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Rejected from King’s PPE

I heard that with A*AA predictions, you would basically be guaranteed an offer at King’s for PPE. I got rejected with predicted A*AAB and was told that it was because my application was not as competitive as others, is anyone else applying/receiving offers for PPE and does anyone know why I may have been rejected?

Reply 1

PS Reviewer

Do Kings have a preference for any particular A level subjects? Do you have the required GCSE maths grade?

Who told you that you would be guaranteed an offer? The UCAS stats show only 3/5 (60%) of applicants get an offer.

(edited 2 months ago)

Reply 2

sn991

they don't have a preference for certain subjects. Using the calculator which uses data of past offers, A*AA grades have a 100% acceptance rate.

Reply 3

PS Reviewer

Original post by sn991

they don't have a preference for certain subjects. Using the calculator which uses data of past offers, A*AA grades have a 100% acceptance rate.

Which calculator was that?
Do you have the required GCSE maths grade?

Reply 4

sn991

Original post by PQ

Which calculator was that?
Do you have the required GCSE maths grade?

On UCAS, and yes I got a 7 in GCSE maths

Reply 5

PS Reviewer

Original post by sn991

On UCAS, and yes I got a 7 in GCSE maths

The acceptance rates by grades on UCAS are the proportion of offer holders who were accepted with those grades.

UCAS doesn’t provide offer rates by grades only the overall offer rate for all applicants (the “3 in 5” rate).

(edited 2 months ago)

Reply 6

JesssC

Obviously I'm not an expert but it sounds like your grades are acceptable but maybe it was your personal statement that didn't have enough passion. Just my thoughts but don't be disheartened and keep trying