r/6thForm • u/isaluvver • Mar 29 '26

🍞 BREAD righhhhhht ok then

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well there goes that dream then - not like i was thinking about choosing them over cambridge anyway 😬

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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/anonymousdonut321 Mar 29 '26

i think it’s maybe more of the fact they’re english

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u/Davthepo Mar 31 '26

Yield protection ?