Interview Discussion Thread (Remember: no leaking questions!)

Why do you care? You were rejected, end of. You may have been very good, but still not good enough.

Yh I understand it's competitive nd the chances are low but, they knew my BMAT before the interview. There's no way the director knew what happened unmy other interview cos they were just 10 mins of each other. Nd that was the subject interview, the main interview where ppl can show their science side of things So basically that means she doesn't care how I performed, all that's important is bmat and I get rejected. She cud hav looked at my bmat before and just cancelled the interview, I'd have preferred that to being in insanely cold weather all day looking like a bit of a prat in a suit

Oh thanks . I guess the swimming pool makes up for the work though!

Which college are you at?

I've had my interviews today and there is something I'm really curious about. As far as my general interview was GREAT, I am NOT confident about the subject-specific one. The main reason for my concerns is that I know Cambridge has a policy of putting the candidates at ease etc. during interviews. During my s.-s. interview, the interviewer said "That was excellent, very interesting, it was very nice to meet you, thank you" or at least something along those lines. Also, I heard the word "very good" once or twice when I was answering the questions. I feel very skeptical about it because I know they were probably trying their very best to make me feel comfortable.

I think it would be CRUEL of them to reject me after saying so many nice words, EVEN IF they were only meant as a way of making me feel less nervous. Still, do you think it's possible? I was predicted 45 points (the top score) in the IB exams, I had a rather good PS (in my general interview, one of the tutors said it was very interesting), good grades in my first year in the IB and what I think was a good reference.

Has any of you actually been rejected after being told you had done well? Have you heard of such cases?

Yh I understand it's competitive nd the chances are low but, they knew my BMAT before the interview. There's no way the director knew what happened unmy other interview cos they were just 10 mins of each other. Nd that was the subject interview, the main interview where ppl can show their science side of things So basically that means she doesn't care how I performed, all that's important is bmat and I get rejected. She cud hav looked at my bmat before and just cancelled the interview, I'd have preferred that to being in insanely cold weather all day looking like a bit of a prat in a suit

why is this forum full of so many retards? this is probably the most pointless thread ever. noone gives a ****, shut up and wait for your rejection/acceptance letter instead of making useless topics like this.

i think all you wanted to do was post that they praised you a lot and you think you'll probably get in. poor sugarcoating effort, log off and occupy yourself with something else.

can't even be bothered to be less harsh.

lol i dont understand how you're not in the red yet. Your posts, which are not really abusive, they're more offensive/telling it like it is are really funny - keep it up!

Hi, ive just had a medicine interview at Cambridge. Basically I knew my BMAT scores (5ish scores and 4D) were a little bit low beforehand from talking to other people there but I was basically told my the interviewer that I didn’t have a chance of getting in.* So what was the ****ing point in calling me up in the first place, its just a waste of everyones time tbh*

My first interview was about science and medicine and I felt it went ok, I got asked questions which I sort of knew the answers to nd even tho I didn’t express myself that well, it didn’t go disastrously. The second interview was 1-on-1 with the director of studies. She introduced herself n sed that this was the ‘pastorel’ interview. At the start she spent like 5 minutes reading my application and then she asked me questions bout my personal statement and what I would bring to college life and an ethics question about some violinist. Then at the end she sed do u have any questions, so I just asked wen will we find out even tho I knew it was early jan…then she just said something along the lines of ‘I think with your BMAT scores and the competition we have this year I don’t think it will be easy to make you an offer but you never know’ in a really patronising way. So basically that means that theyre aren’t making me an offer. I told the uni applications person in my college and he said that’s outrageous.*

I don’t understand what the point is in calling someone up to interview, making them dress up in a suit and just go through the whole thing and not really care what happens in the interview and just go on some crappy 1hr exam. So pissed off. Can I complain against them or at least get my train fare back or something?

why is this forum full of so many retards? this is probably the most pointless thread ever. noone gives a ****, shut up and wait for your rejection/acceptance letter instead of making useless topics like this.

i think all you wanted to do was post that they praised you a lot and you think you'll probably get in. poor sugarcoating effort, log off and occupy yourself with something else.

can't even be bothered to be less harsh.

why is this forum full of so many retards? this is probably the most pointless thread ever. noone gives a ****, shut up and wait for your rejection/acceptance letter instead of making useless topics like this.

i think all you wanted to do was post that they praised you a lot and you think you'll probably get in. poor sugarcoating effort, log off and occupy yourself with something else.

can't even be bothered to be less harsh.