Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entry
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryYeah. Bristol looks really good. Do you have a list of preferences?(Original post by mahassociates)
Yes. The great American cuisine. American football. Even though I've never seen a game in my life. Hm. Maybe we can include some non-American topics too.
Wow, that's quite a list! I'm thinking NYU, Vassar, Columbia, and Tufts, but they're #6-9 on my list, so I'll wait a bit and see if at least Bristol make me an offer by mid-Novemberish before I start supplements. At the moment I'm just enjoying telling people I'm completely done with apps and gloating over all the work they have left.
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryYeah, kinda. Cambridge, UCL, KCL, LSE, Bristol, I think. But that depends on a lot of stuff- like getting pooled, etc.(Original post by Space Needle)
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryMy dad: You only want to apply to Cambridge because it looks like Hogwarts(Original post by Space Needle)
Genuine question.
Does Hogwarts in anyway affect anyone's motivation to apply to Cambridge here?
(For the record, that's not true lol. Though it doesn't hurt that Cambridge is gorgeous)
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryIt depends on the country. They're interviewing in Toronto, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore.(Original post by esztereva)
I believe that if you live in the EU you're expected to be able to travel there for the interview. -
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entry[QUOTE=maths134;34503547]
Saying 'X may not reach his/her potential because they have a piece of cake stuck in their throat, etc.'(Original post by perrytheplatypus)
It's not for me, so it's fine. Anyhow, I'm sure your school can just a letter or something.[/QUOTE]
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryNot all of us are English
I don't know how much you know about Britain, but if you refer to someone who's Welsh/Scottish/Irish as English, you'll probably make an enemy for life :P
Not that I have anything against the English...
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entry(Original post by Killyenn)
It is REALLY true though that chances are nearly the same at all colleges. Don't worry too much!
I dunno. I just dont believe that the admissions tutors don't see an application to another college, and feel slightly slighted? They are only human after all. that said, I think probably Hommerton do this the least, as they are the newest college. And their statistics kinda suggest this too.!
Anyway thank you Killyenn for the kind words,,,,, I actually JUST recieved my SAQ... better get started!!
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryActually if you look at the statistics, you'll see that the colleges with more applicants per place do pool more people and have more people accepted through the pool than less popular colleges. Admission tutors are actually quite eager to pick people from the pool, because they know that a lot of very good applicants end up there(Original post by notnow)
I dunno. I just dont believe that the admissions tutors don't see an application to another college, and feel slightly slighted? They are only human after all. that said, I think probably Hommerton do this the least, as they are the newest college. And their statistics kinda suggest this too.!
Anyway thank you Killyenn for the kind words,,,,, I actually JUST recieved my SAQ... better get started!!
I just recieved my SAQ as well (at 6 in the morning?
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryI had trouble with this too but after looking at the SAQ guide I saw on one of the images associated with this section that the unit titles which were too long were shortened with the appropriate use of 'etc'. In your example above I would type 'Investigative and Practical etc'. If 'Practical' cannot fully fit into the box then write 'Investigative and etc'. I presume that the Unit titles work with the Unit code (which would give more detail than the title) and only help identify the modules you took.(Original post by kevinwong0511)
Just a quick question here, I'm filling in the section 6.1 of the SAQ, which asks me to state the unit title that I'm studying now. What should I do if the title is too long to be put into the box?
Good luck with your application
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryGlad to hear that there are people who only just received their SAQ(Original post by Killyenn)
Actually if you look at the statistics, you'll see that the colleges with more applicants per place do pool more people and have more people accepted through the pool than less popular colleges. Admission tutors are actually quite eager to pick people from the pool, because they know that a lot of very good applicants end up there
I just recieved my SAQ as well (at 6 in the morning?). Good luck with it!
My application was officially sent (not my fault!!) about 8 hours from the deadline... so I think we both may be in the last bactch of the SAQ'ers!Last edited by notnow; 18-10-2011 at 10:59. -
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryThanks mate, "etc" is the best solution at the moment.(Original post by ishfish25)
I had trouble with this too but after looking at the SAQ guide I saw on one of the images associated with this section that the unit titles which were too long were shortened with the appropriate use of 'etc'. In your example above I would type 'Investigative and Practical etc'. If 'Practical' cannot fully fit into the box then write 'Investigative and etc'. I presume that the Unit titles work with the Unit code (which would give more detail than the title) and only help identify the modules you took.
Good luck with your application
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryOoh! More potential Newnhamites! :-) Did you go to the open day?(Original post by Charlesworth)
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Re: Cambridge Applicants for 2012 entryNo, I couldn't make it to any open day - quite annoying! Did you manage to go?(Original post by Visions-of-Johanna)
Ooh! More potential Newnhamites! :-) Did you go to the open day?
(For the record, that's not true lol. Though it doesn't hurt that Cambridge is gorgeous)
I don't know how much you know about Britain, but if you refer to someone who's Welsh/Scottish/Irish as English, you'll probably make an enemy for life :P
