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high offer from Bristol

I received an offer from Bristol today for Classics, conditional on getting AAA. However their prospectus says that their typical Classics offer is BBC. I'm not too worried as I ought to be able to make AAA anyway if I work hard, and Bristol probably won't be my firm choice, but I was slightly bemused as to why I got such a high offer.... does anyone have any ideas?

Reply 1

G4ry

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GCSE grades, a level predictions, a bad personal statement, admissions officer in a bad mood. Could be anything.

Reply 2

Tek

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G4ry

GCSE grades, a level predictions, a bad personal statement, admissions officer in a bad mood. Could be anything.

No, it's because you're a public school boy.

Reply 3

Alexander

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Tek

No, it's because you're a public school boy.

I was thinking that was possible, but then again a majority of classicists are from independent schools.

Pencil Queen

If they offer you AAA and someone else offers you BBC which will you chose as firm and which as insurance?

It's a way of manipulating applicants to improve conversion rates and get the good students to pick your uni as their firm choice.

Ah that's reassuring :smile:

-- so it's because they do want me, not because they want to make it as hard as possible for me to get there?

Reply 4

emom100

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I think bristol do try and manipulate you into putting them first. Eg Bristol and nottigham were the last 2 uni's to give me offers. Apparently they can see on the website after thy have decided whether to accept you what uni's you applied to and what you offers were. All my other offers were bbc. Nottingham came in as BCC and Bristol ABB. Funnily enough, my first choice was Bristol and my insurance nottingham so perhaps i was manipulated.

Reply 5

Bhaal85

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Alexander

I received an offer from Bristol today for Classics, conditional on getting AAA. However their prospectus says that their typical Classics offer is BBC. I'm not too worried as I ought to be able to make AAA anyway if I work hard, and Bristol probably won't be my firm choice, but I was slightly bemused as to why I got such a high offer.... does anyone have any ideas?

Which prospectus are you looking at? Maybe they saw you sig?

Reply 6

Bhaal85

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Bhaal85

Which prospectus are you looking at? Maybe they saw you sig?

A-levels: Normally three passes at A-level are required though other combinations of A- and AS-levels will be considered. For specific requirements for a particular Honours programme see notes below:
Ancient History: a good A-level in one of the following subjects is preferred: Ancient History, Classical Civilisation/Studies, History. Greek or Latin not required.
Classical Studies: no A-level requirements but Classical Civilisation, History or English Literature an advantage.
Study in Continental Europe: an A-level in a modern European language.
Classics: a good A-level in either Greek or Latin (or both). Candidates with an A-level in one classical language only will receive appropriate tuition in the other.
English and Classical Studies: at least a B in A-level English Literature.
French and Latin: at least a B in A-level French and a B in A-level Latin.
Classical Studies and Philosophy: no A-level requirement but Classical Civilisation, English Literature or Philosophy an advantage.
For guidance on vocational A-levels and AS-levels please see the section on Entrance Requirements.

General Studies: A-level General Studies would not normally be included in the terms of conditional offers.
GCSE: See notes above.
Typical Offers: A-levels: BBC/BCC, dependent on the programme applied for. Other qualifications will be taken into account in offer.
SQA: Highers ABBBB/BBBBB.
Int Bac: 28-30 points to include 6,5,5, at Higher Level. Where a specific subject is required at A-level this subject should normally be offered at Higher Level.

Your offer sounds weird. :confused:

Reply 7

Alexander

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Hi Bhaal, I looked at the online prospectus which you just quoted, but it's the same in the printed prospectus.

Reply 8

Bhaal85

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Alexander

Hi Bhaal, I looked at the online prospectus which you just quoted, but it's the same in the printed prospectus.

Why not ring them? lol, maybe they out you in law, or medicine. J/K. Ring up and ask what the entry requirements are.

Reply 9

Felicityt

I also got an offer of AAA and apparantly it's because they want you to go there so by giving you a high offer it means that you have to make it your first choice and they don't get so many rejections. Quite clever really but very annoying!!

Reply 10

purplerainbow

Felicityt

I also got an offer of AAA and apparantly it's because they want you to go there so by giving you a high offer it means that you have to make it your first choice and they don't get so many rejections. Quite clever really but very annoying!!

....and abit unfair really! I picked Bristol as my firm choice and the offer was ABB while usually it would be BBC OR BBB for History of Art.
Hmmm weird, I thought they wanted to encourage more people to apply by lowering entrance grades.

Reply 11

viviki

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They want to be your first choice not insurance hence the higher grades.

Reply 12

username9816

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viviki

They want to be your first choice not insurance hence the higher grades.

Or maybe giving higher offers makes the uni look higher calibre.

Reply 13

mjf

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Everyone for vet med at bristol got AAA offers this year even though the prospectus gave AAB as the typical offer. Like the others have said it is probably due to the fact that they want you to put them first choice. It is likely therefore to assume that should you not get AAA you could still get a place fairly easily.

Reply 14

emom100

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i think they are on a bit of a recruitment drive to pick up all the oxbridge rejects. Most people on my course have got 3 a's or better and the vast majority are oxbridge rejects.

Reply 15

byb3

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Does this degree teach you anything worthwhile?

I'll keep my views on this subject to myself for now.

Reply 16

Alexander

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I didn't expect to see this thread surface again! Well, if anyone's interested I went to a Bristol open day last week and I met several people whom I knew vaguely, and basically those from independent schools got AAA and those from state schools got ABB, so I think Tek is probably right.

byb3

Does this degree teach you anything worthwhile?

I'll keep my views on this subject to myself for now.

Well, for direct usefulness it's certainly no worse than any other arts degree, and is arguably more useful owing to the fact that it contains breadth (language, history, philosophy, perhaps even archaeology) while still being clearly a single discipline. Most classicists seem to end up in good careers.

Reply 17

Dr. Blazed

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byb3

Does this degree teach you anything worthwhile?

I'll keep my views on this subject to myself for now.

Yes. Until you've studied Latin, you can't possibly appreciate just how much it helps you in not only the understanding of English, but also of most other modern languages.

Reply 18

Rathika

Someone in my latin class got a AAA offer for classics and we go to state schools, bit odd.

high offer from Bristol

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