Scottish Students Applying to Cambridge for 2015 Entry

The normal Cambridge forums are full of crazy questions about UMS (whatever those are!) and a/s levels...so here is a forum for Scottish students to discuss Highers/ Advanced Highers; the difficulties of attending open days and visiting colleges and other such info!

Course: Economics
College: Emmanuel

4th year:
Int 2/ standard grades: 11111, A(1) A(2)
Higher music: A(2)

5th year:
Highers: bio A1 chem A1 maths and english A2
Advanced higher music: A2

Next year:
Advanced maths, applied maths with statistics, history (crashing this) and chemistry/bio/English hm.. And also higher philosophy for giggles

Done extra reading and attended an emmanuel open day with school but no work experience, although I did try. My school only offers economics as a higher in 6th year and it clashes with my timetable aaaaahhhh

Course: Economics
College: Emmanuel

4th year:
Int 2/ standard grades: 11111, A(1) A(2)
Higher music: A(2)

5th year:
Highers: bio A1 chem A1 maths and english A2
Advanced higher music: A2

Next year:
Advanced maths, applied maths with statistics, history (crashing this) and chemistry/bio/English hm.. And also higher philosophy for giggles

Done extra reading and attended an emmanuel open day with school but no work experience, although I did try. My school only offers economics as a higher in 6th year and it clashes with my timetable aaaaahhhh

Course: BioNatSci

College: absolutely no clue, couldn't make the open day, any suggestions would be appreciated I'd like to stay in the college the whole time and be in walking distance of my lectures.

Standard grades: seven 1's and a 2.

Highers :

Maths - A band 1
English - A band 1
Human biology - A band 1
Chemistry - A band 1
Physics - A band 1

This year I'm doing:

Advanced higher Maths
Advanced higher biology
Advanced higher chemistry
Higher Politics (for the bantz)

Extras - done a Nuffield research project for a month doing my own research, also read some biochemistry related books and stuff along those lines


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I read that if you have at least 4A1s and don't get accepted by the college you applied to, you will get autopooled (for English students to be autopooled they have to have a 93% UMS average)

I read that too! I was like woooo was your "example" actually your application or...?


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Yeah it is my actual application, so yeah I too will be eligible for autopooling

Oh don't worry, I added the brackets after you mentioned it! Tbh I went to the St Catherine's Open day because it was the only one I could make it to! I originally had a soft spot for Madgalene but as I walked around st Catherine's I slowly began to love it and realised it filled most of my criteria (really quite central, good- but not crazily academically focused like Trinity or something -academic performance, not over subscribed, nice size, old college and nice old building and an amazing history department), the only thing it didn't have was a cool, Hogwarts-esque dining hall

"In the case of post qualification... Three A1's at advanced higher..."

Does this mean if you've taken a gap year or what? I'm not too sure


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I'm not 100% sure, but I think it just means if you've applied after you have completed and received your results for Advanced Highers for whatever reason, be that due to one going on a gap year

Okay that's fine, thought for a second if I was picked from the pool my offer would be A1A1A1


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Nice, a Scottish Cambridge thread, much needed. I'm applying for physical natsci this year at St. Catherine's college, pretty much for the exact same reasons as the OP. My S.G's were horrific, Highers are okay and AHs are good, so should hopefully get an interview (fingers crossed). Anyone here a student who is the first to apply to Oxbridge from there school? Furthermore I'm a sorta gap year applicant as well.
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Nice, a Scottish Cambridge thread, much needed. I'm applying for physical natsci this year at St. Catherine's college, pretty much for the exact same reasons as the OP. My S.G's were horrific, Highers are okay and AHs are good, so should hopefully get an interview (fingers crossed). Anyone here a student who is the first to apply to Oxbridge from there school? Furthermore I'm a sorta gap year applicant as well.


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Do you mind if I ask how you did in your Highers/Advanced Highers? Also, St Catherine's woop! And quite a few people each year from my school apply to Oxbridge, I'd say at least a dozen or so to each uni but far fewer get accepted, maybe three or four each (also my school is kinda split in two so that's statistics for both schools, which is about 250 people)