University of Cambridge Freshers Megathread 2016

I'm trying not to think about Saturday lectures and currently enjoying Saturday mornings in bed whilst it lasts 😀

I would be doing the same if I didn't have to work! 🙄 If you're from around London then check out the link in my last post! Otherwise I'm sure I'll meet you during freshers!

Wait if you are a noob and you want to try out rowing do you have to start at 5 am. Or can you try it out a couple times at a humane hour.

They usually have a few trials for freshers during the freshers week in more humane hours on weekend,

But regular outing (excising on the river) on week day, they have to do,it in the early morning as the river has to be available for other users (not rowers) of the river.

THANK you vincrows!

You're welcome.
Hope you'll try at least. ......and hang on until the first bump at least!

Seen my edits btw?

are there societies in cambridge that are not related to a certain activity (aka fraternity/sorority-ish)?
is there initiation and hazing and that kind of stuff?

yes i did! i will try. i am a very lazy person so i feel like if i can manage to wake up at 5 am and row, i can probably convince myself to do anything else

Good luck!
And persevere until the first bump.....then you'll be hooked.
Many rowers get friends of their lifetime in their rowing club.

Trust me, I'm not really the guy to ask. I went rowing for a term and a bit. For a cox I guess if you're just starting out, please be loud and also keep an eye on your rowers. Your rowers will generally give you feedback. Yeah coxes generally need to be light as they're at the front of the boat. Nope, if you're starting out on W3/M3, coxes tend to be new to the sport as are a few of the rowers starting out in the 3rd div. Rowers starting out on the 2nd/1st div are those who have quite a bit of experience.

Yeah that seems like a good idea, idk, I just hate being tired, I need to concentrate otherwise the day just goes to **** lol.

Cool, thank you!

Hey guys! I've always wanted to go to Cambridge to study maths and today I received my GCSEs.

I got 2A* 6As 1B and a C

However, I got 7A*s and 3Bs for my mocks and of course these results came as a shock to myself and my teachers.

I looked on the unofficial mark scheme for maths (which everyone said in my school was super accurate and they got the same marks as they predicted after seeing the unofficial mark scheme) and I hit around the A* boundary which was 170/200 and apparently I got 152(my teacher said that). However, I definitely think I can go up by at least 15 marks but is it possible that they could be soo off from the boundary?
Im also buying some of the copies for some unit papers because all of my grades were off tbh. I think I did much better but I don't know whether it's likely for examiners to mark so wrongly in more than 8 papers!
I don't know what to do because it costs so much money but I think it's my only option.
I hope after the remark I get 5A*s 2As and 2Bs! Would either of these results be good for Cambridge?
I really need advice because this is honestly my dream uni and I just don't know what happened! please help someone. I know this is a freshers thread but ur all going to Cambridge so should have an understanding. Lol sorry if it's long!


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How good are the results from your school?

These were the third best I think? 40% pass rate, come from a really bad area (2-3 murders happened in a matter of a couple months). If my grade goes up then these would be the second best.


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Then your current grades are fine for applying, as would your remarked grades. You just need to focus on acing your maths AS levels now. We've got someone from a bad neighbourhood here with not just one, but two offers from Cambridge with something like 2 A*'s, 1/2 A's and B's and C's.

Oh thanks for replying! I couldn't stop crying the whole day ahaha.
Yh im planning on doing really well for my A Levels and not become complacent. It's my last chance. How would Cambridge know that I got (lets just be safe and say) the top 5 best grades?


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I'm Trinity Maths too (For that person I'm not bothered to go back and tag)
How many hours should I try to put in every week for my course (incl. lectures/supervisions)
Are there rugby teams for each college or for the university as a whole and does anyone know how frequent training is?
Also how often is rowing on each week?

1. They know that your school doesn't perform very well and it's in a bad place. It'll be taken into consideration .

2. Make sure your teacher explicitly says it in your reference. **** top 5 and just make your teacher put "top in year" if you can.