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have pembroke started drowning yet??
wait.. wth, fish dont drown,,,, the simply die.
isnt it the ones that get fished which actually 'drown' like in the air, cos they cant breathe?
sorry ... bio natsci here, i couldnt help noticing...

Original post by Stray

Good point. Floating is what I remember from my goldfish keeping days.

Fish can drown in non-oxygenated water/water which is flowing in too strong a current with the direction which the fish is swimming, so it doesn't get enough oxygen.

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JKA17

Original post by medicdude

Fish can drown in non-oxygenated water/water which is flowing in too strong a current with the direction which the fish is swimming, so it doesn't get enough oxygen.

like a whirl-pool?

Reply 3882

medicdude

Original post by JKA17

like a whirl-pool?

If the fish was caught in a whirlpool, then I suppose so.

Reply 3883

rajiv.dua07

Like a Cambridge pool...

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Reply 3884

loknath

Are they still giving offers from pembroke for economics? (Been pooled)

Reply 3885

SarahAlexis

Original post by Minerva

They don't look at predicted grades to calculate the UMS average.

That is correct. Cambridge are interested in actual achievements to date, so they would only use A level UMS (as distinct from AS UMS) with applicants who have already got their grades.

This intrigues me- so if you messed up your AS exams, resat them and then did very well in A2 and achieved 3A* in one sitting without any retakes at A2, would this be enough to negate the bad AS performance and resits (which they don't like) or would they still look at it?

Also, I've got my fingers crossed for all of you on here, especially for my best friend who is still in the pool... good luck everyone :biggrin:

Reply 3886

joyie

Original post by medicdude

Fish can drown in non-oxygenated water/water which is flowing in too strong a current with the direction which the fish is swimming, so it doesn't get enough oxygen.

Original post by JKA17

like a whirl-pool?

but i would call that suffocation not drowning.. like not having oxygen but still in your environment where as 'drowning' i associate with being immersed in a fluid where you cannot receive oxygen... so water for us, and air for the fish? unless ofc drowning is defined as dying of lack of oxygen in water, in that case yes, fish can drown

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JKA17

Original post by rajiv.dua07

Like a Cambridge pool...

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It should be renamed the Cambridge whirl-pool

Reply 3888

joyie

Original post by mick.the.fish

Yep same for me

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well i hope that i never do hear from them!! unless of course they decide to refish me...
we've still got hope till the 14th!!

Reply 3889

JKA17

Google says:

Die through submersion in and inhalation of water

Reply 3890

medicdude

Original post by joyie

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/drown

1. To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid.

Air isn't a liquid either.

Reply 3891

joyie

Original post by JKA17

Google says:

Die through submersion in and inhalation of water

ah.. but fish are submerged in water all the time and they do inhale it.. so i guess they dont drown?

Reply 3892

Macleod

Just received my rejection from Trinity; pros/cons of waiting a year to reapply? (I wasn't auto-pooled if it makes a difference)

Reply 3893

mick.the.fish

Original post by joyie

well i hope that i never do hear from them!! unless of course they decide to refish me...
we've still got hope till the 14th!!

Agreed!

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Reply 3894

medicdude

Original post by joyie

ah.. but fish are submerged in water all the time and they do inhale it.. so i guess they dont drown?

They can die if the water has no oxygen/they can't get the oxygen from the water.
They do drown.

Reply 3895

belisarius

Original post by medicdude

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/drown

1. To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid.

Air isn't a liquid either.

exactly fish dont drown in air, they asphyxiate

Reply 3896

joyie

Original post by Macleod

Just received my rejection from Trinity; pros/cons of waiting a year to reapply? (I wasn't auto-pooled if it makes a difference)

if you get like all A*s and you have something impressive to do in your gap year then i guess you could. but imo if you have offers from other good unis i'd say dont do it.. i mean there's always postgrad for you to try again!

Reply 3897

spacemenrule94

Original post by Macleod

Just received my rejection from Trinity; pros/cons of waiting a year to reapply? (I wasn't auto-pooled if it makes a difference)

I haven't taken a gap year, but this is what I would guess:

:smile:

- You'll understand the Cambridge application process and how interviews work, so it should be easier the second time around
- You can use your gap year to improve your grades and get relevant experience in the subject you want to apply for
- Admissions tutors will have something concrete to measure your academic ability by - the grades you have actually achieved.

:frown:

- You'll spend that year obsessing over Cambridge and will be devastated if you get rejected again
- You'll have (presumably) turned down offers from other fantastic universities
- You're going to graduate a year later than your peers, so you might feel you've been left behind
- You will have to prove that you spent your gap year doing something academically worthwhile

To be honest, it all depends on the subject you're applying for. For some subjects, such as MML and medicine, it is easier to justify taking a gap year and reapplying than for others, such as maths, where it's actively discouraged.

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 3898

Zhy

Nothing yet... still waiting. Still swimming. Waiting for someone to come fish me.

Reply 3899

spacemenrule94

Original post by insomniacramblings

I was pooled by Christ's on friday.

I haven't heard anything either, but my fingers are tightly crossed...

How did your interviews go?

Got my fingers crossed for you :smile:

It's hard to tell. Both my interviews were subject-specific, but I was much more nervous in the first interview, and I think some of my answers were a bit too basic. I was also asked about whether political poetry is relevant and I, without thinking, said that a lot of the poetry about politics I'd read tended to be pretty bad. Luckily, they laughed, but it was a close one!

I think the second interview was more challenging, but I rather enjoyed it, and I felt like that one went rather well.

I'm pretty sure I was pooled through the autopool criteria (93%+ UMS average) rather than my interviews, though!

How did your interviews go? :smile: