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{"id":567,"date":"2012-01-06T12:51:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T12:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncanning.net\/?p=567"},"modified":"2012-01-06T12:51:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T12:51:44","slug":"application-accept-ratios-2005-2010-source-ucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/?p=567","title":{"rendered":"Application-accept ratios 2005-2010 (Source: UCAS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have put together the ratios of applications to accepts for degrees in languages and\u00a0related\u00a0fields below (source UCAS). Students had six choices until 2007, then five choices from 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The ratios are not\u00a0necessarily\u00a0indicative of \u00a0'applicants per place' as the number of <em>available<\/em> <em>places<\/em> is not part of the\u00a0equation. However, it is probably reasonable to suppose that subjects with a higher applications to accepts ratio are more\u00a0competitive, all other things being equal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click to view table in table in detail.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-568\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johncanning.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ratios.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-568\" title=\"ratios\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johncanning.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ratios.png\" alt=\"Ratios for 'applications' to 'accepts', 2005-2010\" width=\"876\" height=\"869\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ratios for &#39;applications&#39; to &#39;accepts&#39;, 2005-2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<ul class=\"aditya-social\" id=\"aditya-cssanime\">\n<li class=\"aditya-twitter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-add-social-bookmarks\/images\/twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" title=\"Twitter\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"aditya-delicious\"><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567&amp;title=Application-accept+ratios+2005-2010+%28Source%3A+UCAS%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"del.icio.us\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-add-social-bookmarks\/images\/delicious.png\" alt=\"del.icio.us\" title=\"del.icio.us\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"aditya-digg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567&amp;title=Application-accept+ratios+2005-2010+%28Source%3A+UCAS%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-add-social-bookmarks\/images\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg\" title=\"Digg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"aditya-facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567&amp;t=Application-accept+ratios+2005-2010+%28Source%3A+UCAS%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-add-social-bookmarks\/images\/facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Facebook\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"aditya-technorati\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/faves?add=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Technorati\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-add-social-bookmarks\/images\/technorati.png\" alt=\"Technorati\" title=\"Technorati\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"aditya-reddit\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=Application-accept+ratios+2005-2010+%28Source%3A+UCAS%29&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-add-social-bookmarks\/images\/reddit.png\" alt=\"Reddit\" title=\"Reddit\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"aditya-yahoo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit?submitUrl=Application-accept+ratios+2005-2010+%28Source%3A+UCAS%29&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Yahoo Buzz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-add-social-bookmarks\/images\/yahoo.png\" alt=\"Yahoo Buzz\" title=\"Yahoo Buzz\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"aditya-stumbleupon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjohncanning.net%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D567&amp;title=Application-accept+ratios+2005-2010+%28Source%3A+UCAS%29&amp;newcomment=Application-accept+ratios+2005-2010+%28Source%3A+UCAS%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"StumbleUpon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-add-social-bookmarks\/images\/stumbleupon.png\" alt=\"StumbleUpon\" title=\"StumbleUpon\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have put together the ratios of applications to accepts for degrees in languages and\u00a0related\u00a0fields below (source UCAS). 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