University choices...

[Immenseman]

How hard is/was it for you to pick your choices :'(

I'm trying to use the process of elimination to narrow it down but it's far too hard. I can't decide what places I'd like. I wish I'd been more organised and visited more Universities because I want my application sent off next week. The only thing I know is that I want to do History, lol. Doesn't really help :eusa_wall

No matter where I go it's going to be a huge culture shock in comparison with where I currently live :P

[kk.]

its probably not thebest way to go about it but its the way im doing/did it. i used the university rankings board from the times, along with the subject table (put your subject in the subject box obv) then went from there. However, dont get too wrapped up in whats first second etc, compare the two tables and look at the employability percentages (graduate prospects)

http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversityguide.php

History: http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversityguide.php?AC_sub=History&x=48&y=9&sub=32

[Immenseman]

yeah yeah that's what i'm doing but i'm really fussy about where i want to go too. you need 5 choices yeah, only two that i'm 80% on are warwick and edinburgh. when i suggest places people are like "no it's so rough" especially my dad lol :@

[kk.]

have you looked at: Durham, York, Exeter, Southampton, Leicester, Kent, LSE

Oh, and its extremely hard lol. Dont worry about places being rough and other people saying bad stuff. Every place is rough if you know where to look. Just make sure you visit places before you make unis your first and second choice

[Immenseman]

yeah i remember thinking durham wanted A*s and if i get that or not i don't know. York and Leicester (Leicester is one of the places I'm told is relatively rough and is reknowned for racial tension) I'm thinking about. Exeter and Southampton are too close for my liking and my sister is currently at Kent so don't want to go there.

[kk.]

whhaaaaat durham want A*s!? As in Alevels? I thought only cambridge was the one wanting A*AA o.O Maybe you should look into it a bit more.

[Immenseman]

UCAS website has been my best friend for the last month or so. Although I have just looked again and it asks for AAA, I swear to god it said A*AA last time :'( Hmm, I don't reckon I'd get in though because I reckon a lot of people who apply to do History there will be Oxbridge rejects with their straight A*s, lol. I think Durham would be ideal for me otherwise.

Edit; I was thinking of UCL who ask for 1 A* http://search.ucas.com/cgi-bin/hsrun/search/search/StateId/Dtm1p3zkwl1ILkOObRYsaqZCRXrSq-UG6i/HAHTpage/search.HsEntryReq.run?n=1001148#CSRA

[GoldenMerc]

Dundee for me :)

[Immenseman]

wth ross i'm only putting down warwick to be closer to you!! haha joke, what ya studying? :) x

[Hecktix]

Have you looked at University of Nottingham or University of Sheffield. Both very good unis, in nice places. I know people at both and they love it.

I applied for sheffield, royal holloway, city uni london, portsmouth and bournemouth. The latter two being possible insurance unis with lower entry grades than my ideal choices.

Make sure you remember to include a couple of unis with lower requirements than what you are capable of incase of any unexpected muck up in exams.

[Immenseman]

Yeah Edinburgh is BBB which I better get to be honest lol.

[Hecktix]

Yeah Edinburgh is BBB which I better get to be honest lol.


I chose one that wanted BBC when I can get AAB purely based on my friend who needed AAB to get into his first choice and BBB to get into his second, majorly mucked up his exams and came out with BBD and didnt get into either.

[Immenseman]

If I mess up and get worse than BBB then I can always go through clearing. Touch wood I will get at least AAB :)

[Starburst..x]

Im in my first year of university and apllying for uni was a nightmare when trying to make choices! I wanted to live at home still for various different reasons, so I'm at a university up in Cambridge and I absolutely love it.
My advice is to visit the universitys that your putting on your applications, especially if your going to be living there. You dont want to not visit them and then go there hoping for the best that you'll like it from how it sounds - its a huuuge mistake trust me, you will only get a feel for the place if you go =]
Thats pretty much it really, try not to go by league tables to much either as it could be one of the "top" universities but it may not be the one for you =]
Good luck with it all! Hope this helps a bit.

[Eoin]

Dundee for me :)
your going to uni in me??

[Fifteen]

This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make..EXPLODES :O

[Black_Apalachi]

it was like the hardest thing ever because i really had nothing to base my choices on :/

[Immenseman]

3 choices to go.

[Inseriousity.]

I based my choices on the grades I expected to get, the course content and what would interest me, location etc.

So many factors... argh but I finally did it :D

[Sad3k..]

Yeah Edinburgh is BBB which I better get to be honest lol.

When Edinburgh say they want BBB its not always the truth told, many experiences are based on point systems such as getting good AS levels as well as GCSE's check the times site and look why they say dont pick Edinburgh uni. Its such a high uni and would rather take students with AAA than BBB

[Immenseman]

:O I'll have a look, thanks Sadek :)

[Sad3k..]

Yeah ive got my 5 choices ready Sending my application of this Friday hoping to receive offers by December,

Durham - Human Sciences (L600)
Aberdeen - Anthropology (L600)
Kent - Social Anthropology (L600)
Sussex - Anthropology (L600)
Goldsmiths - Anthropology (L601)

Living in London for 17 years and moving away will be tough but ive been to 3/5 choice and like it alot.

[Immenseman]

Sounds good, good luck mate and to everyone else for that matter.

[Throne Sofa]

How hard is/was it for you to pick your choices :'(

I'm trying to use the process of elimination to narrow it down but it's far too hard. I can't decide what places I'd like. I wish I'd been more organised and visited more Universities because I want my application sent off next week. The only thing I know is that I want to do History, lol. Doesn't really help :eusa_wall

No matter where I go it's going to be a huge culture shock in comparison with where I currently live :P
I'm trying to do the same elimination process getting 8 or 9 down to 5. Difficult stuff. :S

[GoldenMerc]

Jake u do relise, if you get in at warwick. i will litrally be at your flat bugging you 24/7. other than when im at uni.
SO HOPEFULLY I HAVE TYM LYK

[alexxxxx]

It is hard.

