Due to the high level of competition for places , not everyone will get an offer Each year we receive in the region of seven to eight times as many applications as we have places available. We have seen a significant increase in the number of applicants who have achieved, or are predicted to achieve, top grades. Due to the high number of applicants who have achieved, or who are predicted to achieve, or indeed exceed, the top of our standard entry requirements, we are not able to make offers to all as only a limited number of places are available. Previous qualifications, such as National 5/GCSE also play a part in the selection and decision-making process. Our selection process is not an automated process. Reaching our decision involves a very thorough assessment of all relevant factors which includes academic profile, personal statement and reference alongside the secondary school performance or progression information. All applicants who have met, or are on track to meet, our entry requirements are considered; however, it is not uncommon for applicants to require a perfect, or near perfect, academic profile in order to receive an offer and it may have been necessary for us to select and make offers to those with grades above the top of the standard range. The top of our standard range is set at a level where, in previous years, offers have been made. However, as our entry requirements are published more than a year before selection takes place, it cannot take account of changes in competition levels when applications are received. Regrettably, this often means that we have to turn away many academically talented students. As well as assessing each application against our entry requirements and selection criteria, we also compare them to the very best examples of applications received that year for these programmes. As such, one of the most common reasons why applications are unsuccessful is simply that other applications were stronger. That doesn’t mean your application didn’t have merit or that it wouldn’t be successful in another year, just that this year it unfortunately wasn’t as strong as other applications we received. For further information please see our admissions statistics where you can find a breakdown of applications and offers per subject area for the last three years: Admissions Statistics This article was published on 2024-05-20
