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Will I, and when will I receive offers? (PPE)

Heya guys, I'm just wondering what the chances are of me getting offers for PPE and when I should expect them for.

GCSE's: 99999999987 + A in FSMQ
A-Levels: A*A*A*A Predicted in Maths, Economics, Psychology, FM respectively

I have applied to: Oxford, LSE, Warwick, KCL, Exeter (In order of preference)

I'm mostly concerned about my chances of receiving an offer from Warwick, as I haven't sat my TSA yet and I know LSE is a bit of a coin flip.

Thanks for any help!

Reply 1

Oxford interview invitations come out around the start of December time provided you have a good TSA and an overall good application. Your 7 at GCSE hurts your chances ever so slightly but that wouldn't be the reason you get rejected if you do. Offers come out around January time if you ace your interviews.
LSE wait for the equal consideration deadline before evaluating anyone, so expect them to update you around march/april time. Offers are contingent on a very good personal statement.
Warwick, KCL are rolling, so review applications as they come in. You can expect notice anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months, so I wouldn't stress too much on this.

Reply 2

Most of these universities offer very late, I applied to LSE ,Warwick KCL UCL & Bath, I heard back from Bath in late Feb (Econ with politics offer)but the rest I didn’t hear back until April and early May. KCL 5 April (PPE offer) LSE 21 April (PPE Not offered) Warwick 3 May (PPE offer) Last to reply was UCL 19 May (PPE Not offered) good luck you stand a very high chance of getting offers from all of the unis you’ve applied to with those stats! Mine were A*A*A* 99998887776. Oxford of course have a set date for offers and Exeter normally offer very early but the others you could be in for a bit of a wait there.

Reply 3

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by marcus.0
Oxford interview invitations come out around the start of December time provided you have a good TSA and an overall good application. Your 7 at GCSE hurts your chances ever so slightly but that wouldn't be the reason you get rejected if you do. Offers come out around January time if you ace your interviews.
LSE wait for the equal consideration deadline before evaluating anyone, so expect them to update you around march/april time. Offers are contingent on a very good personal statement.
Warwick, KCL are rolling, so review applications as they come in. You can expect notice anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months, so I wouldn't stress too much on this.

KCL and Warwick take ages to respond. I applied October 11 last year (PPE) and didn’t hear back until April for KCL and early May for Warwick both of which were offers. (I’d pretty much given up hope at this point ) This guys stats are quite a lot better than mine so it’s possible he may hear earlier? LSE also offer/decline very late, I heard back late April last year, not offered due to PS apparently not being convincing enough even though I and my teachers thought it very strong!

Reply 4

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by marcus.0
Oxford interview invitations come out around the start of December time provided you have a good TSA and an overall good application. Your 7 at GCSE hurts your chances ever so slightly but that wouldn't be the reason you get rejected if you do. Offers come out around January time if you ace your interviews.
LSE wait for the equal consideration deadline before evaluating anyone, so expect them to update you around march/april time. Offers are contingent on a very good personal statement.
Warwick, KCL are rolling, so review applications as they come in. You can expect notice anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months, so I wouldn't stress too much on this.

One 7 will not have any meaningful impact on OPs chances

Reply 5

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by bumba123
One 7 will not have any meaningful impact on OPs chances

May be true but if you have a look at Section 4 of the admissions report here and look at the fall off between 10 and 11 A* GCSEs, one less A* can take you from above average to the mode result. And if you have a look of the rough percentage of applied vs. interviewed and even applied vs. offered, you can see a meaningful enough difference to point it out. And, when applying to an elite ultra-selective institution, every little advantage you have counts. :smile:

Reply 6

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by marcus.0
May be true but if you have a look at Section 4 of the admissions report here and look at the fall off between 10 and 11 A* GCSEs, one less A* can take you from above average to the mode result. And if you have a look of the rough percentage of applied vs. interviewed and even applied vs. offered, you can see a meaningful enough difference to point it out. And, when applying to an elite ultra-selective institution, every little advantage you have counts. :smile:

What do you calculate those percentages to be?

Reply 7

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by ageshallnot
What do you calculate those percentages to be?

If I had calculated them I would've said so. However, looking at the bars, just under 1/4th of people with 10 A*s received an offer while just under 1/3rd with 11 A*s got one. ~23% to ~30% jump I would say.

Reply 8

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by marcus.0
If I had calculated them I would've said so. However, looking at the bars, just under 1/4th of people with 10 A*s received an offer while just under 1/3rd with 11 A*s got one. ~23% to ~30% jump I would say.

Apologies, I should have said estimated. And I would say your estimates look about right.

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