Why I Got Rejected? Cambridge Feedback Letter

since a lot of you asked for me to make a vid on the feedback that i got, i thought it would be nice to share it :) i applied in 2018 and 2019, this was the letter i got back from fitzwilliam college for my 2018 application.
also, i did read the confidentiality agreements and it said i could not discuss any specific contents regarding the interviews and admissions assessment which i avoided in this video, i'm just reviewing the feedback and not the specific questions that were asked. ps. pls don't sue me hehe
also, thank you for 600 subs!! if you haven't pls sub hehe / @kevlarryt
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[@kevlarryt]

also, headphones 🙃

[@jesuslovesyou1]

Thank you for the video , HAVE an awesome day and week

[@kevlarryt]

@@jesuslovesyou1 haha thank you! You too

[@danielalizadeh2439]

This feedback has taught me not to be affraid to do critical thinking at an interview. It has also taught me that to express myself in an oxbridge interview.

[@kevlarryt]

Defo👍

[@michelevetrano1085]

Great vid kev. love to see mini kev again

[@kevlarryt]

haha love man x

[@rebe_eka]

I haven't received my feedback this year yet but I'm pretty sure I know what they're gonna say. Idk, I felt like they were being sarcastically rude towards me during the entire interview and that made me really nervous because I'm not a confrontational, assertive person. I couldn't answer the questions without stuttering even though I knew what I wanted to say :(((

[@kevlarryt]

ahhh that doesn't help at all if they were being sarcastic the whole time, especially when everyone who's going for interviews are nervous as hell! Are you happy with your other unis?

[@rebe_eka]

@@kevlarryt Yes! I applied for Bath and UCL and haven't heard much from them yet but I'd like to go to either one of them. I applied to Cambridge to fulfil my Asian kid duties lol

[@kevlarryt]

@@rebe_eka ooo that’s great they’re both amazing unis, and ahhhh I get you about the asian kid dreams ahahaha

[@kseniatech]

Cool, thanks

[@kevlarryt]

Ur welcomee

[@BrandonSLockey]

unlucky mate, why did you pick fitzwilliam out of curiosity?

[@kevlarryt]

Liked the college and on paper it wasn’t as competitive as the other colleges haha😂

[@Tarvala]

It’s great you show acceptability in what may not have gone so well - your insight will take you far in overcoming obstacles along your journey. Good luck buddy!

[@kevlarryt]

haha thank you!!!😁😁

[@PhoebeJones]

I feel like that feedback letter just focussed on them explaining their process and only the end bit actually related to you ! Anyway really great to see how you interpreted it and I’m sure you will succeed in where ever you go!

[@kevlarryt]

Yeah it kinda did, had to really dig through it to find anything useful haha. Also, thank youu!😁

[@LucyWangYuxin]

I read my Oxford feedback as well, and the style was really similar to yours.

[@kevlarryt]

Go check her out^^😁

[@LucyWangYuxin]

@@kevlarryt :)))

[@zSilverWingz]

Good job with your A-levels expecially compared with your GCSEs. Shows real maturity and dedication to improve like you did. Keep it up!

[@kevlarryt]

Thank youu!!😁

[@kevlarryt]

@Wenyu Shi 😄

[@zbek6658]

Got recommended this and thank you for posting this- I'm applying to Cambridge for 2022 start and I am still trying to figure out what I need to be able to do for interview.

[@kevlarryt]

Hey no worries! Some of the info online are rubbish, main thing for the interview I'd say is to be yourself and show a genuine interest in the subject. There are some good sites that provide some more in depth info on the interview. I know cambridge themselves have posted a few videos on it that were useful for me!

[@aheddle1623]

Thank you this is really helpful for me to as I'm also applying for 22 start xx

[@kevlarryt]

@@aheddle1623 no worries😁

[@ladduthegoldenlab4165]

Did you get in ?

[@jiya1042]

0:23 had me dying

[@kevlarryt]

haha😂😂

[@yasaine7896]

its really well done bahaha

[@kevlarryt]

@@yasaine7896 haha thanks😂😂

[@md95065]

Not sure how I stumbled across this video, but just wanted to say that I found it both interesting and insightful on your part. Unfortunately, as you obviously now realize, the interview is exactly where you both need to and absolutely should "show off" what you can do - not in an arrogant way, or pretending to know things that you don't really know, but by being confident and what you know and what you can do.

[@kevlarryt]

Hey, thank you!! Yes exactly.

[@flyingdana2317]

I just got emailed my feedback letter and they literally CRUSHED me lmao.

[@kevlarryt]

Oh no, what happened?

[@flyingdana2317]

@@kevlarryt they nitpicked EVERY SINGLE DETAIL and were pretty harsh tbh . Although my stats are pretty good, I didn’t wanna take the LNAT so i was really hoping to get into cambridge but i ended up at Queen Mary. Will try for Cambridge again for my masters . I wish u luck on your journey as well . What university will you be attending?

