St John's College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

Lil bit excited, do I detect?
My college brother does French and Italian

I REALLY AM

I can't wait

College brother?

Name: Jenni
Location: Reading
Course at King's: History
Starting year: 2010
Conditions: A*AA with A* in history
Reactions: Joy. Disbelief. Euphoria. A sense of all my hard work paying off. Surprise. Excitement!

Ahhh i have an offer aswell! I was not expecting that!
My friend text me as i walked home to tell me she had an offer and when i rang her she said he envelope was A4 and packed with stuff; so much so it was obviously an offer.
So i walked through the house to the kitchen, and there it was on the table; so small.

I just thought, 'oh well at least you tried' and then just kicked off when i saw the 'conditional offer'

Hopefully i'll see you all next year!

So wheres your offer, Kings or St. Johns?
Sorry, if its blunt but my head is just racing; when i saw the puny little envelope i thought i was certain to be a reject.

Name: Sam
Location: Newcastle
Course: Engineering
Starting year: 2010
Conditions: A*AA with A* in maths or Physics
Reactions: , this is all real. Just a bit skeptical about the A* malarkey. Ahh in one year i could be chilling in Cripps with future leaders of the world! Hopefully i'll see every1 in this thread there, the hardest part is over!

Name: Sam
Location: Newcastle
Course: Engineering
Starting year: 2010
Conditions: A*AA with A* in maths or Physics
Reactions: , this is all real. Just a bit skeptical about the A* malarkey. Ahh in one year i could be chilling in Cripps with future leaders of the world! Hopefully i'll see every1 in this thread there, the hardest part is over!

sorry my fault twas a typo!
St. John's!

And I know what you mean about the A* stuff, not sure how I'll quite manage it but I can't believe that if I get it, I can study in St. Johns Cambridge with all you wonderful people!

haha cheers. Just wondering though; as the bottom of my offer letter says "Pressure on our places is such that, if you are unsuccessful in
meeting any of our conditions, we are unlikely to be able to confirm
your offer", would you older folk have gotten an A* at a level? (90%+ at A2) I just really dont want to miss it.

aww thanks (why isnt there a rosy cheeks, like embarrassed emoticon on here?)

haha one like this?


So how did you find out because I don't get post for the rest of the week so I emailed - cheeky thing that i am! haha
I was kind of worried about getting a "you'r rejected" email but in the end my impatience paid off!

Yeah, i really didnt want to have to ring or email because i felt it would end up being just a bit blunt and matter of fact; where as with a letter... meh i dunno, justnot as nice.

As you asked... erm i found out by post; but it was horrible. (i've posted this story in so many threads btw) Basically my friend got an offer and told me how her letter was soo huge she knew it was an offer the minute she saw it.
My mum had txted me when i was out sledging with mates to say the post had finally come and the letter was here (hadnt had post in 3 days).
As i walked through to the kitchen to open it; it turned out to be a tiny A5 little letter. - At that moment (althugh i had told myself i had to get pooled and that i had a good chance etc. for the last month, at the sight of such a small envelope i was certain i had been rejected and was just, oh well; at least i tried.
Then i saw the words and was like no wayyy Ahhhh.

...im still buzzing now... but i better calm down cos i need to go and collect lots of milk money in this lovely weather!