Official Cambridge Applicants Thread 2016 Entry

About 1hr 30 but I did some of it in very long winded ways

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A bit over an hour iirc

This has probably been asked before, but why did everyone choose Cambridge over Oxford?

For me personally, it's because my GCSEs aren't exactly amazing, I have some relatives in Cambridge and I'll always think of Oxford as full to the brim with toffs

Edit: Cambridge is also much, much more prettier!

Illness sick, otherwise I'd be up revising like mad

Cambridge is where the smart people are at

I want to be the dumbest person in the room

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This has probably been asked before, but why did everyone choose Cambridge over Oxford?

For me personally, it's because my GCSEs aren't exactly amazing, I have some relatives in Cambridge and I'll always think of Oxford as full to the brim with toffs

Edit: Cambridge is also much, much more prettier!

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I hope you get better .

I also don't have stellar GCSEs (at least not by Oxford standards!). I'm hoping that when I go to the open day I will find more reason to like Cambridge in itself, though.

How are we all approaching the exam season then? I see a few of yous doing all nighters! I personally am going to relax a bit (well, not "relax" but just ensuring a get enough sleep and that)

Looking at vlogs and pictures etc, the Cambridge city looks very peaceful and quiet. I'm not sure I'd like the hustle and bustle of Oxford

Cambridge is where the smart people are at

I want to be the dumbest person in the room

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So do I!

Actually feeling way more stressed than for GCSEs because of this silly UMS thing they keep telling me about
No way can I do an all-nighter - maybe 3 hours when I get home them off to bed!

I've been to both Cambridge and Oxford multiple times and I can say that Cambridge is far more beautiful than Oxford (imo).

If all goes well, in ~1.5 years you may look back at these posts and think about the good old days when you used to believe you were quite clever .

If all goes well, in ~1.5 years you may look back at these posts and wistfully recall the good old days when you used to believe you were quite clever .

Some Oxford students I know have also told me that

Na I don't think I'm cleverbI just meant I wanted to be surrounded by people truly brilliant at their subject and I think Cambridge cultures this. I guess the tag on sentence suggested some arrogance but its just a quote I kinda liked.

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Hmm after joining this thread, I've already done that several times

Hmm incidentally I actually feel the opposite! My reasoning is that I've been able to revise for my AS Levels in much more depth beforehand and as such, I kind of feel as though this is just a bit of a consolidation stage,and any revision from now on will have only a negligible impact on my performance. Nevertheless though you're right - that could mean a couple more UMS, especially in Maths and Sciences!

Looking at vlogs and pictures etc, the Cambridge city looks very peaceful and quiet. I'm not sure I'd like the hustle and bustle of Oxford

No, I didn't meant to imply you guys were arrogant at all. It's a truism anyway that most people who apply to Cambridge are amongst the top academically in their peer groups so it's only natural to feel clever.



There are some really bright people on TSR. There was this 'challenging maths problem' thread that spawned off from the 2015 Cam applicants thread and the people in there were solving stuff that I'm not sure I could have done . . . and I'm a maths graduate . . .