[Official] Cambridge English Applicants 2022

Not sure who's supposed to start this thread (and if it's even 'official'...), but, with applications in, I thought I'd kick things off.

1. A-Level subjects & predictions
2. 'Supercurriculars' & personal statement
3. GCSEs
4. ELAT prep1. English, History, Politics (3A*)
2. Reading, lecture or two, one MOOC.
3. 10 A*s (although these are covid grades)
4. We don't talk about that...
5. Pembroke -- great for English, central, academic, beautiful
6. Cambridge course is better: more modern, nothing of the likes of Beowulf, practical criticism
7. State

Definitely time to start a thread for this, especially as the 'other' : ) have one.
5. College & reason
6. The inevitable question: why Cambridge? (in other words, why not the 'other'...?)
7. State/ private/ grammar (more optional)

I imagine this will become more of an ELAT discussion thread in the coming weeks, but would be great to get to know each other!

1. A*AA - English Literature, History and Religious Studies
2. Reading, lectures, LAMDA
3. 4 Grade 9s, 2 Grade 8s, 2 Grade 7s and 1 Grade 6 (but that's biology, we don't talk about that!)
4. Had a read through some different extracts, will be practising the papers
5. Jesus College - I visited there and adored it, beautiful grounds and very welcoming people
6. The atmosphere, the course's emphasis on literature through the ages really appeals to me and the focused, one-on-one style of teaching there looks incredible.
7. State

hey guys wondering if you’ve thought about what essays you’d submit? idk if it would be weird to submit an extract of my NEA

On my college’s website it says you can’t submit coursework as your written work…. does that rule out NEA then? I was going to send my NEA on Jane Eyre & feminism, I’m really proud of it and don’t have anything else as good I don’t think. Panicking now! Any insight?

Nice! What type of stuff did you read for your application?

So annoying that so much of it is copyrighted 😩

what?

I'm really interested in diversifying my literature tastes, so I read Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold, which is a translated Japenese novella - I'd definitely recommend it if you're a fan of magical realism! So I talked about that in my PS, about reading literature from different cultures. I also mentioned reading The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller for a more contemporary take on tragedy for my Aspects of Tragedy A-Level unit. Another novella I mentioned was This Is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill which is published on The New Yorker website - it details workplace sexual harassment, so I referenced my passion for modern feminist literature.
What kind of books did you all read?

what?

Hi guys! I'm a current second year doing English at Christ's College, feel free to ask me any questions. Good luck with your applications!

Hey! I was just wondering about submitted work. I only have a few essays I’m really proud of (because of COVID we haven’t written many) but they are for AS content because my school separates it. I know you just have your experience to answer by but just wanted advice!