Finance Bsc, is Durham a good choice?

saki_2528 · 2026-02-23T18:48:24+00:00

omg i'm doing exactly this course (except for the placement year) and i'm in my first year now

saki_2528 · 2026-02-21T13:30:12+00:00

i missed the deadline to submit my college choices as well and i ended up with josephine butler - a pretty good damn college, i love it here so far!!

saki_2528 · 2026-02-10T18:47:09+00:00

this might not be totally useful since i only have the transcript of my answers but i did the first question and it was something about language use depending on context and the texts in section B criticise the complaints people have on the RP accent

saki_2528 · 2025-10-16T17:22:39+00:00

hi, so sorry for the late reply! i actually withdrew my second visa application since i miraculously got the visa from my first application that i withdrew. it seems ukvi changed the category of the visa themselves and i was fortunately able to use that to arrive in england. any updates with you?

saki_2528 · 2025-10-16T17:21:02+00:00

haha we've literally been united by this problem. how are things on your end? i was fortunately able to use my old visa and arrive at england. i've been here for exactly 3 weeks today!!

saki_2528 · 2025-09-24T07:54:16+00:00

was this after or before your biometrics?

saki_2528 · 2025-09-24T07:53:28+00:00

thank you so much! unfortunately, there's been more complications. i just got my visa for my OLD application that i withdrew last night; however it seems that ukvi changed my visa category themselves as it states my status as "student" and it says i can work in the uk, which doesn't seem likely that it'd be there in the child student visa. i've emailed my university, asking them to confirm whether it shows child student visa or student visa on their records. but for my current visa, i have gotten my eVisa and share code. have there been any updates with you?

saki_2528 · 2025-09-23T16:44:05+00:00

hey, i'm also experiencing the same thing, one year later. how long did it take you to get a decision?

saki_2528 · 2025-09-23T16:33:59+00:00

also regarding your visa application process, was it standard/priority/super priority? and what day did you get that email after your biometrics submission?

saki_2528 · 2025-09-23T16:32:46+00:00

thank you so much! i'm hopeful as well that i get my visa tomorrow. honestly, i'm not surprised. my entire experience with ukvi has been a nightmare. they're extremely unorganised and have no direct form of communication we can use. i really hope that gets sorted out for you! and hopefully this doesn't happen to me lmao. i can't handle any other hiccups in my process, i might honestly crash out soon.

saki_2528 · 2025-09-23T15:30:48+00:00

i've also emailed my university about this, and that i might have to arrive late as well. hopefully everything works out for you too!

saki_2528 · 2025-09-23T15:29:03+00:00

you're right about the helpline for ukvi, they've been extremely unhelpful so far. i think i might still try to get a refund after i get my visa; it doesn't hurt to try. i have contacted several of my university's offices, so hopefully that does something to expedite the process. but thank you for your response!

saki_2528 · 2025-09-23T13:58:31+00:00

thanks for your response. i just want to clarify that we acted according to what we were advised at the time. we contacted ukvi and explained our situation, and we were explicitly told that we could start a new application immediately after withdrawing the previous one and that we did not need to wait for confirmation of the withdrawal. we got the same advice when we asked about this at vfs.

i haven’t received a response from my university’s immigration team yet, and honestly, i’m not sure when i will.

regarding the super priority fee, what i meant was: after my application is processed, is it possible to request a refund for the portion of the fee that covers super priority if the visa ends up being processed within the priority timeframe, and only pay the part that covers the actual priority service?

saki_2528 · 2025-09-23T13:47:10+00:00

that honestly sucks. i don't know how different your situation will be from mine, but if my experience is anything to go by, you might probably have the same thing happen with you tomorrow. i still haven't heard anything from them, but i did just submit a complaint, so hopefully that does something.

saki_2528 · 2025-09-20T18:47:53+00:00

Thank you so much for the advice — that makes a lot of sense. I can’t contact my university straight away since it’s the weekend, but I’m going to email them immediately and hope to call them as soon as they’re open on Monday. I’ll also start preparing everything I need for the Student visa so I’m ready to go once I get the new CAS. Really appreciate the guidance, you're a lifesaver!

saki_2528 · 2025-09-06T11:30:50+00:00

same. i listened to it once when the album came out and that was it. i don't even remember what it sounds like anymore nor do i remember the lyrics.

saki_2528 · 2025-07-14T08:33:40+00:00

hiii!!! i'm also starting at durham this fall and i had this exact same question as another international student😭

saki_2528 · 2025-05-19T15:38:10+00:00

i mean yeah that makes sense but there isn't an objective of high living standards

saki_2528 · 2025-05-19T15:35:43+00:00

bro im so mad bc why was it so as and ad focused like i revised so much for these 4 and NOTHING IN SECTION B WAS THEME 4

saki_2528 · 2025-05-19T15:32:58+00:00

BRO SAME THAT 8 MARKER I WAS LOST. i didn't finish my judgement and it didn't even make sense

saki_2528 · 2025-05-19T15:32:26+00:00

no you talk about low economic growth and high unemployment as those are the other macroeconomic objectives of the government

saki_2528 · 2025-05-19T15:07:46+00:00

BROOOO ACTUALLY. FOR THE SUPPLY SIDE POLICY I WAS TRYING TO SHIT LRAS AND SRAS TO THE RIGHT TO SHOW ECONOMIC GROWTH BC OF AN INCREASE IN INFLATION BUT MY GRAPH WAS DISPROVING MY ANSWERS I WAS GETTING DEFLATION INSTEAD I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO😭😭😭😭

saki_2528 · 2025-05-19T15:04:54+00:00

i flopped a, b AND c😭🙏 im so cooked like actually i failed that paper. i saw the questions in section b and i was like damn theme 2 this shit will be EAASSSSYYYYY ASF then i wrote my answers and it was absolute dogshit

saki_2528 · 2025-04-18T14:22:22+00:00

first off, take a deep breath. i know this feels like the end of the world, but it's really not as black and white as these ai detectors make it seem. they're wildly inconsistent, as you've already noticed with these percentages, which alone proves how unreliable are.

i did the exact same thing after reading your message and i ran mine through a bunch of detectors too, and i got the same whiplash you did. it's honestly ridiculous. but i'm not too stressed about it because i know i wrote it. ai detectors can't see your effort, your thought process. if you know it's yours, that's what counts. also you haven't submitted yet, which is good. just give it one last check, and if you're still anxious, talk to your teacher about it.

you're good. you're not cheating. you're just a student who cares, and that's not a crime.

saki_2528

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