a_exley, et al.
Its not as simple as just assigning people to courses based on their application date. I'm afraid there's no rhyme or reason to how they assign courses so when other people applied has no bearing on when they all get course dates.
For example, it took me 2 years from initial application to start at the college, yet there were also people on my course who'd only just applied six months earlier. The course after mine then had people who'd also been waiting for about 2 years, so you see, dates of application, medical etc doesn't matter as it seems to be a lottery as to who'll get picked to start when.
Sorry but thats the HR dept for you
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