Ask An(other) Admissions Tutor 25/07/2017-08/08/2017

Hello.

I'm not sure if this has been answered yet, so apologies if it has.

My question is: Is average science UMS still used during the selection process for students who have taken external AS exams? And if so, which 3 relevant subjects are used when calculating the science UMS average for Medicine? I'm taking Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths, and I think i'm certain that I did pretty badly in Biology. I was wondering if that would be me at a disadvantage?

Thanks (:

Do you have UMS? Which exam board did you sit?

Average UMS is calculated if it's available but it was never used as a selection criteria. It was used for as part of some Pooling calculations but never for medicine anyway.

Edit: gah! Wrong thread again...

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There're many informal, casual music groups/bands in & across colleges, both contemporary and classical. It's usually formed on friendly basis, often quite randomly, so some lasts for years, some just for a few sessions.
Those things are quite fluid, often much influenced by who happens to be where and when, but something is happening somewhere all the time. Once you get to know or involved in something, a network of like-minded musicians develops naturally, so it's not too difficult to find out their activities.

If you can't find an existing group you'd be interested, you just make one yourself.
AFAIK, most colleges have music practice rooms, but you'd have to ask each college (or their JCR) what sort of facility (and number of rooms) they have if you want to know details.

Yeah tbh this is mostly hypothetical because I haven't even started playing any instruments so I doubt I'll be at a level tgat I'll be capable of playing in a band.

Am I correct to assume that I wouldn't be disadvantaged by not mentioning any extracurricular activities not related to the subject I want to study on my personal statement (in the case that Cambridge is the only university I want to apply to in the U.K.)?

I have specific questions about Christ's accommodation and facilities. Firstly, is internet access unlimited data? Secondly, are there any music practice rooms? Actually a general question about cambridge as a whole, is there even a culture for performance of more contemporary music (like do people form bands ect)? If a particular society or activity doesn't operate at your college, how usual is it to go to over colleges or locations to engage in those activities?

Exactly' me thinks there is no magic formula for the perfect PS. As I acknowledged in my post the OP is only interested in Cambridge and for them, no extra curriculars aren't important.

My post was just to reassure future students that. other RG unis may well be interested if you can show what you have learnt from them and not to ignore them completely. I wanted to reassure students that you don't have to be a "geek" with your head in a book 24/7 to be eligible to apply to Cambridge or any other university for that matter. So not true in my own experience.

Congrats on your offer by the, enjoy the experience😀

For someone applying for deferred entry because of military service, must any additional letter or documentation be submitted as proof of this?

Ah! I forgot that the new linear qualifications don't have UMS... ignore me.

Where Christ's specifically is concerned, yes, the internet access is as far as I know unlimited data (or at least, if there is a limit, no student appears to have hit it yet - and I imagine quite a few of them have had a really good try!)

Hello,

A few questions. I took only 5 IGCSE (5A*) because those are all the courses offered in my school. Will this put me at disadvantage?
I took an American aptitude test called ACT, which is kind of equivalent to SAT, and got good results. Is this helpful?
As a potential applicant for math, I took all STEP I/II/III this year but might have done badly in STEP III. Will this affect my application, or can I decide whether to submit the result?
(Besides I'm international and non-native speaker)

Thank you very much!

(And sorry to contradict you, @Doonesbury, but that role could at times be very significant, especially in competitive subjects like Medicine.)

Tip: pick up the bass guitar, simpler than many instruments and you will get proficient much faster. bands always need bassists and the basics of bass are simple to master, often needing only a note or repeated pattern.

That's the instrument I want to learn actually although to be honest I'm not hugely enamoured with songs with repetative bass lines but I guess you've gotta start somewhere.

That's the instrument I want to learn actually although to be honest I'm not hugely enamoured with songs with repetative bass lines but I guess you've gotta start somewhere.

Where Christ's specifically is concerned, yes, the internet access is as far as I know unlimited data (or at least, if there is a limit, no student appears to have hit it yet - and I imagine quite a few of them have had a really good try!)

No problem! The SUMS as well as individual module UMSs?

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Things might have changed now as it's been a couple of years since my daughter graduated but in those days most colleges did have some limit on internet access though the allowance was usually quite generous.
But if you play a lot of internet games or do streaming & downloading it want too difficult to hit the limit. But you get a warning from a college (most commonly from Porter's office) that you're nearing to their limit, so you can avoid getting charged for excess use.