The Official "Oxford or Cambridge?" Thread
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Oxford is best for english anyway , history will help, if you dont think you can get the grades dont carry on with the subject, latin may be more respected but an A in economics is better than a B in latin
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Sorry but its true, and i've been to oxbridge (and failed) and seen how hard you have to work(Original post by deltabomber)
Giving something up because its too hard?
Maybe oxbridge isnt for you -
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Oh. Um, thanks I guess.(Original post by deltabomber)
I've repped you for this... brilliant comeback -
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?lmao dissapointment much(Original post by bramz19)
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Yeah, I guess.(Original post by hockeyjoe)
lmao dissapointment much -
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?This.(Original post by deltabomber)
Giving something up because its too hard?
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?If you have the minimum grades required for the course, I'd apply if you are very passionate about the course you want to undertake and have goals and a lot of commitment show through in your P.S. and interview (if you get offered one).(Original post by Wellie)
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Okay then...(Original post by NapoleonDynamite)
Your comment had 7 reps when I clicked and it went straight to 9
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Oxford (maybe I'm biased..)
I mean you have a good chance either way because you have brilliant grades etc, although Cambridge do look at UMS for AS levels as you said in your original post haha.. . Plus, Oxford is meant to be better for English.Last edited by doloroushazy; 31-08-2011 at 22:20. -
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Maybe, but i read an article from stewart lee who did english at st edmund cambridge that not having a good grasp of latin held him back and so got a 2.1(Original post by Wellie)
2) Latin is not English. I'm being highly realistic here as I achieved a low A in AS. This could translate into a B next year if I take it. The jump from AS Latin to A2 Latin is astronomical, a lot larger than the GCSE/AS jump. The Economics jump, according to various sources, is not as big.
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Because he probably did the foreign language option at Cambridge in which he also highly probably took Latin, something that you don't do with Oxford. But I do see what you mean. Do you think it would look weak dropping it?(Original post by deltabomber)
Maybe, but i read an article from stewart lee who did english at st edmund cambridge that not having a good grasp of latin held him back and so got a 2.1 -
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?Ok, don't worry(Original post by deltabomber)
Plus the only reason i posted was because no-one else was answering you for 3 hours and posting usually provokes some interest in a thread... -
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?No, and heres where i reveal myself to be a hypocrite, i dropped my chemistry from as to a2 so i could concentrate on physics and further maths for uni(Original post by Wellie)
Because he probably did the foreign language option at Cambridge in which he also highly probably took Latin, something that you don't do with Oxford. But I do see what you mean. Do you think it would look weak dropping it?
no questions were asked as i got almost 100% in most exams
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Re: Should I apply to Oxford or Cambridge?I would say Oxford due to your UMS. But are the courses at the two places very similar in terms of structure and module options? At the end of the day, apply to whichever course you like the most. And I do know quite a few people at Cambridge that missed their offer for their college, but got accepted anyway because they were liked (only seems to be with arts subjects though, all the science ones i know who missed their offer would not get any leeway).
and two guys in my year got into eng lit at oxford - one took bio, chem, history, eng lit. the other took chem, hist, eng lit, maths so your subjects should be fine as long as you have two substantial essay subjects in there
