Cambridge Re-applicants 2016

I got feedback and got told that one of my interviews was A2 the other was A3 on a scale of A1-A5 with 1 being strongest. This seems a really odd scale; has anyone ever heard anything about this before? I really wanted a score out of 10...

Hi, what else did they say?

It was extremely brief (like a couple of sentences) and basically said that overall my performance was good and I was competent and although I generally got the right answers I needed more prompting to get there than the most successful candidates.

It said the whole interview scale was. used only a clare (ie. A3 was average at clare interviews). You'd think some colleges have stronger candidates so I wonder how this scale compares university wide...

Is there a "Cambridge re-applicants [for] 2017" thread?

Hi, just wanted opinions really. I was pooled and rejected this year for Cambridge ( Emma) . I looked at some other unis but tbh, didn't really feel it as had my heart set on Cambridge. Anyway, got my a level results - all good - 4 a*s etc, so decided to take a gap year to reapply. Also finally felt brave enough to get full feedback from emma.Kinda wished I hadn't. Has made me doubt my decision to reapply and proaaly wouldnt have if Id got it earlier..No scores were given, but the notes from the general interview was quite brutal - 'not listening to prompts, it obstinate etc. The academic interviews went a bit better with one of them highly complimentary, the other had some good points but again pointed out my weakness to address follow up questions/prompts at times. Anyway, I feel committed to reapplying now having taken a year out , but im a bit worried about reapplying to Cambridge in case the professors talk amongst themselves and also because im not entirely sure i can address the weaknesses. tbh, the feedback was totally the reverse of what I had expected, so has really thrown me.