Oxbridge 2024 Entry Part 3

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New thread as Part 2 about to fill.

And just to second that they can wear what they like for interview. DS was successful in casual clothes and trainers, although apparently there was a real variety in the waiting room, with one boy in a suit and tie! I think being comfortable and relaxed is the thing.

”We” are waiting on classics ….. no offers from anywhere else as yet, so it is making it just slightly more nerve wracking.

Does anyone know when medicine interviews for medicine will be at Cambridge?

Well done to everyone with an interview invite. Now we try and keep busy until it’s time. I’m actually grateful the next two weeks are so busy for me at work.

Gosh, that's tight. Not really in the spirit of a week's notice but I agree, much better to know now

I'm beginning to assume the lack of email probably means no interview for dd as I would assume that they would give at least two weeks notice for Art.

Sorry, didn't mean that to come across as a cringy "we're applying" type phrase!
Where else has your DC applied?

@FancyFanny Not sure that's the case as apparentely rejections and interviews tend to be same time. Some college seem a litle later this year.

@ThirdTimeBuyer might be like buses and all come together 😀 an offer from elsewhere does help to settle the nerves. Where else have they applied?

I think rejections and offers come at same time so no news is just that. We are also at no news from any or at least DD hasn't communicated any news. But its Oxford E&M, LSE Economics who don't hear from until later and Bristol has just gone in but she has to fill in a form.

My daughter would have loved to go to Trinity for NatSci. But she felt it was too competitive and she wasn’t clever enough. Even though her teacher tried to persuade her to. She got into a different college instead. She seems to think Trinity are a cut-above.

Who knows. I know nothing about Oxbridge really, so left it to my daughter.

There is a huge element of luck with these things that none of us can account for. My other child didn’t get into Oxbridge and is very happy elsewhere.

Sorry ! Didn’t even pick up on it … I put “we” because i feel so invested in this whole process. Apologies .
@Pleasealexa - applied KCL, Durham, St Andrew and Edinburgh….. At least we will know soon for an interview/rejection soon and then have prelims to distract for the rest of the wait.

@ThirdTimeBuyer know the feeling!😅Ah, from these threads, looks like you might be in for a wait then. DD's waiting on Edinburgh too and they're notoriously late. Fingers crossed that it's good news next week.

My son has applied for maths at Cambridge (Fitzwilliam) but hasn't heard anything yet. Anyone else had an invite for maths at Fitzwilliam?
He's starting to think it's not going to happen :(

Son found out Friday interview for law at Cambridge. He has no offers yet - slightly worried by that. Applied for Bristol, York, Leeds and Warwick. Anyone think interview at Cambrige shows LNAT was quite good? He has 3A* predictions and 8 x 9s and 2 x 9 at GCSE. Grammar but send v few to Oxbridge.

@allquiettonight it surely must be promising - lots of luck to him

DD4 was given a Classics offer from Durham before her Oxford interview (she's a current Oxford student, so this was recent). It came towards the end of November.

Her interview invite was emailed the week which corresponds to this week rather than next but if the Classics Dept have emailed to say next week then that's when it will be (unless they've said 'by'....).

@allquiettonight I would assume it must be good news. I think all the universities wait for the assessment results and then it takes time to process. However I do know someone who waited months for Bristol Law even after LNAT so you never know. This process tests patience.

@WellBellShell I don't think many colleges have sent interviews notifications yet but I think that is likely to change this week. In person interviews seems to have earlier notifications due to travel arrangements.

Last year we heard next week.

One very excited DS here - he has a CompSci interview for week of 4 December

OOh 👏 @PandaPacer - is this O or C?

And congratulations to @allquiettonight DS - amazing achievement.

Thanks @RIPMatthewperry particularly proud of him as school told him not to bother applying and disinvited him from the Oxbridge prep group.

@allquiettonight well I hope he has the last laugh. Sometimes you have to wonder about a school’s selection methodology don’t you? Best of luck to him and may his light shine brightly on the day.

It's C, sorry to not be clear!

This is a great story, congrats to him and good luck. He is already in an elite bunch, even to get an interview.