I'm going for

Birmingham
Cardiff
Newcastle
City
&I dunno

[Black_Apalachi]

Jake u do relise, if you get in at warwick. i will litrally be at your flat bugging you 24/7. other than when im at uni.
SO HOPEFULLY I HAVE TYM LYK

don't go to warwick init jake

[Glitter]

my choices are;

Plymouth
Bournemouth
Sussex
Birmingham

neeed one more!

[Black_Apalachi]

my choices are;

Plymouth
Bournemouth
Sussex
Birmingham

neeed one more!

Chester

[Glitter]

Chester

where is this chester?

[Black_Apalachi]

don't make me get Garion to leak the picz Amber, it's in the norf, but just south of Liverpool :D

[Glitter]

don't make me get Garion to leak the picz Amber, it's in the norf, but just south of Liverpool :D


too far, bare low entry requirements, doesn't look good soz x

[Black_Apalachi]

Yeah I know entry is easy as hell but it's rather surprising. Better than I expected. It is miles away from you actually :P.

[Immenseman]

thinking about birmingham mhmmmmmmmmmmmm. it's not gna be like sunny olde devon :'(

[Robbie]

thinking about birmingham mhmmmmmmmmmmmm. it's not gna be like sunny olde devon :'(

birmingstan

[kk.]

i went and visited a friend that was at aston. The night club i went to was 'aight :P

[dirrty]

thinking about birmingham mhmmmmmmmmmmmm. it's not gna be like sunny olde devon :'(
same. doubt i'll get in though as i need an A for english and i'm on a B :'(:'(:'(

[LuketheDuke]

I think you choose a place which fits your personality foremost. I was going to apply to Warwick but I got told by many mates it was a raa kind of place which I detest so I never bothered and applied to some big bustling city uni's. Those type of places suited me when I visited them and narrowed my final choice down to which course content sounded the best.

Any possible History students out there who need the AAA requirements take into account some uni's are accommodating if you slip a grade or two, know many here at manc who did that aswell as ppl at Cardiff, Nottingham and Brum.

[Immenseman]

what does a raa kind of place mean :P

[Titch]

come kent and you can live with me babes ;)

[LuketheDuke]

what does a raa kind of place mean :P

preppy and that init, you'd be knee deep in abercrombie and jack wills! some can deal with those kinda environments but I prefer where I am as theres a much wider demographic of people.

[Immenseman]

oh right i get ya :')

[N!ck]

Apply to The University of Manchester. It's great :D.

[Immenseman]

i think i might just cry instead.

[kk.]

im crying too. Still cant get a fifth :'(

[Immenseman]

i can't get any more than the two i have already. i really want to go to warwick... :'( NO MORE THAN THAT PLZ AND THNX U

[kk.]

i can so tell youre gnna become a track addict like i did last year :P

[Immenseman]

hi what does that mean

[kk.]

well once youve applied and your apps been sent, you can log onto a diff part of UCAS called UCAS track. and it tells you if u have an offer or not. youll see what i mean when u send it lolol

[Immenseman]

oh right i guessed as much. mhm, still 3 choices to make. my tutor will kill me when i tell her i still haven't made them yet :')

[kk.]

can i pick them for you?

[Immenseman]

you can try

[kk.]

if i pick them you must choose them.

London South Bank
Buckinghamshire New
Southampton Solent
+ ur other 2

[Black_Apalachi]

if i pick them you must choose them.

London South Bank
Buckinghamshire New
Southampton Solent
+ ur other 2

Oxford
Cambridge
NO PRESHAR! :D

[Immenseman]

too late & too thick

[kk.]

And u can't apply to both

[Angel-Light]

I remember doing this bit :P My choosing of my 5 choices wasn;t so bad as I only applied to 2 Universities with my 5 offers.

You will be checking track everyday like a looney but you may not get any offers till around Feb time. Good luck :)

[kk.]

k, just sent mine to my referee, ended up with my last choice being reading
now i just need to go through my referral and it can go. good times

[Fifteen]

Still havn't made my final decision :(

[Fifteen]

Finally chosen; A weigh off my mind!

The University of Gloucestershire - Information Technology

The University of Gloucestershire - Business Information Technology

University of the West of England, Bristol - Information Technology Management for Business

University of Plymouth - Computer and Information Security

University of Plymouth - Information Technology Management

uhm yeah.

[kk.]

Finally chosen; A weigh off my mind!

The University of Gloucestershire - Information Technology

The University of Gloucestershire - Business Information Technology

University of the West of England, Bristol - Information Technology Management for Business

University of Plymouth - Computer and Information Security

University of Plymouth - Information Technology Management

uhm yeah.
how have you managed to write a personal statement for business, IT and management!? :O i guess theyre all related though ha. good luck when you send yours off :)

[Fifteen]

how have you managed to write a personal statement for business, IT and management!? :O i guess theyre all related though ha. good luck when you send yours off :)

I am a-mazing. ;)

Thanks :) Got to get the carrers person in college to check through my UCAS app. before I sent it off!

GL to you if you're applying as well!

[dirrty]

i applied for gloucestershire aswell

[Fifteen]

i applied for gloucestershire aswell

*High five* :eusa_danc:eusa_danc

[kk.]

i applied to gloucestershire too..


ok i lied, but, i felt i was missing some excitement :'(

[Inseriousity.]

Got my first offer today :eusa_danc hopefully the first of many!

University of Winchester, conditional offer: 280 UCAS points. Not in my top three but it's a start!

[Sad3k..]

Mines going 2morrow finally all this stress can be over and done with
Choices:
Aberdeen - Anthropology
Brunel - Anthropology (4SW)
Durham - Human Sciences
Kent - Social Anthropology
Sussex - Anthropology

I jus hope the head of sixth form doesnt find anything wrong and can send it off, even though i fear I'll go into clearing

[Zak]

pick computer science at coventry university, ill look after you x

[Immenseman]

i know this thread hasn't been posted in for a while but it's just common sense to post in here because it's on the same topic and it's silly to post a new thread. kk.

sent mine a few weeks ago now. applied for history at warwick, leeds, southampton, leicester and birmingham. need AAA and AAB for all of them i think. predicted straight As anyways so (yn). got a conditional from leeds which is AAA.

