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Hi,I was just wondering how you are going to treat AS UMSs for those of us who have only 1 or 2 in subjects that aren't very relevant to what we want to do (e.g. I will have AS Maths but I want to do History)? Will they be less important given not everyone will have them and they may present a distorted view than having 4 grades? Thanks so much!
Original post by SnowLeopard27
Hi,I was just wondering how you are going to treat AS UMSs for those of us who have only 1 or 2 in subjects that aren't very relevant to what we want to do (e.g. I will have AS Maths but I want to do History)? Will they be less important given not everyone will have them and they may present a distorted view than having 4 grades? Thanks so much!


Hello and thank you for your question. This is a thread for Admissions Assessments rather than UMS but we will still use UMS where we have it, while bearing in mind that our research shows that best three UMS or Science UMS is what has been shown to be the most effective predictor in most subjects. Where a three UMS average is not available then any UMS that we have will be used with caution.
Original post by University of Cambridge
Hello and thank you for your question. This is a thread for Admissions Assessments rather than UMS but we will still use UMS where we have it, while bearing in mind that our research shows that best three UMS or Science UMS is what has been shown to be the most effective predictor in most subjects. Where a three UMS average is not available then any UMS that we have will be used with caution.


Thank you so much - sorry didn't realise this wasn't the correct place for that question! Thanks for allaying my worries though.
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Looks like all the courses have now published their assessment specifications:

http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/admissions-assessments

Pre-Interview Assessment Specifications
(I have taken the shortcut to the spec pdf as provided on each course's Entry Requirements page)

ASNAC : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/asncaa_specification.pdf
AMES : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/amesaa_specification.pdf
Economics : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/ecaa_specification.pdf
Engineering: http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/engaa_specification.pdf
English : ELAT http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/for-test-takers/elat/about-elat/
Geography : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/gaa_specification.pdf
History : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/haa_specification.pdf
HSPS : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/hspsaa_specification.pdf
Medicine : BMAT http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/for-test-takers/bmat/
Natural Sciences : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/nsaa_specification.pdf
PBS : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/pbsaa_specification.pdf
Theology : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/taa_specification.pdf
Vet Med : BMAT

At Interview
Archeology : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/archaa_specification.pdf
Architecture: http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/ataa_specification.pdf
Classics : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/claaa_specification.pdf
CompSci : https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/admissions-test/
Education : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/eduaa_specification.pdf
History of Art : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/hoaaa_specification.pdf
Land Economy : TSA http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/for-test-takers/thinking-skills-assessment/tsa-cambridge/about-tsa-cambridge/
Law : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/laa_specification.pdf
Linguistics : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/lingaa_specification.pdf
MML : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/mmlaa_specification.pdf
Philosophy : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/paa_specification.pdf
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Original post by jneill
Looks like all the courses have now published their assessment specifications:

http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/admissions-assessments

Pre-Interview Assessments
ASNAC : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/asncaa_specification.pdf
AMES : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/amesaa_specification.pdf
Economics : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/ecaa_specification.pdf
Engineering: http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/engaa_specification.pdf
English : ELAT http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/for-test-takers/elat/about-elat/
Geography : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/gaa_specification.pdf
History : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/haa_specification.pdf
HSPS : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/hspsaa_specification.pdf
Medicine : BMAT http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/for-test-takers/bmat/
Natural Sciences : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/nsaa_specification.pdf
PBS : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/pbsaa_specification.pdf
Theology : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/taa_specification.pdf
Vet Med : BMAT

At Interview
Archeology : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/archaa_specification.pdf
Architecture: http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/ataa_specification.pdf
Classics : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/claaa_specification.pdf
CompSci : https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/admissions-test/
Education : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/eduaa_specification.pdf
History of Art : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/hoaaa_specification.pdf
Land Economy : TSA http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/for-test-takers/thinking-skills-assessment/tsa-cambridge/about-tsa-cambridge/
Law : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/laa_specification.pdf
Linguistics : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/lingaa_specification.pdf
MML : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/mmlaa_specification.pdf
Philosophy : http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/paa_specification.pdf


Oh my, thank you so much for this.
Thank you for the questions and to @jneill for posting the links to the specification pages. Good luck to all of you and keep an eye out for further threads from the University and from college representatives.

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