University Offers for 2022 Start

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I've heard universities are being more cautious this year, with some stating that they are not going to make most offers until the January deadline, when they can see a clearer picture - because of the over-subscription that happened for last year's students.

I thought it might be interesting to see which universities are making offers for which subjects.

We've only heard from York so far, for Computer Science. York University do seem to be making early offers.

Anyone else heard from any universities? Think it would be good to know what is happening out there :)

@Fruitygal Ha, yes! 😅
I'm telling him to prepare to find work for a year off. He is a lot more patient than me though, and still optimistic..

Congrats @NinaProudman2022 - what’s it for ?

Physics

Well done to your son! @NinaProudman2022

@threestars DD has heard from Warwick but for liberal arts. Still waiting on Durham.

@NinaProudman2022 will it be his firm ?

Yes I think so. Still waiting on St Andrews but I think he will probably firm Durham tonight and forget about Sr Andrews (unless by some miracle they also offer today then he maybe in a quandary).

I was reading yesterday that St Andrews waited until May last year to send out some of their offers - just 2 days before the deadline! From their perspective, I guess it sifts out the students who wouldn’t have firmed them anyway but seems a little arrogant and unhelpful to those whose first choice is St A.

Nevertheless, DS is waiting for a St A decision but we are now going to offer holder days for his next favourite 2 places (Nottingham & Birmingham) to decide which he will firm if St A rejects so the trips could be a complete waste of time & money! Hopefully they will teach us something & we will have a nice city break anyway.

Congratulations to your son @NinaProudman2022 ! Has your son decided on a college choice yet? My son wants SC so opted for South as his top choice, which I imagine he stands a good chance of getting as the catered colleges seem to be more popular

Anyone heard from Southampton and Warwick? We've got the other 3 back.

@Lennybenny

Anyone heard from Southampton and Warwick? We've got the other 3 back.

Dd heard from Southampton last week for English, I think they offered here AAC (I may have got that wrong). Still waiting in Exeter.

@Lennybenny what subject?

LennyBenny, DD had an offer from Southampton last week for English and film ABB

DS just received an offer from Bristol for International Business Management with Study Abroad, conditional A*AB. He had applied 2 weeks ago.
Has anyone received something similar? We just got the update from UCAS, nothing from the university yet.

@Lennybenny depends what subject? Son got Warwick offer before Christmas for engineering.
Daughter in 1st year at Warwick doing English & theatre. When she applied, she heard in the December with an interview date for the January, then got offer a week after interview

@mich101 it's really interesting when siblings choose to go to the same uni.

These offers all sound so high. They’d be unobtainable for my child. His baselines are 3Bs but his predictions are lower at the moment. I’m thankful that conservatoires require lower grades!

@Siriusmuggle my DSs went to uni in 2017/2018 and their grades were B/C area both got great degrees and now starting good careers. No one asks what you got for ALevel once the degree is completed.

@NCTDN haha, son applied and got offer for Warwick (where his sister is) but the fact she is there put him off 🤣 he has firmed and chosen insurance elsewhere

@Siriusmuggle

These offers all sound so high. They’d be unobtainable for my child. His baselines are 3Bs but his predictions are lower at the moment. I’m thankful that conservatoires require lower grades!

My dd has been offered B,B,C for Bath, its probably where she will chose to go despite her predicted grades being A*,A,B (the B is realisticly a C).

Most of dd's offers have been B,B,C, one B,C,C, there are many options for students that are not expecting A's.

@mich101 - South and Josephine Butler and the other hill colleges are among his top choices too as he wants self catering, doesn’t want to share a room (if poss) and isn’t too bothered about the older colleges. But he has ranked them all (the latter ones randomly).

Are the offers your dc are getting the same as the typical offers on the uni websites? (Assuming they arent contextual offers).

My ds is in year 12 and we are looking ahead. Dont want to apply to courses if the offers are higher than we are expecting them to be.

DDs offers all match the information on courses on the University websites and prospectuses.

Out of 5 offers, 2 have been higher than stated on their websites and on UCAS.

Same as stated.
Where there was a range on the website DS has one offer at the upper end (offer = AAA when it stated AAA-AAB) and one was at the lower end (offer = BBB when it stated ABB-BBB).

We have interpreted that, probably wrongly, as how much they like him!