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Reply 3980

medicdude

Original post by oxymoronic

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Would you happen to know if Medicine decision emails/letters are given out later than the rest?

Reply 3981

savethegoldfish

Am a bit confused, if people are getting rejected does that mean colleges have already made their decisions on who to give offers to? Because I was under the impression that they had finalised for interviews, but were still thinking about offers?

Reply 3982

joyie

this is completely irrelevant to the thread but can someone please tell me how i can change my avatar thingy?

Reply 3983

oxymoronic

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Original post by \/ibhav

Although I'm yet to try any STEP II/III papers, I have been getting S in STEP I and I have done the Siklos Booklet (Core Mathematics), including the 2 and 3 star questions (admittedly I found some very difficult). However, I still have a lot of time to prepare and I will be making good use of that time.

I'm sorry you've had a rejection, what other options do you have at the moment?

What you've been advised by Stray is spot on and similar to what Minerva (and I) would advise.

At the moment, wait and see what happens with your other applications. You say that you don't yet have an offer for Imperial so it's pointless even considering anything until you have a concrete idea of your options. If you got to late August and couldn't see yourself anywhere else other than Cambridge then that would be the point to consider reapplying, not now whilst you're clearly upset and disappointed. However, as has been said, a number of colleges prefer maths applicants not to take year outs so I'd advise you to email the colleges and ask for their view before withdrawing from what ever university place you confirm in the summer.

That said you'd run the risk of losing good offers from this year all for Cambridge and you may well end up in the same situation again, if not worse as even if you get an offer from a university this year you may not get one again next year. Get feedback from Cambridge, find out what they thought of you and then this will make it easier to reassess what to do next year.

Reply 3984

arnoldtam

guys, at least being pooled is a cool thing - only 40% of applicants still stand a chance at this stage :ashamed2:

Reply 3985

joyie

Original post by medicdude

Would you happen to know if Medicine decision emails/letters are given out later than the rest?

Original post by savethegoldfish

Am a bit confused, if people are getting rejected does that mean colleges have already made their decisions on who to give offers to? Because I was under the impression that they had finalised for interviews, but were still thinking about offers?

some ppl didnt get picked up from the pool at all so when it closed they were automatic rejections. as interviews are going on they may choose to reject ppl along the way. anyway, different colleges are sending out rejections at different times. a rejection will come from the applicants original college so depending on when they decide to send out letters is when we are going to find out.

Reply 3986

Synecdoche

Has anyone else here lost all hope?

Reply 3987

WJRA

Original post by savethegoldfish

Am a bit confused, if people are getting rejected does that mean colleges have already made their decisions on who to give offers to? Because I was under the impression that they had finalised for interviews, but were still thinking about offers?

Thats correct, all decisions have been made. We're now waiting for them to be relayed back to us.

Reply 3988

oxymoronic

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Original post by medicdude

Would you happen to know if Medicine decision emails/letters are given out later than the rest?

I would imagine that it varies by college, although I don't know for sure and what's happened in previous years may not be the same as this year.

If lots of other people are still yet to hear then take comfort in the fact that you're not the only one.

Reply 3989

Silverland

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Original post by joyie

this is completely irrelevant to the thread but can someone please tell me how i can change my avatar thingy?

Toolbar => Customise my Tsr => change my avatar

Bear in mind it must be within 50 pixels in each dimension if you want a custom one

Reply 3990

Rhiannonymous

Is it possible that the reason why some people haven't received any news yet is because they want to compare you to the re-interviewers they've fished out? :s-smilie:

Reply 3991

medicdude

Original post by oxymoronic

I would imagine that it varies by college, although I don't know for sure and what's happened in previous years may not be the same as this year.

If lots of other people are still yet to hear then take comfort in the fact that you're not the only one.

I have seen 5 other people applying for different courses who have been rejected from my original college, but I have not heard anything...

Reply 3992

Silverland

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Original post by \/ibhav

I've been rejected from Trinity for Mathematics; email came through at 10:51.

noooo not you too :frown:

I have the feeling this like like some horror movie with everyone dying around me until I'm the only one left...

Reply 3993

Zhy

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Original post by Silverland

noooo not you too :frown:

I have the feeling this like like some horror movie with everyone dying around me until I'm the only one left...

I'm still floating... it's not over yet :colone:

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Reply 3994

Carri10

Have any Churchill pool rejections started coming out yet?

Reply 3995

josephtsui

Original post by Rhiannonymous

Is it possible that the reason why some people haven't received any news yet is because they want to compare you to the re-interviewers they've fished out? :s-smilie:

I don't think that's possible since they made all their decisions when the pool was still open, I don't think they are allowed to change them after it closed.

Reply 3996

c00085

Hey have looked through thread and it is unclear to as whether hearing late is a good thing, a bad thing or neither my gut instinct seems to be the later it gets the less likely you are to get an offer.

Reply 3997

dornam

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Original post by Carri10

Have any Churchill pool rejections started coming out yet?

I have not received news yet

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Reply 3998

Rhiannonymous

Original post by josephtsui

I don't think that's possible since they made all their decisions when the pool was still open, I don't think they are allowed to change them after it closed.

Ah poo.....I know Minerva said it's not good to e-mail them in early January but it's now almost the 10th.....could I try to be really sneaky and ask? :s-smilie:

Reply 3999