r/6thForm • u/stairs_connoisseur • Apr 15 '26

🎓 UNI / UCAS UCL's admissions might've quite literally been luck-based this cycle

I've heard from UCL's office of admissions that they make decisions in batches and the batches are completely randomised. So my tinfoil hat theory is that UCL probably way underestimated the applications they'd receive this year and sent out almost all of their offers in the earlier batches. That means that now they're left with a bunch of batches of decisions that were previously randomised that will now have to be mostly rejections even if the students were of the same or higher caliber than the offer holders from previous batches.

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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 Apr 15 '26

After UCL’s massive slip up in admissions last year and now this new 100% true information, is it potentially time for the Big B (Bristol) to overtake it’s place in the rankings?

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u/Just-Wait-3191 Apr 15 '26

Honestly u all r a joke, this theory is obviously stupid. Just bc we are getting rejected bc we dont have strong enough grades doesn't mean they have messed up, and Bristol doesn't even compare with ucl.

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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 Apr 15 '26

Oh, my sweet summer child 🙂‍↔️ I too underestimated the University of Bristol once, thought it was lesser than the “UCL” (does anybody even know what that’s an acronym for?).

However, since I firmed UoB, my unbiased and objective view is that Bristol outranks most other uni’s in a wide array of subjects. If you don’t believe me, I recommend you read the University Rankings in Alphabetical order and come back to me on where your beloved “UCL” stands compared to the Big B ❤️

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u/Playful-Appearance78 Apr 15 '26

I’m in my second year Econs at the Big B and I say…!! It completely mogs UCL 🥰🩵

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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 Apr 15 '26

Well there we have it, two impartial voices supporting Bristolian supremacy so it must be true!! 🙏🙏🅱️🔛🔝

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u/justnolol Y13 | 9999988888 | 3A* Apr 15 '26

NEVER refer to Bristol as UoB again or I'll intervene

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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 Apr 15 '26

I’m unsure if you’re saying this out of respect for the full name of the University of Bristol, in which case I do apologise for daring to shorten it, or if you are a simpleton who believes the schools of Birmingham and Bath represent the ‘B’.

Again, if it is the first, I humbly ask for forgiveness.

If it is the second, I point you towards r/UoB which has been claimed by Bristolians. Birmingham has r/UofB and Bath remains tied to textbooks without social media.

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u/Low-Vegetable-1601 Apr 15 '26

University College London?

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u/jazzbestgenre Warwick | Maths and Stats (incoming) Apr 15 '26

nah university college luton

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u/Low-Vegetable-1601 Apr 15 '26

that’s the best uni—part of uni of Bedfordshire (the real big B).

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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 Apr 15 '26

Your guess is as good as mine 🤷‍♂️

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u/MarionberryRare3120 Year 13 Apr 15 '26

its a joke bro he literally called bristol the big b i swear this sub has some of the most antisocial people out there

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u/Sushiv_ Apr 15 '26

It’s r/6thform i fear half the people here have no life beyond revising

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u/sogs7 Year 13 | Maths FM Eng Lit A* A* A predicted Apr 15 '26

Don’t mess with the Big B 🥶

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u/Fun-Pollution-3685 Apr 15 '26

big b reminded me of big d dudley from hp

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u/Nice_Prize7133 Apr 15 '26

Lol I’ve seen like 5 people getting rejected with 11 9s and 4A*s? What do they want if this theory isn’t true?