Cambridge Applicants 2012 MK II

She lived in milton keynes (was just in Iraq visiting for a couple of weeks then fell ill) so while I only got to see her 3-4 times a year we were close. She always believed in me and stuck up for me when anyone else in the family would try to argue with me for anything. Even when my entire family (well except my brother) both extended and immediate called me crazy and irresponsible for deciding to do maths over medicine (and throwing away a chance to be successful) she told them all to shut up and that no matter what I do I'll be successful Sorry I'm just rambling now...

Thanks though, to everyone, all such great people and I hope I do get to meet every one of you in Cambridge. We shall see.

Yeah, I have to say, part of what draws me to Cambridge is the people- everyone I've met from there has been so interesting and so nice Fingers crossed for all of us, it's so close now!

Guys I need support. Don't know what to do with all this foolish waiting... :/
I had my interview at Robinson college for History and:
the general went pretty good
the specific was quite tough. i don't know how to grade myself they really tried to give me a hard time so i have no idea what was the outcome
and the 45 minute essay was great.
I got my prediction for the IB which is 44
7 History, 7 Economics, 6 Mathematics
7 Language, 7 English Lit, 7 Biology
I have Step 1 with 1. I have load of extra curricular, great personal statement, saq etc.
Help me out here. Thoughts....?

I swear I remember reading about a girl who got 45

and she was 1 of 72 in the world to get it, that is insane!

Totally agree,

I know deep down that you probably have the same level of conversation at UCL/warwick etccccc
But I feel like Cambridge would be the most lovely in that respect.

I know! And the fact that everyone in this thread is so nice too makes me want to go there even more.

What would be your second choice?

I read somewhere on this thread that someone last year got an offer from a college that wasn't their preference - and they got the offer on the same day as all the first offers came through. They were not told they were pooled.

This does make sense, because on the Cambridge timeline it says that this year the pooling actually begins on the 3rd - but can someone verify that this can happen? Or if you have an opinion or idea about this, please share

Thanks!

what course if I may ask? and home status or international? oh an congrats btw

I have no idea

UCL or Warwick
I prefer the course at warwick, but I also prefer London.

you ?

9 in IELTS is also insane. I did it during the summer, and got 8.5 overall, but 7 in Writing. I have no idea why, nor does my English teacher, because I've never really had a problem with essays. It's subjcetive, and you basically have no idea who corrects and grades it (and how). (I got 9 in Reading and Listening, where you can at least know that only if you have 0-1 mistakes can you get a 9. But Writing... )

Do we know whether this person actually met the offer in the end?

Now now, no need to be nasty

On some intellectual level I can appreciate that Nottingham is a good university and that I probably wouldn't have a bad time there, but I just find myself totally unable to get excited about it. Cambridge is basically the only university I would be entirely happy going to. It's kind of awkward too because people assume Notts is my 2nd choice when in fact it's my 4th...

Durham didn't tell me. They rejected me on the 14th (school's UCAS co-ordinator convinced that it is because the universities 'talk to each other' and Cambridge told them they planned on giving me an offer - I'd love that to be the case but it sounds a bit absurd) and promised that they would at some point give feedback to all candidates - I'm presuming it's either because my GCSEs are a bit rubbish (two A*s...) or because I didn't talk very much about extra-curricular activities, which, I gather, are in fact something that Durham are rather keen on.

I managed to motivate myself to revise today. I told myself that it won't matter if I get a Cambridge offer or not if I don't do well enough in my exams to meet it.

That would be me.

Good luck for Jesus, I applied there last year

What day is the decision by post getting to applicants this year?

Good luck for Jesus, I applied there last year

What day is the decision by post getting to applicants this year?

I heard about the Durham thing as well. Apparently people in my school who applied to Oxbridge tended to get rejected by Durham outright as even though they might not actually talk to one another (too much of a conspiracy theory I would have thought) they can tell just by looking at the date that you submitted your application, your grades etc.