Oxbridge 2020 (6)

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New thread ready for when the old one gets filled up!

DS2 thought I was being a nag and told me a goal is a goal isn't it.

That's great to hear goodbyestranger - quite right they look at performance across aptitude tests & interview. Perhaps Cambridge will move to a similar approach now that their admissions assessments are bedding in (not sure when the first cohort took them & therefore able to track against final degree performance).

Love your DS2's response!

not sure when the first cohort took them

My DD was in the first lot to do the Cambridge aptitude test in 2017 - she's 3rd year now but it's a 4 year course.

History at LSE is excellent, but with slant towards either politics for British history or international relations for Int history. Lots of v good talks, visiting academics etc and think tank types

Fab news Coleopatra for DT2. Really pleased for him (and you). My DH went to LSE many moons ago.

Whew! So glad to hear that.

Fantastic news Coleoptera

PS Your DT1 sounds lovely

Lovely news Coleoptera.

DS got a Durham offer today. He prefers Imperial but it’s nice that he’s now got offers from all 4 apart from CB. He’s much more interested in tinkering with the banger than anything else...

Great to hear of the Durham offers.

Yes, DT1 sounds a star.

Well done to T2 for the four offers. Is he the History twin?
DD has offers from Exeter and York for History but hasn’t visited them yet. She has offer holder open days in February & March.

Good news on all these offers coming in.
DS also got a Durham offer - so a big sigh of relief here!

@HugoSpritz I think that it is unlikely that the Cambridge results will be on Track on 15th. What happened last year was that the e-mails went out on results day, Track took a few days longer, letters vary by college.

Oxford updated Track on results day last year.

Ah fabulous PortusCale - so pleased.

Congrats to Coleoptera DT 2 and Portus ds, a great boost ahead of Tuesday!

Thank you!

Yes, it’s taken the pressure off ahead of next week and DS is very happy.

Hope others hear soon too.

@Coleoptera and @PortusCale congratulations on the Durham offers. Lovely to have it secured before Tuesday. DS1 is very pleased with the prospect of going there and I can 'see' it in my head.

Balliol have stated on TSR that Track will update at approximately the same time as post & emails arrive. They also said that Track will update in no logical way, so the timing will not reflect outcomes.

Great news PortusCale, takes a lot of pressure off.

I can 'see' my DS at Durham too sandybayley if only he would get an offer

Just how big IS Durham university? They seem to make a lot of offers?

** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Universityy*

Looks like they take ~4.5k undergrads per year.

Yes, there will be a lot of Durham offers to people on this thread. Its one of the unis popular among students also applying to oxbridge, for quite a lot of subjects. Good unis have to over offer too - they're likely to be second (or lower) choice for quite a lot of applicants.