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Have people been rejected without an interview from your school?

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So far we’ve had four rejected without an interview, and one of them really surprised me – she was a good mate of mine, applied to Oxford for Maths & was excellent (much better than me, and I’m applying Cambridge! :s-smilie:

). Her rejection really surprised me.

How about you?

Reply 1

charrr.

I got rejected from Oxford for Maths too...
=]

Reply 2

xx-footy-fan-xx

i applied to cambridge, trinity college for maths and got a letter saying that they have decided not to interview me this december. but they also said that they will make a final decision on my application in january.

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Reply 3

generalebriety

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Yes, plenty of people got rejected from both Oxford and Cambridge in my school. Plenty of people who deserved to go there.

Reply 4

Excalibur

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^ Without interview though? I suppose it's more common at Oxford, but I would've thought that at Cambridge if you have a reasonable chance you'll get interviewed...

All the applicants to Cambridge at my school has got interviews (though admittedly that's like 3 people!), although I think the girl that applied for History at Oxford may have got rejected without interview (understandable given they deselect by the HAT).

I think a few people on TSR may have got rejected without interview for medicine and law.

Reply 5

Epitomessence

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generalebriety

Yes, plenty of people got rejected from both Oxford and Cambridge in my school. Plenty of people who deserved to go there.

I agree. Now I'm truly beginning to see what people mean when they talk about the "lottery " of Oxbridge. :eek:

Reply 6

nosnibor

No actually. But they all have straight As at AS level and probably at least 7 A*s at GCSE.

Reply 7

Azrael31

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Yes, one guy I know had 4 A's on AS and predicted 4 more A's for A-level, applied for Lit, no interview. Oxford.

Reply 8

sugar_cane

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3 at my school. 1 for Cambridge and 2 for Oxford.

Reply 9

Barry Scott

i know someone for modern languages. 11A*s at GCSE, 4As at AS :confused:

Reply 10

Blackwater

Yes - me.

Also a few others that I know of have been turned down, but my school has about 20 people applying so I suppose it's to be expected that we're not all going to make the cut.

Reply 11

Epitomessence

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Blackwater

Yes - me.

Also a few others that I know of have been turned down, but my school has about 20 people applying so I suppose it's to be expected that we're not all going to make the cut.

I hope you don't mind me asking but when did you hear about getting rejected?

My friend applied to Ox for Physics and she said she won't get an offer (her ASes & GCSEs are brilliant, she said the test was torture though), and she hasn't heard anything, I'm just wondering when she can expect to know.

And sorry. :frown:

Reply 12

jonnythemoose

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I haven't heard of anyone that's been rejected yet from our pool of 11 applicants. Granted, 10 of them are applying to Cambridge. :smile:

Reply 13

Einstein Jr

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xx-footy-fan-xx

i applied to cambridge, trinity college for maths and got a letter saying that they have decided not to interview me this december. but they also said that they will make a final decision on my application in january.

x

Same thing (as in exactly same college too), when did you get your letter?

I got mine about a week ago.

Reply 14

generalebriety

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Excalibur

^ Without interview though? I suppose it's more common at Oxford, but I would've thought that at Cambridge if you have a reasonable chance you'll get interviewed...

All the applicants to Cambridge at my school has got interviews (though admittedly that's like 3 people!), although I think the girl that applied for History at Oxford may have got rejected without interview (understandable given they deselect by the HAT).

I think a few people on TSR may have got rejected without interview for medicine and law.

Without interview. But more for Oxford than Cambridge, yeah.

Reply 15

*bobo*

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One girl for engineering at Cambridge. I think she had a B in AS physics though, so not hugely surprising.

Reply 16

Einstein Jr

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Blackwater

Yes - me.

Also a few others that I know of have been turned down, but my school has about 20 people applying so I suppose it's to be expected that we're not all going to make the cut.

Your grades are better than almost all the oxbridge applicants at my school, but most of them got interviews... (i Didn't :mad:

); What were your actual module scores?

Reply 17

Glutamic Acid

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Sounds slightly worrying with these applicants being rejected without interview. I wonder what caused it, awful personal statements and references, low As, or below average GCSEs.

Reply 18

StateSchooler

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Wow crazy, I've got one for Biology at Oxford. AABC at AS, predicted 3 A's though and have good GCSE's. But not as good as some mentioned here

Reply 19

username115564

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We've had two rejected by Oxford pre-interview (out of 64 or so Oxbridge applicants), one for PPE and one for Economics & Management - both had AAAB at AS. For the first time in the schools history we've had someone invited to interview at Oxford with AABB at AS, with a B in the subject he's applying for (History).

Have people been rejected without an interview from your school?

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