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vnhbmum
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Interview for North London Collegiate

Post by vnhbmum »

Hi, anyone got a letter of interview from north london coliegate?
shootmenow
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

Post by shootmenow »

nope.
N12Dad
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

Post by N12Dad »

Still waiting
bigheadtodd
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

Post by bigheadtodd »

In my excitement I ended up starting a new thread, didn't see there were a couple open already. :oops:

We got the interview letter today.
vnmomma
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

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We got an interview. Does anyone know the statistics of how many selected for interviews for how many external places?
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Kingfisher
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

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600 apply, call about 200 for interview, 60 places.
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loveyouradvice
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

Post by loveyouradvice »

So that suggests a VERY good chance of a place.... how many do they offer?

Most seem to do 2-3 times the number of places they've got... Im guessing they'll be offering 120 or so, given they'll be top of lots of people's lists.
Kingfisher
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

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I think only they'd know that. They wouldn't reveal it because that would mean we would all know how many turned it down and no school likes that. I wouldn't imagine it to be as high as that, though but I could be wrong.
vnmomma
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

Post by vnmomma »

We have heard from a prep school "in the know" that if one gets an interview at NLCS, the chances are high that a place is offered, i.e. it is an offer for you to lose.

Any thoughts from experience or knowledge?
shootmenow
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Re: Interview for north london coliegate

Post by shootmenow »

We've got an interview letter for DD! FYI, they don't offer too many more than spots available. They used to offer about 25 more but about 8 or 9 years ago everyone said yes. They had to add another form. Total chaos for about a month after term began. Congrats to those with interviews. Tell your DDs it is very unstressful. Yummy biscuits, current yr 7 girls and parents to answer questions (me included) and a nice chat with a teacher. Everyone comes out smiling.
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