I'm surprising myself by how poorly I'm handling rejection. Honestly so disillusioned with education now - worked my ass off to get 6As at AS level and prepare for the admissions test and interview, to be pooled and rejected following 2 interviews which were not even bad... Even better though, a class mate of mine (one of three applicants to Oxbridge) got into study law with 2As and 2Bs - fantastic stuff, I'm sure he displayed sufficient 'passion' and 'potential', two incredibly ambiguous terms which are, apparently, measurable in two 30 minute interviews. I know I'm a bitter git but I can't help it. I would have been so incredibly proud to have gone to the university, I feel like a complete failure and an embarrassment. It's just made worse by the fact that no part of my application was, according to the feedback (which is probably automated BS), poor.
What makes it worse is I'm now made out to be some sort of mentally deficient reject by attending a university such as Durham for law. My friends are ripping me to crap, I can't handle the banter - the oven is too hot it would seem! It's not my fault that I can't afford to attend the likes of LSE and UCL! Wow I love my life, I'm going to get absolutely hammered this weekend and throw some chairs about or something.
Congratulations to everyone who got in, obviously I'm not the type they're looking for, which is unsurprising as I'm a humongous ********.