Cambridge rejections/acceptances

Surely the best tactic is Nordic Studies at some godforsaken Hall

Yes but that would also be the tactics of other would-be applicants next year and the year after that and so on...

The one good thing about applying to a competitive college is you're the first to get looked at if you're pooled.

Yep..thats the idea...if you get rejected by a college with weaker applicants overall..the others wont really look at you

Yes but that would also be the tactics of other would-be applicants next year and the year after that and so on...

Yes, or Theology at St Benets Hall, Oxford.

In Cambridge's prosepctus, it details 26 applicants for ASNC, with 18 acceptances. The downside, of course, is that you have to study a pretty useless course for three years

Yes lizzy you are so right. So many people desperate to go to any oxbridge college apply to what they think is the easiest course to get into.......So many people do it and they dont realise that others are doing it to too. I wouldnt pay that much attention to these statistics.

isnt the pool when u r good enough but the college is full with good ppl already??????

I reckon next year's applications will be mayhem, with people avoiding deferred entry/GAP years due to the top-up fees.

In Cambridge's prosepctus, it details 26 applicants for ASNC, with 18 acceptances. The downside, of course, is that you have to study a pretty useless course for three years

i would hate to study something i dont enjoy just to get into oxbridge.....it beats the purpose of studying dont u think?

Yes, I think on this I am royally screwed. I hope to God that Blair loses the top up vote.

i would hate to study something i dont enjoy just to get into oxbridge.....it beats the purpose of studying dont u think?

Yeah! Also the statistics are often tweaked by the colleges, apparently.
It's best to choose a college you like, go to visit it on Open Day, visit it on a normal day and chat to some students to find out what it's really like. Sometimes an Open Day can distort what the college's 'real' atmosphere is actually like.

It's best to choose a college you like, go to visit it on Open Day, visit it on a normal day and chat to some students to find out what it's really like. Sometimes an Open Day can distort what the college's 'real' atmosphere is actually like.

The ASNC stats are 2 years out of date - last year there were 60-odd applicants, 30 offers made and 20 eventual acceptences. This year the numbers for ASNC went through the roof, probs due to LOTR, Blood of the Vikings hype etc. So the times they are a-changing.