The Official 2017 Cambridge Applicants Thread

so basically do I try and make it sound more like my relation to the subject and make it more about me or...
thank you for the help!

Also, module weighting, like say in Physics the 2 paper exams are worth 37% each I think, so that means the practical is worth 26%. So are the percentages weighted like that so the practical has less effect?

I wasn't suggesting playing the stats game - I was using the stats to try to establish what makes a strong pooled applicant and the AO responded. Either way, i see you wont play the humility game

Would you please specify the things we need to take care while applying for Oxbridge ?

Would you please specify the things we need to take care while applying for Oxbridge ?

Hey guys. I am an overseas student and finished school this year. I would like to apply to Cambridge for 2017, but I do not think I will be able to afford the tuition fees. So, does anybody know if there is a chance that they will cover your tuition fees in the first year of study? Thank you very much.

Starting to feel less and less confident about results day as it creeps closer, especially in relation to applying to Cambridge! Despite being top in my cohort all year, I just... I don't think I'm going to pull it off

Good luck next week everyone!!

Hello all!
I'm hoping to apply to do law, I was thinking at Christs but might end up making an open application because I'm not too fussed.
My other choices are LSE, King's, UCL and Kent (I was thinking as an insurance choice due to the lower entry requirements)

the only things is I'm pretty sure I've completely messed up my AS exams. I'm expecting BCD- the B could be an A and the C could be a B but the D is pretty much set in stone. Coming from 10A*s and 1A at GCSE, I had planned to work really really hard (not underestimating the jump between the two) and come out with 4 As but as you can see that hasn't happened 😂, I didn't even end up taking exams for 4 subjects! (although I will be taking the A2 exams in a subject I didn't do the AS ones in so it does even out), but the point is, it all went wrong.

I think if I work really hard next year I can meet the standard Cambridge offer but will I even get a chance to do that? my teachers have faith in me and will probably predict me ABB+ but that's quite far from the A*AA that they want. I've done legal work experience, my super-curriculas are good and my personal statement will be strong but without the AS grades and predicted grades to back me up is there even any chance I'll get an interview?

Even though I'm confident I can get the A2 grades, they're not gonna see that before making a decision. I'm freaking out here, do I need to aim lower?


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I'm feeling the same. My tracking reports were top of the year. First report was 4A*s and the second one was 3A*s and an A (1 B pulled it down woops xD).

Take heart though, if you're aiming for Cambridge and you do slip up, you've probably still got the grades to apply to other top universities. I remember though when I did my GCSE Maths I was sure I had gotten a C, like I felt like I "knew" I screwed up, and I came out top of the year, as the only person to get grade A in the first sitting (we sat the exams after 1 year of teaching). So you see, worrying doesn't do us much good. Just don't waste your time worrying about it. Whatever happens will happen.

I don't want to act like an admission's tutor because I am not one. Though if they see ABB as the predicted grades, and they're looking A*AA, then I don't see why they would call you for interview. Like I said, I'm not an admission's tutor. If I was you I would go and ask in this thread: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4238242 . Its an official admissions tutor; I'm sure he/she will be honest with you.

GCSE Results 8A*, 2 Distinctions
A Levels taken : Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Psychology

Course i'm interested in: Natural Sciences (Biological)

Extra Curriculars : head girl, cultural event committee, president of glee club, volunteering at a charity shop.
Work experience at lab at chemical plant and in pathology department at Sarawark General Hospital, Malaysia.

I feel like my qualifications won't make me stand out though. Any advice to stand out?

Wise words! Thanks so much The thing which attracts me to Cambridge isn't the fact it's top, I mean it's definitely a contributing factor, but it's because my passion is history and it's such a historic place, with amazing resources for my field of academics, so if I don't have a shot of getting in, something about that likelihood makes me apprehensive and sad. I'm just preparing for the inevitable, although I'm debating on whether or not to apply post-A2 if I don't perform well this year.

It just sucks so much doesn't it I hate how my future depends on strangers who, for all I know, could have marked my papers on a particularly bad day.

an amazing personal statement.

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