The Official Cambridge Winter Pool 2013 Thread (includes FAQ and Status Reports)

Hi guys, I've just had my reinterview for chem eng via engineering (the interview was just engineering and I'm assessed against engineering applicants).

It went well and was totally technical, the guy actually said quite frankly I don't really care about your hobbies, this interview is just gonna be technical lol

The main thing that COMPLETELY threw me at the start was the that as soon as I sat down he said the engineering applicants were being interviewed for 2014 so if I got the offer it would be deferred!! I'm not fussed by this as Cambridge now is the same Cambridge a year later and engineers often take a gap year, but it was just really surprising that all their interviews for engineering were for deferred offers!

I'll see what the outcome is, I'm praying it's good and I seriously wish all fish that have been interviewed and those still swimming the best of luck. This process has thrown so much at us from every single angle and for most of us it is the first major kind of rejection we've ever really had. Whatever it put is through I have learned so much, grown as a person and learnt never never to stop fighting and there is always another boat to catch if we miss the first one. The pool is something that people don't know how it feels until you are in it and we can always take the lessons we have learnt from this experience to be able to cope with other tough situations in the future.

Go fishes!!!!!!!!!!

Mhmm sounds like they pooled a lot of their maths applicants to mix them up with others in the pool, interviewed a few themselves, and then will just fish the best!
So everyone reinterviewed or left hanging by Girton for maths is in the same boat/pool, just a smaller one than the whole winter pool haha

Mhmm sounds like they pooled a lot of their maths applicants to mix them up with others in the pool, interviewed a few themselves, and then will just fish the best!
So everyone reinterviewed or left hanging by Girton for maths is in the same boat/pool, just a smaller one than the whole winter pool haha

Does anyone know if the graphs that the cambridge website provides for undergrad stats represent those that were pooled n fished by the same college in the direct offers section or offers they gave through the winter pool?

My friend at college applying for Maths at Girton hasn't heard a word since as well. Don't know what's up with them!

Pooled and fished by the same college are counted within the direct offers.

Mag. Thanks! How about you? Where were you pooled from?

Hi, would you mind redirecting me to the general info about the pool? Where does it say 13th? Thanks

Are there any Caius/Law fish still swimming, who have heard nothing at all?
Keep swimming everyone! Hope people with re-interviews get offers soon

What college?

For any John's fishees still out there swimming, I rang up the college admissions office on Friday and was told letters were being posted that evening. Looks like the wait will soon be over!

Does anyone know how colleges will convey their final decisions (for the re-interviewees) - e-mail, post, phone, etc?

Okay so correct me if I'm wrong, there are 3 categories in the pool: some are given direct offers, some are rejected and some are in the maybe category. What I've consistently failed to understand is why don't they give out all of the direct offers and rejections on the first day of the pool, if those easy decisions have already been made, why are they making us wait so long? At least then only those maybes are made to wait. Its absolutely ridiculous, theres no reason for them to be so inconsiderate.

Okay so correct me if I'm wrong, there are 3 categories in the pool: some are given direct offers, some are rejected and some are in the maybe category. What I've consistently failed to understand is why don't they give out all of the direct offers and rejections on the first day of the pool, if those easy decisions have already been made, why are they making us wait so long? At least then only those maybes are made to wait. Its absolutely ridiculous, theres no reason for them to be so inconsiderate.

People left in pool are all good applicants worth getting place in the Univ. If you weren't then you would not have been in pool to being with. Longer they take to reply...only longer you are being considered. If you feel they are inconsiderate, you have choice of withdrawing. Hopefully yo get your offer.