Cambridge 2011 Freshers Chat Thread

For people who got offers for any colleges for maths, can you tell me what you had to do to get the offer? Is getting gold band for maths challege neccessary? Or did people just do well in the A Level maths and got offer? I don't know what I need to have to do T_T one person in my school got an offer from homerton college and he didnt do anything special at all, he didnt get anything in the maths challenge and he even did resits for C3. He still got an offer from cambridge. Other person i know was selected for Balakan maths olympiad and got in the cambridge. What do i really need to do?

have people heard from their colleges about accomodation etc. yet? i havent heard anything since i firmed my choice... for christs btw.

I know this is a really late response to your question, but I really hope I'll be doing English at Robinson

Hello, can one of you lovely people tell me when we actually move in? My course starts 1st Oct, is there freshers before that? It's St John's if that makes a difference

woohoo! thats so exciting! did you apply there or get pooled?

Well, funny story that. I applied to Selwyn, but applied for a Choral Scholarship. On the Choral Scholarship form you rate the colleges in order of preference and Selwyn choir didn't want me, so I was moved to my second choice, which was Robinson and had my interview there. So I didn't apply there, but I didn't get pooled either.
How about you? What subject are you hoping to do. I somewhat doubt I'll actually be at Robinson next year, if my history went as badly as I think it did today, but I guess I'll just pray. :s

Well, funny story that. I applied to Selwyn, but applied for a Choral Scholarship. On the Choral Scholarship form you rate the colleges in order of preference and Selwyn choir didn't want me, so I was moved to my second choice, which was Robinson and had my interview there. So I didn't apply there, but I didn't get pooled either.
How about you? What subject are you hoping to do. I somewhat doubt I'll actually be at Robinson next year, if my history went as badly as I think it did today, but I guess I'll just pray. :s

I would rather be anonymous on here, but yes, you probably have seen me on the FB group
Don't worry about not receiving a confirmation after firming on UCAS. They did reply to my email right after I got my offer saying that I would be accepting (even though I hadn't firmed it on UCAS at that stage).

As you say, if you're very concerned, just email and ask

(Again, about a month or two ago, you should have recieved an email or a letter in the post telling you about the fact that the page was updated for 2011 Fresher's... make sure that the college have your email and or postal address )

I'm Physical NatSci toooo! I'm going to do Physics, Chemistry but not sure about my last module.

WHO WAS IT THAT SAID EMMA WATSON WAS COMING TO CAM? She's off to Oxford silly girl! Bad decision!

we have a special vet freshers thing too cause we're awesome :-D i believe it goes on once lectures have started though

you're going to be a choral scholar? THIS IS AWESOME. I'm a choral scholar :P It's fun. Are you a sop or an alto?

Im sure you'll be ok, from what i've heard everyone thought that history was a bitch so it'll be standardised in your favour (thats the optimistic view that i take with all my exams )
I chose Robinson as first choice - i kinda wanted somewhere thats a bit chilled out to go back to after lectures and i didnt want to have to be worrying about the whole 'you cant walk on the grass' thing. Plus I've heard its food and accommodation is really good
Im going to to Veterinary Medicine - sooooooooooo excited but like you am worried about the grades. That A* is difficult to get!

Was that the reason for those very, very abusive emails?

Wooo! English Choral Scholars (If i get the grades...) I'm a Sop. How about you? I read Maggi Dawn's book the other day without realising she was the chaplain, I told everyone she was when I finished, but they weren't really very interested.

Can't believe John's offered me A*A*A ,the pain of this revision and pressure has nearly won out over the initial excitement of the offer, I hate this college and I'm not even there yet Is anyone else in the same boat?