Admissions Rate for Computer Science Courses

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Dear University of Warwick,

I would like to request admissions data on the following courses;
BSc Computer Science 3 years
MEng Computer Science 4 years

From the 2017 to 2021 cycles, the number of applicants, offers, and acceptances. Also, the median range of number of A*/8-9 grades achieved at GCSE, and the median A level predicted grades held by applicants and offer holders for each of these years.

I would like this data to be sorted by home and international applicants.
Yours faithfully,
Hamza

infocompliance, Resource, University of Warwick

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Dear University of Warwick,
I would like to clarify that I am requesting the median number of GCSE A*s/8-9s for both applicants and offer holders.

Yours faithfully,

Hamza

infocompliance, Resource, University of Warwick

Hi Hamza

Thank you for your request to access information from the University of Warwick.

To comply with your request, please clarify the following:

Please confirm your full name (section 8(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires you to provide your full name when making an FOI request).

We will be unable to progress your request until you have provided the requested clarification; and the 20 working days timeframe for us to provide a response will not begin until we have received your clarification.

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Dear infocompliance, Resource,

My full name is Hamza Taj,

Yours sincerely,

Hamza Taj

infocompliance, Resource, University of Warwick

Hi Hamza

 

Thank you for clarifying your full name.

 

The University is not required to respond to requests where it would take
more than 18 hours of staff time to do so (the relevant law is set out in
the Freedom of Information Act 2000, section 12(1) and the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations
2004).

 

We estimate that it would take more than 18 hours of staff time to respond
to the median range of number of A*/8-9 grades achieved at GCSE, and the
median A level predicted grades held by applicants and offer holders for
each of these years part of your request. This is because

there is no standard format to input pre-A-level grades such as GCSEs and
therefore applicants can input this information in any order. It is also
not possible to average a grade which contains a letter (e.g. A*AA).
However, we can average the International Baccalaureate as that is a
numerical grading system. It would require an individual review of each
application to be able to answer this and so would exceed the cost limit.

 

Please see link below which details what data can be provided:
[1]Admissions Data (warwick.ac.uk)

 

If after reading what the University can provide, you want to refine this
part of your request, please do respond to this email.

 

We expect to be able to provide a further response within 20 working days
of your confirmation. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you
do not wish to proceed on the above basis and close your request.

 

Kind regards

 

Legal and Compliance Services

 

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Dear infocompliance, Resource,

I understand that it would be too cumbersome to send A level and GCSE median grades, so there is no need to send that data.

Please send only the number of applicants, offers, and acceptances for the MEng and BSc Computer Science Courses from the 2017 to 2021 cycles, and please sort this data by home and international applicants.

Yours sincerely,
Hamza Taj

infocompliance, Resource, University of Warwick

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To Hamza

 

Thank you for your email dated 17 May 2022 requesting information from the
University of Warwick under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
Please find attached the University’s response.

 

Kind regards

 

Legal and Compliance Services