[Hecktix]

got 5 conditional offers ranging from AAB-BBB (for insurancee) from royal holloway, sheffield, portsmouth, city uni london & bournemouth

all in psychollllllllllllllllllllogy.

:D

[kk.]

Ommm tut tut jake you should have had a better insurance :P BBB wouldve been better

Congrats on people who have offers. Mine got sent like, last week I think. Just got a few acknowledgements at the minute

[Hecktix]

Ommm tut tut jake you should have had a better insurance :P BBB wouldve been better

Congrats on people who have offers. Mine got sent like, last week I think. Just got a few acknowledgements at the minute

shouldn't take long for the offers to start :D

[kk.]

I know, last year I had one like within a week :o

[Hecktix]

Can't remember how quickly my first one came, it came within a week though I think, then the others like several days apart until the last two which only came through a week ago.

[kk.]

My last one last year which was a rejection anyway was Warwick which came in like march and I sent it off like 1st November :(

[Hecktix]

My last one last year which was a rejection anyway was Warwick which came in like march and I sent it off like 1st November :(

Must be quite annoying when that happens because if you make your mind up about where to go you can't accept/reject until they've all replied.

[kk.]

Warwick was where I really wanted to go too haha. You can? You just have to withdraw your application from the unis who havnt replied

[Hecktix]

Warwick was where I really wanted to go too haha. You can? You just have to withdraw your application from the unis who havnt replied

Ahh right didn't realise you can do that. Howcome you didn't go to uni last year?

[Immenseman]

wth warwick better not take that long, that's where i want to gooooooo.

[kk.]

didnt meet the requirements of my firm or iunsurance, which is why i suggest people put in a lower insurance because i didnt, the only difference was that i needed to get an A in maths

and i know :( same but i still wont get an offer i dont think

[Immenseman]

couldn't u have gone thru clearing or w/e? that's what i'm gna do i just wna get out of devon and away. my uncle who is a lawyer (or summet) went to a random uni and he's loaded. you can still do well wherever you go

[kk.]

i tried going through clearing but every where i tried all the places had gone, or it was a course i really disliked. id prefer to take a year out and go somewhere i wasnt to go and do a course i want to do rather than not. Plus, accomodations expensiiiiiiveee and im well on my way to not having to get a job in my first year. so its actually worked out alright

[Immenseman]

yeah, i suppose. i've taken a huge risk, i don't know why i've done this. if i get ABB i probably can't go to any of my unis anyway. eek.

[Hecktix]

You can change before they reply i think Jake.

[kk.]

its risky but its not. i mean, one of my mates went to southampton this year but dint have them as a firm or insurance but had applied there. they rang him on results day and said they really liked him in the interview and offered him a place. Im sure youll get the grades though if youre predicted them

[Immenseman]

yeah even if i get AAB it'll be alright i reckon. maybe even ABB it'll be kk. BBB then probs not.

[Grainger@CUFC]

Just paid and sent my UCAS today.

Applied for:
Accounting and Finance at Newcastle (Partners scheme hopefully), Edinburgh and Durham.
Accounting at Northumbria and Strathclyde.

Hedging my bets on the Partners scheme as it'll really help to take the stress of exams, so Newcastle is my first choice and Northumbria my second, well, until I get offers anyways.

Good luck to everyone who's applied, as I know it's been an audeal :) I'm sure everyone will enjoy themselves wherever they go!

[Immenseman]

Just paid and sent my UCAS today.

Applied for:
Accounting and Finance at Newcastle (Partners scheme hopefully), Edinburgh and Durham.
Accounting at Northumbria and Strathclyde.

Hedging my bets on the Partners scheme as it'll really help to take the stress of exams, so Newcastle is my first choice and Northumbria my second, well, until I get offers anyways.

Good luck to everyone who's applied, as I know it's been an audeal :) I'm sure everyone will enjoy themselves wherever they go!

bet you're glad it's out of the way now and outta ya hands. i was relieved, got annoying and frustrating in the end. good luck! :8

[Grainger@CUFC]

bet you're glad it's out of the way now and outta ya hands. i was relieved, got annoying and frustrating in the end. good luck! :8

Yeah, definitely. It's been so stressful to do a personal statement about 10 times to get it right, then to make 5 "good" choices. All for £19 :rolleyes: Just got to keep fingers crossed now.

[Bevvie]

I decided not to apply for Bath in the end, as its pretty hard to get in for my course. So I am going to apply at Cardiff, Kings College, Portsmouth, Manchester and Aston.

I'm going to send my UCAS stuff this week!:$

[Immenseman]

Yeah, I know what you mean. People kept changing my statement even though it's so much better than those I've read. My tutor said it's one of the best ones she has sent and she's been doing it for ages so yeah should be OK. I haven't actually paid yet and I sent it about 3 weeks ago hah. The 6th form paid and they haven't bothered asking me for the money, until they do I won't bother.

A few of my close friends got Oxbridge interviews - few of them missed out. My mate who got all A/A* at GCSE and AAAB last year got told by UCL that her academic profile isn't good enough, great lol... :(

[Grainger@CUFC]

Yeah, I know what you mean. People kept changing my statement even though it's so much better than those I've read. My tutor said it's one of the best ones she has sent and she's been doing it for ages so yeah should be OK. I haven't actually paid yet and I sent it about 3 weeks ago hah. The 6th form paid and they haven't bothered asking me for the money, until they do I won't bother.

A few of my close friends got Oxbridge interviews - few of them missed out. My mate who got all A/A* at GCSE and AAAB last year got told by UCL that her academic profile isn't good enough, great lol... :(

Haha, that's what's happened with my Sixth Form College as well, but they asked for mine straight away seeing as I did it in school.

