Pool; interview evaluation letter

yeah letters are standardised.

Reply 23

LibbyO

I got told that I may get asked for an interview, I may just get an offer without an interview, or I might not hear anything which means I've been unsuccessful. I wasn't told my college was still considering me but in the statistics I was sent, they said that last year 125 people were accepted by their original college after they'd been pooled (but that's out of 3000 so not too likely!).

Reply 24

djjz13

Hasn't the pool already taken place? In which case, it's pointless said candidate emailing...

No, the pool was still going on today. I can't quite remember the original context of the quotation you've got there, but it made sense in context (I hope)! :smile:

LibbyO

I got told that I may get asked for an interview, I may just get an offer without an interview, or I might not hear anything which means I've been unsuccessful. I wasn't told my college was still considering me but in the statistics I was sent, they said that last year 125 people were accepted by their original college after they'd been pooled (but that's out of 3000 so not too likely!).

Your chances aren't too bad. It's better if you look at the overall numbers: 1/5 of those people who are pooled (like you) are fished out by someone. :smile:

Edit: Mistake in statistics -- correct information below!

Reply 25

lol yes that made sense epitome!

Then you confused me again :P

epitome

It's not 3,000 who are pooled overall -- it's around 700 (I think).

Is that not the amount of people who get an offer from the pool? So many statistics hearsay and gossip! :biggrin:

I'm quite enjoying this actually! I've just realised I'm really really not rejected and still in with a chance!

Reply 26

Admonitor

djjz13

Is that not the amount of people who get an offer from the pool? So many statistics hearsay and gossip! :biggrin:

I'm quite enjoying this actually! I've just realised I'm really really not rejected and still in with a chance!

Snap!

Reply 27

Sorry, djj -- you are absolutely right! My brain is so addled with all this stuff today. *headdesk*

You should have received info about the pool, I think, in which it says the actual numbers (not the ones made up by Stupid Epitome in her haze!):

- 2,985 applications were pooled in total
- 520 pooled applicants were re-interviewed
- 752 pooled applicants were made offers, of these:
- 378 received a direct offer without returning for Pool interviews
- 374 received offers following a Pool interview
- 124 pooled applicants received offers from the College that pooled them

Sorry, again!

Reply 28

(And I edited my original post, so as not to mislead anyone with rubbish statistics!)

Reply 29

epitome

(And I edited my original post, so as not to mislead anyone with rubbish statistics!)

haha excellent - no worries about the mistake, I'm quite stupidly happy right now :smile:

Reply 30

djjz13

no worries about the mistake

Well, no worries, perhaps...but a little frustration on my part. I spend ages trying to dispell myths and provide the correct statistics & info and then go and make it up! *laughs* :biggrin:

Reply 31

Undiscovery

Yeh I didn't get told my original college was still considering me.

Reply 32

FadedJade

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What happens is that it goes into the pool for all Colleges to consider your application. Another College may fish you out and give you a straight offer, or they may wish to re-interview.

If you are not fished out, your application is returned to the College you applied to. It is then up ot them whether they take or reject you. Naturally at this point most people are rejected, but there have been numerous instances of original Colleges taking people anyway, as they were surprised they weren't fished out.

And as to the original question, no you won't find out what category you were put under!

Reply 33

child_of_light

So is everybody's application files guaranteed to be read by some other college at least once if they are in the pool? Or are some people's application files skipped over after seeing the cover sheet?

Reply 34

child_of_light

So is everybody's application files guaranteed to be read by some other college at least once if they are in the pool? Or are some people's application files skipped over after seeing the cover sheet?

No-one will have any real answer to that, I'm afraid.

One would hope that all that are marked worthy of serious consideration would be read. And I should think they most probably are. The Admissions Tutors are by no means the laziest here (that is, they work damned hard!) -- they're unlikely to take shortcuts with something as important as applications. :smile:

Reply 35

dm55

child_of_light

So is everybody's application files guaranteed to be read by some other college at least once if they are in the pool? Or are some people's application files skipped over after seeing the cover sheet?

what's on the cover letter?

Reply 36