Rejected from Oxbridge : The Bright Side

This thread has calmed me down so much; I'm bookmarking it! I've anxiously waiting to see if I have an interview (and if I get an interview, then I'll be where you guys were last year) and I'm going to keep this as a testament to the fact that, should I get rejected, I'm still important and I will still have a bright future. I hope all of you that didn't get in are enjoying your respective universities, and I salute you for having the courage to apply somewhere when you felt you had so much at risk in doing it.

This thread still isn't helping me. I didn't even want to go to Cambridge to do Engineering because I didn't like the course, didn't want to try and fit 11 weeks work into 8 weeks (or however it works out,) I do want to go catered, and I don't want to live in Cambridge. I would have probably ( I admit after many many sleepless nights and arguments with my parents ) rejected an offer if given one. I even have my first choice offer. Yet somehow, I selfishly feel broken that I didn't get to interview stage. I was the first person in the year to get a rejection, and my grades were far better than the standard offer. Why do I feel so awful?

I got rejected for Veterinary Medicine on Friday. Even though I knew I had a minuscule chance of even being called for an interview, and being told by my teachers not to apply I was devastated when I got my rejection email. The other 6 people who applied for oxbridge from my school all have interviews so I feel like a massive idiot. My GCSE's aren't brilliant (3A*'s, 4A's and 4B's) nor are my AS's (AABB) but I feel like I'm rapidly getting better at my subjects. I really really badly wanted to go to Cambridge just because it felt like home when I visited there in March and I feel I would really do well with the supervisions. I've been considering reapplying next year regardless of whether I get any offers from my 3 other Veterinary Science choices. Would doing this be irrational and stupid? I just feel that perhaps if I got my predicted grades (A*AAA) and then applied I may stand a better chance.

I got rejected for Veterinary Medicine on Friday. Even though I knew I had a minuscule chance of even being called for an interview, and being told by my teachers not to apply I was devastated when I got my rejection email. The other 6 people who applied for oxbridge from my school all have interviews so I feel like a massive idiot. My GCSE's aren't brilliant (3A*'s, 4A's and 4B's) nor are my AS's (AABB) but I feel like I'm rapidly getting better at my subjects. I really really badly wanted to go to Cambridge just because it felt like home when I visited there in March and I feel I would really do well with the supervisions. I've been considering reapplying next year regardless of whether I get any offers from my 3 other Veterinary Science choices. Would doing this be irrational and stupid? I just feel that perhaps if I got my predicted grades (A*AAA) and then applied I may stand a better chance.

At the end of the day we were all good enough to get an interview

...one of my interviewers said I had a lot of ambition.

Because rejection is rejection, which ever way you look at it. It doesn't matter if its from a voluntary job at Oxfam, or being denied an interview at Cambridge. It will always hurt. Some part of you must have cared, even if you didn't want to admit it to yourself. It takes guts to apply to the best university in the world, even if you don't want to get in. Its almost like the ultimate test of your ability (and faith in yourself) academically. But just because you didn't get an interview doesn't mean you aren't one of the most academically gifted. Cambridge has too many applicants; its simple. Imagine if they interviewed each and every person that applied, it'd be a waste of so many peoples time and an at huge expense of the university and the applicants. At least this way you don't have to mess around organising interviews and travelling around for a university that you didn't want to go to. If you're confused/hurt, ask them why they gave you the rejection. They owe you that.
Good luck for your future and all that you do; you sound like you're going to be brilliant. x

This thread still isn't helping me. I didn't even want to go to Cambridge to do Engineering because I didn't like the course, didn't want to try and fit 11 weeks work into 8 weeks (or however it works out,) I do want to go catered, and I don't want to live in Cambridge. I would have probably ( I admit after many many sleepless nights and arguments with my parents ) rejected an offer if given one. I even have my first choice offer. Yet somehow, I selfishly feel broken that I didn't get to interview stage. I was the first person in the year to get a rejection, and my grades were far better than the standard offer. Why do I feel so awful?

Subject-wise, Yes you are correct, however taking in all the factors, such as living, workload, social life (Although Cambridge has quite a good one), there are a few Uni's equivalent if not slightly better than Oxbridge.

The Universities of London, are very sought after Uni's they are placed in a great town, Jobs are relatively easy to get, Workload is alot lighter than that of Oxbridge, and if you're applying just for the name brand, then you shouldn't really by applying in the first place.

But thats just one example, in Britain, if you go over to America, Technology Uni's like MIT, Caltech, Stanford dwarf Cambridge in Prestige.

I can't help but feel incredibly angry and frustrated about the whole thing, that I have just wasted three months of my life!

And it's incredibly difficult in a household where my mum and sister went to oxford and my dad and uncle went to cambridge and where all the family friends are oxbridge graduates to not feel a great sense of embarrassment + anger with them for persuading me to go through with the proccess which I was absolutely terrified of.