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Official Cambridge Applicants 2015 Entry

Course: Maths with Physics (or maybe Maths)
College: St John's (or Trinity or Queens', or others)
GCSEs: 8 1's in standard grades
A Level Subjects: advanced higher maths, applied maths: mechanics, physics, french
Anything else relevant: I'm going to be applying while at uni studying maths and physics

You do know Cambridge won't usually accept applications from students already studying a similar degree?

Reply 1181

jadoreétudier

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Original post by Colmans

You do know Cambridge won't usually accept applications from students already studying a similar degree?

No, I didn't know that. I thought they'd maybe prefer it to taking a gap year. I'm so confused as to what's the best option for me. If I do start a maths and physics degree, I'll be doing half maths and half physics. I don't know. I guess I should email and ask?

Edit: I found this which says what you said.
http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/apply/otherroutes.html#other
:frown:

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 1182

clever1diot

Original post by paradoxicalme

We will get through this! :tongue:

I really want to go out with my friends on Saturday so that I can get a chance to go out before all this starts...but both my parents are working :mad:

so they can't give me a lift.

Good luck for your application and theory! I know the feeling with reading...currently fighting my way through Mrs Dalloway :tongue:

I want to finish it by 9am tomorrow so I can bitch about Virginia Woolf in English class. GODSAKE WOMAN WHY WOULD YOU USE FIFTEEN SEMICOLONS IN ONE SENTENCE

You're a med person, right? :smile:

Yeah I am. :s-smilie:

And yes we will!! It's only for a few months anyway. Ah the use of the semicolon extended sentences indefinitely... After everything I've seen and heard I am immensely glad I didn't take English. I like history so much more.

Original post by buttered_peanut

Ahh! I'm the same. Mocks are in 3 weeks, my EMPAs are a lot sooner than I realised, need to keep up my Flute and try and get Grade 5 theory into my head, tutor 2 kids in maths and plod on with my Gold DofE! And subscribe to and read Student BMJ (was told by my Biology teacher that although its aimed at Med Students its good for A-Level too) and find some Medically volunteering. Whilst wanting to go to 2 concerts and watch seasons 2 & 3 of Game of Thrones and read the books before it starts again. Goodbye life.

Good luck to everyone with their mocks anyway, I know I'm going to need it :wink:

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Yes another med person who feels my pain! And ikr?? I really wanted to find see the Arctic monkeys and I have 3 seasons of Breaking Bad! :hmpf:

... My life

Reply 1183

Cantabcyte

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Reply 1184

KT_T

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Original post by clever1diot

Yeah I am. :s-smilie:

And yes we will!! It's only for a few months anyway. Ah the use of the semicolon extended sentences indefinitely... After everything I've seen and heard I am immensely glad I didn't take English. I like history so much more.

Yes another med person who feels my pain! And ikr?? I really wanted to find see the Arctic monkeys and I have 3 seasons of Breaking Bad! :hmpf:

... My life

On an unrelated note I'm going to see the Arctic Monkeys in May :P I can't remember if you were one of the people on this thread from Ireland, cos they've announced a show in Dublin :smile:

sometimes you gotta forget the work for a bit, especially for a band like them :wink:

Reply 1185

clever1diot

Original post by KT_T

On an unrelated note I'm going to see the Arctic Monkeys in May :P I can't remember if you were one of the people on this thread from Ireland, cos they've announced a show in Dublin :smile:

sometimes you gotta forget the work for a bit, especially for a band like them :wink:

Oh man I'm jealous. Aha no I'm not, I live in London, but I had my eye on this gig with them and Tame Impala! I know what you mean, but right now the procrastination is actually horrendous. :frown:

Reply 1186

clever1diot

Original post by KT_T

On an unrelated note I'm going to see the Arctic Monkeys in May :P I can't remember if you were one of the people on this thread from Ireland, cos they've announced a show in Dublin :smile:

sometimes you gotta forget the work for a bit, especially for a band like them :wink:

The 2 I would love to see though would be the Foo Fighters and RHCP! :awesome:

Reply 1187

KT_T

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Original post by clever1diot

The 2 I would love to see though would be the Foo Fighters and RHCP! :awesome:

Ah I desperately wanted to go because of Miles Kane, I love the last shadow puppets stuff :P and yes!! They would be amazing :biggrin:

foo fighters have got a new album coming soon so they'll probably do a tour :biggrin:

and I love rhcp, I need to get more of their music!

Reply 1188

clever1diot

Original post by KT_T

Ah I desperately wanted to go because of Miles Kane, I love the last shadow puppets stuff :P and yes!! They would be amazing :biggrin:

foo fighters have got a new album coming soon so they'll probably do a tour :biggrin:

and I love rhcp, I need to get more of their music!

It's like "nothing they've done before" according to great Lord Grohl... So I really can't wait!!

Reply 1189

KT_T

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Original post by clever1diot

It's like "nothing they've done before" according to great Lord Grohl... So I really can't wait!!

Lord Grohl omfg they should give him a knighthood :') for services to rock :P me neither eek!

Reply 1190

Nickbonista

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At GCSE I got 4A*, 3A, 3B and a C, would that be considered bad? Most people on here are all A/A*, although I'm predicted all A/A* at AS

Reply 1191

MangoFreak

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Original post by Nickbonista

At GCSE I got 4A*, 3A, 3B and a C, would that be considered bad? Most people on here are all A/A*, although I'm predicted all A/A* at AS

I'm not sure it matters too much (excepting Medicine, probably).

Reply 1192

Paralove

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Original post by Nickbonista

At GCSE I got 4A*, 3A, 3B and a C, would that be considered bad? Most people on here are all A/A*, although I'm predicted all A/A* at AS

No, not at all. There are plenty who apply with similar grads. This site has less than 1% of applicants and the average grades are very distorted so don't get put off by them. I know when i was applying this year I was worried that my AS results/UMS were far too low compared to everyone else on here but I was fine!!

The only time it would be important to have lots of A*/A grades at GCSE is for medicine. Other subjects, it generally has little weighting, especially if you have top AS results.

Also, you can only get up to an A at AS, A* is A2 only.

Reply 1193

nimrod100

Course:Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
College: undecided
GCSEs: 4A*,3A, 4B
A Level Subjects: Doing the IB with English Lit, French and German at Higher level

Reply 1194

HugeBicepLAD

Do you have to get 93% in all of your AS levels or just the top 3 to be autopooled?

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Reply 1195

cerlohee

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Haha quite keen aren't we :smile:

Course: Biological Natural Sciences
College: Christ's? I don't really mind though!
GCSEs: 4 A*S (sciences and maths, 4 As incl. FSMQ and 4 Bs. Wish I tried harder tbh.
A Level Subjects: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, EPQ.
Anything else relevant: Rowing which feels like doing 2 extra subjects.

Reply 1196

alow

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Original post by HugeBicepLAD

Do you have to get 93% in all of your AS levels or just the top 3 to be autopooled?

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Top 3 for Arts, most relevant 3 for Sciences. Maths + FM counts as one.

Reply 1197

alow

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Original post by cerlohee

Haha quite keen aren't we :smile:

Course: Biological Natural Sciences
College: Christ's? I don't really mind though!
GCSEs: 4 A*S (sciences and maths, 4 As incl. FSMQ and 4 Bs. Wish I tried harder tbh.
A Level Subjects: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, EPQ.
Anything else relevant: Rowing which feels like doing 2 extra subjects.