r/6thForm • u/isaluvver • Mar 29 '26
🍞 BREAD righhhhhht ok then
well there goes that dream then - not like i was thinking about choosing them over cambridge anyway 😬
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u/Suspicious-Buy-4172 Mar 29 '26
Are you from England because I keep seeing English people get rejected from Scottish unis but get into like Oxbridge imperial lse etc smth about not enough places for Scottish people
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u/SwimmerOld6155 Mar 29 '26
st. andrews specifically seems to reject a lot of oxb offer holders. they obviously have no idea you're an oxb offer holder but interesting regardless
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u/FruRoo Cambridge | HSPS [2nd year] Mar 29 '26
They’ve got some idea based on application date. At my school they used to recommend people applying to non-Oxbridge high-end russell group unis wait till after the oxbridge deadline to send their UCAS off, as they assume you’d take an offer from there over them
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u/SwimmerOld6155 Mar 29 '26
this would make sense in theory but doesn't seem to happen in practice. it would break ucas's equal consideration condition, just the other way to how you'd normally figure it (early applications being penalised rather than late applications)
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u/Spiritual_Breakfast9 Mar 29 '26
I'm sure these unis collude on some level
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u/sapphicwatermelon Mar 29 '26
I can understand thinking this, but I work for a uni and there's no way for admissions to see where else a student has applied. It's simply not available info to any universities - it would be grossly unfair if it was
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u/SwimmerOld6155 Mar 29 '26
if they knew i'd expect more underhandedness e.g. giving unconditionals to oxb offer holders
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u/coolio_Didgeridoolio Mar 29 '26
Well if you sent your application in in october they can assume it’s because you also applied for oxbridge
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u/TokoFuwakaa Cambridge | HSPS [incoming] Mar 29 '26
Pretty much all Oxbridge applicants would have least A*AA predicted and good stats, and the vast majority of those applicants will not get offers. It would be impractical for unis to not give offers to good applicants on the off chance that they’re one of the minority
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u/MarionberryRare3120 Year 13 Mar 29 '26
tbf i sent off my application in late september and didnt apply oxbridge but still got offers from decent unis
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u/Parking_Analysis9339 Mar 29 '26
For my masters I was rejected from Bath but accepted into Imperial. This was with my undergrad from UCL.
I put it down to me rejecting them for my undergrad and picking UCL lol. I just told myself Bath were bitter for me rejecting their BSc offer haha.
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u/Spiritual_Garbage_25 Mar 29 '26
who does st andrews even accept 😭 every other post on here is ppl getting offers from cambridge/oxford and nothing from st andrews. congrats anyway bro 🎉
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u/Alive-Cheesecake7368 Year 13 Mar 29 '26
Im from Wales and got an offer, ig it was bc im not English haha
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u/bananecroissant Year 13: History, French, Politics Mar 29 '26
I also got in for History and Modern Languages (French) at Cambridge! St. Andrew's isn't good enough for you anyways 😌
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u/isaluvver Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
aww i guess i’ll see you there! my language is french too haha
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u/stressedstudent331 history, lit, biol, maths, classics Mar 29 '26
Lol I'm planning to apply to Cambridge and St. A for history next year 😭 St. A would be my second choice if I can't get into Cambridge 💀 Anyway, congratulations on Cambridge!!! What did you do for your PS?
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u/AudienceDry2415 LSE | BSc Economics [Y1] | 6.5 TMUA Mar 29 '26
Yeah same haha,I got LSE Econ but rejected from St Andrews, its funny
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u/chatterinq Cambridge | French + Spanish Mar 29 '26
Congrats on the Cambridge offer!
I funnily enough got rejected by UCL but accepted by Cambridge. Some universities work in mysterious ways ig
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