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If you get rejected.....

mousy

14

are you going to take a year out and reapply next year?

Reply 1

D-503

1

Yeah I'm actually torn on this as well. On the one hand, its the only place I want to go to, but on the other, you could get rejected again, feel ****, and have lost a year (and possibly alienated other unis). I have to say the, gap year in Moscow and Ax en Provence could be cool. Any thoughts on this from anyone who has (or is considering reapplying)? Are you mousy?

Reply 2

mousy

OP

14

Pechorin

Yeah I'm actually torn on this as well. On the one hand, its the only place I want to go to, but on the other, you could get rejected again, feel ****, and have lost a year (and possibly alienated other unis). I have to say the, gap year in Moscow and Ax en Provence could be cool. Any thoughts on this from anyone who has (or is considering reapplying)? Are you mousy?

Like you, i'm torn. I want to go to cambridge so so much, the course there is perfect for me and I love the city. I also hear there is more chance of getting in if you already have the a-level results. Moreover, taking a gap year could be an awesome year. However, I don't want to end up having no uni to go to after a year out! Its difficult to decide what to do.

Reply 3

a_t

16

I'm on my year out and reapplying lol so don't think I'll be doing it again

Reply 4

forpolarbears

17

I won't be. I only need (less than) 2 years at UC Berkeley, another top institution (apparently), so I'll be applying for post grad at Cam, but not reapplying next year. Besides, I have most of my grades already; the courses I'm in now are just...to be in something since Berkeley wouldn't let me in this year.

Reply 5

lucho22

13

a_t

I'm on my year out and reapplying lol so don't think I'll be doing it again

Same.. - I will be extremely bitter if I don't get in this time.. I don't think I will want to mention the 'C' word let alone consider reapplying for a second time. You're going for Law which is pretty much a top course at all your unis.. Modern Langs is another kettle of fish.. Probably apply to Oxford for an MPhil -then maybe a DPhil if I make it that far.. but Cambridge..no chance!! :mad:

Reply 6

mousy

OP

14

To those who have reapplied, do you feel you have an advantage? ie more mature, better knowledge of subjects and better idea of what you want?

Reply 7

a_t

16

mousy

To those who have reapplied, do you feel you have an advantage? ie more mature, better knowledge of subjects and better idea of what you want?

Those and, well If I get an offer I'm hardly gonna miss the grades am I? Predictions are often taken with a pinch of salt, I got an A prediction in Government and Politics despite getting a C at AS level, although I did go on to get an A.

We're more of a safe bet so to say, because Oxford know that if they give me an offer I'll be there next October unless I'm arrested while I'm in China for going on illegal websites like the bbc....

Reply 8

Bex.

Personally, no. Oxford is not the be all and end all of my life (not saying it's all that matters to you but I'm not desperate enough to go there that I'll risk wasting a year of my life). As sad as it sounds in most aspects of life, including this, I believe if it's meant to be, it'll be.

Reply 9

a_t

16

Bex.

Personally, no. Oxford is not the be all and end all of my life (not saying it's all that matters to you but I'm not desperate enough to go there that I'll risk wasting a year of my life). As sad as it sounds in most aspects of life, including this, I believe if it's meant to be, it'll be.

That's fine, I didn't try Oxbridge last year anyway :p:

I just got 5 rejections, including one from KCL

Reply 10

username68316

3

Na i'd never reapply. I need to feel as though my life is moving forwards, unlike alot of people on here :rolleyes:

Oxford would be cool to go to, but i'd know when to let go. I have 5 offers from amazing uni's already so I'll definitely be going to one of them if not oxford.

Reply 11

a_t

16

Nathan Ley3

Na i'd never reapply. I need to feel as though my life is moving forwards, unlike alot of people on here :rolleyes:

Oxford would be cool to go to, but i'd know when to let go. I have 5 offers from amazing uni's already so I'll definitely be going to one of them if not oxford.

Well you are applying for a course which seems to have more places than applicants so if you get rejected...

Reply 12

username68316

3

a_t

Well you are applying for a course which seems to have more places than applicants so if you get rejected...

What a shallow statement. There has never been a case where they've had a year of more places than applicants. I get what you mean when you say it should be easier for me than a law applicant, for example on these grounds. But if i get rejected then it's because i'm not good enough. Even if there are spare places, and i'm not good enough, then they'll either draft in students from other colleges, or reduce the number of places for the year!

Edit: And by this i mean i'll accept the rejection rather than take a year out of my life

Reply 13

a_t

16

It's only a wasted year if you view it as such, hardly is if you spend it doing something constructive, anyways I don't like being told I wasted a year, which is clearly the intention behind this;

Nathan Ley3

I need to feel as though my life is moving forwards, unlike alot of people on here :rolleyes:

If I had 5 offers last year I would hardly have taken a year out.

Anyways so far this year out is fairly succesful because I will be going to a better uni than SOAS for law, and I get the oppurtunity to do something I probably never will again, mainly spending 7 months in China. And I've also saved a fair amount of money towards my uni education, such a ridiculous statement clearly illustrates that you do not understand how the world works, which is probably why you're doing chemistry.

Reply 14

sherunsaway

2

Nope. I'll be going to Manchester instead. I feel that I need to get away from home and I don't think a gap year would do me much good.....more likely make me lazy and I'm not really the travelling type.

Oxford isn't the be-all-and-end-all at the end of the day.

Reply 15

D-503

1

wow looks like our thread is turning into a warzone here. Break it up guys... :rolleyes:

I dont think it would a wasted year at all- could be very useful and good fun; my concern would be a double rejection. But i think if I get rejected this year, I wont be satisfied and it will feel like a 'path not taken' eating away at me if i went to another uni. I know that sounds a bit mad- i think i must have OCD or something lol. As for it being 'sad'- I would say that anyone who has bother to apply at all could be tarred with the same brush, since it is so much extra work, pressure, travel etc. Why would you put yourself through all that if you were really so aloof? I think having the courage to reapply is quite impressive, but still not totally sure that its for me. What are the disadvs?

Reply 16

thedogonarope

2

screw reapplying. I'm off to LSE. Cannot wait for uni.

Reply 17

lucho22

13

TheImpaledWarthog

screw reapplying. I'm off to LSE. Cannot wait for uni.

It's alright for some.. :rolleyes:

. People don't seem to realise that reapplying has a far greater significance for people applying in less competetive arts subjects - like modern langs, oriental studies, arch & anth, geography where Oxbridge really is leagues above the competition. L100 Economics at LSE arguably has even better prospects than Cambs so I don't blame you!!

Reply 18

AAJ1

10

like lucho and at I am a reapplicant. and like lucho a double rejection would be horrible from cambs. like at I applied for law last year and am doing so again this year. I personally don't think the predicted grades vs. already got the grades mean so much. my motivation behind the reapplication was the "what if?" question. The gap year is going well...and will be fantastic if i get in. If i don't then it all depends on how philosophically i look at the decision and how quickly i move on. I would strongly encourage reapplications (but this advice may change in light of a negative decision from oxbridge)

Reply 19

Anarchy Everywhere

2

Nope, definitely not, I still have to hear from LSE and Imperial and even if they reject me aswell I will be going to Warwick or UCL. I have no intention of wasting a year which could have been one extra year in employment and that one step closer to being a millionaire.

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