UCAS Hogwarts rejection revealed to be a hoax

For young uni hopefuls across the country, A-level results day can bring extreme joy or sadness.

Unlucky Twitter user QuantumPirate posted devastating news: his application to Hogwarts’ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was rejected.

Rejection: no shaft design with Hermione for you

The picture seems to show a reply from UCAS Chief Exec “Mary Cunnock Cook” turning down the applicant to read “Wandology” at Hogwarts “due to the fact that it does not exist”.

She added: “After consultation with our mystic advisors [sic], we have also determined that even if it did exist, the course ‘Wandology’ would be highly in demand and hence require at least two As and a B in any of the following subjects: Advance Spellcraft, Mystimatics, Defence Against The Dark Arts, History of the Occult, and Shaft Design.”

Mary Curnock Cook, the actual UCAS Exec responded: “Of course it’s genuine – silly muggles. In fact it’s magic…”

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Of course it's genuine – silly muggles. In fact it's magic… @ucas_online @QuantumPirate @Samfr pic.twitter.com/VRfGcIVB7D

— Mary Curnock Cook (@MaryCurnockCook) August 22, 2014

QuantumPirate admitted he forged the letter and posted: “If they thats the lamest fake ever they really haven’t done their research, I’ve done plenty lamer than that.”

If they think that's the lamest fake ever they really haven't done their research, I've done plenty lamer than that. pic.twitter.com/RPvC739Xrr

— So-called "Barry" (@QuantumPirate) August 24, 2014

Is it as lame as applying to Hogwarts, though?