Cambridge rejections/acceptances

let's keep it up

I'm bored

Yes and no.

Oxford send you round the different colleges for strings of interviews over the course of 3-4 days depending on whether your 1st choice college has filled up its places already or not. Cambridge give you 1/2/3 interviews at your first choice college over one or two days. Some Classiscists get interviewed at New Hall also, which is kind of a 'pool' college due to low application numbers. Then at Cam you either get rejected, offered, or pooled. The pooling takes place in the first week of Jan where other colleges who have had lower numbers of applications get to pick and choose candidates to fill up their places, from the pool.

Interviews are quite similar, assessing your knowledge of the subject applied for, aptitude, and ability to think on your feet- think random questions and logic questions, plus impossible ones.

Hope that helps

Why do they take you so long??

Oh for the difference I meant in terms of interviews format, what they're after... are they pretty much similar...

Oxford was exposed I think for agreeing to a hefty sum of money for a place.

thanks for explaining, but I heard you can get pooled and then accepted without any more interviews?

Oxford was exposed I think for agreeing to a hefty sum of money for a place.

thanks for explaining, but I heard you can get pooled and then accepted without any more interviews?

that is true. but it is fairly unlikely to get a place once you have been pooled. only a quite low precentage does unfortunately...

Where are the letters now? Have they got to London yet? Are they being sorted?

thanks for explaining, but I heard you can get pooled and then accepted without any more interviews?

but I don't think they favour rich kids do they?

i think they still have to be collected...

...maybe a royal-mail-van is just about to be kidnapped...

if u do get pooled, and asked for another interview would you go up?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

But why would anyone in their right mind would want to kidnap a mail van?

I wonder if they ask for another interview will I spend that air ticket money just to "have that chance"... but not guranteed a place...