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Hobbes has put in his UK common app


Laura Corin
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He's applying for English and French with a year abroad. Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Southampton and Cardiff. The price is the same for each of them except Glasgow, which is cheaper because w are Scottish residents. He should get offers early next year conditional on his exam results in the summer. He's taking a gap year, so there's lots of time

Phew, that's done.

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My sister did french and politics at Cardiff. She did a year in France in the 3rd year. She liked it but I seem to remember accommodation outside halls was difficult, just not enough available, but that might have changed it was a good while ago.

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My sister did french and politics at Cardiff. She did a year in France in the 3rd year. She liked it but I seem to remember accommodation outside halls was difficult, just not enough available, but that might have changed it was a good while ago.

 

That's really good to know, thanks.  Cardiff is the only one that Hobbes has not visited, but he would go if he got an offer, so that's a good question to ask.

 

One time I went down to see my mum in Bristol and had the hardest time finding anywhere to stay.  It turned out that there was a big rugby match in Cardiff, all the accommodation there was booked up, and many fans were staying in Bristol instead and taking the train over.

 

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That's really good to know, thanks. Cardiff is the only one that Hobbes has not visited, but he would go if he got an offer, so that's a good question to ask.

 

One time I went down to see my mum in Bristol and had the hardest time finding anywhere to stay. It turned out that there was a big rugby match in Cardiff, all the accommodation there was booked up, and many fans were staying in Bristol instead and taking the train over.

First year was fine in halls but after that it seemed like the accommodation was often really poor condition, tiny and far away. My sister moved mid year more than once. It might have improved like I know Plymouth has with more private complexes that are like halls and set up for students specifically. My sister also did a masters at Southampton but lived with a friend she already knew in a flat away from the typical uni area so I don't know much about things there.
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Two conditional offers already!  One is on the high side, the other (his current favourite university) more attainable. Hooray!  A friend gave us advice on making his personal statement more distinctive, and he wrote something pretty good, referencing his life in China and resultant interest in culture(s), as well as his summer spent on extra French learning and his unusual choice of subject for his extended essay (Bukowski).

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He now has conditional offers from all the universities he applied to.

 

If you don't mind, can you explain what a "conditional offer" means? I guess that most US "acceptance letters" are technically "conditional offers" in that they say you have to meet certain conditions to actually go there (as far as your last year of school goes). Is that what this wording means? Or is there something else besides keeping up the good work?

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If you don't mind, can you explain what a "conditional offer" means? I guess that most US "acceptance letters" are technically "conditional offers" in that they say you have to meet certain conditions to actually go there (as far as your last year of school goes). Is that what this wording means? Or is there something else besides keeping up the good work?

 

The offers are conditional on achieving certain grades on A-level (or IB) exams at the end of the year. And students don't get their exam scores back until summer, so students often don't know where they're going until the last minute.

 

ETA: Here is an example of requirements to be admitted to Oxford to study mathematics (A* is above a "regular" A):

  • A-levels: A*A*A with the A*s in Mathematics and Further Mathematics (if taken). Otherwise A*AAa with A* in Mathematics and a in AS-level Further Mathematics. For those for whom A-level Further Mathematics is not available: A*AA with A* in Mathematics.
  • Advanced Highers: AA/AAB
  • IB: 39 (including core points) with 766 at HL
  • Or any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
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