Great news! Don’t be surprised if the 5 are really spread out, they each have their own pace and timetable.
@VickiSoCal Thanks for the tip! It’s a long road but the trip just got a bit easier.
@CuriousInCincy Has your son been allocated to a college yet?
@HazeGrey I don’t think so, but we’ll check the initial email he received from Exeter. Recommendations?
@HazeGrey Ah, I think you were referring to his Oxford app. Yes, the open application funneled him to Mansfield. Their website celebrates inclusion and a high percentage of students from public schools, which is certainly the case with him.
@HazeGrey Ah, I think you were referring to his Oxford app. Yes, the open application funneled him to Mansfield. Their website celebrates inclusion and a high percentage of students from public schools, which is certainly the case with him.
I got allocated to Corpus Christi for PPE. Anyone have any experience with Corpus Christi? What is it like? If I were to be accepted (knock on wood), what is the possibility it would be at another college?
Corpus is great! it’s very central, pretty and very friendly. On average about 30% of applicants end up in a different college than they originally apply to, but that’s overall and over time, so it’s hard to say what your odds of getting an offer from a different college are (esp as Corpus has a solid PPE contingent). Good luck!
“I got allocated to Corpus Christi for PPE. Anyone have any experience with Corpus Christi? What is it like? If I were to be accepted (knock on wood), what is the possibility it would be at another college?”
Corpus Christi is a great choice. As mentioned above it is very central and close to a number of the academic buildings. One of my son’s friends goes there and loves it.
It is quite common to get pulled into another college, but I would not worry about it as it is out of your control and it is still Oxford!
For the data bank, an ACT score of 32, and SAT IIs of 680 and 720 resulted in an unconditional offer for Business Management from Edinburgh for my US-based senior. No transcript sent in: simply supplied these scores and the completed UCAS application, submitted on 10/7. Decision posted on 10/25. Just waiting for one more decision (another UK university) and I think we’re done…hard to believe.
@JustOffTheBoat I’m jealous. Chemistry was not so easy at Edinburgh last year 
@JustOffTheBoat Congrats to your senior! We eagerly await a response from Edi, which is my son’s first choice at the moment.
@JustOffTheBoat What is hard to believe, that UK universities only take academic qualifications, requirements for which are clearly spelled out ahead of time and with minimum cost, in making a decision to a qualified candidate in the application process? I don’t blame you for your surprize when compared with the US system which to me is more akin to the hunger games than college matriculation.
I think @JustOffTheBoat means it is hard to belive they are done excellent news and congrats on the acceptance. Edi is a wonderful school and Scotland is a magnificent, magical place. I have been all over, and cannot wait to go back.
Another one for the data bank. Daughter accepted at Birmingham and Edinburgh for English Language and Literature (conditional on proof of submitted SAT and AP scores.) She achieved 1440 on the SAT and has 55544 for AP’s. She will be sitting for another 4 AP’s at the end of this academic year.
A day or two after acceptance, she was actually phoned by a lecturer from Birmingham who just wanted to see if she had any questions, which was a nice touch.
She retook the SAT in September and achieved 1540 and is now trying to get that score updated at the remaining 3 universities she applied to. (It seems to be a bit of a mission!)
We were also surprised how quickly she heard back - thought it would be around January or later!
She’s also considering applying to US colleges. Given her lousy GPA (3.1), I think she stands much less chance of getting into a good US school, so it’s probably just as well that she seems set on the UK.
Congrats on the acceptances @HedgePig. You need to call UCAS to update scores. It took about 3 days for them to do it for DD.
@HedgePig if she has unconditional and she’s firmed by then you may not want to spend the money/stress on additional AP’s. We kind of regret having D7 do them.
Thanks, Jupiter98. She’s been contacting the universities (suggested by her school) directly but contacting UCAS directly does seem to make more sense.
@VickiSoCal - she’s applying for Cambridge (a “far reach”) which requires 5 5’s on the AP’s, as well as UCL and Durham, which she hasn’t heard from yet.
Got it. In our case she already had unconditional from her top 2, St Andrews and Durham so in retrospect it seems silly she took them.
Thank you: you’re spot on. Obviously I wasn’t clear, but I wasn’t comparing UK and US systems whatsoever.