Yeah, one of my friends has an interview for Cambridge tomorrow and he had some 12-page essay to do as well. Worth the hassle though, definitely. If UCL said that to her, then god knows what Oxbridge would've said :O seems a bit harsh like!

[Immenseman]

Haha, that's what's happened with my Sixth Form College as well, but they asked for mine straight away seeing as I did it in school.

Yeah, one of my friends has an interview for Cambridge tomorrow and he had some 12-page essay to do as well. Worth the hassle though, definitely. If UCL said that to her, then god knows what Oxbridge would've said :O seems a bit harsh like!

She did apply for Oxford but didn't get an interview. My other friend who got 12 A* at GCSE and 5 As at AS level didn't get an interview, lol. She got 90%+ in all of them, I think. They both go to comprehensives or whatever, whether that makes a difference, I don't know. My Literature teacher said they both would've got in if they were from private schools.

[Inseriousity.]

I gave my teachers my personal statement and she told me to change a few words as it was getting repetitive. I put it on TheStudentRoom and they slated it to shreds. Oh dear... :)

I'm still waiting for 1 offer and it's the uni I want to go to as well :(

[Immenseman]

Oh, I didn't put mine on there in the end because I was scared a Uni would see my statement and just type a line into google like they do for cwk and stuff and it would come up and they think I copied LOL :(

[kk.]

I gave my teachers my personal statement and she told me to change a few words as it was getting repetitive. I put it on TheStudentRoom and they slated it to shreds. Oh dear... :)

I'm still waiting for 1 offer and it's the uni I want to go to as well :(

i put mine on there too and they did the same :P


EDIT: oh jake, it goes in a private forum and only PS helpers can see it,

[Hecktix]

My personal statement was pretty good I think, considering I got an offer from a uni wanting higher grades than I'm predicted.

[Immenseman]

i put mine on there too and they did the same :P


EDIT: oh jake, it goes in a private forum and only PS helpers can see it,
yeah lol maybe i worry too much. shall i put it in now cuz i know mine was fit and i have an offer so even if they're mean i won't mind or are they that harsh it'll knock my confidence lol

My personal statement was pretty good I think, considering I got an offer from a uni wanting higher grades than I'm predicted.
mine was better

[Inseriousity.]

yeah lol maybe i worry too much. shall i put it in now cuz i know mine was fit and i have an offer so even if they're mean i won't mind or are they that harsh it'll knock my confidence lol

I put it on there after I sent my app just out of curiousity tbh lol. It kinda knocked my confidence but 4/5 conditional offers (regardless of a really bad AS grade in the subject I'm applying for - RE. I got a D) makes me think that maybe some unis actually like to see the personal side of the statement where it's not robotic after being changed so many times.

[Immenseman]

tbh though my mate said to me the other day "all personal statements are pretty much the same" it made me realise, that's the truth to a certain extent. i tried to make mine different and original but everyone includes the same sort of things so y'kno. i don't think they're THAT important. i think it'd be stupid to think like that because as long as it's decent it probably won't be remembered. it'll only be remembered if it's real bad imo. i'll post mine on here like next year if i'm still about and i see this sorta thread to help people out

[alexxxxx]

going to birmingham for an interview on weds they're looking for AAB.
been invited to cardiff, that's AAB too.
nothing from manchester yet... :(
london city offer BBC (insuranceee!)
nothing from newcastle yet, should be BBB.

[Immenseman]

me and alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx repping brum uni 2k10. ha, good luck :) xx

[LuketheDuke]

nothing from manchester yet... :(


manc take ages dw

[alexxxxx]

me and alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx repping brum uni 2k10. ha, good luck :) xx
have you been to the campus?

LUSH.

cheers lukey for that!

[dirrty]

i'm applying for birmingham aswell :eusa_danc:eusa_danc i doubt i'd get an offer though as they need ABB and i'm predicted ABB, but the A is in a different subject :'(

[Immenseman]

alexxxxxxxx, preposterous and immenseman reppin' birmingham (no i haven't even visited) but we can all go on hxf together ;l x

:eusa_danc

[kk.]

start a hxf society

bham was my insurance last year and id never even visited lol. i visited this year (well aston) and i didnt really like the night life i dont think. prefer to be on a campus uni in a town rather than a city

[Immenseman]

lmaoooo wherever i go i am finding the habbo players for lolz

[alexxxxx]

mybe u will b abul 2 gt credz @ discount wiv nus card

[Immenseman]

LMAOOOOO, i hope so tbh :l i'll just phone head offices, 2mins.

[Mentor]

Duno if it was this thread i posted in before, but i thought i should probably add in my anual "Kent Uni FTW"

It has moi, what else could a uni need :p

[Immenseman]

it has my sister too, maybe mentor knows immensemans sister oh em gee_x

[Mentor]

What subject do they do?

[Immenseman]

criminology :)

[Mentor]

I know someone who does criminology (Zack - she'd know if she knew of him)

But other than that, chances are low i'd know them. Especially if they ain't in the 3rd year ATM

[Immenseman]

well she is in her third year :')

[luce]

I don't know where i want to go or even definite what i want to do yet so yeah it all depends who i do :D

[Inseriousity.]

I don't know where i want to go or even definite what i want to do yet so yeah it all depends who i do :D

;):eusa_whis:P

Lol oopsie!! Thought that only worked for promotions in the office!! Waiting for one damn reply, urghhhhhh, typical!

[Zak]

applied for history at warwick.

I SENSE PARTY TYM, KASBAH, LAVA, JUMPING JACKS AND CHICAGOS. o my

[Immenseman]

fgs i got my first conditional a week ago, i thought they'd all come quick :'( i want more!!!!!!!!

[kk.]

I know I really want an offer soon, and it best not be a rejection lol

[Immenseman]

i think i quite want to go to birmingham, nightlife/shopping would be awesome. centre of the country and the uni is alright too. which 5 did you apply to again?

[kk.]

Warwick, York, Lancaster, Reading and notts Trent :)

I wasn't too keen on the night life at Birmingham, I think I prefer smaller cities and towns lol. Although the club was massive!!

