Oxbridge Rejection

Craghyrax

I had an interview on AS grades ABE. I got an unconditional on AAC. It probably wasn't your grades. :hmmmm:

Well they told me it was... :rolleyes:

They said there were too many applicants for interview places, and they just had to whittle it down somehow

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x_muso_x

Well they told me it was... :rolleyes:

They said there were too many applicants for interview places, and they just had to whittle it down somehow

Sounds like you had a nicer letter than the one they sent one of my friends :s-smilie:

I called up...

x_muso_x

I called up...

Aha.. yeh.. they wouldn't have dared say what they said to her in person :rofl:

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Craghyrax

Aha.. yeh.. they wouldn't have dared say what they said to her in person :rofl:

what did they say? :s-smilie:

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x_muso_x

what did they say? :s-smilie:

They implied she didn't have the intellectual capacity. Something I think was unecessary.

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henryt

Craghyrax

They implied she didn't have the intellectual capacity. Something I think was unecessary.

So mean! Why would they even bother wasting the time to write that, knowing that it's incredibly nasty and hurtful? :mad:

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henryt

So mean! Why would they even bother wasting the time to write that, knowing that it's incredibly nasty and hurtful? :mad:

Thankyou!

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henryt

^^ You're welcome :smile:

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sweet_fluffy_nuke

Craghyrax

They implied she didn't have the intellectual capacity. Something I think was unecessary.

Perhaps they just made the mistake of being honest.

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acolyte

Perhaps they just made the mistake of being honest.

Well that's just it. They were perfectly right. I'm sorry to say :redface:

But that isn't the point. Its just unecessary and easily avoided. Letters like that can really harm a person's confidence! :hmpf:

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Elements

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x_muso_x

I got rejected (before interview might I add lol) because my AS grades were AAAC, despite the fact I wasn't going to carry-on the subject I got a C in... I got offers from all my other places though :biggrin:

I'm more annoyed that they didn't give me the chance of an interview rather than just being rejected, ah well, it's their loss! :rolleyes:

;console;
What college did you apply to? What were your GCSE grades?

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henryt

So mean! Why would they even bother wasting the time to write that, knowing that it's incredibly nasty and hurtful? :mad:

that's so rude! :eek:

well in my letter is just said how unbelievably disappointed I must be not to have got into Oxford blah blah blah lol

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Pinelem

;console;
What college did you apply to? What were your GCSE grades?

I applied to Worcester (after orginally wanting to go for CCH) - my GCSEs were A*A*AAAAABBB - although I don't think it would've been the GCSE grades, my sister is at Oxford and she got the same! :biggrin:

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Consie

15

ive read back and i cant make out what hte problem is, you've been rejected in august?

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x_muso_x

well in my letter is just said how unbelievably disappointed I must be not to have got into Oxford blah blah blah lol

'cos everybody is dying to go to Oxbridge, of course! :rolleyes:

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hobnob

14

Craghyrax

'cos everybody is dying to go to Oxbridge, of course! :rolleyes:

Well, maybe not everybody is dying to go there, but it's not completely unreasonable for any university to to assume that applicants generally prefer offers and will be disappointed to get a rejection... :dontknow:

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