the top 10 universities for Computing. That's why I chose Durham because it's A*AA, I liked the facility at the Open Day but also lower requirements (the a star is in Maths so shouldn't be too taxing).

Still waiting on Durham though, which is making me worry...loads of people have received offers for CS at Durham so I think I'm probably getting rejected. If the reason is in my control, it will most likely be my GCSEs. If not, it will probably be the competitive nature of the other applicants going for the course (if this is you, congratulations on your offer!)

Received offer University of Leeds for CS (AI ), International. Any feedback on Leeds ??

Received offer University of Leeds for CS (AI ), International. Any feedback on Leeds ??

I also have an offer from Leeds for CS!!!

Congrats! Is that going to be your firm or insurance choice? Being from Leeds, I'm sure you will enjoy your experience at this university.

I’m currently not sure I really don’t know what to pick 😅. Although it’s between Sheffield, Leeds and Nottingham.