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Reply 80

Emjabr

I got pooled from Clare for SPS

Reply 81

Mithra

2

Swires

Does anyone know how likely it is to receive offer without interview (I don't think I was autopooled).

I refer you back to the stats I posted earlier :smile:

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For those who didn't get the letter with winter pool stats (last year's pool):

- 3,174 applicants pooled
- 548 pooled applicants re-interviewed
- 794 pooled applicants made offers, of these:
+ 509 received a direct offer without an interview
+ 285 received offers following a pool interview
- 93 pooled applicants received offers from the college that pooled them.

This includes autopools.

Reply 82

izzy1

i am really sadjust got rejected from cambridge 4 economics to be honest i should have been pooled so disappointed .

gcse : 7A*3 a ( school with 40% pass rate )
as levels econ A maths B chemistry A politics B ( was extermely ill got medical certificates and mentioned in reference )
taking fm this year
interview - wnt good they kept on nodding and saying that was correct
tsa - went fine

they even said my ps was amazingly written and Work Experience was really good

knt make sense of this

Reply 83

sophie2610

2

RocketTown

yeah its real... but its widely considered the worst category to be pooled for. It means they pooled someone not necessarily because they were a strong candidate, but just for politics' sake.

scheisse

Reply 84

charlie123

did you apply through CSAS?

Reply 85

SouthernFreerider

12

i dunno what to think of the auto-pooled category. (of which I know im in)

on the one hand, it could be considered bad, because they are only pooling you because they "had" to.

on the other hand, it could be considered good, because you are, on paper, and academically, the best of the rejects. cause im guessing everyone in the pool had a bad/not great interview (a good interview would normally lead to an offer i pressume).

I dunno what to think of it all.

Reply 86

QI Elf

17

I'm sorry that you got rejected. But if they didn't pool you, then it sadly wasn't to be. I'm sure they had their reasons.

Reply 87

silver_j

Economics is one of the most competitive courses at Cambridge, I can imagine a lot of other excellent candidates have been rejected too. It is unfortunate, however good luck with the rest of your choices.

Reply 88

Mr. Orange

17

seriously, no-one cares

Reply 89

izzy1

i asked my teachers to put me through CSAS but i ''
wasn't ill enough'' - my doctor was diagnosing me for heptatis b after i showed the symptons - my sister got it

Reply 90

nirvathema

SouthernFreerider

i dunno what to think of the auto-pooled category. (of which I know im in)

on the one hand, it could be considered bad, because they are only pooling you because they "had" to.

on the other hand, it could be considered good, because you are, on paper, and academically, the best of the rejects. cause im guessing everyone in the pool had a bad/not great interview (a good interview would normally lead to an offer i pressume).

I dunno what to think of it all.

Many pooled candidates may have had a pretty good interview, but there was just no space left for them. (A very oversubscribed college). I'm not sure if they'll consider the UCAS app/essays more than the interviewers' notes...

Also many people could've been put in group A/B but still with 7+A* and >90% UMS

Reply 91

Coldplaydoh

16

Sorry, you have to just accept it though, nothing you can do. I'm sure you'll find a university you'll love, despite it not being Oxbridge material :smile:

good luck with the rest of your application x

Reply 92

RocketTown

SouthernFreerider

i dunno what to think of the auto-pooled category. (of which I know im in)

on the one hand, it could be considered bad, because they are only pooling you because they "had" to.

on the other hand, it could be considered good, because you are, on paper, and academically, the best of the rejects. cause im guessing everyone in the pool had a bad/not great interview (a good interview would normally lead to an offer i pressume).

I dunno what to think of it all.

not at all i'm afraid... If you have 4 absolutely stunningly outstanding applicants. and a college only has 2 places for a particular subject... it tries its hardest to differentiate who the best two are, then pools the other two. The majority of the pool is supposedly made up this way, with most of the candidates being outstanding on paper and in interview... there just aren't enough places

Reply 93

littleshambles

14

SouthernFreerider

i dunno what to think of the auto-pooled category. (of which I know im in)

on the one hand, it could be considered bad, because they are only pooling you because they "had" to.

on the other hand, it could be considered good, because you are, on paper, and academically, the best of the rejects. cause im guessing everyone in the pool had a bad/not great interview (a good interview would normally lead to an offer i pressume).

I dunno what to think of it all.

You're not necessarily in the auto-pooling category just because you fulfil the conditions for it :smile:

Reply 94

TheTallOne

18

izzy1

i am really sadjust got rejected from cambridge 4 economics to be honest i should have been pooled so disappointed .

gcse : 7A*3 a ( school with 40% pass rate )
as levels econ A maths B chemistry A politics B ( was extermely ill got medical certificates and mentioned in reference )
taking fm this year
interview - wnt good they kept on nodding and saying that was correct
tsa - went fine

they even said my ps was amazingly written and Work Experience was really good

knt make sense of this

I didn't get pooled, even though I should have automatically been. But I screwed up my interview badly so I guess that even though I satisfied all the requirements (10A*, 90% in AS, etc), I performed so badly that there probably was no point in pooling me.

Reply 95

Ronar

15

its not all about grades you know, you probably didn't have that extra spark they were looking for that woulld be helpful in a university situtaion as opposed to school..

Reply 96

SouthernFreerider

12

littleshambles

You're not necessarily in the auto-pooling category just because you fulfil the conditions for it :smile:

i shall hope that to be the case.

Reply 97

greenjm90

6

Sounds really frustrating!

Perhaps asking your college for some feedback might shed some more light on the matter. Get your school to do this - the feedback can be useful, giving you reasons why they weren't able to make you an offer. Some colleges also tell you your rank, i.e. how close you were to getting a place.

Hope you can get some closure on the matter!

Reply 98

HOGWARTS123

Pooled for Nasci at Christ's

Reply 99

_lynx_

15

nirvathema

Many pooled candidates may have had a pretty good interview, but there was just no space left for them. (A very oversubscribed college). I'm not sure if they'll consider the UCAS app/essays more than the interviewers' notes...

Also many people could've been put in group A/B but still with 7+A* and >90% UMS

So if you applied to an over suscribed college, would you be disadvantaged to people who make an open application?

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