Cambridge Pool & Jesus College

And failure's a part of life, you have to experience it some time on some level.

Haha, "rubbing it in" is exactly what immature, obsessed idiots such as yourself do. If you don't get a place, I'm not going to laugh at you; I'm above that, thank you very much.

"What makes me so sure I'll get into Durham or LSE?" Nothing - since when have I said I'd be guaranteed a place there? But you have to admit it's broadly true that one would have a better chance of getting into those two Unis than one would Cambridge.

"It's arrogant twats...bad name". How ironic. It is in fact applicants like you - sad, obsessed individuals who want to get into Oxbridge more than anything else - who give Oxbridge a bad name. At the end of the day, any mature individual can see that it's just a Universitiy (albeit a good one) and whilst it'd be nice to go there, in the great scheme of things it doesn't matter much. You really ought to get things in perspective.

Yes, I have little experience of applying to University, but at least I have the maturity to recognise that Oxbridge isn't the be all and end all.

Exactly musicman. If I'd known that they wouldn't bother reading my submitted work and application form, I'd have applied elsewhere because I think I'd have benefitted (and therefore have had more chance of gaining a place) if they'd read my work. Why do they bother asking you to submit work if they're not then going to read it? Frankly I think it's rude, in additon to being a huge waste of time and effort on behalf of the interviewee.

I don't think they even bother pretending that the slection process is fair. As you say, there's no way it could be considered fair in any way. However they could undoubtedly make it fairer (and reduce the 'aftertaste' for people like you and me!) for instance by ensuring that all interviewers read submitted work.

Does this smack of a Laura Spence "it's not fair I'm easily bright enough to go" attitude?

"since when have I said I'd be guaranteed a place there?" The fact that you said "I'll just go to durham" seems to imply some degree of certainty regarding being offered a place there.

"Rubbing it in" is exactly what one would do to a conceited individual who one has a great deal of contempt towards. Kinda like the way i feel towards you, let's face it.

"At the end of the day, any mature individual can see that it's just a Universitiy". I'm not even going to go into this one with you because, since you've not actually gone through the application process yet, you won't have a clue what it's all about emotionally. I am aware of the fact that it is just a university, but the fact that you are getting into heated debates over oxbridge on an internet forum a year before you'll be applying does reveal an overwhelming degree of obsession.

"I have little experience of applying to University". Actually, you have no experience whatsoever of applying to uni.

Does this smack of a Laura Spence "it's not fair I'm easily bright enough to go" attitude?

Tek, can I just say that you really haven't experienced the agony of oxbridge admissions so please try and understand that you don't know what we are going through.

Adhsur, I share your disappointment. And I will feel gutted too, if I don't get in. But I will get on with my life, go to a different university, and life will take a different course. That's what any pooled or rejected applicant needs to do NOW, rather than moan about admissions.

Actually fool I said "go somewhere else like Durham or the LSE" which doesn't imply anything (your insertion of the word "just" does, however) so get your quotes right first. Perhaps it's because you lack basic literacy skills that you weren't accepted.

Secondly, do you feel contempt towards me or are you just bitter towards Cambridge?

Someone needs to handle their emotions better. (That would be you, by the way, just in case you missed it).

Why do they bother asking you to submit work if they're not then going to read it?

The thing is pooled applicants CAN'T just get on with life because we still don't know where we stand.

Haha, if I "lacked basic literacy skills", would I be capable of writing this post? Accepted, the insertion of the word "just" was an error on my part, but the use of the verb "go" on ur part as opposed to "apply to" still does imply a degree of certainty that you will be accepted, whichever way you look at it. I think this attitude is also very insulting to those applicants whose first choice unis are durham/lse, and who work very hard in order to obtain a place there.

I am not in any way bitter towards Cambridge, as i found that none of the stereotypes were there when i arrived, and that i was respected as an individual (respect for others being a foreign concept to you maybe). It's people like u who really annoy me, hence my emotional outbursts towards u. And considering the fact that i have a blemish free academic record on very little work, how dare u take such a horrendously condescending tone towards me. Just who do you think you are?

calm down chaps. it's only a university.

Two points -

1) In what way is my attitude to LSE / Durham insulting? Everyone (or most people anyway) has a second choice university, including yourself. It isn't in any way wrong to say it's your second choice and I don't think anyone who's first choice university was your second choice would feel particularly offended.

2) Let's remind ourselves of a little fact: YOU stated that it was unfair for colleges to pick the best applicants from the pool if it meant ignoring you. YOU seem to be the one who wants a place at Cambridge so badly that you'd ignore all those applicants who are better than yourself if it meant you got a place. YOU then said that you want to see a FAIRER admissions process. Can anyone spot the irony???