It's not pathetic to those who've had the grave displeasure of having to be pumped through the academic sausage factory that calls itself UCAS. Honestly though, Josh, I wouldn't be too bothered about being rejected from Cambridge. A small glance at the news will tell you which way they're headed. In fact, it's possible that the reason you got rejected is because you came from a below average school (as did I, where my 5 or more A*-C grade percentage was 29%). Cambridge don't seem to even regard "riff-raff" these days. If you come from a disadvantages background you're not worthy of those uppity bigots' time, money and austere lack of character judgement. Anyone else think the UCAS application process is just so demoralising? Nobody wants to have their future potential or capacity for success entirely quantified, with not a look-in at the individual behind the situation, do they?I know a candidate who came from the same secondary school I did, who completed their GCSEs with 8 A*s and 3 As in whatever subjects they took. But she got rejected from The Imperial College of London, Oxford University AND The University of Cambridge, after only managing to get an interview for Oxford before being declined. As a result, she has now decided to take a gap year as she... well, her ambitions were destroyed within those three weeks of sending her UCAS application. She got an offer from The University of Exeter and one other college that escapes my mind, but that's what the "shock" if you like, of being completely rejected has done to her. She was heading for A*A*AB at A-Level (she does four A-Levels, but one was irrelevant to the course she applied for to University).It's genuinely ridiculous, and I'd personally steer well clear of Cambridge as they seem so up their own arses about who they let in it's not even about just grades anymore. Ah well, University of Winchester - make room for me!