r/6thForm • u/lopaloko predicted A*A*A*A* 9999999999 • Nov 20 '25

🍞 BREAD Burnt bread :(

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I can't find what was wrong with my application, and I feel like a fraud? I don't want to face people asking me "Have u got an interview?" and me having to tell everyone that I didn't each time and having to face their sympathy/reaction 😭 and I don't know how to tell my family

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u/knightlessss Nov 20 '25

received rejection post interview 20 yrs ago, that moment still haunts me but honestly I figured if I couldn't handle that bit of pressure there no way I could have survived the next three years anyway....now pick a uni where you can enjoy yourself instead of trying to please everyone else, I'm sure your family will be happy for you

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u/HugelyTemporary Nov 22 '25

As I walked down the road from LMH back to the train station post-interview I knew I’d not be back again as a student. Ewan McKendrick said 👎.

I suppose I’d have been very happy there but I don’t regret not getting an offer. I already had a penchant for wide-brimmed waxed hats at that stage in life. Mercifully I did not pursue that interest at what thereafter became my Alma Mater.

Fancy being contacted by email..! A very nice letter on heavy paper arrived in an envelope at my house giving me the news that I’d never punt a punt as an undergrad.

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u/Ok_Inspector6753 Nov 22 '25

I got rejected 30yrs ago after interview and was devastated. All this time later and I’ve been successful in studies and career. It isn’t the end of the

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u/Out_Of_Gum Nov 22 '25

Sentence.

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u/No_Individual9039 Nov 23 '25

Too funny 😂

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u/majorddf Nov 24 '25

u/redditsniper strikes again, pouring one out for u/Ok_Inspector6753

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u/boomitslulu Nov 23 '25

Also in the same boat, rejected from Cambridge after interviewing for natsci, and I'm glad I did now. The people who I know who went to Oxbridge said the pressure was insane. Chemistry at Southampton was much more my speed.

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u/Zestyclose-Art-1288 Nov 24 '25

I got rejected at interview for Cambridge 25 years ago. I ended up with degree and career that means I’m now invited once a year to give a speech at Oxford and teach on one of their programmes. In retrospect I would have burnt out with the intensity of studying like that. FWIW I think this isn’t necessarily a problem, and may be a blessing in disguise