Cambridge 2011 Freshers Chat Thread

Well, you were invited for an interview, so you have a chance of being admitted. How did it go?
I've applied to Gonville and Caius to read medicine

Well I felt that both of my interviews went better then expected. It sounds strange, but I wish I could do the whole interview process again as I enjoyed being challenged (both of my interviews ran over by about 10-15 minutes) Had a great experience

Medicine at Caius That sounds really cool! How did your interviews go? Good luck!!

It's good to hear that your interviews went well, given the very highest expectations Cambridge applicants have of themselves.

I had 3 interviews in total, all academic. Trying to stay objective, I'd say they weren't bad, although I did mention some very stupid things.

What kind of forms do you have to fill out?

I had a dream the other day where instead of sending offer letters, everyone had to go back to Cambridge where they engraved pieces of metal with names of those who were given an offer then hung it from the ceiling. If your name was on one of them then you had to take the tag down and speak to the admissions person about the details of the offer, if you weren't there you could assume you had no offer. My name wasn't there and I ended up frantically dashing about trying to find someone who could confirm I'd been rejected

On another note, what size are the interview letters? I take it they're no bigger than A4? Because out post comes in the early afternoon and it is likely no one will be in then and I don't want to have to collect it from the post office the day after!

Luckily for me, UCAS is quicker to change the status of track than the postal system where I live, so I generally get notified on UCAS
I may have to email them, or decide to wait for 6 weeks before I get a letter :P\

I applied for Chemical Engineering via Physical Natural Sciences!
I'm so nervous!
I don't know how long it takes track to change for cambridge offers.. hmm :/

Good luck! I'm sure you will be fineee! What course did you apply for?

the tension is killing me

i've had two cambridge dreams now since the interview (not counting the ones before it)


this was inspired by the person above posting their letter dream
anyone else got any ?

I dreamt that all the other applicants for my course were highly trained spies who wore suits, sunglasses and a secret badge, and I got rejected because I hadn't completed spy school, which gave them the edge. So I was moping at home when some Oxford Admissions tutors knocked on my door the next day, saying they hated spies and asked why I had applied to Cambridge in the first place "Surely you knew Cambridge only accepts spies with the 21832dhao00 qualification?!" and calling me a silly girl and stuff. And I was thinking "Wow, they've come to offer me a place!", but then they said they had to return to the war on spies and I looked up and the world was at war against spies (which i didn't know about until then), so I had to try and hide... and after that it ceased to be Oxbridge related...

I'm sure there was more substance to that dream, but I can't remember

Anyone heard from St John's yet?