Teddy_The_Bear Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 HiAfter taking some of my IB exams already, I expect that I will not be able to reach my offer.Most likely I will be a point or two off... Does anyone know about ease of negotiation?=/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzeb Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Sorry, Teddy_The_Bear, I can not answer your question but I have a similar one thus I'd like to share it.What happens if I satisfy the requirements of conditional offers? Is my place guaranteed in that case or I still have to wait for the confirmation from the university?I looked for the answer on ucas and tried googling it, but nobody talks about it. I guess its pretty clear for most people. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaneele Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Teddy, as far as I'm concerned, if you have met the requirements for the conditional or the non-conditional agreement, you get in. If you have one to two points lower, you have to wait and hope they will accept you, because they still might accept you even if you didn't meet the requirements. Be positive and hope, however, that you have done your best and scored what you wished for As for Dzeb, we had a UCAS presentation here a couple of months ago. As far as I understood from them, if you have reached your conditionals, you've got the spot. That's why they're conditionals - they are not satisfied with the predicted marks, but if you reach the conditional marks, they take you.Kaneele Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubthebassist Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 hummm if you are going to somewhere like Oxford or Cambridge and has done with the interview, you are most likely to get in even though you did not fulfill your requirements. Being selected from the interview means they 'want' to take you. If your IB exam results are very close to your condition, and if there are some reasonable reasons (i.e your Internal assessment was harshly taken down by examiners unintentionally, or this year's exam was particularly harder than last year without any changes of boundaries, special recommendation from one or two teachers, etc...) they are most likely to be taken anyway.However, if you have not done the interview with your chosen university, unless your brilliant and your personal statements show you, it is not very likely to get a spot from a university. BUT you can negotiate with them and can get away with it. I know 3 people (yeah I know! 3 people!) who got into Cambridge without actually fulfilling the requirements. They had perfect recommendations from teachers and A-level that year was particularly hard I guess. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy_The_Bear Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Ok, well then I suppose my argument will be that the subject that I'm dragged down by is not even relevant to my future studies...It's spanish...when I want to do Comp Sci =/. I'm just hoping that uni has a low amount of applicants or something like that... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubthebassist Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) Ok, well then I suppose my argument will be that the subject that I'm dragged down by is not even relevant to my future studies...It's spanish...when I want to do Comp Sci =/. I'm just hoping that uni has a low amount of applicants or something like that...unfortunately you have to. Why didn't you apply to UBC or any Canadian universities where IB is well respected and conditions are low?which university are we talking about? Edited May 18, 2010 by tdubthebassist Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaneele Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Good luck! I hope you get in the uni you want to get in!!! Kaneele Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy_The_Bear Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Ok, well then I suppose my argument will be that the subject that I'm dragged down by is not even relevant to my future studies...It's spanish...when I want to do Comp Sci =/. I'm just hoping that uni has a low amount of applicants or something like that...unfortunately you have to. Why didn't you apply to UBC or any Canadian universities where IB is well respected and conditions are low?Already have an acceptance into UBC. I just want UK more thats all =/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubthebassist Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Ok, well then I suppose my argument will be that the subject that I'm dragged down by is not even relevant to my future studies...It's spanish...when I want to do Comp Sci =/. I'm just hoping that uni has a low amount of applicants or something like that...unfortunately you have to. Why didn't you apply to UBC or any Canadian universities where IB is well respected and conditions are low?Already have an acceptance into UBC. I just want UK more thats all =/oh well then, why are you so worrying about it? UBC is excellent for computer science! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wys Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 What about UCL? Had an interview but now I'm worried that I won't meet the offer. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarius Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Wow Viet applicant to UK unis What's your firm choice, Teddy? If you can please share your offer details ^^ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy_The_Bear Posted May 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Firm is University of Newcastle... requirement is 29, I'm afraid I'll be a few points off... =/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Generally UCL give very reasonable initial offers and then lower offers to people they particularly liked, so I'm really not sure what their policies are re: people who miss out. I expect it would depend by how much and what you'd applied for. Which course, wys? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubthebassist Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 well, considering that UCL actually gave me an offer 2 days after my application, they really liked me...but oops. declined. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 UCL are generally really speedy with offers and interviews It's just their ethos, I think, it doesn't necessarily mean you had a winningly brilliant application or that you're more likely to get accepted even if you miss out on your offer (although I'm sure people do! xP). Some UK unis apparently have no such ethos and prefer to leave you hanging for aaaages... I applied to Bristol and they took a ridiculously long time! Just depends on the department and university Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubthebassist Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 well. UCL said that they will make their decision after 15th of Jan when everyone was done with application. But only 2 days after I sent my application, they sent me a message 'Admissions like you, you are most likely to get in'. I was very happy about that! and a day later, Bristol accepted me too. well, I declined both of them anyway. Imperial on the other hand took a long long time. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB_delusion Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Firm is University of Newcastle... requirement is 29, I'm afraid I'll be a few points off... =/you will get 29! don't worry:)....I'm the one who is totally srewed . I'm sure that I won't get enough point for Imperial Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy_The_Bear Posted May 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 (edited) Firm is University of Newcastle... requirement is 29, I'm afraid I'll be a few points off... =/you will get 29! don't worry:)....I'm the one who is totally srewed . I'm sure that I won't get enough point for Imperial Wow, how do you think you did? what was the requirement... Edited May 19, 2010 by Aboo No text speak! - Aboo Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB_delusion Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 I did very bad in the exam. the requirement is 38 overall with 6 in Bio HL and Maths HL and I'm sure I won't get any of these condition ... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Polaris Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 what are you planning on studying in Imperial, Delusion? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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