The Official Cambridge Applicants for 2023 Entry Thread

This is really good. Is there any courses for Engineering? Thanks

1) What A Levels are you taking from September (or other eligible qualifications)?

I’m Scottish (state school) and I am hoping to take maths of mechanics, physics, chemistry and English advanced highers next year (I will already have advanced higher maths taken a year early this year which is a first for my school).

2) What course at Cambridge do you have your eyes on? And why?

Computer science (although I am unable to take this at school).

3) What grades did you get/are you predicted to get at GCSE?

All A1 grades at Nat 5 and two highers a year early (maths and English) at A1 grade. (A1 is like an A*)

4) Why Cambridge specifically? and why not Oxford?

Like the more practical computer course.

5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit, and when will you start preparing for them?

TMUA. Looking at past paper papers including MAT and PAT.

6) What have you done in lockdown to help your studies and potentially your application to Cambridge?

Gold Crest Award in computing completed independently in lockdown. Winner of International Coding competition. (Coderdojo). Online tutor of local coding club - prepare and hold weekly sessions. Taught myself Python and C++, etc….
Took Bebras and qualified for Oxford University computer challenge in which I achieved a merit.

7) What do you want to do with your degree from Cambridge?

Work for Google or similar.

8) Have you decided which college you're applying to?


Maybe Jesus?

The Cambridge Demystified engineering chapter does mention TED talks, which may be of use:

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6668306&p=90741052#post90741052

I don't have any experience of Jesus or Homerton, but I know someone who studied at Newnham. They have beautiful gardens and are in a tranquil setting, directly opposite the Sidgewick site (handy!) Her mother visited and said it exuded a "quiet atmosphere of girl power". I actually went to offer holder day and was very impressed.

I hope they reconsider you. You have been a great help, offering your assistance to others. Nobody understands how stressful the process is until they have experienced it for themselves.

Hey! I got pooled and then rejected, but I fit the criteria for August Reconsideration

Definitely apply!!! I applied via adjustment for reconsideration last august thinking nothing of it and actually got a call the next day saying I got a place at Homerton College. Please make sure you do it in time as I believe that it is open for only a little while on results day.

to do this what criteria do you need to fit?

Definitely apply!!! I applied via adjustment for reconsideration last august thinking nothing of it and actually got a call the next day saying I got a place at Homerton College. Please make sure you do it in time as I believe that it is open for only a little while on results day.

1) What A Levels are you taking from September (or other eligible qualifications)?
Maths, further maths, economics and french
2) What course at Cambridge do you have your eyes on? And why?
Economics
3) What grades did you get/are you predicted to get at GCSE?
10 9s
4) Why Cambridge specifically? and why not Oxford?
I like the mathematical nature of the course, and i'm not interested in management so don't want to do E&M
5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit, and when will you start preparing for them?
TMUA - have started doing some practice questions
6) What have you done in lockdown to help your studies and potentially your application to Cambridge?
Read lots of books, done online courses, doing a Cambridge economics taster series, entered essay competitions
I also write for an online economics platform Be an Economist so check us out for economics articles and podcasts. Also if anyone's looking for an economics super-curricular, we're always looking for new members
7) What do you want to do with your degree from Cambridge?
No idea yet
8) Have you decided which college you're applying to?
Either Downing, Emmanuel, Magdalene or St Catherine's

what books have u read and how u finding tmua? im applying to econ aswell

Hi @Christ's Admissions . I'm an international student who does CIE A levels and am thinking of applying to Christs. I was wondering whether not having Olympiad prizes/medals would disadvantage an application for Mathematics/physical natural sciences, especially because i'm an international student? Does Christs expect its international applicants to have such kind of accomplishments? I'm not chinese/from a country which emphasises olympiads and i'm doing qualifications that are accepted by cambridge. It would be of great help to me if @Peterhouse Admissions @R T or anyone else weighs in as well.

1) What A Levels are you taking from September (or other eligible qualifications)?

I already have AAA in Maths, Further Maths and Chemistry, but am doing an Access to HE course in sciences (maths, biology and chemistry) this coming academic year, because I want to brush up on my biology and maths as I know it's very useful for psychology.

2) What course at Cambridge do you have your eyes on? And why?

PBS - I never knew what I wanted to study, but I was always interested in what makes us us, free will and (more recently) the psychological effects of music.

3) What grades did you get/are you predicted to get at GCSE?

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4) Why Cambridge specifically? and why not Oxford?

I felt that with the PBS course I had more options than I did with the the EP course at Oxford, I did consider PPL at Oxford, because I also really enjoy philosophy and languages, but I've visited Oxford before and didn't feel "at place" there and the PPL course doesn't feel right to me either.

5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit, and when will you start preparing for them?

Depending on the college I might have to do an at interview test, but I'm gonna try my best to avoid those colleges. Only because I haven't had to write an essay since GCSE.

6) What have you done in lockdown to help your studies and potentially your application to Cambridge?

Watched a lot of online lectures and documentaries, read articles, virtual medical work experience (back when I wanted to do medicine), volunteered at a dementia day care centre. Not mind blowing stuff, but a lot of it was just to make sure I wanted to do psychology, because I've changed my mind a lot.

7) What do you want to do with your degree from Cambridge?

Maybe go into psychological research or teaching?? Maybe I might go on to do neuroscience, but probably not working with patients as I'm not the best people person.

8) Have you decided which college you're applying to?

Either Christ's, Corpus or Fitz - most likely Fitz, just seems more like a place that I'd be happy in, just not as attractive as Christ's and Corpus. However I don't care that much about looks as the entirety of Cambridge is stunning.

I've read Too Big to Fail, Freakonomics, The Great Divide, The Art of Strategy, Why Nations Fail and I'm reading The End of Alchemy at the moment. The tmua hasn't been too bad for the most part, but I definitely need to work on it quite a bit