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Craghyrax
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Lidka
There's also a great bookshop: http://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/

oOo... didn't know that :biggrin:
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Scipio90
generalebriety
How do you know it's not true? You have no context. :confused:


Assuming he's talking about applications to a college/the university as a whole, and A-level results (may be something completely different, but that's what I assumed), over 4 years, it's pretty much impossible that no-one's best subject was outside that range, given the sample size and the variation between candidates.
Reply 402
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Lidka
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Craghyrax
oOo... didn't know that :biggrin:


'Tis highly recommended. :cool:
Reply 403
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MC REN
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generalebriety
How do you know it's not true? You have no context. :confused:


Sorry - the context is because it is to do with people applying to Cambridge over the last 4-5 years, across the whole university
Reply 404
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Craghyrax
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Why does looking up departments for postgrad have to be such an enormous pain? :sigh:
Reply 405
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Craghyrax
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Athena
Finding out pretty much anything for post-grad is practically impossible. I never thought I would feel nostalgic for UCAS, but by the end of all my applications, I did.

Lol, I feel nostalgic and I've only just started!


Ok after scratching my head at RAE for the whole evening, particularly the columns for 4*,3* etc, I've picked ones from the list of those that had a large percentage in 4* and a teeny few that were lowish on 4 but high on 3 for potential departments to look at.
Is that the right idea do you think?

I don't think the whole league table thing is the answer, I just needed somewhere to begin narrowing them down so I can find a few backups to apply to!
Reply 406
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Craghyrax
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FJ's just been in a car accident :eek:
She was alive enough to update her facebook status via mobile, at least.
Reply 407
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Craghyrax
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Athena
I suppose I was lucky, only five universities in the UK do the kind of research I'm interested in.

I might find something like that soon. I haven't got to the stage of looking at department pages for course specs yet :sigh:
Craghyrax
Yep, thanks :biggrin:


Cheers; i'll send you a confirmation email as-and-when I tackle the remainder of the event inbox (I've said that it will be done today, so it may be a long night ...)
Reply 409
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Craghyrax
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Well Msc in Sociology at Oxford sounds downright horrid, so that's that sorted. I suppose I should have anticipated as much on contemplating an 'Msc' :p: And there MPhil is 2years, so also out.
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Nebuduck
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MC REN

"all of the students accepted over the last 4-5 years got an average of 92-96% in their most relevant A level"

Would people on here read that as
a) all of the students who applied each got 92-96%
or
b) the average over all of the students was 92-96%


Evidently b.

Were it a), the statement "Every student accepted in the last 4-5 years got an average of 92-96% in their most relevant A-level"

This would imply that at least one student got an average of 92-96% in said A-level.

Let us consider this student. Their A-level will be a mark out of 600 - e.g. 575/600, or 95.8%. Since they have a single mark, there's not really any point in taking an average - so you wouldn't discuss the average mark of this student in this A-level.

But yeah, question is definitely misleading.
Craghyrax
Why does looking up departments for postgrad have to be such an enormous pain? :sigh:

:console:

Thank goodness I know exactly what career I want when I finish uni, and it doesn't require a degree, let alone postgrad!
Nebuduck
Evidently b.

Were it a), the statement "Every student accepted in the last 4-5 years got an average of 92-96% in their most relevant A-level"

This would imply that at least one student got an average of 92-96% in said A-level.

Let us consider this student. Their A-level will be a mark out of 600 - e.g. 575/600, or 95.8%. Since they have a single mark, there's not really any point in taking an average - so you wouldn't discuss the average mark of this student in this A-level.

But yeah, question is definitely misleading.

Apply the same logic to (b). Take all of the students, with all of their (precise and unambiguous) marks, and take the average. Why does the average suddenly become a vague and nebulous "somewhere between 92% and 96%", rather than 95.8%? At least if we accept (a) we can see it as an average over individual modules or something.
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T-Dog
Maybe it means over the years? It is a bit vague (4-5)
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ukebert
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It's a crap statement.
T-Dog
Maybe it means over the years? It is a bit vague (4-5)

Yeah, that confuses me too. They could well have taken an average over all students for each year and then given the range over the years, but then why the uncertainty over whether it's been 4 or 5 years? :confused:
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Craghyrax
Well Msc in Sociology at Oxford sounds downright horrid, so that's that sorted. I suppose I should have anticipated as much on contemplating an 'Msc' :p: And there MPhil is 2years, so also out.

horrid in what sense? Lots to do in little time or boring course?

How about the LSE?

I never looked at the rating thingy - just the course pages of those universities I considered to be 'decent' :p: and chose courses that appealed.
Athena
Finding out pretty much anything for post-grad is practically impossible. I never thought I would feel nostalgic for UCAS, but by the end of all my applications, I did.


PGCEs use UCAS. I've got another UCAS number, apparently! And I'm now in Clearing, despite not asking to be, because of the late app.

****

Groan, groan, groan. I'm migrating 40 people's user accounts for a large database onto a new server. It's deadly, deadly boring.....
Reply 418
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Craghyrax
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FadeToBlackout
PGCEs use UCAS. I've got another UCAS number, apparently!

Show off. PGCEs aren't proper postgrad anyway :p: :wink:
minimo
horrid in what sense? Lots to do in little time or boring course?

How about the LSE?
Boring course.
minimo

I never looked at the rating thingy - just the course pages of those universities I considered to be 'decent' :p: and chose courses that appealed.
No, I hate London (well for living purposes anyway)
Don't worry there are plenty of good Unies I like, and Cambridge is the best for my course and its where I want to stay anyway.
Craghyrax
Show off. PGCEs aren't proper postgrad anyway


Best of both. It says "Postgraduate" in the title, and you can't do them unless you have an undergrad degree.

But you apply through UCAS (and the Graduate Teacher Training Registry) and get a student loan.

Win.

Migrating user accounts is still deadly dull.

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