Is there an applying for 2023 thread which isn’t early entry

[KittyMcKitty]

I can see there’s the Oxbridge one but dd isn’t an early entry applicant.

anyway she’s finally submitted her UCAS I know school have added the reference so imagine it’ll be off in a day or so 🤞🏻

Shes applying for sociology and has applied to:
Durham
York
Lancaster
Sheffield
Birmingham

her predicted grades comfortably exceed all the standard offers so I hope she gets some offers (and please please please let Durham offer!!).

anyone else waiting?

Great news @KittyMcKitty - lots to think about, too! I believe DS2 has completed his draft PS and may possibly have emailed it to school to check over. He should have confirmation on his predicted grades soon.

Still waiting for Exeter.

Feel quiet anxious reading this thread. At DS school they don't submit until after the Christmas holidays. DS wants to do economics.
predictions A* x 2 Ax1
Looking to put Bath, Leeds, York, Nottingham and Southampton.
Wish the school would submit sooner

Not helpful of me, but gosh that seems very odd

Agree that does seem strange - ds’s school are really keen to get them all in within a couple of weeks of now really - I think the logic is to get them out of the way so they can focus on mocks in Jan etc etc.

good luck to your ds though - those are great predictions.

Dd not ds ^ (although ds was at same school now left).

Also surprised by this. DS school has form final internal deadline of end Nov but really encouraging them to do much sooner. At least half the year have already submitted. DD (next year)'s College go even earlier! Internal deadline is 10 October so can submit before half term!

Just found this thread. DC got the UCAS form in this week and had 2 offers quickly for AAA. Hoping for one lower offer from somewhere for an insurance option.

Hi can I join you?
Dd has applied to
Leeds
Newcastle
Sheffield
Liverpool
Manchester
In order of preference to do law.
She submitted a couple of weeks ago not had any offers yet and reading this thread it's making me nervous now!
She was very specific about where she wanted to be and only wanted a big city. We live in Greater Manchester and although she's applied there she definitely wants to move away.
Anyone else's dcs applied for law?
I went to Lancaster and did a sociology degree.

As someone who does UCAS stuff in a school, I can "reassure" everyone that there is no rhyme or reason about how long university departments take to make offers. Some do them next day; others in batches every few weeks; a few wait until after the actual deadline and then look at them all together. Within one university, departments can vary. So please try not to worry if there's radio-silence for a while! (I know it's hard.)

DD is looking to read Ancient History and is working on her PS. Choices atm are Nottingham, Cardiff, Birmingham and Bristol - not sure of the order. Is trying to think of a 5th

hi, my son is applying for Law too and has gone for Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton. Only put his form in on Friday. I know that some do say that they wait for the application deadline in January before making offers to ensure everyone has a fair chance. I don't know how true that is but I guess we will see.

That’s not fair. How can you apply to appropriate unis if you don’t know what the school are predicting? I hope he genuinely liked the three that match the predictions.

Although up thread someone says that sometimes they offer above predictions.

@UCASstress that seems so wrong - students are supposed to choose their choices based on their predictions surely?! Did they sit the LNat? Is this a UK school?

Exactly. We just didn't know and trusted them. No, not in UK.

Out of the three, one was an insurance and the other two DC loves, yes. But obvs less chance of offers with lower predictions than we'd assumed (although still 'correct') unlike the two others.

Is your dc taking A levels? Are they applying as an international applicant?

Sorry, I had message deleted as it had a bit too much info.
DC has applied via UCAS but school would not give predicted grades except to confirm they were high enough for one particular uni. Since then DC has had a rejection due to 'predicted grades not high enough'. This applies to two of the five.

IB, not A-levels.
Home student (although we don't live in UK).

Can't you contact school and say you need to know what grades have been predicted?

Yes, we've raised it with school and waiting for a meeting. But presumably it's too late for those two choices

If they’ve rejected then yes it’s too late but most kids are advised to put a stretch application in and so your dc should view them as two stretch applications that didn’t offer (which is common for stretch choices)

I've never heard of a stretch application - applying to a uni when you don't have the predicted grades they want? What's the point - surely they are far more likely to just reject you immediately, especially for very popular courses?

DSs school recommends a stretch. You might get lucky and get a lower offer.