The Official Cambridge Offer Holders Thread 2016 Entry MK II

It begs the question as to why someone with
U3 is put in the summerpool and I wasn't with 1,3.
What a load of ******** honestly.

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Original post by EnglishMuon

idk, i hope it was one of those extenuating circumstances situations where they are quite forgiving of some bad situation they are in. but still id have a breakdown or somehting if i got an S and was rejected.

Seriously a U well i mean idk.
Either this oerson got a gold at the IMO or some dos picked him out cause he knew them.

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Forecast

Original post by Serine Soul

In a world where money and connections rules everything

Their dad probably promised them a donation of a few million. I mean, how else are Trinity so wealthy?

They originally received an offer from Trinity but it was Peterhouse who let them in through the summer pool. (page 7: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/343435/response/846726/attach/2/FOI%202016%20307%20Worth%20response%20letter%20and%20data.pdf)

Just remember folks, no one piece of information is ever considered in isolation and no particular weighting is applied to anything! /s

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newblood

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Original post by physicsmaths

A levels remember

Still cambridge always say how alevels dont matter at that stage and its step which is a far far better predictor of success.

Im ashamed I wont lie

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Original post by newblood

Still cambridge always say how alevels dont matter at that stage and its step which is a far far better predictor of success.

Im ashamed I wont lie

So many sorry to say *****er candidates with 2,2 and 1,3 getting in over kids who got 1,1 and even S,1 it is just ridiculous. Moral of the story don't apply to trinty and make sure you meet ur offer.

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newblood

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Original post by Forecast

They originally received an offer from Trinity but it was Peterhouse who let them in through the summer pool. (page 7: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/343435/response/846726/attach/2/FOI%202016%20307%20Worth%20response%20letter%20and%20data.pdf)

Just remember folks, no one piece of information is ever considered in isolation and no particular weighting is applied to anything! /s

whoevers sending this stuff from FOI is just lazy and making stuff up.

The summerpool figures dont even agree with the Cambridge apply stats. Its all BS

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EnglishMuon

Original post by physicsmaths

Seriously a U well i mean idk.
Either this oerson got a gold at the IMO or some dos picked him out cause he knew them.

yea probably they shouldve asked them to reapply another year, fa. But as a positive that means ull be the one doing supervisions for the 2nd/3rd years who need u to teach them step level counting

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Forecast

Original post by newblood

whoevers sending this stuff from FOI is just lazy and making stuff up.

The summerpool figures dont even agree with the Cambridge apply stats. Its all BS

Well both the Trinity FOI and the University admissions office FOI report that someone was let in through the summer pool in 2014, having acheived U,3 in STEP.

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Serine Soul

Original post by Forecast

They originally received an offer from Trinity but it was Peterhouse who let them in through the summer pool. (page 7: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/343435/response/846726/attach/2/FOI%202016%20307%20Worth%20response%20letter%20and%20data.pdf)

Just remember folks, no one piece of information is ever considered in isolation and no particular weighting is applied to anything! /s

Prsom

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Insight314

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Original post by physicsmaths

So many sorry to say *****er candidates with 2,2 and 1,3 getting in over kids who got 1,1 and even S,1 it is just ridiculous. Moral of the story don't apply to trinty and make sure you meet ur offer.

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Affirmative action bullsh*t, or just connections. Either way that sh*t is f*cked up.

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Insight314

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@newblood is it true you are Mathmo

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Doones

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Original post by newblood

Lol and some guy with a 11 offer got 11 but rejected. What a diss

I haven't d/checked the data but are we sure they were rejected, rather than them declining to take the place. Perhaps they went to MIT instead or something...

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EnglishMuon

Original post by Insight314

Affirmative action bullsh*t, or just connections. Either way that sh*t is f*cked up.

Itd be nice to see a load of parody specsavers adverts with the slogan "Should've applied to King's"

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