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Reply 40

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by Jampolo

Mwhaha, a whole new thread. Anyway today i got an email from UCAS, so i got really excited to realise i hadnt even got an offer, nor a rejection. All thats happened is Cambridge University has changed to 'Last updated 8 - 11 - 11' WHY LEAVE ME ON EDGE LIKE THIS?

Ouch, that must be annoying :erm:

Reply 41

082349

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Just wondering, if you didn't get into Cambridge, and you really wanted it + think you have a good shot at it + don't want to go to your other choices, would you reapply the following year?

Reply 42

Rahul.S

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posted to subscribe :colone:

Reply 43

notnow

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by 082349

Just wondering, if you didn't get into Cambridge, and you really wanted it + think you have a good shot at it + don't want to go to your other choices, would you reapply the following year?

I originally applied to other unis, but I realised even if the best one gave me an offer, I would probably turn it down and apply again next year.

So I just got rid of all my other choices and just applied to Cambridge. I got to use the word "Cambridge" in my PS, and got to really expand on why I wanted to do this specific course.

My mum said I was doing something really bold, and she supported me.

Now, if I dont get in, heres hoping they dont end the course I applied for, like I have heard they are doing. Otherwise I guess Ill just stay and study here I guess >>>>>>> :2012:

Reply 44

Sholto

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by notnow

I originally applied to other unis, but I realised even if the best one gave me an offer, I would probably turn it down and apply again next year.

So I just got rid of all my other choices and just applied to Cambridge. I got to use the word "Cambridge" in my PS, and got to really expand on why I wanted to do this specific course.

My mum said I was doing something really bold, and she supported me.

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I hope you'll make it !

Reply 45

lk2011

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by notnow

Original post

by notnow

I originally applied to other unis, but I realised even if the best one gave me an offer, I would probably turn it down and apply again next year.

So I just got rid of all my other choices and just applied to Cambridge. I got to use the word "Cambridge" in my PS, and got to really expand on why I wanted to do this specific course.

My mum said I was doing something really bold, and she supported me.

Now, if I dont get in, heres hoping they dont end the course I applied for, like I have heard they are doing. Otherwise I guess Ill just stay and study here I guess >>>>>>> :2012:

I only applied to Cambridge last year (not from the UK) and ended up getting pooled. I then kind of realised one day that I really wanted to go to university in the UK, even if it wasn't Cambridge and so decided to take a gap year and re- apply to UCAS. This time I used up all 5 choices. I don't regret it at all now either- I'm loving the year out. I definitely think that if you want to give Cambridge a second go, feel UCAS didn't go the way you wanted it to and wouldn't mind a gap year then you should definitely think about re- applying. You only live once after all.

Reply 46

sophie9308

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by notnow

Now, if I dont get in, heres hoping they dont end the course I applied for, like I have heard they are doing. Otherwise I guess Ill just stay and study here I guess >>>>>>> :2012:

Hats off to you - wish I had the guts to do that! What course + college are you applying for?

Reply 47

charlottelea

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by 082349

Just wondering, if you didn't get into Cambridge, and you really wanted it + think you have a good shot at it + don't want to go to your other choices, would you reapply the following year?

That's my plan for next year if I don't get in this year! ...or if I don't get into UCL.

Reply 48

notnow

Original post

by Sholto

I hope you'll make it !

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by sophie9308

Hats off to you - wish I had the guts to do that! What course + college are you applying for?

Hey cheers guys! here's hoping :wink:

And Im applying to do Education Studies with English ... apparently Education Studies is not being offered to new applicants from next year.... but there has been no official word on it yet...............

Reply 49

Rahul.S

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by Jampolo

Ooh yeah i did, thats probably it tbh

hows everything going? aint seen you since time :colone:

you still blazing weed on your block and moving food? :cool:

you know what college you got chosen to?

Reply 50

Welsh Lady

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by notnow

Hey cheers guys! here's hoping :wink:

And Im applying to do Education Studies with English ... apparently Education Studies is not being offered to new applicants from next year.... but there has been no official word on it yet...............

