Ask Peterhouse! 2018 entry

Yes, it's certainly annoying. They seem to be the only college not giving feedback. I've emailed a couple times but to no avail - I got some detailed knowledge on the process through an FOI and what they're looking for but nothing specific to my application. I won't complain because that'll probably jeopardise something but it is curious - I thought the policy was University-wide. They gave me the submitted work score which was A for everything but nothing about the interviews.

Music is the course and the B in music was 10 ums off, unfortunately.

Without feedback and without perfect AS grades when I applied I suppose they can't fault me for trying again if I get A*AA at A2 or above xDD

What are the number of A*'s, at a level, for an average post a level successful applicant for mathematics and also for Physical natural sciences?

my friend that applied to oxford brasenrose college just received his feedback and he claimed it said he was rejected pre interview for law because he had 7A*'s 3A's in o levels (AAAA at AS) and they only called those with at least 8A*'s for interview. how much emphasis do cambridge AT's put on gcse's for post a level applicants?

I'm afraid I can't really answer the first question with the information I have at the moment - Peterhouse is too small a college to have a significant numeber of successful post-qualificatiopn applicants.

In any case, such figures don't help individuals to make the right decisions - there is no average candidate and unless you are planning on applying a statistically meaningful number of times then comparing yourself to the average doesn't give an accurate reflection of the strength of your application. The important thing is that you'd have met or exceeded the typical offer of A*A*A in relevant subjects.

We do not have any GCSE requirements for those subjects, public orsecret and would not reject an otherwise strong candidate on the vasis of their GCSEs.

Cambridge's approach is fundamentally different to Oxford's when it comes to interviews. In the most competitive subjects Oxford look to shortlist - inviting only the strongest candidates. Cambridge call the process 'deselection' - look at inviting everybody unless they are obviously uncompetitive and an interview wouldn't help gain them a place.

ah, very insightful! im sure all these answers you are giving will be a great resource to people who are looking to apply for 2018.

ive seen the term strong candidate used a lot and it would be great if you could explain what is regarded as a strong candidate? (i know its a difficult question to answer)

what kind of questions are asked at a maths interview? previous cycle i applied for phys natsci and had an interview at trinity hall cambridge

is it helpful to know any undergrad level math for someone on a gap year as they will have some free time to their name?

You've done well at GCSE but there aren't any GCSE requirements anyway. This means what it says - we will never reject a promising applicant on the basis of their GCSEs.

Is there any certainty about what changes Brexit will bring in the short term? For 2018 offer holders/applicants and possibly later?

I am doing Maths, FM, Economics and Music AL and want to apply to the Cambridge Economics course which I understand sees itself as strongly focused on econometrics. Why then does the new ECCA assessment seem to to appeal to those stronger on expansive essays on obscure subjects.


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How do standard age colleges look at mature students? I really love the sound of Clare but I'm worried I would just get chucked in the pool and end up going to a less favoured mature college - would it be safer to just apply for a more favoured mature college? Qualifications wise I'm going to be sitting A-levels and applying for NatSci, so would be directly comparable to standard age applicants in that regard.

My GCSEs were taken over 10 years ago, so would they be disregarded?

Hi, I am currently in Year 12 and taking Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. I would like to ask what is the average predicted grades that you offer places to for the NatSci Tripos? And if there is an entrance examination how would we best go about revising for it?

Thanks!

Hi Peterhouse! I just have two quick questions, I will be applying for economics (2018 entry) and am currently sitting maths ,fm, physics, econ and the workload is manageable, its just that i dont enjoy physics, if I dropped it then would doing 3 a levels count against me(such as at LSE), also do you know roughly what successful applicants average score in the ecaa's were?

Thanks!!

I'm currently taking 4 A levels (in year 13 considering a gap year), and was wondering how helpful having A Level grades will be when applying. This year i applied for medicine, but as the year as gone I've realised I really enjoy studying Biology Chemistry and Maths so i may indeed reapply for medicine, but I'm also strongly considering Bio Natsci as an option. I take 2 unreformed A levels in Maths and RS and would like to know if i get 3A* and a low A in RS (really don't like the subject), would the low A be a problem

I think that if you reapply you should probably choose a different college. They will be quite likely to remember your application, especially with a small subject like Music.

I think that your AS grades will always be a concern and you should aim to achieve above A*AA at A level to demonstrate strong academic ability.

The University website states that provision of feedback 'is a requirement of the Data Protection Act' at http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/decisions/feedback. Many colleges won't provide feedback to applicants directly however and prefer to deal with your UCAS referee - perhaps they could email and ask for feedback?

Think poster is awaiting feedback from the other place and considering Oxbridge reapplication options so perhaps the system at the other place is different?