Official Cambridge Applicants Thread 2016 Entry

I know this might be a cliche question but I've had so much different information regarding it - if you take Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics and you're applying to Medicine which three are your 'most relevant' subjects?

Hi everyone! I'm taking chemistry, biology, physics and further maths for A-level! I really want to apply for medicine at cambridge, but I know it's really competitive. I think I will score decently with my A-levels because I got 8 A*'s and A and a B for GCSE (in German, bleuugh), and I'm studying hard for my exams. I really, really despise physics though, so I'm struggling alot to keep up, although the unit one exam I think went well, apart from that stupid quark structure question. Got a week before the physics unit 2 exam so i got time to revise tho . I really love chemistry and biology, and Core 1 and 2 maths is pretty easy, despite stats tripping me up a bit. Don't wanna think about core 3 and 4 yet though, but got them about 3 days after the rest of my exams are over, with like a 3-4 day gap between each exam, so i got time to focus on just them and hopefully wont completely fail lol- rooting on doing well in maths so i don't have to rely on physics!

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Chemistry, Biology,Physics,Maths.
That's the order of importance.Logs the only useful part of As maths you will prob use as a doctor, when using radioactive tracers and isotopes.

But will maths be involved in my most relevant 3 average? The thing is I will get around 96-97% in my maths but In my physics I messed up my exam so I'm like at 85%. It will make a massive difference for me and I'm always worrying about it.

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Hello barney .Cambridge says they look at your three most important subjects, so as long as you do well in Biology,Chemistry and Maths,the physics doesn't really matter, just make sure you don't get a atrocious grade in like a U or an E.

I'm guessing i might get a C, possibly a B or even an A if i really knuckle down, but the chances aren't very high lol I'm hoping for an A in biology, an A* in chemistry and an A in maths, but I'm doing my entire A-level of maths in one year, and i did get stuck on a bit of the last question in maths core 1 and about 8-12 marks in core 2, so i've gotta do better in statistics lol, the one im horrible at!
physics unit 1 was actually decent, apart from that stupid quark question (ever heard of a baryon with a strangeness and also a positive charge?- pretty sure its not on the syllabus) and the fact the whole electricity thing was long answer questions about a potato..

I'm guessing i might get a C, possibly a B or even an A if i really knuckle down, but the chances aren't very high lol I'm hoping for an A in biology, an A* in chemistry and an A in maths, but I'm doing my entire A-level of maths in one year, and i did get stuck on a bit of the last question in maths core 1 and about 8-12 marks in core 2, so i've gotta do better in statistics lol, the one im horrible at!
physics unit 1 was actually decent, apart from that stupid quark question (ever heard of a baryon with a strangeness and also a positive charge?- pretty sure its not on the syllabus) and the fact the whole electricity thing was long answer questions about a potato..

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Cambridge says they take your strongest three subjects, so if maths is one of them, then Cambridge will use that instead of Physics.
But IMO,physics is more useful for medicine,most new cancer treatments involve physics like proton beam therapy.

Well chatterboxes, we've surpassed 8,000 posts.

By the end of the week after it'll be 10,000

I know right man. I didn't realise that K had strangeness and that was like GG 8 marks.

If I don't average 90% in my top 3 is there any point applying? (I'm pretty sure I will)

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For the physics try and push it to a B or A if you can.The higher the grade you can achieve, the better. Remember you are competing against students from as far away as China,so the higher, the better.

ya, the questions just dont work with my brain, but I'm pretty sure all of my unit 1 exams have went decently, probably gonna average >80% in all of them so far, its just unit 2 ones that worry me

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If you can do well in unit 1, unit 2 will go.fine.

hope so, it went better than most of my mocks and i got usually high B's and mostly A's in them

If I don't average 90% in my top 3 is there any point applying? (I'm pretty sure I will)

If I don't average 90% in my top 3 is there any point applying? (I'm pretty sure I will)

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I flopped unit 1 physics, 😞😳.But I always do wayy better in unit 2 .