Hey there, fellow Education applicant :biggrin:

They would have nearly scrapped the course for entry in 2012 already!
It´s apparently not competitive enough!
Which college are you applying to?

Reply 51

Elle408

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by 082349

Just wondering, if you didn't get into Cambridge, and you really wanted it + think you have a good shot at it + don't want to go to your other choices, would you reapply the following year?

I am seriously considering this as an option. Originally as a mature student I just wanted to get in to any uni that would have me. Now I realise how upset I'll be if I don't get a Cambridge offer and will have to seriously think about taking another year out to strengthen my application and try again. I've completely sold myself on the Cambridge way of life and now feel like no other will do.

Reply 52

EmmaLydia

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by Welsh Lady

Hello everybody again!

Welcome to our second thread :tongue:

Let´s try to catch up to the one of the Oxford applicants :wink:

If you want me to add you to the list or change the information given about you, please QUOTE me and tell me your subject. But please don`t quote the whole list.

i'm applying for history at Newnham college :wink:

Reply 53

EmmaLydia

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by 082349

Just wondering, if you didn't get into Cambridge, and you really wanted it + think you have a good shot at it + don't want to go to your other choices, would you reapply the following year?

Yeah I'll probably to go paris for a year as an au pair and then reapply next year (not to the same college though!)

Reply 54

notnow

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by Welsh Lady

Hey there, fellow Education applicant :biggrin:

They would have nearly scrapped the course for entry in 2012 already!
It´s apparently not competitive enough!
Which college are you applying to?

Wow I thought I was the only one!! I didn't realise you were applying for Education, everyone really likes and respects you here though :tongue:

Im applying for St Johns (because of Usha Goswami), and assuming Im not going to get in. But hoping to get picked up by Hommerton though. Where are you applying?

You know that applications for Education Studies are down by 30% this cycle? Great for us (maybe), but bad for the course. I think we are definitely toast :frown:

Reply 55

ViennaWaits

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by notnow

You know that applications for Education Studies are down by 30% this cycle? Great for us (maybe), but bad for the course. I think we are definitely toast :frown:

How do you know that, out of interest? :smile:

Reply 56

meganabanana

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by notnow

Wow I thought I was the only one!! I didn't realise you were applying for Education, everyone really likes and respects you here though :tongue:

Im applying for St Johns (because of Usha Goswami), and assuming Im not going to get in. But hoping to get picked up by Hommerton though. Where are you applying?

You know that applications for Education Studies are down by 30% this cycle? Great for us (maybe), but bad for the course. I think we are definitely toast :frown:

Hiya! I am applying for Education too! Education with English and Drama at Homerton. I know its not one of the traditional colleges but its actually very nice and has the most places for the course. I know! Great news about the drop in applicants! Don't worry, I went to the open day in September - seems like the course is still going ahead.

Reply 57

notnow

Check out your own subject too! its very interesting: here

Of course you need to bear in mind that if Oxford do your subject, or if you are applying to do medicine, then the results in the interactive graph is a bit more difficult to interpret.

Reply 58

notnow

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by meganabanana

Hiya! I am applying for Education too! Education with English and Drama at Homerton. I know its not one of the traditional colleges but its actually very nice and has the most places for the course. I know! Great news about the drop in applicants! Don't worry, I went to the open day in September - seems like the course is still going ahead.

Hommerton is lovely you know, I like it too. I actually have friends at Robinson which is considered one of the uglier colleges, and have stayed there lots over the past couple of years and I still thought it was lovely. Hommerton is nowhere near as red-brick as Robinson, so if I end up going there Id be soooo happy still!!

Might see you sometime :tongue:

Al the education students are coming out of the woodwork now! :colone:

(edited 14 years ago)

Reply 59

Intriguing Alias

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by Jampolo

Mwhaha, a whole new thread. Anyway today i got an email from UCAS, so i got really excited to realise i hadnt even got an offer, nor a rejection. All thats happened is Cambridge University has changed to 'Last updated 8 - 11 - 11' WHY LEAVE ME ON EDGE LIKE THIS?

Where did you get allocated to in the end Jamie? :smile:

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