The Official Cambridge Offer Holders Thread 2017 Entry

Some of the 2016 admissions assessment papers are now available (mostly Arts subjects) from the respective course pages on http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses, the other ones to follow shortly I assume.

I need A*A*A for Cambridge and A*AA for my insurance (that's right I'm an idiot taking a gamble). Every time I get something in the post from my college I get all excited about going to Cambridge, but then it sinks in that it is all to easy for me to end up taking a gap year

I need A*A*A for Cambridge too, and AAA for Durham. Ahhh help us

According to a friend we might hear around April/May for accommodation because she did for Pembroke college last year, but then again things probably change year by year, and as always are college-dependant.

Question about essay competitions for offer holders :
Did any offer holders enter the Cambridge essay competitions (especially for history) and if so did winning / being highly commended / just entering help with your application?

I entered a Corpus one for English Lit (did it on a Japanese novel) and I don't think the fact I entered it would have helped much, but I learned a lot from reading and analysing a piece of Japanese literature which was helpful at interview and in my personal statement.

Thank you for the quick response! I just found out that I didn't place for the Corpus History competition and was wondering if it would have a great affect on my application. I did enjoy writing the essay so I'll mention it in my personal statement

Awh they've put the ASNaC one up instead of the AMES one but thank you for the link!

AAA is a good insurance to have. You'll be fine. |Remember an A is only 80%
(not raw marks). Aim for top 5% of exam takers in each subject to secure the A*.
Remember most Cambridge offer holders end up exceeding their offers (and
rejectees such as myself also ). Loads of us up at Durham with 4 A* you know, it's
not so hard, just stay focussed upon your studies.

And this time next year you won't even care about your A levels, they're just the
ticket into university, that's when the real hard work kicks in. Make sure you stay
healthy over the coming months and take chillout breaks regularly. It's extremely
important to look after yourself and keep everything in perspective.

Take care

Question about essay competitions for offer holders :
Did any offer holders enter the Cambridge essay competitions (especially for history) and if so did winning / being highly commended / just entering help with your application?

I know this sounds silly and dumb, I am probably just tired, but how exactly does one aim to be in the top 5% of exam takers?

5 hours of revision today

First time trying to stick to a proper revision timetable

Goal is 33 hours overall in total this week

Usually do 12 hours (locking self in bedroom etc) on one subject for a whole day

Now it says one-two hours per subject

Currently having a two hour break and listening to a few albums

This is probably a healthier way to study and I do hope it works

Wish me luck

Hope it works out! Meanwhile I've spent the day in bed unable to force myself to do anything because I've just completely lost all motivation. And the worst bit is I have my mocks the week beginning 24th April and I've barely started revising for them!


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You'll be fine I believe in you!

Sadly, I'm running behind schedule by a few hours, and I don't fancy staying up all night trying to claw those hours back. On target to do 27 accumalative hours, Monday 10th to Sunday 16th.

A few hours isn't the end of the world, you'll make it up over the next few weeks. The only thing I've achieved in the last week is that I can now see my bedroom floor again because ive tidied it 😂😂


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Hello guys
How is everyone on this fine evening


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Decent
Not looking forward to the next four days though - library is closed for Easter and there's so many distractions at home (mainly family).

ooooh welll