The Official Cambridge Winter Pool 2013 Thread (includes FAQ and Status Reports)

I have also gone through all imagineable stats and what not, and yes I agree, you would think, but apparently some are rubbish and don't understand what a completely awful situation this is and don't bother telling people very quickly.
There is also the added confusion of people being given offers from their original college which then goes down in the stats as a direct offer, which makes the picture look very slightly better.
I have next to me my mobile on full volume, a landline phone, my phone with one email account running and my laptop with another (don't know which one it would be), and a pen and pad ready. Sad. I'm clearly stressed, my 15 year old sister just volunteered to use her Saturday afternoon to help me research for my EPQ to calm me down. I must stop looking at the clock...

Well fingers crossed for you!! With both Durham and this pool I never visited Bristol, I just applied, did you?

I'm sitting here for about 2 hours reading every post...oh god my life is so sad

Fellow Clare applicant here! When I look at the statistics it FREAKS ME OUT that numbers were 56 this year! Have you had any contact with any of the colleges since being pooled?

I'm guessing you applied for history too right? No contact yet (desperately crosses fingers) how about you? Well the numbers were the highest this year than they ever have been... So I suppose we still might be good, just not in line for winning the next nobel prize

maths at trinity (but they don't want me ;'(), btw. by saying ACE i didn't want to say the word these are the grades

why does everyone think the calls will only happen after 3pm?

Is it true that at this stage, it it very unlikely for your preference college to make you an offer from the pool? I say this because the admissions tutor from your preference college would have had the opportunity to look at others in the pool on Weds and Thurs. I believe Thurs is the deadline for your preference college to fish you from the pool, so surely they would be able to let you know in the decision letter they sent out on Thurs 3 Jan.

so the 164 offers that that were given last year from the college that pooled them weren't included in the 1002 offers from the pool overall? my phone is under my arm, which is resting on my laptop. I've got all the email tabs open and am sitting next to the house phone.

In a bid to do something calming I'm desperately trying to do some Spanish lit notes I was meant to do a while but never got round to starting due to (you guessed it) interview prep.

I didn't visit Bristol, but we have family friends there and I've been to the city a couple of times. Strangely I did visit Durham (despite it being ridiculously further away) you?

I dislike this waiting so much.

when you get put into the pool, do colleges that are looking through the pool know what your preference college was?

YAY! Sorry, I'm just so happy at finding someone who hasn't got like 97 UMS average as mine is about 85 too. I guess we have the benefit of knowing we interviewed well but I'm a little scared that colleges won't want the risk of taking someone with lower UMS. I guess all we have to do is wait and see, good luck!

if bad GCSE's help then I'm here for the winner i have 3 GCSE's (ACE) :d

unfortunely, it's not the reason

History indeed. No contact yet. I just hope that there weren't too many of us pooled out of the 56 applicants so that in comparison we stand out more *prays*.

yes, it's on the cover sheet of your file