Any one heard from Bristol Uni?

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My DS applied for CS. He received email that his application is still in process and is on hold. Not sure what dies it mean. Any one heard from them at all?

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My DS applied for CS. He received email that his application is still in process and is on hold. Not sure what dies it mean. Any one heard from them at all?

Not the parent of a Bristol applicant, but I have found a whole section on the subject on the Bristol website:

Putting an application on hold means that we have assessed the application and decided that the applicant meets the entry requirements for our offer, but we are unable to make a final decision.

www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/after-you-apply/your-application/decision/#:~:text=Putting%20an%20application%20on%20hold

There is also a link to a video on YouTube.

Can't believe my son's application is on hold as well. I would be happy if they take interview to decide. This is a very popular course.

My son has been on hold for Aerospace Engineering since October. I think it means you're on the subs bench.

So they have offered to as many people as there are course places. As people reject a place, others are given offers. As others accept places, lower ranked candidates are rejected off the end of the list.

Some of the people rejected have 3 A*'s predicted, so being and staying on the subs bench is an achievement in itself.

In a normal year I see maybe 68% of candidates are offered places. This year I guess they may be waiting to see if exams go ahead, then they'll send a load more offers out on the expectation that a lot of people will fail to make their grades.

I have two DSs both applied for Mechanical Engineering at Bristol. One (the more conventional one with great grades) got an offer about 3 weeks ago. The other (less great grades and whose application was accompanied by a mitigating circumstances claim) is still waiting 🤷‍♀️

Wow @kitnkaboodle that's tough. Interesting that they've chosen the same course and uni.