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Reply 580

Lizzietv

Original post by C_Chu

anyone else on here waiting for a history of art offer from the pool??

yepp!! so is cheesejug, and one other person whom i can't remember their name

Reply 581

magicbiscuits

Original post by martinetlau

where else did you apply to :biggrin:

UCL (reject), Bath (offer), Newcastle (offer), Manchester (not heard).... you?

Reply 582

Alien41

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Original post by Reiss64

You were pooled too then? How goes the Bath application?

Yeah, currently swimming :/

No response from Bath yet. I don't think they've handed out many offers/rejections yet so I'm still hoping!

Reply 583

Катя

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Original post by frances007

no it is on the cambridge website, applicants with ums 93%+ get autopooled, and scottish applicants with 4A1 :rolleyes:

Oh, so is being auto-pooled a good thing? (i.e. you're guaranteed a place in the Winter Pool?) I thought it meant that you were automatically put in the pool and not really considered seriously for admission to your college of choice (ha, actually on second thought that makes little sense, but still)?

Reply 584

martinetlau

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Original post by magicbiscuits

UCL (reject), Bath (offer), Newcastle (offer), Manchester (not heard).... you?

UCL-rejected; Bath-Offer; Sheffield-Offer; Nottingham-Offer
Cambridge-POOLED

Reply 585

Reiss64

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Original post by Alien41

Yeah, currently swimming :/

No response from Bath yet. I don't think they've handed out many offers/rejections yet so I'm still hoping!

Well best of luck! :h:

Oh, and fingers crossed on getting fished! :biggrin:

Reply 586

username1129244

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Original post by Катя

Oh, so is being auto-pooled a good thing? (i.e. you're guaranteed a place in the Winter Pool?) I thought it meant that you were automatically put in the pool and not really considered seriously for admission to your college of choice (ha, actually on second thought that makes little sense, but still)?

I'd say auto-pooled is a bad thing but that's not to say those with >93% have been auto-pooled, they may have been pooled since they're strong candidates.

Reply 587

gearoid94

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Reply 588

frances007

Original post by Катя

Oh, so is being auto-pooled a good thing? (i.e. you're guaranteed a place in the Winter Pool?) I thought it meant that you were automatically put in the pool and not really considered seriously for admission to your college of choice (ha, actually on second thought that makes little sense, but still)?

Well I guess having a high enough ums to be pooled is a good thing, and yes it guarantees you won't be flat out rejected (although this doesn't apply to medicine and maths), however it means you don't know how well your interviews went etc, if they HAVE to pool you, they may think you're useless but you still have to be pooled..it's all a guessing game :cool:

Reply 589

hairclip

Original post by ermm

But you don't have to worry about that anymore, do you? :wink:

no, luckily. I don't know how you are all sane at the moment!! seriously i was a mess and i didn't have to wait that long :P

Reply 590

magicbiscuits

Original post by martinetlau

UCL-rejected; Bath-Offer; Sheffield-Offer; Nottingham-Offer
Cambridge-POOLED

talk about being in the same boat!
what subjects do you do and how was your ums? (If you don't mind me asking)

was your interview on a monday - maybe we met? :smile:

Reply 591

hairclip

Original post by Катя

Is there actually an official auto-pool mark, or is that an urban myth?

93% - it says on the cambridge pool information sheet for either teachers or directors of studies so it's true

Reply 592

floz123

Do your GCSES have to be good...im in the pool with OK AS but not great GCSES, a poor interview and a poor exam... kind of losing hope now

Reply 593

Alien41

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Original post by Reiss64

Well best of luck! :h:

Oh, and fingers crossed on getting fished! :biggrin:

Thanks

hope everything goes well for you too!

Reply 594

ermm

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Original post by hairclip

no, luckily. I don't know how you are all sane at the moment!! seriously i was a mess and i didn't have to wait that long :P

haha, believe me we're not (or at least I'm not). I applied last year and was pooled then too which I suppose makes it easier and harder haha. Having poor UMS and being in the pool is never fun :P

Reply 595

TerribleTej

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Original post by floz123

Do your GCSES have to be good...im in the pool with OK AS but not great GCSES, a poor interview and a poor exam... kind of losing hope now

GCSE's don't matter much as long as you AS grades are good.

Reply 596

hairclip

Original post by Катя

Congratulations! :smile:

I do have a question, though: you said you 'thought you were only in the pool because of your UMS' but your UMS is pretty damn good?

thanks

and yeah i agree that they are :wink:

I meant that i thought that my ums were good enough to put me in the pool and stop me being outright rejected! in other words i thought (and still kinda do) that i was auto-pooled cos my first interview was sooo bad

Reply 597

Reiss64

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If anyone's interested, the Guardian posted this pic of what the winter pool actually looks like... :eek:

Oh and this thread reminded me of this :wink:

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 598

darkducki

I had a second interview at another college (Selwyn) back on the day (I think it's the norm for Classics) - any idea if that would make them more/less likely to fish me?