[Immenseman]

so we have both put warwick, i was gna put reading but changed my mindddd.

does this mean they're waiting until the deadline then deciding or does it mean most will be sorted before then but some will be left until the deadline:


Dear Mr ******

Thank you for your application to study at The University of Warwick.

The University of Warwick is committed to fair admissions and will give full and equal consideration to all applications received by the UCAS deadline of 15th January 2010. As such, a small number of decisions may not be finalised until all applications have been received. Soon after this date we will let any applicants awaiting a decision know when they can expect a reply.

Don&©t forget you can track your application online using UCAS Track on www.ucas.com. Please note that we will not communicate selection decisions to you by email. Applicants who are made an offer from Warwick will be notified by letter and via UCAS Track.

Please remember that if you have any questions regarding your application to study at Warwick, you can visit our website www.warwick.ac.uk/go/study or contact us, either by emailing [email protected] (http://uk.mc284.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]) (stating your Personal ID number and the course you applied to in the subject line) or by calling +44 (0)247 652 3723.

Overseas applicants seeking further information or guidance may also contact our International Office. The website www.warwick.ac.uk/go/io gives details of contacts both at the University and at representative offices based overseas.

Thank you again for your application to Warwick.

Yours sincerely

Undergraduate Admissions Team

[kk.]

It means that most won't get a decision until after 15th yeh. Annoying reallybut oh well, there's no rush really, just tension haha.

I went Reading too at night, was far funnier than Birmingham, we ended up having a food fight lol

[Immenseman]

what one do you want to go to though? like what's ya first choice?

[Bevvie]

lol Jake you will get in! Geek. xox

Hmm i havent sent off my ucas yet. Tutor is checking my personal statement at the moment.

[Immenseman]

get a move on bevvie ;D

[kk.]

Warwick obv lol. I posted it in the order I want to go I think, part from York n lanc, will hv to visit them first me thinks

[Fifteen]

Handed in my UCAS app. for checking 3 weeks ago and only got it back today >.> Going to send it off tomorrow :)

Decided Gloucestershire would be my first choice.

[Immenseman]

Warwick obv lol. I posted it in the order I want to go I think, part from York n lanc, will hv to visit them first me thinks
hope that we both get in for hxf society

Handed in my UCAS app. for checking 3 weeks ago and only got it back today >.> Going to send it off tomorrow :)

Decided Gloucestershire would be my first choice.
good luck dni!! :D

[alexxxxx]

OFFER FROM BIRMINGHAM AFTER THE INTERVIEW

AAB

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

NEED TO WORK HARD TO GET THE B IN MATHS

[Immenseman]

woohoo, go you! :D right i got a conditional from southampton today too! however, only updated on track is there any way i can see what there conditions are? or do i have to wait for the letter tomorrow/fri?

[Inseriousity.]

Click on the course code. It'll tell you on there. You can view the decision letter too after clicking the course code and it tells you on there as well :)

[alexxxxx]

click on the course code next to the offer.

like the H200 or whatever is written, then itll tell you.

[Immenseman]

woohoo ty i'll +rep you both in a min. going to seeee.

[CHA!NGANG]

Gave mine to referee about 3 weeks ago and still not had it back. For architecture there all AAA really and my predictions are AAB which is a pain.

[kk.]

hope that we both get in for hxf society


ino, if there aint 1 we can be chair and vice chair.

[Immenseman]

lmao fingers crossed.

southampton offer is AAB and need to spread +rep for u alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Browney]

I'm not so hot on the idea but teachers and my parents are pushing me to go to University. I'm hoping to go to either Sunderland (we have a house there), Leeds or Bradford (both about 20 minutes on the train). Sunderland is edging it due to it's reputation in media and my desire to work in marketing.

[Pyroka]

Southampton Solent is a lovely place. If anyone wants to go there I really do reccomend the place and the university, I know a guy who does TV there and he's probably got a job in the BBC after he leaves uni (did his placement with them methinks), and well yeah... He just loves it. :P

[Immenseman]

Birmingham sent me a thingy saying they've received my application and will reply soon so fingers crossed.

[clueless]

one of my cousins goes birmingham she says the uni is lovely like its a real traditional old building and is really nice but apperently theres not like that much to do in birmingham itself but that might just be her!

[kk.]

There's a massive shopping centre (bullring) and then you have the casino complex which has bowling, casino, cinema, restaurants and more

[Immenseman]

yeah i was gonna say it's like the second city, there is bound to things always going on. more so than my other options anyway lol

[CHA!NGANG]

It's a joke my school. My head of 6th form told me if I got my form tutor to put my reference in on Friday he'd send it off before we break up on Wednesday. I told my form tutor this and he said he'll do it straight away. I check it today. Nothing, not even been put on. Im so pissed off atm with him because I gave my form 3 weeks ago to be checked and reference to be put in, he said he'll do it the same day and no, he's a lazy ****. Really annoying me. And If anyone says why didn't I send it off months ago, I had to wait for my predictions to go up which they did eventually.

[Immenseman]

yeah i'm glad my college basically sent it as soon as i said i wanted it sent. i gave them what i wanted to be my final choices and personal statement etc on a monday like 3 weeks ago and they sent it by the weds

[Fifteen]

Did you'll have to pay for the app. to be sent off or did your college pay?

[Immenseman]

my college paid. i'm meant to pay them back i think but haven't yet :P

[dirrty]

Did you'll have to pay for the app. to be sent off or did your college pay?
i paid for it to be sent off. well my mum did but yh

yayy i submitted mine on the 15th october and waited just under 2 months for my form tutor to write/finish my reference and now the sixth form office are sending it off next week because i think they're sending everyones off then again or woteva. GO ME! :$:@:rolleyes::eusa_wall:(

/sarcasm

[kk.]

Lol unlucky for you :P

[Immenseman]

lol im glad my college were so quick about it... but like then again it might not be good because knowing my college they probably didn't even check. at least yours lot taking a while means they're being properly looked at and making sure they're perfect

[kk.]

