The Official Cambridge Winter Pool 2013 Thread (includes FAQ and Status Reports)

I don't know whether this is just me, but this whole process is just making me doubt whether I'd want to go to Cambridge at all. It's just elucidating all of the negatives of Cambridge philosophy (the course not their philosophy) instead of the positives. It isn't making me want an offer even more as I'd just feel relieved at this point. However, this could change based on the news I get.

I wish they'd just have a set date when they'd give out offers so we can actually expect something then, instead of hoping for something all the time.

Oh really? My average UMS is the same as yours! Maybe there's still hope for me yet (as long as they ignore my horrendous interview performance).

Oh and congratulations by the way, even if I quite envious.

I don't know whether this is just me, but this whole process is just making me doubt whether I'd want to go to Cambridge at all. It's just elucidating all of the negatives of Cambridge philosophy (the course not their philosophy) instead of the positives. It isn't making me want an offer even more as I'd just feel relieved at this point. However, this could change based on the news I get.

I wish they'd just have a set date when they'd give out offers so we can actually expect something then, instead of hoping for something all the time.

This whole process does exude a sort of arrogance on their part, I mean could you imagine any other university getting away with a similar process (Oxford aside)? Still, I suppose it is Cambridge.

I don't know whether this is just me, but this whole process is just making me doubt whether I'd want to go to Cambridge at all. It's just elucidating all of the negatives of Cambridge philosophy (the course not their philosophy) instead of the positives. It isn't making me want an offer even more as I'd just feel relieved at this point. However, this could change based on the news I get.

I wish they'd just have a set date when they'd give out offers so we can actually expect something then, instead of hoping for something all the time.

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i have 98% in maths and average 91% in the other 3 subjects (further maths, physics and computing) and I'm doing as additional further maths now (but I've only started this year) what about you ?

pooled by trinity college

This whole process does exude a sort of arrogance on their part, I mean could you imagine any other university getting away with a similar process (Oxford aside)? Still, I suppose it is Cambridge.

How many people that we know of have been pooled for Law? My confidence is extremely low on getting a call or email, but it sucks because I've still got my fingers crossed in a desperate hope. This is horrible, i'm a person not a piece of paper with numbers on.

I don't know whether this is just me, but this whole process is just making me doubt whether I'd want to go to Cambridge at all. It's just elucidating all of the negatives of Cambridge philosophy (the course not their philosophy) instead of the positives. It isn't making me want an offer even more as I'd just feel relieved at this point. However, this could change based on the news I get.

I wish they'd just have a set date when they'd give out offers so we can actually expect something then, instead of hoping for something all the time.

Whyever not? At Durham there is a "pool" as well where your application is passed to another college if your preference one doesn't have enough spaces available. But they don't tell you you were actually in that pool until the final decision arrives, when you find out you've moved college.

I guess Cambridge could just postpone telling everyone their decisions until the pool has been resolved. It would save the anxiety but it would be much less transparent.