Downing College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

thank you! i hope you got on okay! i received my as results: AAAA with an average of 93 ums.. hopefully okay to apply with?

Hi, guys!

I'd like some advice... I am currently trying to decide if I have any chances of getting into Cambridge for 2017 entry. My dream is to study Bio NatSci at Downing.

I am a bit different, as I am an international applicant applying from the UK, and I am not studying A-levels, but rather IB. I have 44 points predicted with Chemistry and Biology at HL and Maths at SL (777 predicted for all three HL and 7 for Maths). The only problem is that my IGCSE results are not that great - 5A*s, 3As and a B for English Language... Do you think my a little patchy academic performance will play a significant role in the tutors' decision-making process?

Thanks!

So you think I should go through with applying? Thank you for replying - I'm panicking a little!

I applied yesterday for medicine, now on to the SAQ My UMS average isn't the best (90, across only maths though) so hopefully good BMAT will rectify that a bit. Anyone else applying 2017 entry here?

I'm applying for 2017 entry for Physical Natural Sciences! I know of one other person at my sixth form that is applying to Downing too, but I don't know of anyone else.

There are two others at mine, quite a few other Oxbridge people though. Oh natural sciences, that's cool! Did you get to visit downing or not?

it's exactly 93.00%, but only over 2 subjects (maths and further maths) as chemistry and physics are now linear.

Has anyone received an invitation to interview from Downing yet?? Some of my friends have received invitations for other subjects at other colleges and I was just wondering when we might expect to hear from Downing?

nope, not heard anything yet, though i did an AA. my friend at sixth form who didn't do an AA hasn't heard anything yet either. fingers crossed they'll send something within the next week or so.

nope, not heard anything yet, though i did an AA. my friend at sixth form who didn't do an AA hasn't heard anything yet either. fingers crossed they'll send something within the next week or so.

did you do an admissions test? I think someone told me that the colleges won't find out results until the 23rd, so invitations for those who have taken tests might be pretty late

did you do an admissions test? I think someone told me that the colleges won't find out results until the 23rd, so invitations for those who have taken tests might be pretty late

yeah, that's what i meant by AA. i saw on the murray edwards tsr (link here) that those who have done cambridge specific admissions tests should mainly all hear back by the 22nd, but not before the 14th, and bmat will hear a little after that. not too sure with other subjects that don't require admissions tests, but who will get them at-interview. if you both didn't already know downing have added their interview dates here. one of the ones for the course i applied for (natsci) is on the day of my driving test

Wow that will be a stressful day... good luck! hopefully you'll ace both!

The wait to hear about admissions test results/interviews is so painful

Hey guys,

I've applied to Downing for physical natural sciences and was wondering if any other downing applicants (for all subject) have heard anything about interviews??

I haven't heard anything since the admissions assessment so would like to find out whats going on at the moment!

Cheers!!!

Hey guys,

I've applied to Downing for physical natural sciences and was wondering if any other downing applicants (for all subject) have heard anything about interviews??

I haven't heard anything since the admissions assessment so would like to find out whats going on at the moment!

Cheers!!!