Or means they cba with it and just send it all at once?

[dirrty]

i think my college send them off in batches and possibly send them off every week or two as some people have offers and what not. they do check our applications though quite thoroughly as they sent mine back to me in november as i put my AS grades as A2 lol, and theres a lot of people who need to make changes who still haven't.

but nevertheless, it all came down to my form tutor who took the piss lol. he could of finished it late october/early november but no he waited until the last minute as my app has been all sorted for agessss just waited for him lol. but this is the same guy who told me in year 10 he wouldn't write my reference for uni because i refused to join the student council or summit when he asked me :l

[Immenseman]

ours get sent in batches, i think it's a lot cheaper or summet. maybe my timing was just fortunate idk

[kk.]

My form tutor last year just lied on my reference :l I remember Reading it a bit and thinking he's such a liar!! I hated him n he hated me I think lol. Rarely turned up to form on time though lol

[Fifteen]

My form tutor last year just lied on my reference :l I remember Reading it a bit and thinking he's such a liar!! I hated him n he hated me I think lol. Rarely turned up to form on time though lol

oh my life, how sly. Take it you didn't get to read through your references.

Got to read mine, loves them :eusa_danc

[Immenseman]

yeah i read mine i was like blush ur too kind

[dirrty]

i wanna read mine but in form last week someone asked my form tutor about theirs and he just said no really sternly so i don't wanna ask :(

[kk.]

Nope, I really wanted to as well cus now I've got my grades I want to know what they changed lol.

He wrote like that I turn up on time and that I always put myself forward to help in form. I wus like LOL k

[Immenseman]

Nope, I really wanted to as well cus now I've got my grades I want to know what they changed lol.

He wrote like that I turn up on time and that I always put myself forward to help in form. I wus like LOL k
yeah lol they lie so much and make ya sound like a lil star :eusa_danc

[Fifteen]

Finally, sent my UCAS app. off today. :8

Now the wait begins!

[Immenseman]

woo, where were your final 5 choices dni?

[GoldenMerc]

oh btw Jake i know you were saying Birm nightlife is good by Warwick theres a place called Leamington it has clubs that pretty much are the same value as Birmingham, i went gatecrasher in birmingham a while ago and its nothing amazing, i go Leamington every week and its off the charts.

[Immenseman]

yeahhh when i went to visit warwick the other week i remember seeing somewhere called leamington!! and i thought of you because i'm sure you've mentioned it before, i thought to myself "ross must live near here" then i was thinking how we can go gay clubbing together!!

[GoldenMerc]

I live in the middle of Coventry and Leamington its a town called Kenilworth :P
but ya my mum went warwick about 15 years ago she says its really good for english lit ect...

[Immenseman]

yeah i remember seeing a sign for it!!! that's what i was thinking of. and yeah it's a wicked uni from what i can tell and have been told, just hope they give me an offer. cuz if they do i'll work much harder to make sure i get the grades. if they don't i'll still work hard, just not as hard.

[Sad3k..]

Any offers jake so far?

[Inseriousity.]

Got all 5... decisions decisions... luckily we don't have to choose til May! Lots of research to do, me thinks :D

[N!ck]

Anybody applied to The University of Manchester? <3

[Immenseman]

offer from southampton AAB and leeds AAA. you sadek? xx

[Fifteen]

woo, where were your final 5 choices dni?

Plymouth, Gloucestershire and UWE :8

[Immenseman]

cool, so many of my mates have applied for all of those :D goood luck!

[GoldenMerc]

Good luck then Jake, would be funny if you got into warwick aha

[Sad3k..]

cool, so many of my mates have applied for all of those :D goood luck!

offer from kent and Brunel - 300 points

still waiting for durham sussex and aberdeen

aberdeen r being long they first asked for a fee status form took like 2 weeks to get sent, then now they want a photo copy of mine and mums passport wth make the offer first then ask for these things

[Mentor]

since as far as i can tell theres no kentites so far i'm gonna just mention that you all suck :P

Some people have offers at least though, so bonus points to them

[Sad3k..]

Kentites? WTH?

[Immenseman]

offer from kent and Brunel - 300 points

still waiting for durham sussex and aberdeen

aberdeen r being long they first asked for a fee status form took like 2 weeks to get sent, then now they want a photo copy of mine and mums passport wth make the offer first then ask for these things
oh, extra stress and hassle, annoying.

since as far as i can tell theres no kentites so far i'm gonna just mention that you all suck :P

Some people have offers at least though, so bonus points to them

Read post above, he could be a Kentite :P

[Fifteen]

Your application has been checked by your referee/coordinator. 15-12-2009 (10:22)Your reference has been completed and is waiting for approval

:eusa_danc

[Axel]

I just looked at which unis had the course I wanted to do, then looked at each course and what was involved and which sounded most interesting, and then chose the top 5 by looking at which were the top 5 on the university rankings on times online. I also put in one with quite low grades incase I do mess up.

So far, I've had an invitation to an interview at University of Essex. So much for not having to go to any interviews because that's what a personal statement is for, form tutor.

Out of the unis I picked, the best ones look like Sussex and Hull to me. Sussex definately had the most interesting looking course.

In the end, I went for Games Design and Development... because that just seemed like the most fun thing to learn, in my opinion. It's not life changing, but it has a pretty huge industry. My final choices were UWE, Sussex, Hull, Essex and Bradford.

[Immenseman]

right y'know the unis have broke up for xmas does that mean no offers will come through for a couple of weeks? I WANT AN OFFER FROM WARWICK, CRY.

[Mentor]

Honestly, most dont start doing the offers till right near the end if i remember rightly, warwick being one of them

So you may have to wait on it a little longer :p

[Immenseman]

yeah i guessed but it's so frustrating having to wait lol :'(

[Grainger@CUFC]

I've got acknowledgements from 4/5 of the Unis I applied to and got one conditional offer so far. The waiting is so annoying, starting to get addicted to logging on to the Track thing :(

[Immenseman]

same lmao i know a member said they could tell i was going to be addicted to track and i wad like wth is track?!? now i know, they were right haha.

