Applying for Maths as well.. I was thinking if we all get offers we should work on step together, it'll be good and we will be together at college anyway so, yeah :tongue:

Have you received an interview and do you know which 3 topics you're putting down?
I've already done step

Reply 784

thesmallman

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Original post by This Saturday

How do you know?

Had a talk from an admissions tutor from Queens earlier

Original post by AngusK

Is this across all subjects?

Yeah

Reply 785

H.A.

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No.. not yet, hopefully soon :tongue:

All I really want is a STEP offer, after that it's all in my hands for better or worse

Reply 786

H.A.

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Original post by thesmallman

Had a talk from an admissions tutor from Queens earlier

Yeah

Any idea what it's like for maths?

Reply 787

Doones

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Original post by thesmallman

Apparently the number of applications to Queens increased by 40% this year- looks like we're in for a lot of competition guys!!

Across the college? I doubt that very much.

Christ's applications went up 25% last year but that was largely due to the highly visible (and helpful) Christ's Admissions Tutor and L'evil fish's successful "selling" of the college on TSR. There hasn't been any similar activity by Queens'

Queens' applicants declined last year so may well have recovered somewhat this year. But 40% sounds much too high.

We won't know officially until April 2016 when the Stats page will be updated with 2016 Applicants data.

Reply 788

joanneeve

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Hey i just logged in since results day and saw this thread. Im currently at Queens' studying Biological natural sciences so let me know if any of you want interview advice / have general Queens' questions!

Reply 789

thesmallman

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Original post by jneill

Across the college? I doubt that very much.

Christ's applications went up 25% last year but that was largely due to the highly visible (and helpful) Christ's Admissions Tutor and L'evil fish's successful "selling" of the college on TSR. There hasn't been any similar activity by Queens'

Queens' applicants declined last year so may well have recovered somewhat this year. But 40% sounds much too high.

We won't know officially until April 2016 when the Stats page will be updated with 2016 Applicants data.

I was surprised by that figure but I was told this by a queens college admissions tutor who gave a talk at my school earlier, I think she said the number of applicants went up from 6XX to 9XX (cant remember the exact number)

Reply 790

Doones

21

Original post by thesmallman

I was surprised by that figure but I was told this by a queens college admissions tutor who gave a talk at my school earlier, I think she said the number of applicants went up from 6XX to 9XX (cant remember the exact number)

Well last year was indeed 6xx so yes 9xx would be correct for a 40% increase. Wow. I wonder if other colleges have seen anything similar...

Reply 791

J.W.G.Cane

Original post by jneill

Well last year was indeed 6xx so yes 9xx would be correct for a 40% increase. Wow. I wonder if other colleges have seen anything similar...

Any idea how any people are interviewed compared to amount of places available? Specifically for Law if possible :smile:

not that I want to worry myself with statistics or anything ... :wink:

Reply 792

Doones

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Original post by J.W.G.Cane

Any idea how any people are interviewed compared to amount of places available? Specifically for Law if possible :smile:

not that I want to worry myself with statistics or anything ... :wink:

Cambridge interview >80% of all applicants. There's no subject (or college) specific data afaik...

Reply 793

thesmallman

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Original post by jneill

Well last year was indeed 6xx so yes 9xx would be correct for a 40% increase. Wow. I wonder if other colleges have seen anything similar...

I'm putting all my hopes on the pooling system...looks like I won't be getting into queens :frown:

Reply 794

ChristianM

Original post by thesmallman

I'm putting all my hopes on the pooling system...looks like I won't be getting into queens :frown:

Application numbers don't matter, if you are good enough you get in or get pooled, numbers fluctuate every year, that's stats for you

Reply 795

Bolts

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Any engineers here? Got an interview date?

Reply 796

chasvortex

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Original post by Bolts

Any engineers here? Got an interview date?

Not yet :'( what about you? Hoping maybe we might find out next week!

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 797

J.W.G.Cane

Without stating the obvious, can anyone recommend a good way to prep for the CLT? *don't say reading, that's a given* :smile:

Reply 798

Bolts

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[QUOTE=chasvortex;60567593]Not yet :'( what about you? Hoping maybe we might find out next week!

Unfortunately not heard anything mate

Reply 799

gdt

Are there any other post A-level applicants in this thread, and if there are, were you aware that post A-level applicants have earlier interviews? I was told I have an interview on the 17th of November last Friday, and have spent the last week in a state of mild panic.

Queens' College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

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