Cambridge rejections/acceptances

that might be it actually...so you applied 4 biological natsci then??

Sounds like you had really nice interviewers Mine were nice, but very scary when questioning.

Well, I'm off to bed now (it's 1:24 AM where I am). Good luck to everyone waiting for their replies! It's been great talking to you all!

Lucky I did extensive research on my interviewers (Google, haha) and asked students what they liked/disliked. Hope it worked. Sigh!
Why did you have 1 extra test? Other than the BMAT, I'm assuming.

Lucky I did extensive research on my interviewers (Google, haha) and asked students what they liked/disliked. Hope it worked. Sigh!
Why did you have 1 extra test? Other than the BMAT, I'm assuming.

Lucky I did extensive research on my interviewers (Google, haha) and asked students what they liked/disliked. Hope it worked. Sigh!
Why did you have 1 extra test? Other than the BMAT, I'm assuming.

This is especially important for History. One person I know read an interviewer's book, raised a point about the style of historical writing in his interview, then suggested theories about the stlye as presented in the book's introduction. The interviewer looked delighted and asked if he'd read his book, to which the student responded "no".

Needless to say he got a place

god what a geek, as if u would

Clever!
Haha. Yeah, the thing is to read up on their areas of research etc., because likelihood is they might ask you about it or draw on it

lol I did that too, though it didn't really help because their research areas were so specialised and random, there was no way we were going to talk about it during my interviews (not if I could help it anyway !)

As for the test, the new application procedure at Oxford meant that all medical applicants were interviewed at two colleges (one chosen as his/her first choice and one allocated) - I was allocated to Somerville which decided to include a 'surprise' test in their selection procedure this year (my typical luck!). It was a 15 minute test (they gave you a passage) where 4 questions were multiple choice (BMAT style, analysis of passage) and 1 question was an essay . I hate BMAT style tests so I didn't enjoy it at all!

god what a geek, as if u would

Plenty of applicants do it (including myself) and there is nothing wrong with expressing an interest in the tutors who may be teaching you during the next 3 years (in fact I think it is quite useful).

But you got a place! So you must have done fine fine fineee.

i didn't really mean it in a bad way but like it's bit weird to be trying to get an insight into everything, u lot like well desperate for places then?

No, I just didn't want to be taught by people (in case I got in) whose interests were way off to mine - that's why I made the effort of looking into their interests and then going to visit them on the open day. Sounds like a normal type of method of choosing a college - how did you choose?

lol my essay writing skills have much to be desired Nevertheless, during the next three years I can hopefully work on them How did you find your interviews then, pretty hard I suspect?