[Grainger@CUFC]

Haha, it was even before I got it, I was like checking e-mails every day to get the personal ID thing. It's just the whole process really, I'd be surprised if anyone wasn't constantly checking it, seeing as it's basically the start of your career path coming from it.
Now I've got one offer, it seems like an eternity before the next one :(

[Angel-Light]

I've got acknowledgements from 4/5 of the Unis I applied to and got one conditional offer so far. The waiting is so annoying, starting to get addicted to logging on to the Track thing :(

You do get addicted to it :P I remember 4 offers came through at once (all from same Uni) and only had to wait on my 5th. My 5th offer was wanting me in for an interview but I got my offer anyway from the Uni and course I wanted so I just declined :)

It's worse at results day :P Trust me ;)

[kk.]

same lmao i know a member said they could tell i was going to be addicted to track and i wad like wth is track?!? now i know, they were right haha.

it was me!! :D haha

[Fifteen]

Got my UCAS welcome letter through the post today (y)

[Immenseman]

got a conditional from birmingham toooooo :) AAB

[GoldenMerc]

Jake no where in west midlands wants u m8 :(
I don't really know where i want to go, Im going to do a HND in sept then go onto uni the year after. But prob glasgow, dundee not sure where else.

[Immenseman]

everywhere wants me tbh -.-

[Scophobia]

everywhere wants me tbh -.-

Ooft! I got rejected from Liverpool straight off LOL! I've got a conditional from Birmingham City with a 240 points needed! && interviews with Derby, Leeds and Bangor. :)

[Axel]

Got conditionals from Sussex, UWE, Bradford and Hull - only a ******* interview from Essex. Blehhhhhhhhhhh.

[dirrty]

:'(-cries- :'( birmingham said they may not do my course so i've gotta wait until april to find out whether they'll do it or not :'(-cries again-:'(

[Immenseman]

what course do you want to do again? that sucks

[dirrty]

english language & media, culture and society. i was contemplating doing them as single honours instead of joint but thought i wanna do them both :l

[Immenseman]

oh right, hope it does run and you get in, i've got a conditional from birmingham too :8

[Bevvie]

well done jakeeeee ;)
lol and my ucas only got sent yesterday!

[Immenseman]

take ya time why don't ya bev :lol:

good luck! :D

[Bevvie]

thanks :D you too.

i have changed some of my university choices.

[Immenseman]

what ones did you choose in the end

[Bevvie]

Cardiff, Kings College, Portsmouth, Kingston and East Anglia.

Cardiff and Kings College are like ABB i think. Portsmouth, Kingston and East Anglia are BBB.

[Immenseman]

you'll get the grades clever clogs :8

[kk.]

i got an offer from lancaster today :) A in economics and maths retakes, and B in general studies. although, im sure it said on there site i could make a B from 2 AS levels, which i have i think :(

[Immenseman]

i just want to know whether warwick will offer me something, hopefully soon. they sent me a seasons greeting email at least*+*

[Bevvie]

lol jake mm i hope so.
>.<
i want to get an A for art if i do all my work.

[kk.]

i just want to know whether warwick will offer me something, hopefully soon. they sent me a seasons greeting email at least*+*

LOL same. but i got that last year and i still got rejected :(

[Immenseman]

yeah if you keep on top of it all i'm sure ya will :)

if warwick reject, it won't be the end of the world i spose but still that's where i wna go :)

[kk.]

youll realise that come august on the day before results day, you dont care where you go :P

[Immenseman]

whys that

[kk.]

because youll just really want to go to university, rather than taking a gap year.
i really didnt like the idea of a gap year so maybe itll be different for others, but thats what i was like

[Immenseman]

yeah true, i'd rather go than take a year out cuz i'm so excited about it already lol. anyway nite.

[kk.]

a gap years not too bad btw. ive earnt enough money so far and saved for at least 1 years accomodation! :D

nite jake, lol

[Fifteen]

Got my first conditional offer today from UWE - 300 UCAS Points.

[Immenseman]

yay wd danni :)

i got my 4th conditional today from Leicester - ABB :) like my 4th/5th choice though

[dirrty]

yay wd danni :)

i got my 4th conditional today from Leicester - ABB :) like my 4th/5th choice though
woo leicester :eusa_danc

[Hecktix]

Got my first conditional offer today from UWE - 300 UCAS Points.

I have a friend at UWE :D

Dunno if I've already posted by i've already accepted by firm choice Royal Holloway, University of London (ABB) and insurance Bournemouth (BBC)

woop woop.

[JackBuddy]

I have a friend at UWE :D

Dunno if I've already posted by i've already accepted by firm choice Royal Holloway, University of London (ABB) and insurance Bournemouth (BBC)

woop woop.
woo bournemouth!
i live right next to royal holloway, looks like hogwarts from the outside.

[Immenseman]

loads of my mates want to go bournemouth, i love the place, go there once a month or so to see ma mother

anyways im still waiting for warwick

screams why don't they hurry up

[Glitter]

sussex
exeter
birmingham
plymouth
& royal holloway!

[kk.]

so far ive got:

Lancaster: AA in retakes B in general,
York: ABB in any combination
NTU: 240 points (Unconditional)

Reading rejected me for my predictions :s even though im only 20 points off lol

[JackBuddy]

Haha, Warwick is like the only uni that doesn't believe in freshers weeks!!

[kk.]

warwick has freshers fortnight, thats why...

[Immenseman]

i have southampton AAB
leeds AAA
birmingham AAB
leicester ABB
so farrrrr

[Pyroka]

sussex
exeter
birmingham
plymouth
& royal holloway!

exeter is AMAZING kk

[Immenseman]

innit ryan, exeter wud be so perfecttttttttt if it was anywhere else. i love the city. love the uni. love the south wes. love surrounding areas. decent nightlife. good shopping. countryside too!! just too close so i couldn't put it

[JackBuddy]

i have southampton AAB
leeds AAA
birmingham AAB
leicester ABB
so farrrrr
clever boy.

