Official Cambridge 2018 Interview Invitations

I'm staying in accommodation before my interview and was wondering where I would put my stuff during my interview because I don't think it will look very professional if I take an overnight bag into the interview? Also, would I be allowed to highlight and write on the pre-interview reading sheet and can I take paper into the interview in case I need to write something and they don't have paper? (I'm applying for history btw)

Thank you! You know the interview's getting close when you start to worry about trivial things like this.

The interview is no more, or less, important than the other aspects of your application. Even assuming* you had a "weak" interview it needed be the end of the road at all, especially if other parts of your application are stronger.

*Which, if your refer to my chart, is a big and probably faulty assumption.

Anyway it's all done now - so relax, don't post-mortem things any more, and just wait for the 10th Jan. Good luck!

What chart and where can I find it?!

I've had my interview but i don't know my score for the engaa.
I asked the interviewer at the end about it but he didn't know.
How can I know my score?

In a feedback you can request your college IF you are rejected. (Feedback is only available for unsuccessful candidates)
If you get and accept an offer, you can ask you DoS when you start at Cambridge.

Thank you
I hope i don't get to know soon then

A bit irrelevant but I'm staying at Corpus Christi overnight for my interview. Does anyone know if blankets and pillows will be provided in the dorm? Many thanks!

You’ll get a bed ready for you to sleep in, of course.
Probably a duvet, rather than a blanket though.
It’s not a dorm but a single room.

You’ll get a bed ready for you to sleep in, of course.
Probably a duvet, rather than a blanket though.
It’s not a dorm but a single room.

I think some (notably Americans) call halls a dorm even if they are all single rooms, confusingly.

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I wondered that as ‘a dorm’ sounds very American.....
Gosh after 200+ yrs, they still can’t speak proper English......

I'm an overseas applicant for Medicine and had my interviews a few days ago. I'm pretty sure I screwed up real bad, my brain froze up for the entire length of the interview and I actually thought of the correct answer to their questions the second I walked out. Anyways I'm pretty darn sure I'll get rejected in January, but the only problem is that I'll be taking some of my A-Level papers in January right after decision day. I'm thinking of withdrawing now to save me from the tears and (hopefully) not let it affect my exams, can anyone give me some advice? Thanks

I'm an overseas applicant for Medicine and had my interviews a few days ago. I'm pretty sure I screwed up real bad, my brain froze up for the entire length of the interview and I actually thought of the correct answer to their questions the second I walked out. Anyways I'm pretty darn sure I'll get rejected in January, but the only problem is that I'll be taking some of my A-Level papers in January right after decision day. I'm thinking of withdrawing now to save me from the tears and (hopefully) not let it affect my exams, can anyone give me some advice? Thanks

Firstly, it is nearly impossible to tell how you performed at the interview. Only your interviewrs are aware of how well you did. Refer to @Donesbury 's chart.

Also, the aim of the interviews are not to spout out correct answers- they just want to see how you think! So while you believe you did not give any correct answers, the interviewers may admire your thought process in getting to an incorrect answer.

I strongly recommend NOT withdrawing your application as you can never tell whether you will have recieved an offer- and withdrawing means you defintely won't get a place where there might have been chance you would. If you do feel a rejection would damage your performanc in the exam, don't look at your emails on decision day until after the exam. You can spend that time revising or relaxing (or whatever it is you plan to do).

At the end of the day, you will not have lost anything from not withdrawing your application but you could potentially lose a lot MORE from withdrawing your application.

Thank you so very much, I think I’ll do just that. Trying not to get my hopes up so I won’t be TOO depressed haha