[@kevlarryt]

defoo try for masters if you really want to go! and thank you haha!! I'm currently at UCL

[@justmeditate98yearsagoedit23]

This is weird my parents went to ucl and Queen Mary😂

[@JHVlogsUniversityYouTuber]

Hope this only motivates you to succeed regardless!

[@kevlarryt]

100% haha👍😁

[@constantius4654]

There are 27,000 universities in the world. This year Leeds University is ranked at 86 the QS international tables which brings it within the top one third of one percent of world universities.. It is of course a Russell group university. The top 100 employers in the UK (ie The High Flyers' report which is viewable online) ) publish an annual ranking of the 20 universities whose graduates they favour most. In the real world this counts for quite a lot more than the often baffling and sometimes downright bizarre national rankings that appear in publications like the Times and the Guardian newspapers (Lancaster and Loughborough universities were consistently placed as top ten universities in the Times national rankings???!!! You have got to be kidding!!!). For 2022 the High Flyers' list places Leeds at number 5 out of 120 UK universities for the employment appeal of its graduates. Cambridge is ranked at number 7 and Oxford is ranked at number 10. As the biggest centre outside London for banking and legal services Leeds is the wealthiest city in the north of England with upmarket shops, restaurants and cafes. The university has a very attractive and safe campus 10 minutes walk from the busy city centre with its attractive blend of Victorian and Neo Classical as well as glass and steel commercial buildings. In and around the campus itself there is some lovely architecture and a buzzing social scene. Of the UK's 120 universities Leeds falls consistently within the top three for the number of applicants. With an impressive international standing for the quality of its research and a first rate social scene Leeds will always be a serious choice for a great many academically gifted undergraduates and postgraduates. It is the 51st most international university in the world.

[@manfromwuhan714]

Yh I mean at the end of the day you really need to have better gcses. It’s unfortunate because ik a lot of people who didn’t try during gcse and are actually extremely smart when they specialise to 4 subjects they are actually passionate about. But on the other hand the best candidates get a* without even trying.

[@d.1ghosh]

true, but I can say as someone from a good grammar that there is a LOT of help available, some kids don't need to try because their teachers have boiled getting 9s at GCSEs down to a a literal science. It is a very unfair system and I agree that some very intelligent kids are getting a bad deal if they go to a mediocre school or have inexperienced or slacking teachers.

[@auroracolombo3557]

Great video, very proud of you :) recognising what you did wrong without any resentment is a very difficult thing to do! (Love small Kev at 0:22 eheh)

[@kevlarryt]

thank you!! ofc, love small Kev

[@abc12315r]

I didnt even get my feedback from UCAS cycle 2020

[@kevlarryt]

Did you ask them?? If so isn't it end of feb they send it out?

[@mattao02]

lol

[@imaankhan4558]

ah shit just remembered I should be receiving my feedback soon

[@kevlarryt]

Ahh nice, I found seeing the feedback as objectively as possible made it a lot easier to deal with. Which college did you apply to?

[@imaankhan4558]

@@kevlarryt Murray Edwards, quite shanty I'm aware, for PBS

[@kevlarryt]

@@imaankhan4558 haha nice, we both applied for the same course!

[@weewee2701]

headphones

[@fahmida5628]

wow you're on it so many new videos lmfaoo

[@kevlarryt]

haha, love making them so they keep rolling out😁

[@maisharahman532]

"Kind of like my interview actually" DED 😂

[@kevlarryt]

😬😂

[@rachanaevangeline6072]

What should we study to get an admission in Cambridge University? It's my dream to study in Cambridge

[@kevlarryt]

hey! I'm the last person to be asked this question😂😂😂, but i'll give my opinion haha, look for a course that you're most interested in, you're much more likely to get in if you show true passion in the subject you pick rather than picking one that you feel like you would have a better chance of getting in

[@rachanaevangeline6072]

@@kevlarryt I want to pursue English literature in cambridge after my degree is done in hyderabad! One of my lecturer's told me that we should pass quite a few exams(entrance tests) to get selected in that University. Is that true?

[@kevlarryt]

@@rachanaevangeline6072 I'm not sure what the procedure is during covid but usually for an undergrad degree they would require you to take a test. Are you applying for an undergrad or postgrad?

[@rachanaevangeline6072]

@@kevlarryt applying for undergrad

[@kevlarryt]

@@rachanaevangeline6072 yep I think you have to take the ELAT test, here’s the link www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/english

[@Stewwwwww]

What was the questions bro?

[@kevlarryt]

Would if I could haha, not allowed to talk about it bro

[@alirezaibrahimi341]

I love 0:24

[@kevlarryt]

😭😭😭

[@lukehogan1799]

Can’t you still ask for feedback

[@lukehogan1799]

Because my collage can

[@kevlarryt]

Hey, I’m not sure I applied in 2018 haha, but I’m pretty sure deadline was end of jan for me? Or end of feb forgot tbh haha

[@Funintherain13]

Good channel and video.

