<p>Manchester sent a letter online today giving a conditional admission. We listed two AP classes being taken this year although it is more like 7. So the letter said conditional with a 5 in one of the two AP tests. I was expecting unconditional from everyone except for Oxford but whatever…</p>
<p>Congrats. Did you get the information from UCAS Track or was it an email from the college? Do you have any idea at what times of the day the UCAS offer updates with offers take place or does it happen in all random timings?</p>
<p>Anything from Edinburgh yet?</p>
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<p>I think you will get an offer, but whether or not it is unconditional is a different story.</p>
<p>I quote from their website:
International students: applicants who meet or are predicted to meet the minimum entry requirements are likely to be made an offer for all programmes, with the exception of Medicine.</p>
<p>abscalc- We got an email from UCAS tracking stating one of the schools has changed the status and we need to logon to check (1.30 PM CST) yesterday. On the website, a letter was loaded with the university letterhead and it mentioned the letter will not be sent again in mail.</p>
<p>Nothing changed with Edinborough. Still says under consideration.</p>
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<p>When did you send your UCAS to Edinburgh and have you got any response from them already?</p>
<p>Conditional or unconditional - do they make early offers to Internationals? Heard domestic applicants wait until as long as March to know the decisions</p>
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<p>Congrats on the conditional offer. How many AP’s have been completed already? If the number of AP’s completed already meets their entry requirements, wonder if the uni’s still give conditional offers.</p>
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I sent off my application on 20th September. Yes that’s quite some time ago! No word from them yet. I’m not from the United States though, that I must say.</p>
<p>What do you mean by early offers? If you’re referring to mid-November to January, I know it’s definitely possible. </p>
<p>Here’s what’s stated on the UCAS website:
31 March 2012: If we receive your application by 15 January, the universities and colleges should aim to have sent us their decisions by this date (but they can take longer).</p>
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<p>Are you an international applicant with Oversea fee category? If yes, I guess the category is the same as that of an American applicant. (non home / non EU applicant). In that case, it is likely that you hear early from them (any time in Nov). You sent it off in Sept itself? </p>
<p>Wow - you are likely to hear soon, I guess. You should be able to see the status of your app in your myed account also.</p>
<p>have you applied for a 4 year degree or a 5 year degree?</p>
<p>What are your other choices other than Edinburgh? Did you hear from the rest since Sept 20?</p>
<p>Goodluck.</p>
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<p>Yup, I’ve been in Asia my entire life. I sent off my side of the application on 14th September and my teacher sent it on the 19th, not 20th (just checked!). </p>
<p>I applied for a 4 year degree, I didn’t know there was a 5 year degree!</p>
<p>Cambridge, LSE, another London university, and another Scottish university.</p>
<p>I just heard from LSE fourteen hours ago. I got rejected. ):</p>
<p>query123 - There were 8 APs already completed with a national AP scholar tag. So condiional for one more AP was surprising! I am glad we listed only two APs for this year although there are more like 6 or 7 being taken.</p>
<p>I just read somewhere that if your application status turns from "Your Application is Pending Our Decision. " to blank, you’ll probably receive word of application soon.</p>
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<p>Looks like even if one has fulfilled all the AP requirements, they do ask for conditions to ensure continuity of commitment on the part of the students.</p>
<p>Manchester in my opinion requires 3 5’s but still if they ask for one more 5 to a national AP scholar who has already completed 8 AP’s as a junior, it clearly indicates so!</p>
<p>It appears Edinburgh has started giving out offers to a few intl applicants. Someone was mentioning they were given a conditional offer even after taking around 10 AP’s. not sure though!</p>
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<p>sorry to hear about your LSE rejection. Do you have any idea as to why you could have got rejected? Did you ask for their feedback?</p>
<p>What were your grades/stats/AP/SAT scores etc?</p>
<p>goodluck with your other choices.</p>
<p>I’m having trouble finding inspiration/coming up with an idea for my personal statement.</p>
<p>Any advice?</p>
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Thanks for your very kind words. I think I do know. It’s grades. I did ask for their feedback though! </p>
<p>I’m an applicant from Asia so I only submitted my school’s internal grades for the national exam. I did take the AP exams but I didn’t list them down.</p>
<p>Word to future applicants: your most recent set of grades is very important for LSE! </p>
<p>I did get an offer from St. Andrews on the same day so the rejection didn’t feel that bad.
The personal statement is just about why you want to study that particular subject. Nothing else needed! It’s not in the style of the US application essay.</p>
<p>St. Andrews sounds quite cool. They are on commonapp. Not sure if any others are.</p>
<p>@texaspg,
I believe applying through commonapp is a direct application (meaning you can’t apply to any other UK unis if you do). (I wanted to let you know just in case…)</p>
<p>And I checked, none of the others are on commonapp.</p>
<p>I don’t know about Edinburgh, but I got accepted unconditionally to St. Andrews (and chose not to go) with an UW GPA of 3.65625 and a W GPA of 4.59375. My SATs were 2160 (660 CR, 9 Essay, 720 M and 780 W) and my ACT was a 33 (34 R, 9 Essay, 34 W, 34 M and 28 S). I can’t honestly remember if I sent a transcript, although I’m pretty sure I sent my test scores. I had 9 APs at the time of graduation (3 my junior year and 6 senior year; junior years scores were 2 5’s and 1 4). I also applied as a Lit major, so I hope that helps. :)</p>
<p>SillyStoke92,
I hope you don’t mind me asking, why did you choose to not go?</p>
<p>@Cricket: Finances. It wasn’t as financially viable as a school in the US. But I’m planning on doing a semester abroad exchanging with the university. Next best thing 
If I would have been able to afford it, I’d be there.</p>