DC rejected from Bristol offer for medicine. Some 1200 applied and 160 successful.
Bristol says:"There were a number of applications which met all of the above criteria, where this happened places were offered to students with the highest performance at GCSE(or equivalent.)
Criteria were:
- Will be first in generation in family to attend uni.
Have achieved at least 5A/A at GCSE
- Are taking relevant subjects in relation to course applied for
- Attend schools or colleges with a low overall A-level points score
- Come from neighbourhoods with low overall progression rates to higher education
- Under age of 18 at time of summer school
- Have been in care system
A number met ALL the criteria. Really! Is this probable? Or do you think people are lying about their circumstances to get a foot in the door.
DC says that people are making up lots of "interests" non academic achievements on applications, knowing full well that unis do not have resources to corroborate them all. Very sad if the insane competition is leading to this deceit.