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Lecturers aren't as contrained to syllabuses as in other universities
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The best scholars in their subjects tend to teach at Oxbridge
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The exam system rewards depth of knowledge in a subject much more than breadth - for example, a lot of other universities have a core set of courses you need to pass in order to pass the whole year / course. Cambridge allows for the students to be very good at one area and very bad at another.
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Students at other universities (KCL particularly, in my experience) appear to complain about the difficulty of courses if it isn't uniform year to year. This forces the difficulty of the exams down.
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Each paper contains questions from all subjects
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You have massive choice in the questions you can attempt - there are far too many to complete even half of them.
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There is no minimum standard to be achieved in any one subject - you could have attended a course diligently but not answer one question on it.
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The marking scheme rewards depth of answers - you can't pick up many marks by answering the trivial parts of lots of questions.
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The structure of the questions is a bookwork part followed by a 'problem' element, which requires real thought, and is rewarding, to complete.
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Time pressure is not such an issue in Cambridge exams. I've invigilated an exam at Bath where people struggle to regurgitate stuff onto the paper quickly enough. The exams allow you time to think.
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