Clare College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

Went to work for a couple of years after my GCSE's, never planned on even going to a uni, let alone Cambridge. Funny how things change! Btw, i wonder if anyone on here plays that assassin game the Clare student was telling us about, sounded......interesting :biggrin:

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lol wow looks like the game is taken pretty seriously by some, that is one large set of rules!

Reply 783

'The Girton Award' lol brilliant!

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I go by many names

praying

Thankyou so much for the message! Yes I think they were Goodman and Majerus. Well I think Imight well choose chemistry (if I get in..) so that would be very good. But wait, you said ...'lucky/unlucky'!!! Did I get an unrepresentative impression of the wonderful man? Which options did you choose btw?
Yes I looked at your food page.. veru insightful. I think tbh the food wouldn't be a big enough factor to put me off applying, but just confirming what I suspected from reading various other things... ah well... nothing's perfect in the world I suppose.

Goodman isn't too bad as a DOS I guess but I found him a bit discouraging. He never seemed to have any advice other than to work harder and he never really offered any praise either. One of my friends had a supvervision report where she'd got firsts for 3 of her subjects and a 2:1 for the other and Goodman went straight to the 2:1 and told her obviously that subject needed a bit of work. And in exam term he has a nasty habit of telling you exactly how many days to go til your first one...

As for my options, I did Chemistry, Biology of Cells, Geology and Maths A and now I'm doing Biochemistry, Pathology and HPS. And if you have any more questions about Natsci at Clare, feel free to ask or PM me or whatever!

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Sent my application off last night, decided on Queens' in the end. So am I right in thinking you're applying next year? If so, will you go and look round Cambridge again next year?

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Obviously the main factor should be your personal preference of the location and course but I think you should take into account that Cambridge is better for maths and I think a lot of people don't realise that they are statistically more likely to get an offer from Cambridge (because of STEP) so if STEP doesn't worry you then I would definitely go for Cambridge. Plus I would of course give you advice on the interview if i get in :biggrin:

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frogout

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I'm applying for Japanese at Clare - just sent off my UCAS form :>.<: Just thought I would say hi!

Am I making the right choice in applying to Clare? :biggrin:

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kimoso

I'm applying for Japanese at Clare - just sent off my UCAS form :>.<: Just thought I would say hi!

Am I making the right choice in applying to Clare? :biggrin:

I think I can safely say 'probably'. :biggrin:

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frogout

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Lidka

I think I can safely say 'probably'. :biggrin:

Woop!

Do you go there yeah? What do you study?

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kimoso

Woop!

Do you go there yeah? What do you study?

Yup. I am a Clare English student. :smile:

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frogout

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Lidka

Yup. I am a Clare English student. :smile:

Oh cool! Was Clare/Cambridge like how you expected it to be?

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Lidka

Yup. I am a Clare English student. :smile:

Hey are you the Lidia of the library rep? Can I make a suggestion to you?

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praying

I go by many names

Goodman isn't too bad as a DOS I guess but I found him a bit discouraging. He never seemed to have any advice other than to work harder and he never really offered any praise either. One of my friends had a supvervision report where she'd got firsts for 3 of her subjects and a 2:1 for the other and Goodman went straight to the 2:1 and told her obviously that subject needed a bit of work. And in exam term he has a nasty habit of telling you exactly how many days to go til your first one...

As for my options, I did Chemistry, Biology of Cells, Geology and Maths A and now I'm doing Biochemistry, Pathology and HPS. And if you have any more questions about Natsci at Clare, feel free to ask or PM me or whatever!

Hello many names
Thanks so much for the reply! I can see why he might be a bit unpopular in that case! Actually I can kind of imagine it by the way he told us... 'right, Natural Sciences eh? NO SOCIAL LIFE FOR YOU!!!!! Get that into your heads RIGHT now.' Still, he seemed like a very nice, enthusiastic kind of a person.
Well I've just sent my application off yesterday (decided on Clare in the end) so I might have to message you nearer the interview time! SCARY. How was yours?

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The West Wing

Hey are you the Lidia of the library rep? Can I make a suggestion to you?

Yes I am, and yes you may: send it to the Cambridge email address that was in the UCS e-mail that you (should have) got this morning. :smile:

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OK, I'm beginning cooking for Maddie and Jeremy. I'll post photos of the 5-minute microwaved cake later :p:

Reply 796

They really loved it!! (genuinely)

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The West Wing

They really loved it!! (genuinely)

Aw, what a good child you are. :p:

My kids made me yummy rataouille, and my college daughter and I are going to be cooking together in order to avoid buttery. Ah, it's so nice when families work. :biggrin:

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