Physics at durham - applicants and discussion

Obviously you don't know the system. Its incredibly corrupt to put it simply.

Makes the institution and therefore their degree look better.

Aha of course, they disagree with you so the system must be corrupt?

If that were really the case, then why would already recognised degrees like oxbridge degrees have a high student satisfaction? Wouldn't they have no incentive to rate it highly? And wouldn't you then expect crazy student satisfaction from far less recognised unis far down the list, which... isn't happening?

Oh, and you just said that the rankings don't rly care about student satisfaction, so surely no one cares about the student satisfaction when judging the worth of a degree, and thus there is no incentive to rate it disproportionally highly?

The rankings don't because the information is so useless. Other people use it though, like people advising prospective students. If a university were to have a bad result then people would be less likely to come.

Nobody ever replies because its a farce to do so. Also you are a really **** course rep if you get no replies or feedback, we have had hundreds of emails for maths. Maybe that because people actually think its worth giving feedback, because the Maths department listens to it.

how would that be an incentive for leaving students to lie?

It probably *is* because people don't think it'll be worth it, but I'm not sure why. During our first year, both physics and maths SSCCs sent out emails (around the same time) to the first year students. Maths got massive feedback. Physics didn't. Perhaps I am a bad person and this comes across through the email medium, but I like to think I'm not quite that obvious.

This makes it a rather annoying problem. As far as email is concerned people *are* happy!

Your allegations of farces and things are nothing but saddening. It's one thing to dislike the physics department, another to slander everyone and everything related to it. It isn't *their* fault you weren't very good at the work

Woot, offer finally .

Now to make up my mind

What was your offer?

Edit - Never mind, saw your sig.

You have quite a few harsh offers

Three As

If only it had been AAB but that was never gonna happen

Ah well XD
*feels really lucky about his offer*

You should come just to see if HMK is right or not

My offer is easier than yours though .

I already have one of the As in maths (just not certificated) and only need C average this year for an A in physics so its only one more A I need. And thats in A-levels rather than silly difficult Scottish things .

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Ah who cares, we're both gonna meet whatever offers we have

I would argue that my offer is harsher... that said, it's not a competition, and if it was, Mithra would win and I'd be last =( ^^

Almost certainly. I consider myself lucky to have such a generous offer. That said it doesn't matter too much because i don't plan on doing badly in the exams.

Who would have guessed?

You know what i mean though. I've applied to Durham, so I must believe I can meet any offer they were likely to give me. Not the same with you?