Cambridge Applicants for 2013 Entry

Awesome I am indeed a fellow linguist, for post A-level French and German! Did you do any kind of extra-curricular stuff other than reading literature?

I might not even belong in this thread if I make many stupid mistakes in the exams still to come... Getting very worried to be honest.

Hell no! There are so many chapters. I plan to get down to it soon, though.

There are but you'll have to get used to it as Number Theory is chock-a-block with proofs.



I'm like that too!

I know what you mean... whenever I think of differentiation, this springs to mind:

I know how you feel. I wish they'd make exams harder and the grade boundaries lower.

This so much!

Early Maths modules in particular test your ability to not get your signs mixed up or misread a number/type something in your calculator wrong, and in no questions do they test actual ability.

This so much!

Early Maths modules in particular test your ability to not get your signs mixed up or misread a number/type something in your calculator wrong, and in no questions do they test actual ability.

Hmm, in a way it makes the whole UMS thing a bit unfair as, to be honest, anyone getting 93+ is probably good enough to get full UMS, but may not because of these silly things.

Oh no not another one, there's the whole of C3 out the window

An MML-er Which languages are you going to study, may I ask?



They clearly have good taste Blimey though, that's a shame! I presume they'll be doing ab initio then? I have a feeling my German class will shrink to about five, and if I do Italian then I'll be one of three...the other two being Italians Languages need to be appreciated more! :fuhrer:

Agreed. I've actually dropped UMS in C1, but I sometimes make whole C3 or 4 papers without doing that! So annoyed.

nahh, i think one girl is doing french and spanish (boo not deutsch) post a-level, and the other girl is doing french and italian (ab-initio)... you have any ideas about colleges yet? tbh i really dont care, but i like the idea of catz/emma/christs mostly...of course it could change tho

Not much really in terms of being super connected with languages - the usual stuff, like piano, singing, public speaking, etc. I just read lots of foreign literature (I recommend Maupassant's short stories!) and listened to foreign music. The interviewers pick up on natural passion, so that's most important

I was just wondering, is there a certain set of UMS's you need or a certain UMS average in your AS levels for Cambridge to consider you, or not?

Not really. You need to be predicted an A* (and/or have AS UMS that make it look like you'll probably get at least A*AA, I guess, since some schools don't predict A*s) but apart from that there are no hard rules - the statistic that gets thrown around is that the median average UMS for applicants across their top 3 AS is 90% and that for people who get offers it's 95% but there are lots of people on either side of those figures - my average was 89% and I got an offer, for instance, while there are other people I know applying for the same subject (and in one case college) who got rejected with much higher UMS. A lot of it seems to come down to the interview, and you'll almost certainly get invited to one.

Hmm fair enough, I can relate to that
Erm, it's this Friday (25th); I got physics that day as well.
Hmm yh I doubt it now -_-

Just to put the view of a guy who holds an offer for churchill college, maths, and had a 93% average at AS, and didnt really impress at the interview (imo). I know people with higher UMS that didnt get in but also people with lower UMS that did get in. Just work hard, get as high as you can and take it from there. Unless your average is low 80s and below, you should still have a chance of getting in.

Would someone be so kind as to put this on the Wiki page?
Course: Engineering
College: Emmanuel/Queens'/Trinity
GCSEs: 9A*,3A
AS-Levels: Physics, Maths, Further Maths, Product Design, German
UMS Average: 95 (M1 & C1)
Extras: Grade 8 Piano, piano performance Diploma DipABRSM (will have by then), design work experience, A in Additional Maths (FSMQ)


As for the 95% min average getting offers, I suppose if you got less and impressed them in an interview then you'd probably still stand a chance. Judging by how exams are going at the moment, I may just drop under 95 due to my D1 exam

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