The Official 2017 Cambridge Applicants Thread

No, this isn't right. [...]

Yeah, but it's Oxford and they aren't usually very clever people.

Thanks for clearing it up.

Hey guys,

As I've stated that I'm living with my parents, aside from the rental agreement, what other document can be used as supporting evidence?

Would housing benefits be of any use? Can't use child benefits as I'm 20.


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No problem! I'll be doing a thread after the assessments to quell nerves and answer questions before the interviews.

Any household bills.

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No, this isn't right. The assessments in pre-interview subjects will be *part* of the decision whether to call people to interview. A few colleges (Pembroke and Churchill for sure) won't be using Section 2 for deselection (but will use them in selection for offers) but everyone will be using Section 1 and the vast majority Section 2 as well.

For quite a lot of people the assessment won't make much difference either way as it will confirm what the rest of the paperwork suggests. Remember also that c.75% of people will get an interview.

To add to the debate regarding LNAT multiple choic and humanities section 1, I think the LNAT is harder because, in most questions, all the possible answers sound plausible. Then in the specimen AA for humanities, most of the time you could immediately see that like 2 of the answers were wrong.

No, this isn't right. The assessments in pre-interview subjects will be *part* of the decision whether to call people to interview. A few colleges (Pembroke and Churchill for sure) won't be using Section 2 for deselection (but will use them in selection for offers) but everyone will be using Section 1 and the vast majority Section 2 as well.

For quite a lot of people the assessment won't make much difference either way as it will confirm what the rest of the paperwork suggests. Remember also that c.75% of people will get an interview.

When the rejections roll around, can we form a TSR Oxbridge reject squad 2016 (or would it be 2017 because we're applying for 2017 entry)?

_{Although I bet I'll be one of the only ones with a rejection, you guys are gonna smash it}

Thanks for the info. These questions are probably quite hard to answer prescriptively, and are likely to differ from college to college, but it's worth a shot:
Will section 1 of the AA count in the final selection process, or is its weight mostly given to selecting for interview?
Also, will section 2 be taken into account more than submitted work, or just another equal input into the holistic decision-making process?

Are candidates who have 3 UMS subjects and 93%+ average still guaranteed interviews? In this case does that mean ATs might be reluctant to deselect people with good grade profiles (for reformed subjects) on the basis of a poor admissions assessment performance?

Just an odd question but are we allowed to use a pencil and paper in the interview to help with 'thinking out loud' for the questions as such? I feel that it would help me with developing my answers and keep track of my thoughts when explaining. It is fine otherwise, and I might just have to improve on explaining things verbally to an interviewer.

What subject?
I am quite sure it is the case for Maths.

Queens' applicants!!
Do we need to submit the Fee Status Application Questionnaire? It wasn't asked for in the email the college sent me but I have seen others mentioning it over the last few days.