2019 Applicants - still waiting to hear from unis

[ifonly4]

Just wondering who else has a DC still watiing to hear from unis. DD applied 31 October, had offers from Edinburgh November, St Andrews and Birmingham December. Still waiting on Durham and Warwick.

Luckily she's not worried, as she's more than happy with her present offers. It would just be good to know to enable her to make a final decision and then decide on accommodation.

[YanTanTethera01]

Some universities will pool their second choice candidates until they know how many of their first choice are firming. Some even lower grade requirements before offering to pooled students. LSE and UCL typically do this so if people haven't heard back yet, it doesn't mean they won't be offered - probably this month.

[PortusCale]

Still waiting from Durham and St A here....it's interminable and I just want to know!

One of his friends was rejected yesterday for physics despite outstanding GCSE (all A) and predicted 4 A. Can't understand it and doesn't bode well for DS.

[oneteen]

Looks like St A's sent out a lot of "rejections" yesterday- one of DD's friends was also turned down for Physics...

[mum2eim]

Ingles2 my DD got a SrA rejection today but she was upset as hoping it could be her insurance. Not sure which one of Southampton or Nottingham she will choose. She’s just going to have to work her socks off for Durham now.

[Ingles2]

ok, so rejected from St A... I think we're both relieved actually... ds, because it makes his life easier decision wise and I'm just happy he's not going to be 560 miles away!.. so firm is Durham, Birmingham insurance. Onwards and upwards to the offer residential..
Good luck everyone else :)

[mum2eim]

Ingles2 my daughter is in a similar position as your son. She’s waiting on St Andrews for physics having been rejected from Cambridge. She fortunately has offers from Durham Southampton and Nottingham, with Durham being her top choice. Having read on here and TSR I think she’s been incredibly lucky to get a Durham offer so soon. Good luck to your DS

[foundoutyet]

Dc still waiting to hear from 1st and 2nd choice.....

[MarchingFrogs]

DD got a response from Warwick yesterday evening, AAB. So somewhere in the country, an Oxbridge applicant finally decided on somewhere else as their insurance...

[LillianandJustin]

My DD is applying for Philosophy and Economics (flexible combined honours at Exeter so she can get the mix she wants). It is a popular combination and the Exeter course is hugely popular - she’d half thought of doing a dual honours with a language to increase the likelihood of being offered a place, but in the end decided to go for the course she really wants even if it’s harder to get on to. It is interesting that Bristol looked at her profile and turned her down for the course she applied for and offered her a place on an International Business Management degree. It’s not really what she wants though so although she loved Bristol I don’t think she’ll firm it.

[Kismetjayn]

I'm still waiting for Durham! I really need them to make their decision as they are my 2nd choice...

[Ingles2]

it's the A that are worrying aren't they... I'm not sure ds is going to do it. He's taking Physics, Maths, Further Maths and History and just got A,AA and B in his mocks which is pretty good going and he's got a couple of months of revising now. He doesn't do very well in exams though, gets very anxious. He puts so much pressure on himself.. I liked on the UCAS calculator last night for St A.. with his UCAS predicted grades of AAAA he's only got 48% of getting an offer!
Do you think your dd will go for Durham or St A? or put both and go for clearing if she doesn't make it?

[ifonly4]

Ingles2 - she needs AAA for St Andrews. DD just phoned,her offer is in from Durham - A*AA, top of her predicted grades. Lots of thinking to do!!

[Ingles2]

what an interesting sounding degree! and fantastic news she has an offer from St Andrews...what grades does she need?
I've just looked on route finder and Durham is 380 miles and St Andrews 560 miles from us! I hope he doesn't get an offer it's too far!!! :D
DS2 is has gone for Theoretical physics and his offer from Durham is AAAA .. so much work!

[ifonly4]

Ingles DD has applied for three courses in sustainable development as there aren't many courses available. Also Liberal Arts & Natural Science and Combined Honours in Social Sciences courses where she can incorporate geography, politics and one or two other subjects that might link with with SD longterm.

Now we have done St Andrews (yes, 400 miles away). If your DS does get an offer, one thing that might be worth doing is a talk and tour (can be booked online), it's a tour with a student for an hour and an hour with admissions explaining how the uni and courses operate which we found very useful. We also requested to meet a lecturer (not guaranteed) and DD had over an hour of quality time with her. Their spring vacation is early so their open during our Easter hols, so iit's something that could be done then without time off school. It'd also be worth looking around St Andrews - it does have some main shops but no large department stores. Life is pretty much centred around uni and societies. There are takeaways, a couple of pizza places and local pubs. Students are all in the same boat and will want to socialise, it just won't be the same as some major cities. DD does have an offer from St Andrews, which is now a firm favourite and luckily is encouraging her to work her socks off for her A levels.
Still waiting on Durham which might throw things out though (especially as I've seen slightly reduced offers being made to match that of St Andrews), and the one we haven't visited, she's waiting on.

