Pembroke College Cambridge 2022 Applicants Thread

S9123

11

Hi,
I have not seen anyone start a thread for Pembroke College Cambridge so I made this :smile:

. What did you all apply for? How did you find the admissions exam? Heard back from them?

Reply 1

fluffycats2004

9

Original post by S9123

Hi,
I have not seen anyone start a thread for Pembroke College Cambridge so I made this :smile:

. What did you all apply for? How did you find the admissions exam? Heard back from them?

Hi!
I applied for English - the admissions exam was okay - didn’t like it at first but managed to create some sort of answer!
I haven’t heard anything about interviews yet :smile:

Reply 2

S9123

OP

11

Original post by fluffycats2004

Hi!
I applied for English - the admissions exam was okay - didn’t like it at first but managed to create some sort of answer!
I haven’t heard anything about interviews yet :smile:

Hi,
Nice! Glad to hear that the exam went fairly smoothly. I applied for Engineering - the admission exam went better than I think it would.
I haven't heard anything back yet either, but will most likely know if I have been shortlisted next week! I wish you the best of luck!

Reply 3

fluffycats2004

9

Original post by S9123

Hi,
Nice! Glad to hear that the exam went fairly smoothly. I applied for Engineering - the admission exam went better than I think it would.
I haven't heard anything back yet either, but will most likely know if I have been shortlisted next week! I wish you the best of luck!

Ah that’s great! I’m glad it went okay.
Thank you so much - you too! Let me know if you do get an interview - I’m sure you will :smile:

Reply 4

tjh29

4

Original post by fluffycats2004

Hi!
I applied for English - the admissions exam was okay - didn’t like it at first but managed to create some sort of answer!
I haven’t heard anything about interviews yet :smile:

Hey, I also applied for English! I’m interested to know which two pieces you picked for the ELAT and what kind of answer you put together, writing about gardens wasn’t exactly a field of expertise of mine! I also think I put together an interesting answer about it, although upon reflection I can see the easy holes to pick it apart

Reply 5

fluffycats2004

9

Original post by tjh29

Hey, I also applied for English! I’m interested to know which two pieces you picked for the ELAT and what kind of answer you put together, writing about gardens wasn’t exactly a field of expertise of mine! I also think I put together an interesting answer about it, although upon reflection I can see the easy holes to pick it apart

Hey! I picked the burning leaves one and the text about the gardeners apprentice I think - where it had things about the Garden of Eden etc. I spoke about the inevitability of cycles of nature and linked it to humanity - sort of like linking the garden to elements of human nature in that way! How about you? And how are you feeling about the whole process - hopefully we get to hear back about interviews soon!

Reply 6

tjh29

4

Original post by fluffycats2004

Hey! I picked the burning leaves one and the text about the gardeners apprentice I think - where it had things about the Garden of Eden etc. I spoke about the inevitability of cycles of nature and linked it to humanity - sort of like linking the garden to elements of human nature in that way! How about you? And how are you feeling about the whole process - hopefully we get to hear back about interviews soon!

Ahh I picked F as well; I feel like I was the only one who picked A&F, with A being about the landscaper at the rich guy’s house - talking about picturesque landscaping.

That’s such a cool approach though! I did something similar linking humanity and nature but I basically said the concept of a garden is flawed in that in trying to ‘capture’ nature you lose an inherent part of it, it’s transience etc, that the garden cannot capture nature to it’s true beauty. I felt it was a massive stretch and so pretentious but it’s fine we move lol.

As for the whole process, I’m not expecting an interview tbh, my written work was late and sub-par so I really don’t think they’ll take that too kindly. I hope it was all okay for you though! I presume we’ll find out in the next day or so.

(edited 2 years ago)

Reply 7

Engz

5

Original post by fluffycats2004

Ah that’s great! I’m glad it went okay.
Thank you so much - you too! Let me know if you do get an interview - I’m sure you will :smile:

Engineering here as well . Getting very nervous - you heard anything yet ?

(edited 2 years ago)

Reply 8

s8520

11

hey, I’ve applied to Pembroke for natural sciences!

Reply 9

Engz

5

Original post by s8520

hey, I’ve applied to Pembroke for natural sciences!

That’s great ! I hope you get an interview - they seemed to say they would let us know by this Monday for engineering . Worried that I have heard nothing yet but there isn’t any eng or Natsci offers from Pembroke by the looks of it

Reply 10

s8520

11

Original post by Engz

That’s great ! I hope you get an interview - they seemed to say they would let us know by this Monday for engineering . Worried that I have heard nothing yet but there isn’t any eng or Natsci offers from Pembroke by the looks of it

I know yeah, they said to email if u hadn’t heard by mon so I might email mon evening if I haven’t got anything yet😬…yh idk anyone else whose got an interview for Pembroke natsci/Eng yet

Reply 11

AidenStonehouse

6

Original post by s8520

I know yeah, they said to email if u hadn’t heard by mon so I might email mon evening if I haven’t got anything yet😬…yh idk anyone else whose got an interview for Pembroke natsci/Eng yet

I haven't heard from Pembroke either, we will hopefully hear tomorrow.

Reply 12

Engz

5

Original post by AidenStonehouse

I haven't heard from Pembroke either, we will hopefully hear tomorrow.

What are your predictions and how did you find the ENGAA ?

Reply 13

S9123

OP

11

Original post by Engz

Engineering here as well . Getting very nervous - you heard anything yet ?

Nope - nervous too, just hoping for the best. Which other universities did you apply to?

Reply 14

S9123

OP

11

Original post by Engz

What are your predictions and how did you find the ENGAA ?

A*A*A*A*A - in Bio(A), Chem, Physics, Maths, and EPQ (Chaos theory). The ENGAA was weird but I somehow managed to keep track of time and I think I did okay-ish. Yourself?

Reply 15

Engz

5

Original post by S9123

Nope - nervous too, just hoping for the best. Which other universities did you apply to?

Durham , Bristol , Loughborough , imperial

Reply 16

Engz

5

Original post by S9123

A*A*A*A*A - in Bio(A), Chem, Physics, Maths, and EPQ (Chaos theory). The ENGAA was weird but I somehow managed to keep track of time and I think I did okay-ish. Yourself?

I think I did okay - finished 1a and section 2, ran out of time on 1b . I am A*A*AAA Maths , physics , FM, computer science , EPQ

Reply 17

S9123

OP

11

Original post by Engz

I think I did okay - finished 1a and section 2, ran out of time on 1b . I am A*A*AAA Maths , physics , FM, computer science , EPQ

What's your EPQ on?

Reply 18

Engz

5

Original post by S9123

What's your EPQ on?

Finite element analysis 🙂 have you had much extracurricular eng experience ?

Reply 19

fluffycats2004

9

Original post by s8520

I know yeah, they said to email if u hadn’t heard by mon so I might email mon evening if I haven’t got anything yet😬…yh idk anyone else whose got an interview for Pembroke natsci/Eng yet

where did they say about emailing by mon? just looked on the website and i’m definitely missing something😂

Pembroke College Cambridge 2022 Applicants Thread

Quick Reply

Related discussions

Latest

Trending

Trending

Articles for you