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My Cambridge interview was too easy...

Reply 40

charlie123

^^ dont quote so much!

Reply 41

pineapplesmoothie

It probably wasn't 'easy'

Maybe you're just super intelligent?

Or you hyped it up that much that you were surprised at anything less than rocket science!

(lol how gutted will you be if you don't get in now...)

Reply 42

Fixesin

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Vivisteiner

To call me a Final Fantasy IX fan would probably be the biggest understatement of the century. I'll put it like this: If I believed in a God, it'd be Adelbert Steiner. FFIX is the best game ever.

Fo' Shizzle...

Reply 43

jcb914

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Swayum

I applied to Oxford last year and was rejected post-interview. My interviews went pretty well though.

No offence, but they obviously didn't go all that well if you got rejected.

Reply 44

srana

1

Vivisteiner

To call me a Final Fantasy IX fan would probably be the biggest understatement of the century. I'll put it like this: If I believed in a God, it'd be Adelbert Steiner. FFIX is the best game ever.

Steiner?! But... but what about KUJA?! :love:

IX is, for me, the third best game ever... nonetheless I think it is amazing and so, I am about to rep you. :p:

Reply 45

faber niger

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jcb914

No offence, but they obviously didn't go all that well if you got rejected.

Not so. Others' interviews may just have gone supremely well.

Reply 46

jcb914

11

jismith1989

Not so. Others' interviews may just have gone supremely well.

Well it's all comparative. If others' interviews went better then yours automatically didn't go all that well, as I stated.

Reply 47

faber niger

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jcb914

Well it's all comparative. If others' interviews went better then yours automatically didn't go all that well, as I stated.

No, no, no. Sorry.

Well is an 'objective', not relative, term. It relates to an absolute grading of something. The words better or best would be used to show relativity and comparison.

Reply 48

Vivisteiner

OP

Steiner?! But... but what about KUJA?!

Kuja is awesome too!

"Peace is but a shadow of death
Desperate to forget its painful past.
Though we hope for promising years
After shedding a thousand tears
Yesterday's sorrow constantly nears.
And while the moon still shines blue,
By dawn it will turn to scarlet hue."

Awesome...I can't believe someone spotted the FFIX reference in my name.

Maybe you're just super intelligent?

Or you hyped it up that much that you were surprised at anything less than rocket science!

Not the former, but probably the latter.

And yes, I will be gutted if I don't get in, mainly because I have no idea on what grounds they have to reject me. And yes, I know competition is super tough and that I'm supposed to prove myself, but still...

mod edit: removing yet more details about the interview.

Reply 49

Shadow of a Dream

Boy at my school last year - 10A* at GCSE, straight A's at AS (and went on to get straight A's at A2 too). Certain he'd got in after his interview - sure he'd answered questions correctly etc, almost felt it had been "easy". Auto-pooled and then rejected. Not wishing to look at it in too negative a light, but my point is, with Cambridge, I don't believe you can ever be certain of an offer.

Reply 50

Vivisteiner

OP

^Yeah, I'm worried that that will happen. I don't think it would be particularly fair if they did that, but w/e, you never can tell. :frown:

Anyway, I've already got an offer from UCL, which I'd be perfectly happy going to.

Oooh, and I just realised I'm not allowed to mention even the most trifling details about my interview. You mod people (yes, YOU) are pretty darn harsh. :wink:

Reply 51

Swayum

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jcb914

No offence, but they obviously didn't go all that well if you got rejected.

My last two didn't go amazingly well, no, but it was more down to my admissiosn test + grades than it was my interview performance (I'm basing this on my general feeling + feedback + performance of other candidates).

Reply 52

Shadow of a Dream

Vivisteiner

^Yeah, I'm worried that that will happen. I don't think it would be particularly fair if they did that, but w/e, you never can tell. :frown:

Anyway, I've already got an offer from UCL, which I'd be perfectly happy going to.

Oooh, and I just realised I'm not allowed to mention even the most trifling details about my interview. You mod people (yes, YOU) are pretty darn harsh. :wink:

It wasn't meant to be as harsh as, reading it back, it sounded!! Sorry - just trying to keep it in perspective. Although I, of course, hope you do get in, as it sounds like you love your subject, and would appear to be very good at it :smile:

UCL is lovely too though :smile:

So good luck - the wait is horrid, I know, but try not to stress about it, and good luck for envelope day!! Although, like I said, I don't believe you can ever guarantee an offer (I was convinced I'd been rejected, thus spent rather a long time in shock upon receipt of mine!), I wish you the very best of luck - fingers crossed :smile:

Reply 53

Cackhandedchimp

If your results are that good then they may have made up their mind before the interview. I wouldn't worry about it.

Reply 54

Dadeyemi

13

Natsci < Mathmo

:p:

If you wanted to be tested then you should have applied for maths.

Reply 55

Vivisteiner

OP

@Shadow of a dream: Thanks. And don't worry, I wasn't offended by what you said. If anything, I prefer being pessimistic before getting results. It makes the losses more acceptable and the victories all the sweeter.

I'm also applying to Natural Sciences at UCL and the other Unis. Not entirely relevant to the topic, I know, but I remember the interviewer being slightly suprised by that. Most of my friends were too.

And really, I'm not that good at Physics (my main subject). I took the British Physics Olympiad paper recently and struggled quite a bit with it. Haven't got my results back for that yet though...

EDIT: lmao, all my friends are really pissed off with me. They've got their maths and STEP ahead of them, or their tough medical interviews (having already taken the BMAT).

I'm glad I'm not doing maths though. I'm failing epicly at C4 at the moment. xD

Reply 56

FadedJade

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Vivisteiner

^Yeah, I'm worried that that will happen. I don't think it would be particularly fair if they did that, but w/e, you never can tell. :frown:

Anyway, I've already got an offer from UCL, which I'd be perfectly happy going to.

Oooh, and I just realised I'm not allowed to mention even the most trifling details about my interview. You mod people (yes, YOU) are pretty darn harsh. :wink:

If you think the moderation is harsh then please feel free to make a thread in AAM, and read the announcements at the top of the forum. :smile:

Reply 57

Vivisteiner

OP

^Nah, Im ony kidding. I mod another forum and there's nothing more annoying than n00bs like me bugging people all the time.

Wow, I'm in an excessively chatty mood today.