Uni offers

[Weddingmum]

Is anyone still waiting for Uni offers, we're still waiting for Durham.

DD heard about her Durham offer two weeks ago (non-contextual) and her friends who didn’t apply to Oxbridge or were contextual heard months ago. No one at her school still waiting on Durham. Those like DD who knew they weren’t taking up Durham (as offer same or higher offer as top choice) rejected asap so it could hopefully help those still waiting. Good luck to those still waiting.

When was the St Andrews Offer Holders Day held?

@Weddingmum St A offer day was 1st April.

DD still waiting to hear from UCL economics here…..grrrrrr.

We are still waiting for Edinburgh biological sciences. So frustrating for my DS.

Edinburgh does seem to be the slow one this year. I know lots of people waiting. I’m not sure if they wait to do all the rejections after offers? My DS on verge of withdrawing just so doesn’t have to think about it any more but that seems a shame..

Still waiting for UCL here. Wish they’d just get on with it.

Waiting on Edinburgh here too. Got Durham the day after the final offer holder's day 🙄

From the TSR Durham thread, DC who've been contacting the admissions office today, have been told that they'll hear by 18th May now

Seems like the 21st April deadline they sent emails about in mid February is no longer being honoured

Waiting for Bristol Mechanical Engineering.

DD has offers from UCL, UAL & Manchester for architecture. She's still waiting on Liverpool & Edinburgh.

Also waiting for UCL!

Mind boggling % private school!

Oh I wouldn't use the spreadsheet to assess % of private/state - Durham publishes its own statistics on that which are at least accurate! Although I think it does have a high private school proportion, I'm not sure what it has in place to increase accessibility in the same way Oxbridge has?

I put this on another thread but here are Durhams published statistics on school type.

https://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/student.registry/statistics/summary/1.11school/201-11.pdf

50% for arts and humanities is a massive skew…..

But included in Arts and Humaities (and causing a big swing) is Classics and Ancient History, MFL and Theology & Religion. My daughter's favourite A Level (and what she is pursuing at Uni) couldn't have been taken at our local state school. It's not private schools' or Durham's fault that these subjects are less likely to be taught at state.

Exeter and Bristol for mixed honours courses with a year abroad/in industry.

She's given up on Bristol but is keen for Exeter (as are DH and I as alumni!). She has two other decent offers but I know she's a bit disheartened. DS had all five (including Durham) by this time last year.....

Still waiting for Brighton illustration

Someone has posted on the TSR chat room that they are having a big push at Durham to get offers out over the next few days, fingers crossed we'll hear soon!

🤞🏻you all hear good news very soon!

@toomuchlaundry son heard from Bathtoday - he got in! He was so convinced he hadn't, and he genuinely never thinks highly of himself so regardless of whether he accepts or not I'm super proud! (Sorry have no one else to share this good news with)

@Inca22 so happy for your son and I hope it helps boost his confidence in himself

@Inca22 So happy for you! You should be very proud, we're still waiting for Durham. Two of her friends had rejections yesterday.

@Weddingmum It's like secondary school all over again. Sending you both all the luck!!

Very best of luck @Weddingmum - Durham has been fairly brutal in the last few days.

DS and 4 of his friends - different courses and schools - all got rejections for not being competitive enough, although their predicted grades were well above typical offers