Glad it's worked out for your other son.

[Ingles2]

we've had 1 weekend visiting Unis in the Midlands, that had their open days together, so Birmingham, Warwick, Cambridge. Haven't seen Durham or St Andrews as we thought we'd wait to see if ds got any offers.. so were going to the offer visit for Durham at the end of the month. Who knows when it comes to St Andrews..
My elder son is resitting this year, so I'm going though it all twice.. He wanted Loughborough.. and missed out on the grades last year (he forgot to revise!) so is trying again this year. luckily they gave him a 2nd offer...
What are your dc going to study? @ifonly4 where does your dd want to go?

[LillianGish]

My dd has visited all her choices bar Edinburgh (she doesn’t think she’ll get an offer from Edinburgh - it was more an optimistic roll of the dice in the absence of a fourth choice, also as an EU applicant she should have no - or at least low - fees). If she gets a realistic offer from Edinburgh we will visit. I think it is important to see where she will be living. She hated the campus at Bath (though obviously the city is lovely), didn’t like Leeds and didn’t even want to get out of the car when we pulled up at Warwick. I’ve tried to tell her it’s not just the place it’s the people and also the course, but as she won’t be able to easily pop home for the weekend I can appreciate she needs to like the feel of the place (she loved Cardiff and felt at home on the campus at Exeter where there seemed to be a lot of French speakers!) We are back in the U.K. for the Easter holidays so can do some return visits (even if not actual offer holder days) so hope to have all her offers in by then. It won’t be easy to get back after that as she will be deep in exams.

[ifonly4]

LillianGish - I thought it was bad enough DD applying for unis 350-400 miles away. Which unis has your DD visited? The only uni DD hasn't heard from is the one she hasn't seen - typical. Too late for DH to get time off and I need to give a minimum of two weeks notice - offer holder days are 26/27 March so only have a few days before it's out of the question to get her there.

[LillianGish]

Dd has had offers from Cardiff, Sheffield and Bristol, but still waiting on Edinburgh and Exeter. We live in France and so she is classified as an EU student - not sure whether this makes any difference - but difficult with regard to offer days (or second visits in general) as it’s not just a question of driving up (or down!) for the day. She has a good, achievable offer from Cardiff (which she really likes), but is the sort of person who doesn’t want to rule anything in or out until she has the full picture.

[Ingles2]

I totally agree, as long as they're happy and have a good friendship group I think...well, we'll see :) thanks for your help.

[LosingHerMissMarbles]

Ingles2 - DS went to Lancaster. A great fit for him as they do a specialism he is particularly interested in. He's loving it, found lots of like-minded people, working hard (long days and labs etc) but enjoying all aspects of university life. They need to find the right place for them. I hope it works out for your DS this year. Good luck!

[Ingles2]

had a feeling you were going to say that... I think maybe it's the borderline candidates that hear last... where did he go in the end? and did he have a good experience?
I would actually like DS to go to Birmingham... I thought it seemed like a happy, inclusive, diverse group of strange mathematical types :D I'd actually like him to have some fun, and not just crunch long strange equations... not my decision tho unfortunately :)

[LosingHerMissMarbles]

Ingles2 It was a rejection although we never found out why despite asking and despite his projected and actual grades being above their stated grades. After the disappointment of the initial rejection he wasn't too upset as he had decided 5 years (applied for the MPhys) was a long time in StA.
He was unsuccessful with his Oxbridge place too but very happy at his final choice. Hoping your DS hears soon and can then make his final decisions.

[Ingles2]

thank you for that info @LosingHerMissMarbles ... hope you dont mind me asking... was it an acceptance then? did your son go?

[LosingHerMissMarbles]

*Ingles2 if it's any consolation my DS did not hear from StA about physics until mid March a couple of years ago. They do get back to you but live to take their time 🙄

[Ingles2]

my ds is still waiting to hear from St Andrews for Physics... So far he's been rejected from Cambridge, had offers from Durham and Birmingham ..and withdrawn from York as we didn't want to go to interview. Just too difficult from the South coast for his last choice. He applied on 4th Oct so it's been 5 months exactly... surely they know if they want him or not by now.