St Catharine&#x27;s College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

Sammy*DeluXXe

ok... i' m off to the airport now... it all feels surreal + i think i've forgotten all my bio&chem.

oh.. well...

Best of luck!

I'm going up tomorrow!

Reply 83

dark_link

well i had my interview on friday and i really can't tell how it went. i really enjoyed the interview with Dr. Wothers though, he seemed really nice. I keep going through phases of thinking it went ok, but then I think, omg i did so terribly!

anyway, good luck to everyone who has still got theirs.

Reply 84

dark_link

well i had my interview on friday and i really can't tell how it went. i really enjoyed the interview with Dr. Wothers though, he seemed really nice. I keep going through phases of thinking it went ok, but then I think, omg i did so terribly!

anyway, good luck to everyone who has still got theirs.

What time were you interviews? I was there an hour or too.

Reply 85

dark_link

they were at 12 and 12:30. but i didn't wanna hang around and sit in the waiting room with nervous thoughts running through my head, so i went to the porters lodge, told them i was there, went for a walk, called a couple of friends, went into my interviews and then went straight back to the train station and went home. if you were around then you might have seen me walking around, but i didn't go into the waiting room. my first interview at 12, was on the 2nd floor up the stairs by the ramsden room (OL 4).

were you around then?

Reply 86

dark_link

they were at 12 and 12:30. but i didn't wanna hang around and sit in the waiting room with nervous thoughts running through my head, so i went to the porters lodge, told them i was there, went for a walk, called a couple of friends, went into my interviews and then went straight back to the train station and went home. if you were around then you might have seen me walking around, but i didn't go into the waiting room. my first interview at 12, was on the 2nd floor up the stairs by the ramsden room (OL 4).

were you around then?

Yeah. Are you music or natsci?

Reply 87

To the 400 or so applicants at Catz this interviewing this year, well done on getting an interview. This year we actually had to reject people before this stage. You've got past the first obstacle.

With the interviews, stay calm! Remember that they're not looking for you to get all the questions right, just for you to show that you're thinking hard about it!

So good luck, well done on getting to this stage and hopefully I'll see you next year! Maybe you'll have to misfortune of being my son or daughter! :biggrin:

Reply 88

ghtrevgy

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swntzu

To the 400 or so applicants at Catz this interviewing this year, well done on getting an interview. This year we actually had to reject people before this stage. You've got past the first obstacle.

With the interviews, stay calm! Remember that they're not looking for you to get all the questions right, just for you to show that you're thinking hard about it!

So good luck, well done on getting to this stage and hopefully I'll see you next year! Maybe you'll have to misfortune of being my son or daughter! :biggrin:

Wow, do you know roughly how many people were rejected without interview?

I guess this means that Catz is overly popular this year :frown:

Reply 89

eizzileizzil

my interviews are at 10.00 and 10.30 am on the 14th... way too early for my liking!

Reply 90

dark_link

swntzu

Yeah. Are you music or natsci?

natsci - i was wearing a green t-shirt with a grey jumper if you saw me?

Reply 91

dark_link

natsci - i was wearing a green t-shirt with a grey jumper if you saw me?

Think so. To be honest I only really remember the girls. :biggrin:

Reply 92

I couldn't face the waiting room yesterday! I was feeling a bit nervous and didn't want it compounded by anything. It's a bit of a shame I'm so pathetic (!) because it would've been nice to bump into a few other potential students.

As for the interviews, I left feeling happy but, somewhere between Bristol and Newport, I started thinking of all the things I said and kicking myself for saying them. I'm just trying not to dwell on it now.

I've decided, however, that, whatever happens, I'm going to recommend the experience of applying to others. (Considering I was on trains and tubes yesterday for about nine hours, this means quite a lot.) My interviewers were really nice and put me at ease. All in all, it was a very positive experience and certainly one I think I can learn from in the future.

The important question is, however, how long do we have to wait to hear back from them now?

Reply 93

mfb3000

Letters come out at the beginning of January! I'm really nervous about my interviews tomorrow, but I'm starting to see that they could be a really good experience - they're supposed to be enjoyable from what I've heard!

Reply 94

Lewi

Letters come out at the beginning of January! I'm really nervous about my interviews tomorrow, but I'm starting to see that they could be a really good experience - they're supposed to be enjoyable from what I've heard!

They go into the post on the 2nd of January so you lucky (or unlucky) people should get the letters on the 4th. Good luck!

Reply 95

swntzu

They go into the post on the 2nd of January so you lucky (or unlucky) people should get the letters on the 4th. Good luck!

Speaking personally, definitely unlucky.

But it's nice to have a date.

Reply 96

username68316

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^^ I've noticed the optimism has slowly disappeared from your posts! Anywho. I hope to agree with you about the experience thing.

Btw we get our result a week after the interview :p:

Reply 97

Nathan Ley3

^^ I've noticed the optimism has slowly disappeared from your posts! Anywho. I hope to agree with you about the experience thing.

Btw we get our result a week after the interview :p:

Pshhh.

On a personal level, I had a fabulous time. On an academic level, I was far from spectacular, impressive or coherent.

Reply 98