Official Cambridge Applicants Thread 2015 Entry - MK II

Is this UK students or EU/ other students?

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Actually its less likely to be the people who do double maths as although they do high, all their maths modules are collated in one so theyve got about 6-8 modules to lose the marks on rather than 2 or 3. Id suspect its Arts subjects as they often give out 100UMS as there isnt a rigid points based markscheme

I don't know, I've seen a greater number of STEM candidates with 99-100% UMS. The flexibility of Mark Schemes works both ways - getting full marks in a Philosophy essay is difficult, because one has to convince the examiner. No such thing exists in the sciences. I'm not saying one is more difficult than the other, but I'm not sure that the flexibility of the mark schemes can explain the disparity.

I maintain that English is the hardest to get 100%.


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There's likely to be trolls but then again I think people with 99-100 wouldn't be hesitant to submit their result aha

For an individual maybe

But the total number perhaps differs

? Just a thought, don't know

Purely because its so subjective


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EU for me, probably why they told me so early

My school told me that getting full UMS in humanities is largely unheard of but more common in sciences. This isn't debating which subjects are harder but more that the disparity and subjectivity in mark schemes compared to the right or wrong nature of science and maths means that if you're good at science and maths then 100% is realistic and to some extent predictable but if you're good at humanities you don't ever know if you'll get 90% or 95%. I concur that the hardest to get it in is probably English Literature also. I know that for the OCR spec as well full UMS is literally full marks in coursework and exam so there's no leeway and the marking is still harsh

On the WJEC spec 100% raw is the only way you can get 100% UMS


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When did you apply? I'm from EU as well; I thought that EU students get information about interviews in the end of November

I maintain that English is the hardest to get 100%.


Posted from TSR Mobile

My school told me that getting full UMS in humanities is largely unheard of but more common in sciences. This isn't debating which subjects are harder but more that the disparity and subjectivity in mark schemes compared to the right or wrong nature of science and maths means that if you're good at science and maths then 100% is realistic and to some extent predictable but if you're good at humanities you don't ever know if you'll get 90% or 95%. I concur that the hardest to get it in is probably English Literature also. I know that for the OCR spec as well full UMS is literally full marks in coursework and exam so there's no leeway and the marking is still harsh

Actually its less likely to be the people who do double maths as although they do high, all their maths modules are collated in one so theyve got about 6-8 modules to lose the marks on rather than 2 or 3. Id suspect its Arts subjects as they often give out 100UMS as there isnt a rigid points based markscheme

My school had 3 people get offers for maths (2 eventually got in because 1 was Chinese and got something like a B in his exam because he didn't understand any of it), all of whom got full marks or near enough to itin their maths A-Level (they do FM in year 13).

In contrast, although I have full marks across A Level Religious Studies, I'm fairly sure I'm the first person in like 5 or 6 years to do this.