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Thomb

Does anybody know anything about kings in general and applying to kings to study architecture in particular?

Reply 1

M14B

Original post by Thomb

Does anybody know anything about kings in general and applying to kings to study architecture in particular?

Off topic
I did not know you were a Cambridge hopeful.
:h:

Reply 2

Thomb

Original post by M14B

Off topic
I did not know you were a Cambridge hopeful.
:h:

Well I am currently taking a cert he at oxford and I'm finding it easy. So thought I could do a levels at the same time and I'd love to study architecture.

Reply 3

Zacken

I'm currently an offer holder at King's and visited it during interviews (as well as stayed there overnight) and done some (extensive) research on the place, so - given the lack of replies, I'll try and answer any questions you might have in a vague attempt.

Reply 4

Thomb

I've kind of changed my mind after seeing how popular the course is at Kings.

Reply 5

ozmo19

Original post by Thomb

I've kind of changed my mind after seeing how popular the course is at Kings.

Architecture is popular/heavily oversubscribed at all the colleges. I would say choose the college you like best

Reply 6

Thomb

Original post by ozmo19

Architecture is popular/heavily oversubscribed at all the colleges. I would say choose the college you like best

I like Kings the best but I've noticed that some of the less popular colleges have fewer applicants and higher acceptances as a consequence. - Though they are more specialised in what the tutor does.

So you get about 60 applicants at Kings with 4 acceptances whereas at Fitzwilliam you get 5 applicants and 4 acceptances. But the tutors at Kings do art history stuff and things I'm interested in whereas the Fitzwilliam tutor does systems analysis which is very specialised but something I could get good at - if you know what I mean?

Reply 7

Zacken

Original post by Thomb

If you're applying for an undergraduate degree, the tutors interests matter very little, I would think.

Reply 8

Thomb

Original post by Zacken

If you're applying for an undergraduate degree, the tutors interests matter very little, I would think.

Well I think that with so many to choose from deciding what college to apply to based on Tutors specialities is one way to go about it.

Why did you choose Kings?

Reply 9

Zacken

Original post by Thomb

Why did you choose Kings?

It looked like Hogwarts.

Reply 10

Thomb

Original post by Zacken

It looked like Hogwarts.

LoL

Reply 11

Zacken

Original post by Thomb

LoL

I'm serious, most peoples college choices boil down to the randomest inanest things, so if you feel like King's, pick King's. :yep:

Reply 12

Thomb

Original post by Zacken

I'm serious, most peoples college choices boil down to the randomest inanest things, so if you feel like King's, pick King's. :yep:

I'm not the strongest of candidates at the moment so I'm trying to hedge my bets but yeah I've always fancied Kings so I might plumb for that then?

What subject are you going to be studying?

Reply 13

Zacken

Original post by Thomb

I'm not the strongest of candidates at the moment so I'm trying to hedge my bets but yeah I've always fancied Kings so I might plumb for that then?

What subject are you going to be studying?

Hmm, yeah - there's quite a bit of time left to think over that.

Hopefully Maths. :smile:

Reply 14

Thomb

Original post by Zacken

Hmm, yeah - there's quite a bit of time left to think over that.

Hopefully Maths. :smile:

I'm not very good at maths but I'm taking it this year at GCSE level have you got any tips to get better at it?

Reply 15

Zacken

Original post by Thomb

I'm not very good at maths but I'm taking it this year at GCSE level have you got any tips to get better at it?

Mainly just lots practice and doing maths, make sure you understand why you do what you do, ask questions as soon as you don't understand something, don't ever go "bleurgh, I'm not sure why the solution did this nvm probably won't come up in the exam", there's a very active maths forum on TSR, ask somebody for help or clarification on the forum or somebody you know in real life, etc... but just make sure that you grasp everything and don't move on until you do because everything just builds on what you learnt previously.