Official Cambridge Applicants Thread 2016 Entry

I notice you did Chinese IGCSE. I did AQA Chinese GCSE. Did you enjoy it?

AQA Philosophy?

If I don't get in I'll just be really really upset. I won't cry because ultimately I'm not expecting to get a place, but if I don't get in I'll still consider going on a rampage.

Thank you for your advice! That was exactly what I was thinking! A MFL would indeed be more useful for Economics, but I'm still undecided >< Well I've got an A* (with full marks) in Mandarin Chinese GCSE but I don't really think that's enough xD

Which AS Levels did you take and what did you get in them (if you don't mind me asking)?

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I'm fluent in Chinese, so yeah I loved it The vocab wasn't too bad, I watch a lot of chinese tv and end up reading the chinese subtitles in chinese and pick it up that way as well as revision xD I didn't revise for the speaking but it was pretty nerve-wracking, i got a crappy topic that day for the speaking D:

How do you find it? Is it controlled assessment?

Oh, that makes it a bit easier! I didn't really revise for any of the exams, because the amount of vocab they expect you to know is impossible to learn, so I was just relying on what was in my long term memory. But the CAs needed to just be learned and that is unavoidable. I really enjoy it as a language though.

Did you ever think about the Chinese Speaking Competition?

Ahh, it's around 400-600 words for the GCSE isn't it? Ahh lucky! iGCSE has no controlled assessment so it's just a random topic for both writing tasks and the speaking. I managed to get gvt and politics for my speaking - just my luck! Are you going to take it to A Level?

Have never heard of it! what is it?

I was hoping you'd help me choose

The suggested word count for us was 300 I think, but I ended up writing about 1500 for both tasks which was slightly excessive! I had to cut back a little more on the speaking because there's a time limit.

It's a competition run by the British Council, for individuals to do a presentation and groups to do a drama performance. See here.
I took part three times; twice as an individual and once as a group. It was great, but I'm not sure what the eligibility is now.

I'm not planning to do it to A-level, mainly because it's apparently ridiculously hard and biased towards the native speakers who take it. Nobody in my school has ever got above a B in it, and that's similar for the whole area. If I didn't have to take an exam, I would've continued though.

Daaarrrnnn I'm pretty undecided too!

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Hi,

GCSEs: 11A*s

Currently go to school in Oxford, but want to get out!

Taking maths, biology, chemistry, physics as level then will drop physics for a level.

want to study medicine. Does anyone have any advice - work experience, further reading, personal statement, UKCAT or BMAT!

Thanks in advance,

Freddie

On track to what I hope for , which is Natural Sciences (Specialise in Physics).

11A*s at GCSE,
Now all I need to do is A-Levels well (which is an understatement).

Hope I'll do fine, my A Levels are:
Mathematics
Further Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Physics

Hi,

GCSEs: 11A*s

Currently go to school in Oxford, but want to get out!

Taking maths, biology, chemistry, physics as level then will drop physics for a level.

want to study medicine. Does anyone have any advice - work experience, further reading, personal statement, UKCAT or BMAT!

Thanks in advance,

Freddie

YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK SO PRETTY BAE

Also...have any of you even considered the colleges you are going to apply to? I kinda like Fitzwilliam(sis goes here), Homerton and Pembroke.

Also...have any of you even considered the colleges you are going to apply to? I kinda like Fitzwilliam(sis goes here), Homerton and Pembroke.

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If you got As but no A*s at GCSE and As at AS, expecting A*A*A*A at A2, would GCSEs be considered somewhat "made up for"?

Do you have any advice on a strong application for courses like natural svience or chemistry?

Hey everyone! I got 8A*s and 5As in my GCSEs this year. Will the 5As affect my application (if I make one, it's still quite early!)?

I also took Critical Thinking early at AS and got an A. I got 83 ums on the first module and 85 on the second. For A level I am taking Geography, Biology, English Language and Literature and History. I do various extra curriculars and intend to do an EPQ.

I am thinking of possibly doing Geography. Is my profile competitive/good enough so far?