[Pyroka]

innit ryan, exeter wud be so perfecttttttttt if it was anywhere else. i love the city. love the uni. love the south wes. love surrounding areas. decent nightlife. good shopping. countryside too!! just too close so i couldn't put it

ye ano i wouldve gone the same except im thick LOL so i didnt have to worry

southamptons nice ive been there (Y) i notice u didnt apply for bristol why is that ;o

[Immenseman]

clever boy.
can't measure intelligence soz

ye ano i wouldve gone the same except im thick LOL so i didnt have to worry

southamptons nice ive been there (Y) i notice u didnt apply for bristol why is that ;o
i just imagine bristol as people who don't wash

LMAO IDK WHY

[Pyroka]

can't measure intelligence soz

i just imagine bristol as people who don't wash

LMAO IDK WHY

tbf amber and garion arent the best ambassadors for the place

[Immenseman]

lol i think it's cuz of bristolian accents which i love listening to but it reminds me of dirty grungers ;l

[Mitch4?]

Haven't been on this for time!!

I only sent off my UCAS last week, ah im lazy!
Got an offer from leeds wednesday AAB
and two interviews, one from surrey and one from Hull!
Still waiting for bristol (Top choice)
and manchester, but i don't care about there. :)

[Immenseman]

Haven't been on this for time!!

I only sent off my UCAS last week, ah im lazy!
Got an offer from leeds wednesday AAB
and two interviews, one from surrey and one from Hull!
Still waiting for bristol (Top choice)
and manchester, but i don't care about there. :)
OMG HIYA

and yay leeds, gl babe! xx

[Mitch4?]

OMG HIYA

and yay leeds, gl babe! xx

omg hey too! long time no speak ey.
umg. what you applying for?? ;o is leeds like your top choice or are you a dirty brum?

[Pyroka]

MITCHH I LOVE YOU BABY EEEEEEEEEEEE :D






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[Mitch4?]

HEY RYAN. you lezza.
i don't think this is reallly the best place to talk about crap like this but
how're you? been up to much whilst i was dead.?






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[Immenseman]

omg hey too! long time no speak ey.
umg. what you applying for?? ;o is leeds like your top choice or are you a dirty brum?
i know, don't leave like that!!

basically, warwick is my top choice if they accept me. providing they do this is my top 5 in order;

warwick
birm
leeds
leicester
southampton

applying to do history, you?

[Mitch4?]

i know, don't leave like that!!

basically, warwick is my top choice if they accept me. providing they do this is my top 5 in order;

warwick
birm
leeds
leicester
southampton

applying to do history, you?

sorry bubz. i won't again :P
ah i was gonna apply for just Maths in Warwick but i failed one of my modules so i left that.
i've applied for Bristol top choice, then surrey or Leeds depending on what grades they give me (if i get an offer from surrey)
I'm doin mechanical engineering cause im a butch lesbian :)

[Immenseman]

sorry bubz. i won't again :P
ah i was gonna apply for just Maths in Warwick but i failed one of my modules so i left that.
i've applied for Bristol top choice, then surrey or Leeds depending on what grades they give me (if i get an offer from surrey)
I'm doin mechanical engineering cause im a butch lesbian :)
good ;)

wth that course sounds so unlike u LOL what do u do

[kk.]

:'( i dont know what to do!!

lancaster will be first, and i think york should be second. but NTU is unconditional, and i want to go uni this year. But i dont like the sound of NTU. Its just all so confusing :'(

[Immenseman]

york is meant to be lush innitz, wish i picked it over leeds. i just picked leeds for the music scene and cuz it's meant to be one of the most cosmopolitan cities in england

[Mitch4?]

Ah well I'm actually a maths boffin despite getting CCCEE In my AS's last year I got predicted ABB and only reason I got place is cos I got my friend to help me with my personal statement ALOT. as I epic fail at English. Plus cos I'm a drama nerd I bet they liked I wasn't just a maths geek. Im such a lazy fanny tho ceeb. Mech engineering cos then I have loads of hot foreign guys which is my new fetish aha <3

[Immenseman]

typical ;l good luck anyways :D

[JackBuddy]

Ah well I'm actually a maths boffin despite getting CCCEE In my AS's last year I got predicted ABB and only reason I got place is cos I got my friend to help me with my personal statement ALOT. as I epic fail at English. Plus cos I'm a drama nerd I bet they liked I wasn't just a maths geek. Im such a lazy fanny tho ceeb. Mech engineering cos then I have loads of hot foreign guys which is my new fetish aha <3
alright mitch!!! where you applying?

[Mitch4?]

typical ;l good luck anyways :D
Goodluck to you too mate!


alright mitch!!! where you applying?

umg, iya jack!
Bristol, Leeds, Surrey, Hull (blah my sisters got a scholarship there that starts in september so no thanks!), Manchester.
I've got interview/openday thing from surrrey and manc, where apparently i just walk around and if i dont tell the staff to f off i get a place lol.
And Leeds gave me a straight up offer higher than my predicted grades ***.
Are you in uni? i think i remeber you were a year older? :)

[JackBuddy]

Goodluck to you too mate!



umg, iya jack!
Bristol, Leeds, Surrey, Hull (blah my sisters got a scholarship there that starts in september so no thanks!), Manchester.
I've got interview/openday thing from surrrey and manc, where apparently i just walk around and if i dont tell the staff to f off i get a place lol.
And Leeds gave me a straight up offer higher than my predicted grades ***.
Are you in uni? i think i remeber you were a year older? :)
oh wow, clever boy from what i can tell from the unis you have applied to!! Surrey isn't to far from me... Guildford I think.
Yeah I'm at Bournemouth atm studying Environmental Protection and Management. Course is hard but uni social life is amazing!!

[Bun]

every1 is growing up and going to uni :O:O

[Immenseman]

little cod doing his as levels

[Bun]

no i'm second year you nutta ;l