   Just interviewed at Cambridge
  WORST INTERVIEW EVER!Maths @ Trinity CollegeI had to arrive 1 hour early to take an exam but arrive 10 minutes late for the exam after running for about 5 minutes. Questions were terribly difficult (as expected), I didn't finish one completely correctly and was expected to do three I think.I then had an interview with two lecturers there. Despite scoring high in my modules and usually having no trouble in class with these sorts of questions, I was unable to do the simplest of things... differentiate x^{-2}... I even made a mistake on that. I spent about 30 seconds deciding whether or not 17^{-3} - 17^{-2} was positive or negative.I guess this is what seperates the true Cambridge potentials from the others (i.e. me)... such a shame.   
  Never mind, hard work and determination are much more important in the real world.Go to another uni, enjoy a variety of chemicals and get laid.   ;Quote:Original post by ROBERTREAD1Never mind, hard work and determination are much more important in the real world.Go to another uni, enjoy a variety of chemicals and get laid.I would suggest aiming at, trying again, or trying elsewhere. the chem and laid part are highly optional, and can lead to more trouble than they are worth.(out of 5 of my friends from highschool, I'm the only one that is still single, however, I'm the only one that doesn't have a nasty STD, or a kid, AND still in university)   ;  Dno't wrory, jsut tlak to tehm lkie tihs and tehy'll let you in.   ;Quote:Original post by ROBERTREAD1Never mind, hard work and determination are much more important in the real world.Go to another uni, enjoy a variety of chemicals and get laid.I guess, I've already gotten places at Warwick, Nottingham and Manchester so I ain't stranded.I hear Warwick is full of Oxbridge (Cambridge/Oxford) rejects :P I'll fit in quite nicely.Quote:I would suggest aiming at, trying again, or trying elsewhere. the chem and laid part are highly optional, and can lead to more trouble than they are worth.(out of 5 of my friends from highschool, I'm the only one that is still single, however, I'm the only one that doesn't have a nasty STD, or a kid, AND still in university)I'm not reapplying next year like some people do, that's just obsessive (or too determined). In the end I'll still be studying Maths and that's really what I want to do.About the whole getting laid thing:1. How did this begin?2. Who says you can't get laid in Cambridge, they have admitted females into the university for over 50 years now.Quote:Dno't wrory, jsut tlak to tehm lkie tihs and tehy'll let you in.Imagine all that mess that you've just said in the form of maths... I did do that.   ;Quote:Original post by Talroth(out of 5 of my friends from highschool, I'm the only one that is still single, however, I'm the only one that doesn't have a nasty STD, or a kid, AND still in university)It's a dose of this and this for you! :)(don't worry it's not as dodgy as it sounds)Sorry to hear that. BUT I think you'll have a much more relaxing time at any of those other universities, and will probably appreciate this towards the end of the course when it starts getting tough. (Cambridge reject myself for CS, welcome to the club!) And still come out with a *highly* respectable degree.   ;  Be aware that they care less about whether you get the right answer than whether you have the kind of mind that could be trained to get the right answer. Did they show you x^(-2) and you just blurted out something wrong and then moved on, or did you mumble about it and then they helped guide you to the correct answer?I turned up fifteen minutes late to one of my interviews and couldn't sketch simple graphs like ln |x|. I still got an offer.Why were you late to the exam, out of curiosity?   ;  I was late because a key motorway from Merseyside to Cambridge was closed (according to my dad), he told me one hour before we arrived that we was going to be late so during that hour I couldn't help thinking of various ways in which I could fail.Also, I'd only had a pot noodle that day by the time of my exam (3PM...).I'll just wait for the letter they send.   ;  I screwed up pretty much every interview I had but I still got in.  Though I did end up getting pooled which meant another round of interviews in January (which I also screwed up).   ;  I didn't get in to Cambridge. Did have a 2nd chance and had to go back as well for another interview at a different college.Ended up at Durham - definately fll of Oxbridge rejects.And when I visited Cambridge there was at least one hot chick.   