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University Offers Coming In 23/4 - part 2!
WombatChocolate · 09/01/2024 18:39
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MrsFloof · 09/01/2024 18:49
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Lightsabre · 09/01/2024 19:32
Thanks all. Also a bit anxious about London costs if he does get a place. We live in outer London so there is the option of a year at home at least to save money but we'll have to see when the time comes.
Lightsabre · 09/01/2024 19:18
Sorry to hear this @catmomof3 and Wombat. Ds has thrown himself into mocks revision tonight and music practice. I think it will take a few days for the emotions to process then hopefully they'll pick up again. It might all stir up again on Cambridge offer day for ds as there are quite a few waiting for decisions.
Ds has three offers in and he is happy with two of those but is now looking to Imperial - interview next week, then hoping for a quick decision from that so he can start thinking of first and insurance choices.
Wish it was like the old days where you stick a pin in a map, chose the course and off you went with a nice grant!
lifeturnsonadime · 09/01/2024 19:29
Thanks for the new thread @WombatChocolate , sorry to hear that your DS was also rejected for history. I thought your post on the Oxbridge thread was excellent btw.
I really hope your DS hears from Durham soon.
We've just come back from a pub tea with our DS. He's seems fine, we are focussing on the reasons that London will be more fun than Oxford (and less pressure).
Although I share @catmomof3 's daughters concerns regarding costs, Oxford would have been cheaper!
DS is now just waiting on UCL. I know they sent offers for history just before Christmas but he must still be in the 'maybes' because he hasn't been rejected. I've got a feeling he'll be held on with this decision for a while. I'm not sure there is that big of a difference between KCL and UCL for history in any event so he may decide to firm if he doesn't hear back soonish. The big difference seems to be the brand name rather than the quality of the department.
Good luck @Lightsabre to your DS for his Imperial interview.
PumpkinKnitter · 09/01/2024 21:02
@Delphigirl My DD is also waiting for Edinburgh (biomedical sciences). She got an email saying they hoped to make decisions by the end of March, but it could possibly be May. She has offers from Exeter, Warwick and Bristol, but Edinburgh is the one she really wants so she is having to wait it out! Her older sister studied a MFL at Leeds and really enjoyed her time there.
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TabMcTat · 09/01/2024 22:57
Hi, I’m new to this thread. Just wondering whether anyone knows whether Leeds, Newcastle and Bath offer later than other unis. DD got offers on early Nov from York and Birmingham but has heard nothing from the other three.
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