King's College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

Commies!

Hi all.

I applied to King's for History and have been pooled, kinda sad I now know I don't have a chance of King's, as I thought of it as the centrepiece of Cambridge with its gorgeous chapel. And all the people there seemed so nice, one of my interviews had been written down as the wrong room, so I had to leg it back to the bar to get one of the students helping out to help me find my way. Also I bumped into a nice Philosopher when I'd just come out of my first interview, who was very pleasant and wished me luck

But yes, I should think along with most people it would be difficult for me to turn down an offer from ANY college, although whenever I go past King's I think I will always sigh to myself and wish I'd got there

Good luck fellow poolees!

Aww, that was probably me as I'm a philosopher and I'm nice. (Actually...I was the only Philosopher helping out so kind of narrows it down ) Good luck with the pooling- you still have a chance of being fished out by King's so don't think that if you are eventually accepted it will be by another college- it isn't always the case.

Haha! Well if it was you I met then, I was coming out of my first interview which went rather well and I was on a high so decided to randomly talk to you, so sorry about that! Are you in your first year doing Philosophy?

Every time the phone rings now I scramble to it regardless of what I'm doing and pray..
I suppose deep down I'm really hoping it'll be King's who I hear from, but the statistics are so violently against me; the stuff they sent me about the Winter Pool had the statistic: "2878 poolees (well they didn't say "poolees" but you know what I mean " "126 received offers from their choice college". But I suppose you have to be in it to win it...

Anyhow I'm sorry this is a little off the thread topic but I'm all nervous and...
ARGH!
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Good luck...King's are pretty good at getting their applicants into other colleges, and I'm sure if you are pooled to another college you will love it anyway- they're all really nice. Yep, I'm in my first year doing philosophy. Trying to think who you are...where were we at the time?

Errmm I'd just come out of my interview at the far end of the long white building (don't know what it's called!) right by the Chapel, and then I think I walked back to the bar with you & asked you what you were studying. I can't remember much else (the day was a blur for me!) but I do remember you were very nice

I am trying to distract myself with revision at the moment, it's typical that my exam next week falls slap bang in the middle of the dates given for when people may be offered interviews!

The worst thing is not knowing. Two people at my school have been accepted, 1 to Oxford and 1 to Cambridge, and 1 has been rejected, but I'm the only poolee. It's also strange telling people that I've been pooled, because when you say "I got my letter!" to people without looking utterly devastated, they say "you've got in!?" and you have to say "err... not quite..."

I just want closure now!
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I have offers from Warwick and Exeter so far, and I would hopefully be happy at Warwick. I'm holding out on responses from Durham, York, St. Andrews and obviously Cambridge.
Cambridge is definitely my first choice though, were I to be offered a place I would grab it lightning fast!

It was a little bit offputting going to my deputy headmistress yesterday to let her know I'd been pooled, when she said "oh right, we've had people pooled before"
me: *tentatively* "did any of them get in...?"
her: "no".

Time will tell, I suppose!
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