Met Cambridge offer but I'm anorexic

Have you considered deferring your offer for a year whilst you recover and beginning your course in 2017?

I achieved my offer to begin study at Cambridge this October. However, I'm anorexic and have a bmi of 12. This will be picked up at the health check which my college gives all new students and I would be considered "unfit to study"

What will happen? Will they kick me out? If so, would I be kicked out permanently and have to reapply next year? Or, will they let me in once I'm healthy?

Would they let me defer?

Would they let me defer?

I achieved my offer to begin study at Cambridge this October. However, I'm anorexic and have a bmi of 12. This will be picked up at the health check which my college gives all new students and I would be considered "unfit to study"

What will happen? Will they kick me out? If so, would I be kicked out permanently and have to reapply next year? Or, will they let me in once I'm healthy?

Far more likely to allow it if you contact them in advance and explain the situation, especially if you have support from parents and your GP/psychiatrist. Anorexia is never going to have a quick fix, and the stress of the Cambridge environment can make people worse, so it would be very sensible to try to improve your health before going to university. Well done for acknowledging the problem, and good luck with your recovery.

Been wondering why you are so concerned about registering with a local Cambridge GP.......


To start with, there're many students with various kind of health issues at Cambridge, both physical and mental, who are leading a 'normal' life as a student as their condition allows them sometimes with some extra help from their college and university. They will not bluntly reject someone only because they have some health issue.

However, your college needs to know about your problem so that they can take that into account in your care and can help you when you need it. And the life as a Cambridge student is really intense and demanding, you really must be sure yourself your problem is under control and can cope with the life there for your own sake, not because how your college or department may think of your condition.
As long as you can prove you can, the support system at Cambridge for student with health issues is, in general, very good, so you can rely on it.

What you need to do now is to contact your college asap and discuss about the issue.
And your condition is even more of a reason you need to register with a local Cambridge when you start there in case you need some assistance and care.

You'd be best speaking to the admissions team directly. Be completely honest with them and ask what your options are. I'm sure it's nothing that they haven't dealt with before - Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world!
All the best with your recovery.

Thank you all. The thing is, I'd much rather not defer and begin in October with everyone else.

I need to gain 16kg to be a healthy week and there's only 7 weeks until term starts.

I can't decide whether it would be better to try and gain the weight in the next 7 weeks, or ask to defer my offer instead.

Thank you all. The thing is, I'd much rather not defer and begin in October with everyone else.

I need to gain 16kg to be a healthy week and there's only 7 weeks until term starts.

I can't decide whether it would be better to try and gain the weight in the next 7 weeks, or ask to defer my offer instead.

Thank you all. The thing is, I'd much rather not defer and begin in October with everyone else.

I need to gain 16kg to be a healthy week and there's only 7 weeks until term starts.

I can't decide whether it would be better to try and gain the weight in the next 7 weeks, or ask to defer my offer instead.

Thank you all. The thing is, I'd much rather not defer and begin in October with everyone else.

I need to gain 16kg to be a healthy week and there's only 7 weeks until term starts.

I can't decide whether it would be better to try and gain the weight in the next 7 weeks, or ask to defer my offer instead.

I achieved my offer to begin study at Cambridge this October. However, I'm anorexic and have a bmi of 12. This will be picked up at the health check which my college gives all new students and I would be considered "unfit to study"

What will happen? Will they kick me out? If so, would I be kicked out permanently and have to reapply next year? Or, will they let me in once I'm healthy?