[@kevlarryt]

Hey, thank you, it means a lot😁

[@garethcoleman1]

Maybe try Oxford

[@kevlarryt]

maybe for postgrad👀

[@nurulistic]

:D

[@kevlarryt]

😁😁

[@no-de3lg]

Can you teach me how to start Im international student i dont know how to do a research or even essay how do i develop the skills

[@kevlarryt]

Tbh I’m probably not the best at it myself😂 look it up on KZbin and blogs etc, they’re actually really useful

[@no-de3lg]

@@kevlarryt okay what’s your opinion on increasing bdnf brain derived nootropic factors and neuroplasticity and neurogenesis does that increase cognitive ability and iq look it up

[@kevlarryt]

@@no-de3lg Ngl mate I don’t know enough haha, best you speak to a phd student/professor about it!

[@5najduch]

Ultimately the university you go to doesn't make any difference to your career chances. The average person coming out of Oxbridge vs any other uni has as much chance as each other to land a good job after graduation. I graduated in 2016 from Edinburgh Uni and I worked alongside Oxbridge grads and we started at the same level. Plus probably a good learning point for you to not talk yourself down through fear of looking a certain way to others. If you'd have gone into more depth and your knowledge was correct, it would have emanated confidence on the topic, not arrogance. If you don't intend to look arrogant, likely the person you're talking to won't see it like that.

[@kevlarryt]

Yeah exactly! Kind of fearing looking arrogant had a negative impact on how I tried to present myself, I started acting as if I was someone I was not

[@willsduh2219]

Not completely true, the average graduate level employment from oxbridge us higher, (as in to say a higher number of people walk into a job) and also the average pay for oxbridge students is higher. (Though this is not to say others from other uni’s cannot do well, but rather to say the number from oxbridge is higher)

[@peterarthur3380]

With respect, Adam, I know it is NOT generally true that the university you go to makes no difference to your career chances. In the UK (and I am from the UK), I have attended various recruitment sessions where the candidates/interested parties were split into 'Oxbridge' and 'Other Universities' groupings. It was pretty to me on each occasion that the employer in question preferred Oxbridge applicants. Outside the UK, where I am currently based as a teacher, it is not uncommon to have jobs that require the successful candidate to have attended an Oxbridge/Ivy League University. That said, I am a great believer in the adage "the cream rises to the top". If you are academically strong, and you keep on developing yourself (especially in a holistic fashion), then whatever university you go to, the future will always be bright career-wise. Yes, connections and associations with prestigious academic institutions such as Oxford and Cambridge University will always have value, but positive mental attitude (PMA) is, and will always be, the main key.

[@BabaYaga622]

Headphones

[@kevlarryt]

:)

[@no-de3lg]

Can u take 2 minutes to look at my research proposal

[@kevlarryt]

If it’s something related to Psychology I can!

[@kevlarryt]

If not then I wouldn’t know what I’m saying😂

[@no-de3lg]

@@kevlarryt it’s related to radiology also i wanted to do research about child abuse but I keep procrastinating because thinking im not capable also I have memory impairment and no one would have figured it out so many doctors saying there’s nothing wrong with me when in fact I forget everything literally im daydreaming or just attention deficit i maybe add

[@kevlarryt]

@@no-de3lg ahh I get you man must be hard Trynna explain to people

[@no-de3lg]

@@kevlarryt thanks alot for everything

[@fatimapashaa932]

Headphones 😋

[@kevlarryt]

haha😉

[@sm42941]

4:12 example of what this question actually was? only if you can remember of course haha.. i do get the principle of what youre saying, but i think it would be useful to understand the type of question/answer to better contextualize it and apply it to my own subject thank you very much for the video :)

[@kevlarryt]

Oh yeah I have no clue hahahhah. Negl it’s been so long, sorry!

[@catherinemonroe6442]

Congratulations on having a new subscriber from the US ❤️

[@kevlarryt]

thanks for subbing!!!😁

[@catherinemonroe6442]

@@kevlarryt My pleasure :)

[@fshzi]

I have my interview on the 8th for HSPS at Caius, definitely don't have high hopes LMAO; still gonna give it everything though 🤣

[@kevlarryt]

Hope it went well!

[@fshzi]

@@kevlarryt thanks!! 🥰

[@pakio6435]

Where do you learn that accent? It kind of shocked me, while I kept shaking my head.

[@kevlarryt]

Haha it shocks me as well sometimes😂😂 I was born in New Zealand, but have Chinese parents, moved to london when I was 8 and picked up a north London accent whilst having fragments of a Chinese and kiwi one ahahaha

[@pakio6435]

@@kevlarryt Always something fresh to know lol.

[@kevlarryt]

@@pakio6435 haha😂