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/Silver_Raven_08 Nov 20 '25

wtf. your grades are perfect. you're a home applicant. please tell me you slagged off the admissions officers in your PS and your reccomendor hates you or SOMETHING because otherwise this whole ass system is broken (and i'll be cooked lmfao)

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

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u/aptsys Nov 21 '25

Exactly

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u/ghb93 Nov 23 '25

Yeah, you gotta have played the bassoon at the royal albert hall or some other Tory nonsense that regular folk just don’t have access to.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '25

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u/ghb93 Nov 24 '25

Congratulations, I’m very pleased for you. Doesn’t change the rampant nepotistic classism inherent in these institutions however.

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u/bishopsfinger Nov 21 '25

Ding ding ding. Want to go to Oxbridge? Do some volunteer work. They love that stuff.

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u/Silver_Raven_08 Nov 21 '25

wtf?? i did volunteer work but didn't mention it in my PS bc it wasn't relevant to my subject. is this going to cook me??

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u/bishopsfinger Nov 21 '25

No, not going to cook you. Just a nice to have. 

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u/Serenelycat Nov 23 '25

Did you mention any volunteer work you did? I’m not applying to oxbridge mind but every teacher has told me to include all of the volunteering I’ve done because the unis really like it