The Official Cambridge Offer Holders Thread 2016 Entry MK II

Everyone pumped for D1 tomorrow?

Same! A few months ago I felt totally fine about the idea of going to Durham, but the more work I've put in the more attached I am to Cambridge. I'd be pretty crushed if I didn't get in now...

3 hours of terror are over. Decision 1? more like Drawing 1
Didn't finish the paper but hopefully made up for it in M2 which was pretty decent!

Scheduling and gantt was just harsh tbf M2 is always fun though

3 hours of terror are over. Decision 1? more like Drawing 1
Didn't finish the paper but hopefully made up for it in M2 which was pretty decent!

Scheduling and gantt was just harsh tbf M2 is always fun though

So harsh! I skipped the scheduling bit to gain some marks in linear programming so I think I've lost quite a few marks but I only need to get 80 in D1 thankfully...
M2 was a decent exam, but doing it straight after D1 the first question was a bit of a nightmare. Got into the swing of things eventually

Well done for completing your clash - I'm pooped!

D1 I don't think many people at all finished

Good thinking skipping the scheduling. Linear is easier/more guaranteed marks anyway.

M2 was a weird paper. A lot of people in my year weren't happy with it

Sleep is much needed right now!
Haha yeah definitely salvaged some marks in the linear programming, though I didn't do the last part but meh, 3 marks when I could have potentially lost marks from the whole of the last question if i focused on the scheduling.

Yeah the paper deviated a lot from their typical questions (and that first 8 marker, they love their fkn alphabet this year 😂) but that seems to be the case with every Edexcel exam this year

So true!

Are you looking at full in M2?

Potentially! I had half an hour left at the end and spotted a few errors that I made which I corrected and literally redid every calculation again, but honestly at this stage I would be happy as long as it is in the 90s 😂

Potentially! I had half an hour left at the end and spotted a few errors that I made which I corrected and literally redid every calculation again, but honestly at this stage I would be happy as long as it is in the 90s 😂

It's the opposite for me, I think. For the longest period of time I kept thinking about the shame and disappointment I'd feel if/when I didn't meet my offer but I've grown to realise that I'd probably be okay elsewhere. It'd suck and people will most likely be horrible about it given the fact they don't think I deserved an offer in the first place (possibly projection ) but I'll get over it most probably.

Well done!

Wow well done! That's terrific to hear

I wouldn't be surprised with a 65 raw in D1. For some reason I couldn't do the matching in question 1, I put every activity on a separate line for the gannt chart, and I skipped the 3 marker scheduling after a half-hearted attempt that I could see was failing.
On the bright side, the core of the material I was OK with, so linear programming, prim's, dijkstra's and algorithms was fine.

Thank you!



Yeah, that matching was unusually long! :-/ Haha I saw the 3 marks for the scheduling and was like okay there must be some quick way of doing this... 65 raw is good! Suspect that the grade boundaries are likely to be slightly lower given the general consensus so far

I wouldn't be surprised with a 65 raw in D1. For some reason I couldn't do the matching in question 1, I put every activity on a separate line for the gannt chart, and I skipped the 3 marker scheduling after a half-hearted attempt that I could see was failing.
On the bright side, the core of the material I was OK with, so linear programming, prim's, dijkstra's and algorithms was fine.

M2 I messed up on the com. Everything else was fine. Something over 66 but no idea. Sigh. It was meant to save me and may well be under 90 UMS.

D1 I wasn't taking seriously but probably 60 something out of 75 raw.

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I've had a celebratory nap because D1 is over, even though I probably got a C in it

Most important exams of my life so far next week though

Same step III M5 ooh.
I got 1 question right in D1 😂. Tried 3 of them.


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Same step III M5 ooh.
I got 1 question right in D1 😂. Tried 3 of them.


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