The "I've been pooled" thread

arrghhh had my interview today for pooling... went kinda like my interview for my original college... not a good sign... hopefully i'll find out soon the results.

If there was no chance they wouldn't have done it.

So, to the people whose original college reappeared on the SAQ page, is your account still active? Because mine is not even inactive -- it displays an error. Probably they deleted it, because it was a waste of space.

Fair enough... I'll find out soon I hope... don't want it to affect my concentration for exams.

Oh sorry! I thought you said you'd had it back at your original college.

That said, the point is still sort of the same. You did well enough to get in the pool, and that isn't an option this time. So if it was that you were really close but didn't get in (and it must have been quite good, because you've been fished out for a further interview), then they'll hopefully be forced into taking you rather than a rejection.

I don't think they'll leave you hanging for too long.

no from me...still waiting. Maths interviews are/were today so i hope i shud hear soon

My friend who is almost certainly going to get an offer hasn't heard yet so there is definitely still a chance for an offer for anyone who hasn't heard

Why are they so likely to get an offer?

I wonder when the geography ones are.

Tomorrow

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/admissions/handbook/section2/2_7.html

Thanks.

Oh no, the geography convenor is the one who kept laughing at me in my interview.

What exactly do the convenors do? Obviously they 'convene', but what exactly?

Any offers today then?

A guy in my school got an offer for Economics at Caius today, by text at 9 in the morning apparently.

What makes it annoying for me (a pooled Economics rejectee) is that he has very little chance of making his conditions. Getting 0% in a recent maths test isn't exactly hopeful for him (he was predicted a hopeful "C" for maths by our teacher, but my Head of Year magically transformed it into an "A"). He's just a very interview-y kind of guy. If he makes his conditions then fair enough, but if Cambridge actually knew how good he is at his subjects I doubt he would've gotten pooled, never mind get an offer.

why haven't yooooooous lot been at college eeeeh??