Cambridge Offer Holders 2015 thread

I'm not debating whether NatScis are an academically gifted cohort or not, but implying that there exists a hierarchy of difficulty and talent among subjects (and especially thinking that your subject marks you at the top of that hierarchy) is a harmful opinion to have, and I'll do all I can to avoid people that think such things if I get into Cambridge (you included I imagine).

Ok well have fun avoiding everyone in cambridge.


you would have to be incredibly naive to think all subjects are equally difficult. Every cambridge student knows some subjects are harder than others, and which those are. Even the professors and DoS do. thats why they recommend people who arent doing well on the harder subjects to switch to an easier (by cambridge standards degree).

Unless you think all the DoS have harmful opinions

Very few people would believe that doing a harder subject makes you better than someone who does an easier subject. but it is obvious which subjects are harder than others

Ok well have fun avoiding everyone in cambridge.


you would have to be incredibly naive to think all subjects are equally difficult. Every cambridge student knows some subjects are harder than others, and which those are. Even the professors and DoS do. thats why they recommend people who arent doing well on the harder subjects to switch to an easier (by cambridge standards degree).

Unless you think all the DoS have harmful opinions

Very few people would believe that doing a harder subject makes you better than someone who does an easier subject. but it is obvious which subjects are harder than others

Ok well have fun avoiding everyone in Cambridge.


you would have to be incredibly naive to think all subjects are equally difficult. Every Cambridge student knows some subjects are harder than others, and which those are. Even the professors and DoS do. That's why they recommend people who aren't doing well on the harder subjects to switch to an easier (by Cambridge standards degree).

Unless you think all the DoS have harmful opinions

Very few people would believe that doing a harder subject makes you better than someone who does an easier subject. but it is obvious which subjects are harder than others

I think that's the case for humanities but not for sciences

I believe that is the norm

Based off a Tab article, I think they generally do in the Arts, but not the Sciences (probably something to do with all the diagrams and formulae you need). You won't stand out.

They are synonymshttp://www.thesaurus.com/browse/involuntaryAnyway not really all that important - let's move on Posted from TSR Mobile

I don't dispute that they have something in common - actions that are involuntary and automatic both occur without any active intention - but there is quite an important difference between something which one is unable to stop, and something which happens without any active intention but can be stopped with one. I'm very confused if you do not think there is a considerable and important difference between those terms.

Let me know when you realise difficulty is subjective

Difficultly is also objective.

Look up percentage fails data or percentage firsts. You're a scienctist quantify and provide evidence to your hypothesis that i'm a snob otherwise i'm inclined to my own opinion.

you will realise when you go to cambridge.


Spoon feeding science makes no sense. You have to teach them the objective facts, how that is classed as spoon feeding i dont know..

Well its spoon feeding in so far as we're given relatively extensive notes and far more contact learning compared to other subjects. For instance we don't really need textbooks in IA because all the relevant information is gathered and condensed for us, it's nice and by god i'm grateful for it but it does result in much less independent research than other subjects entail. I don't mind people saying were spoon fed because with the amount of 'food' we have to eat i'd dread to think what it would be like if we weren't!


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Are you sober?


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Difficultly is also objective.

Look up percentage fails data or percentage firsts. You're a scienctist quantify and provide evidence to your hypothesis that i'm a snob otherwise i'm inclined to my own opinion.

Hahaha youre so funny. Is that really allyou can contribute to the discussion.

I weep for humanity..

Firsts
http://cambridge.tab.co.uk/2015/04/19/which-subject-gets-firsts/

"Easiest"
1. Linguistics
2. Education
3. NatSci
4. ASNAC
.
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"Hardest". Medics

Let me know when you realise difficulty is subjective

Surely difficulty is subjective?

I think I agree with you

But the question is...

Which are the hardest and which are the easiest

Firsts
http://cambridge.tab.co.uk/2015/04/19/which-subject-gets-firsts/

"Easiest"
1. Linguistics
2. Education
3. NatSci
4. ASNAC
.
.
"Hardest". Medics

Im a snob.

(But we do have the fourth highest failure rate after maths engineering and theology!)


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Theology? Do they stop believing?

(Data Linky?)

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Theology? Do they stop believing?

Edit to add: found the data - highest is 2.3% (i.e. very low)
http://cambridge.tab.co.uk/2015/04/26/subject-gets-fails/

Maths eas subject with higheet percentage failing. No surprise there