Aww thanks haha! I'm absolutely loving it. I think it's just being able to do a subject I really love, and the style of teaching is perfect - I'm doing MML, and I only have one lecture a week and then around ten hours of small classes/supervisions, of 2, 3, 4, 6 or 10 people.
Yeah but the standard of Arts students is such that they still have an average of about 2.5 A*...A*AA is merely the minimum requirements and within cambridge quite low grades (though theres nothing wrong with them). Your tripos performance is what is important now
Yet a grade difference doesn't necessarily mean that your peers are better/worse. Everyone here has completely different strengths and weaknesses, especially being taught by completely different people and systems prior to university, as can be said for anywhere and not just Cambridge.
Yet a grade difference doesn't necessarily mean that your peers are better/worse. Everyone here has completely different strengths and weaknesses, especially being taught by completely different people and systems prior to university, as can be said for anywhere and not just Cambridge.
I think the person is forgetting that Cambridge assess a candidate on more than just grades. They take into account interviews, entrance tests, AS UMS, GCSEs, etc.
I think the person is forgetting that Cambridge assess a candidate on more than just grades. They take into account interviews, entrance tests, AS UMS, GCSEs, etc.
Exactly. It has been said that even if someone has the grades, if they don't think the style of teaching/course/environment is going to suit them at all, they'd be willing to reject for the sake of the student, which is fair enough. It's heavy going, and not everyone is going to suit that.