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Official Cambridge Applicants Thread 2016 Entry

Awesome! I should probably start doing olympiad prep but I much prefer STEP to be honest... probably won't be saying that in a year's time lol

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I'm all STEP'd out for awhile, I think I'll leave it until after exams as I don't want to run out of questions :tongue:

BMO looks fun though :biggrin:

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VentLife

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Hi, im planning on applying post-A level to Cambridge for 2016 entry. I take Geography, French, Biology, English Language and General Studies to A2. Im predicted A*A*A*A*A and will hopefully be applying for Geography at either Selwyn or Christs college. If you have any questions about the university, please dont hesitate to inbox me as I have family who have been through the university, so I may be able to answer your questions :smile:

good luck everyone x

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AstroNandos

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I may have posted here, no idea, my memory is too poor :tongue:

But I will hopefully be applying for Engineering at maybe trinity, still unsure on which college.

I currently do maths, further maths, physics, chemistry and critical thinking (a waste of time I know). Thinking of doing German AS next year if I get the chance, but I need to improve on chemistry as I messed up some tests at the start of the year!

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username1162972

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Original post by AstroNandos

I may have posted here, no idea, my memory is too poor :tongue:

But I will hopefully be applying for Engineering at maybe trinity, still unsure on which college.

I currently do maths, further maths, physics, chemistry and critical thinking (a waste of time I know). Thinking of doing German AS next year if I get the chance, but I need to improve on chemistry as I messed up some tests at the start of the year!

dw nobody cares about chemistry.

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username1162972

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Original post by AstroNandos

I may have posted here, no idea, my memory is too poor :tongue:

But I will hopefully be applying for Engineering at maybe trinity, still unsure on which college.

I currently do maths, further maths, physics, chemistry and critical thinking (a waste of time I know). Thinking of doing German AS next year if I get the chance, but I need to improve on chemistry as I messed up some tests at the start of the year!

focus on 100%s in maths physics and further maths first. then do the rest.

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AstroNandos

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Original post by physicsmaths

dw nobody cares about chemistry.

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Original post by physicsmaths

focus on 100%s in maths physics and further maths first. then do the rest.

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I should still try and do well in it seeing as I'm up against lots of people with perfect grades . At first I hated it but now it isn't too shabby :tongue:

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username1162972

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Original post by AstroNandos

I should still try and do well in it seeing as I'm up against lots of people with perfect grades . At first I hated it but now it isn't too shabby :tongue:

yh work hard definately but maths and physics shud be aimed at 100%. i got a D In chemistry and got in for maths on saturday.
main aim for them is to see how you think in maths and physics problems for engineering.

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username1162972

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Original post by AstroNandos

I should still try and do well in it seeing as I'm up against lots of people with perfect grades . At first I hated it but now it isn't too shabby :tongue:

I despised chemistry and i always will lol. I only liked the particle stuff in chemistry and that was it!

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AstroNandos

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Original post by physicsmaths

yh work hard definately but maths and physics shud be aimed at 100%. i got a D In chemistry and got in for maths on saturday.
main aim for them is to see how you think in maths and physics problems for engineering.

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Original post by physicsmaths

I despised chemistry and i always will lol. I only liked the particle stuff in chemistry and that was it!

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Yeah I'll definitely prioritise maths and physics. I'll need as high a UMS as possible for those! But chemistry, I hated I think because of the teachers, but as we progress it's getting better. We've been doing work for the chemistry olympiad and I thought that was pretty interesting :biggrin:

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MathMeister

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Original post by physicsmaths

I despised chemistry and i always will lol. I only liked the particle stuff in chemistry and that was it!
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What kind of grades did you get in class tests/ mocks (for chemistry) ?

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username1162972

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What kind of grades did you get in class tests/ mocks (for chemistry) ?

after fevruary got straight A's before that i got straight U's. My strength was all bonding and abit of organic chem.

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WithoutMuchHope

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What is all this BMO and Olympiad stuff? Which schools do them? If most Natsci applicants partake in them, I'm probably not likely to get in :lol:

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MathMeister

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Original post by physicsmaths

after fevruary got straight A's before that i got straight U's. My strength was all bonding and abit of organic chem.
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very strange- how come you ended up with a D?
did organic chem and bonding not come up? :tongue:

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username1162972

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Original post by MathMeister

very strange- how come you ended up with a D?
did organic chem and bonding not come up? :tongue:

it did but i dunno, i got around 50/80 in each paper so im mot relaly sure. dont care now that i have an offer 😉

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TVIO

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Original post by WithoutMuchHope

What is all this BMO and Olympiad stuff? Which schools do them? If most Natsci applicants partake in them, I'm probably not likely to get in :lol:

No way in hell do most NatScis take part in those. No way in hell do most *mathmos* take part in that (though a lot of mathmos probably do the maths challenges which are lower level versions of this).

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MathMeister

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Original post by physicsmaths

it did but i dunno, i got around 50/80 in each paper so im mot relaly sure. dont care now that i have an offfer
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yh i wouldnt care either
btw what did you get in the practical?

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Datta10

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Hi I am in year 12 now and I want to do computer science at Cambridge. .at gcse I got 7A*s and 3Bs (Bs in french, business and English language)...and I am doing maths, further maths, physics and chemistry at AS, I am getting 98% in maths and 95% in physics and chemistry in the exams we've had at the moment. Do I stand a good chance? Also I do programming in c, python and a little java and have other extra curriculars?

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username1162972

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Original post by MathMeister

yh i wouldnt care either
btw what did you get in the practical?

c or d. i didnt go in for some of it. Sorry for being a bad example 😂

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username1162972

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Original post by Datta10

Hi I am in year 12 now and I want to do computer science at Cambridge. .at gcse I got 7A*s and 3Bs (Bs in french, business and English language)...and I am doing maths, further maths, physics and chemistry at AS, I am getting 98% in maths and 95% in physics and chemistry in the exams we've had at the moment. Do I stand a good chance? Also I do programming in c, python and a little java and have other extra curriculars?

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