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The "I've been pooled" thread

oh right, they were applying for medicine

uh i'm in the pool too....
VERY annoying as I was hoping to put Cambridge behind me before term starts (my interviews went SO BADLY it was actually embarassing to sit in that room!)

8a* for GCSE and VERY LOW AS grades... surely the AS grades won't mean auto-pool though, they were very poor....
ah i'm just trying to make self feel better!

very annoying as now i'll have to hunt down all my interview preparation notes again... just in case!

Reply 382

LH123

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fumblewomble

Well unless you were auto-pooled for high grades, the fact that you've been pooled means that your interviewers were impressed with you....

I hope so; I thought my interviews went really badly. :zomg:

Reply 383

serrellen

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I just tried to log into the SAQ but was told 'your application is no longer active'. Yet I've been pooled. Does this mean rejection?

Reply 384

ellie91

serrellen

I just tried to log into the SAQ but was told 'your application is no longer active'. Yet I've been pooled. Does this mean rejection?

All pooled sseem to have that so I think it just means the other colleges are looking

Reply 385

serrellen

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ellie91

All pooled sseem to have that so I think it just means the other colleges are looking

Oh phew. Not that I'm terribly confident... actually all my family are treating it as a rejection and I'm kind of glad.

Reply 386

username203055

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serrellen

Oh phew. Not that I'm terribly confident... actually all my family are treating it as a rejection and I'm kind of glad.

As are mine.

Reply 387

sTucker

OP

Ok, so is it just me who's imagining an actual physical pool filled with files and folders, Directors of Studies and Admissions Tutors sitting round the side (poolside meeting) casting lines into the pool (fishing)?

Reply 388

*agridulce*

sTucker

Ok, so is it just me who's imagining an actual physical pool filled with files and folders, Directors of Studies and Admissions Tutors sitting round the side (poolside meeting) casting lines into the pool (fishing)?

well...they do call stage A the fishing stage.

Reply 389

purple-girl

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I imagine all the admissions tutors sitting round big tables (one for each department) with a big pile of folders. Or, maybe, several tables. One central one, one for rejects, and then one for each college.

But I prefer the image of the actual pool =). Maybe they all jet off to the bahamas or something, looking at our files while relaxing by the pool...

Oh, and going back to family...my dad's had a kinda disappointed look on his face all day :frown:

. He was more worried about the results than I was =). I think he really wants me to get accepted...mum, however, is more like "ah well, still a chance, and Durham's also great" kinda thing.

Reply 390

littleshambles

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sTucker

Ok, so is it just me who's imagining an actual physical pool filled with files and folders, Directors of Studies and Admissions Tutors sitting round the side (poolside meeting) casting lines into the pool (fishing)?

Since it's a winter pool, I envision the pool to have a layer of ice covering it, with the tutors deliberating nonchalantly while the poolees hit the ice ceiling frantically, shivering.

... Too weird?

Reply 391

commando

Poolification for me too. :frown:

I know I have some chance, but I still feel like s***.

Do we know what the categories are? Sorry to ask it's just I don't have the patience to troll through all the other millions of threads.

Also how did you manage 21 pages in less than one day?

Reply 392

username166335

commando

Also how did you manage 21 pages in less than one day?

we take comfort in others in our situation.

Reply 393

commando

fumblewomble

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/admissions/handbook/appendices/winterpool.pdf see page 3. Good luck!

As you were posting this, I found it :facepalm:

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fumblewomble

People keep asking the same questions and saying they can't be bothered to read through the thread to find the answers.

What can I say, we are collectively lazy.

Reply 394

Ozzbozz

commando

What can I say, we are collectively lazy.

Which is probably why we were pooled. :biggrin:

Reply 395

commando

Ozzbozz

Which is probably why we were pooled. :biggrin:

Fair shout.

I don't like this bit of that article:

6. Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and PR China: all applicants who scored 8 or above when interviewed by the Cambridge team overseas MUST be pooled, and 7s at your discretion. Failure to pool an outstanding applicant in a previous year had serious repercussions.

sounds very sinister.

Reply 396

littleshambles

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commando

Poolification for me too. :frown:

I know I have some chance, but I still feel like s***.

Do we know what the categories are? Sorry to ask it's just I don't have the patience to troll through all the other millions of threads.

Also how did you manage 21 pages in less than one day?