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Reply 10020

Serine Soul

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I feel quite sad leaving this one :frown:

Reply 10021

Protoxylic

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Original post by enaayrah

What's the one thing you really really want right now? :wink:

Quite a few things actually :wink:

Original post by Kadak

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I have schrodinger equation in front of me.Let's go!

Where?

Reply 10022

nurav11

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Can't believe I missed the big 10k :frown:

. And now we're moving to a new thread aswell?! Too sad...

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Reply 10023

Serine Soul

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Original post by Protoxylic

Quite a few things actually :wink:

Where?

Meh, keep the offer and sell it on ebay :lol:

Reply 10024

a123a

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Original post by Anti-Dirac

Cambridge don't care about GCSEs (much :tongue:

) If you have good enough AS UMS and "shine" at interview then you'll be fine.
It just so happens that those with lower GCSEs often also have low UMS etc. Theoretically though, you can receive an offer with any set of GCSE grades as long as you have achieved:

Grade C or above in GCSE (or equivalent) Double Award Science and Mathematics (Two single awards in GCSE Biology and Physics may be substituted for Double Award Science)

They say that but competition is fierce and even though GCSEs is generally not that important as a factor for Cambridge, for medicine it can be. I think there was a spreadsheet online, and most people who got offers had 8-11 A*s for medicine. But having said that, BMAT, UMS and interview are way more important and can easily make up for 'poor' GCSE grades.

Reply 10025

TheKhaleesi

3

Damn i missed it!!

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Reply 10026

Spodbod

Original post by antisansculotte

ASNaC looks amazing - if I wasn't an early modern lover I would seriously consider it. What's your favourite historical period?

Corpus is very very pretty, just as an aside! I was very taken by its court when I visited Cambridge.

Ah well as you may have guessed I do have a fondness for the Vikings and that sort of very early history period. I also love medieval history as well, from the Plantagenets to the Tudors. I wonder if the history course covers that or whether it is more modern... Maybe you can help me out there?

I've only seen little bits of Cambridge so far at the subject masterclasses earlier this year, but I'm looking forward to seeing more at the Sutton Trust summer school I'm going to.

Reply 10027

Gerald DGrilla

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Original post by Protoxylic

Boom

Bugger, I missed it watching Dan Snow's Armada!

Reply 10028

Serine Soul

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Original post by Gerald DGrilla

Bugger, I missed it watching Dan Snow's Armada!

Come join us in our new thread :wink:

I can't post a link for some reason but you'll find it :tongue:

Reply 10029

lyricalvibe

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Original post by enaayrah

Come join us in our new thread :wink:

I can't post a link for some reason but you'll find it :tongue:

Sleep.
Exam.
Succeed. :colonhash:

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Reply 10030

Serine Soul

18

Original post by lyricalvibe

Sleep.
Exam.
Succeed. :colonhash:

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I'm going, I'm going! :tongue:

Reply 10031

smile:D

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Original post by Spodbod

I wonder if the history course covers that or whether it is more modern... Maybe you can help me out there?

Hey - current history student here :wavey:

. You can do loads of medieval history within the Cambridge course - in fact, you can purely focus on medieval history over the course of your degree if that's what you're interested in. You have to pick 5 papers from this list, including one each from Sections B and C in your first year. For third year papers there's also lots of choice (see here). As you can see, there are plenty of early options in both.

I wouldn't purely choose ASNaC on the grounds of history- there's lots of medieval/early modern in the standard course, but if you are interested in the literature/language aspects I would definitely apply for that over history :smile:

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Reply 10032

antigone-

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Not applying here but did anybody submit a piece for the Peterhouse Essay Competition? I'm probably being impatient but we were meant to hear back by the end of May right?

Reply 10033

antigone-

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Original post by enaayrah

Now that the storm has passed...
Did anyone enter the Peterhouse Essay Competition? They said they'll let us know by early June and it's making me slightly nervous (not that what I wrote was actually worthy of any credit :lol:

)

Ah yes I applied too! What subject was your essay if you don't mind me asking? I did History
I was too nervous so I sent them an email today.. :smile:

Reply 10034

aspiringmedic178

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How can you get an unconditional offer?

Reply 10035

username1865079

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Original post by natalia.medicine

How can you get an unconditional offer?

Post a-level

Reply 10036

Serine Soul

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Original post by antigone-

Ah yes I applied too! What subject was your essay if you don't mind me asking? I did History
I was too nervous so I sent them an email today.. :smile:

I did mine in the sciences :smile: