The Cambridge 2013 Results Day Discussion Thread

I wouldn't worry - as someone who has come from a very much working class background everyone is treated with the same amount of respect. People realise that if you have a place then you generally deserve it.

That said, your son should prepare to be the source of (friendly!) ridicule if he has an accent of some description. I'm still getting a lot of grief from people for mine (again, I must emphasise that it's all friendly - nothing remotely offensive!).

Even those with 'posh' accents get some grief!

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Newnham- Land Ec

I wouldn't worry - as someone who has come from a very much working class background everyone is treated with the same amount of respect. People realise that if you have a place then you generally deserve it.

That said, your son should prepare to be the source of (friendly!) ridicule if he has an accent of some description. I'm still getting a lot of grief from people for mine (again, I must emphasise that it's all friendly - nothing remotely offensive!).

Even those with 'posh' accents get some grief!

I keep experiencing a slight discomfort when people say "have a great year at Cambridge". Any mathmos feeling the same?...

Anyone at Emmanuel? And any phys natscis?

Anyone at Emmanuel? And any phys natscis?

Not an mathmo, but NatSci so pretty close.

Depends on what you mean. I wouldn't say it's discomfort, more like a sudden realisation that I'm actually going to study there and it's kind of mixture of excitement and insecureness. Something like: yeah, this is awesome, but haven't I perhaps put to much weight on my shoulders? After all, it's quite a big deal, isn't it.

I have a feeling he's talking about the fact that 40-50% of maths offer holders miss their offer.

http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/apply/statistics/subjects.html#maths

I thought you might be exagerating, but you aren't are you? Gulp.

Presumably the entry requirements for Maths are quite a lot more than the standard A*AA?

St John's - Land Ec

http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/apply/statistics/subjects.html#maths

I thought you might be exagerating, but you aren't are you? Gulp.

Presumably the entry requirements for Maths are quite a lot more than the standard A*AA?

Not an mathmo, but NatSci so pretty close.

Depends on what you mean. I wouldn't say it's discomfort, more like a sudden realisation that I'm actually going to study there and it's kind of mixture of excitement and insecureness. Something like: yeah, this is awesome, but haven't I perhaps put to much weight on my shoulders? After all, it's quite a big deal, isn't it.

I have a feeling he's talking about the fact that 40-50% of maths offer holders miss their offer.

We were! No, I didn't meet many either- several MMLers, the only other linguist and yes, what seemed to be loads of architects! So, is your offer reasonable?

Pembroke maths here

The reason I mentioned mathmos is because half of us will end up losing our places.

yayyy!
What is your offer?