Uni Rejections

[ram1992]

Applied to solent x 2 , portsmouth , sussex and canterbury
Got an interview with solent next week and a conditional offer from canterbury which i'm confident i can get
Quite content so far

 

[MrShaun15]

Good luck MrShaun15

cheers buddy

 

[El Presidente]

applied last few weeks,

London, Leeds, Manchester, Southampton, Bournemouth, hopefully ill get in to leeds, but we will have to wait and see

Don't you mean DIRTYLeeds MrShaun? Good luck with them all, don't go to Manchester, I hear the standard of lecturing is DISMAL.

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

Good luck to everyone on their applications. Very nervous time indeed.

 

[MrShaun15]

Don't you mean DIRTYLeeds MrShaun? Good luck with them all, don't go to Manchester, I hear the standard of lecturing is DISMAL.

Good luck to everyone on their applications. Very nervous time indeed.

Thanks to you both!

 

[sir danny cullip]

I'm sure that the a* grade + rise in fees etc has complicated things but when I applied at college (2004ish) I had already planned to take a gap year so was due to defer any offers anyway. My first choice was Nottingham and I was originally rejected but accepted at all four other choices so I decided to apply the next year whilst I was on my gap year (having acheived the grades I was predicted on my original application) and Nottingham were the first uni to accept me. Funny old world.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

My lad has just applied for a music course at Uni at the ripe old age of 24 with no qualifications but experience in nightclub DJ ing and various other events. Do they take into consideration the fact that as a late entrant his commitment and desire is likely to be higher than that of a school leaver and therefore his chance of finishing with a good degree potentially higher ( Giving them better stats etc ). Do they also like to have a certain number of more mature students?? Be interested to hear from anyone with a view on this

 

[wallington seagull]

I co-ordinate UCAS at my college and my experience shows that most universities will look favourably on mature applicants.
In regards to the earlier question, Warwick is a competing university (more aplications than places) so the admissions officer will not only look at predicted grades but will rely heavily on the content of the candidate's personal statement. It is very subjective I'm afraid. Try Push - the ruthlessly independent university guide - Home for an impartial view of what universities are really like.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Thanks Wallington. Is there nothing that NSC can't help with?

 

[strings]

I left working with Unis a while ago, so am not entirely up-to-date with these things. However, is there the opportunity to 'trade up' if a student gets better grades than expected? I remember this was something that was being mooted a while back.

(apaologies if this has already been mentioned)

 

[willyfantastic]

it also depends on what extra curricular activities/positions of responsibility your son has done/held (that was put down on his personal statement)
its not only about grades

 

[KneeOn]

I co-ordinate UCAS at my college and my experience shows that most universities will look favourably on mature applicants.
In regards to the earlier question, Warwick is a competing university (more aplications than places) so the admissions officer will not only look at predicted grades but will rely heavily on the content of the candidate's personal statement. It is very subjective I'm afraid. Try Push - the ruthlessly independent university guide - Home for an impartial view of what universities are really like.

That is a great website! I havn't actually come across this, so thanks!

 

[HseagullsH]

I left working with Unis a while ago, so am not entirely up-to-date with these things. However, is there the opportunity to 'trade up' if a student gets better grades than expected? I remember this was something that was being mooted a while back.

(apaologies if this has already been mentioned)

Adjustment. From what I know though, this is more for students going from the lowest tiered universities to perhaps a mid-range university.

Very few of the top universities have adjustment places reserved.