Productive year 11 summer for a future Cambridge Student

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No offence you should be working on that rather than faffing around with this summer school stuff.

Honestly I know several people who started at Oxford/Cambridge last year, and many more (including me) who have received offers this year. The truth is that almost all of us didn't go to any summer schools or do any of these programmes or actually very much in the way of extracurricular activity whatsoever... (and in fact the people I know who actually did do these activities all got rejected.)

Really it's a myth that you need to do all of these things and in reality all you need is a passion for your subject (and of course that does include outside reading) and to be talented. There's little more to it.

The point is that you're in year 11 and you needn't worry yourself about Cambridge so early on (in all honesty it's not worth thinking too much on it until the summer of year 12 - after the mocks you'll sit etc). Just enjoy your summer, read around areas of your subject that you enjoy and relax.

TL;DR Cambridge don't really care about your extracurricular activities, so just enjoy your life.

Current Trinity unconditional offer-holder and this is so very true^^^

Who wouldn't agree with their sock?

Haha...wait what?

how did you come across so many work experience and summer schools?

Just search online bro!