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OFFICIAL: Cambridge doesn't care about non-academic ECs - and other things!

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Reply 80

Craghyrax

necessarily benevolent

Please neg me :puppyeyes:

Wanna give that some thought?

Reply 81

ADREAM

This thread really is pointless! :yep:

Reply 82

necessarily benevolent

ADREAM

This thread really is pointless! :yep:

A bit like this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

Reply 83

Teebs

I think my username should change colour too, it would show how wonderful I am.

Reply 84

necessarily benevolent

Teebs

I think my username should change colour too, it would show how wonderful I am.

Reply 85

prospective student

LearningMath

Yes, i think the OP post is rubbish to be honest, all my friends who are at oxbridge had questions about outside interests...

its very common to be asked about Ecs but this does not mean that they take your answers into account. in fact when i went to oxford open day they said they only ask this as it feels 'safe ground' to the interviewee and they will start to relax a bit but they dont care about what they actually say (i assume this would change if applicant said favourite pasttime was rape or murder but you get the point).

Reply 86

7589200

ive been saying this for years...

Reply 87

Craghyrax

Teebs

I think my username should change colour too, it would show how wonderful I am.

Hinting for subs again? :dry:

Reply 88

im so academic

Vazzyb

ive been saying this for years...

Saying what? They really don't give a damn about unrelated, non-academic ECs? :rolleyes:

Reply 89

Teebs

Craghyrax

Hinting for subs again? :dry:

No! I walk a very narrow line between excessive nerdyness and coolness. Getting a sub would throw that balance off completely. I'd have to have a painful period of readjustment to a decent equilibrium followed by an increase in activities such as clubbing.

Reply 90

necessarily benevolent

im so academic

Saying what? They really don't give a damn about unrelated, non-academic ECs?

lol who gives a crap?

Reply 91

Teebs

im so academic

Saying what? They really don't give a damn about unrelated, non-academic ECs? :rolleyes:

YES!!!!!

Reply 92

im so academic

Keep the thread on topic please! :smile:

Reply 93

im so academic

Teebs

YES!!!!!

If that's true, how come River85 et al. aer arguing that they do matter? :rolleyes:

Reply 94

necessarily benevolent

im so academic

If that's true, how come River85 et al. aer arguing that they do matter? :rolleyes:

I reiterate:

lol who gives a crap?

Reply 95

littleshambles

I really have to wonder what exactly captivates you so completely about the Cambridge admissions process, im so academic. Really.

I personally don't have any non-academic interests, so I just wrote about books and plays and things that I'd read that weren't to do with the subject I was applying for. We'll see how successful that strategy was next weekend. :rolleyes:

Reply 96

Mastermind`

Vazzyb

ive been saying this for years...

I've been saying it for decades. :yep:

Reply 97

Teebs

im so academic

If that's true, how come River85 et al. aer arguing that they do matter? :rolleyes:

Because they don't know what they're talking about. That or they think the universities are lying to you. Hmm, actually, that's a scary though, what if they universities ARE lying to you :eek:

Everything they say could be false :s-smilie:

My god, I've been wasting my life! Listening to the universities! Nooo!!! I'm leaving university now. I'm going to be a plumber instead. At least the plumbers won't lie to me.

Keep the thread on topic please!