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Can't decide between Oxford or Cambridge

Reply 100

peterdxherty

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What GCSEs do/will you have and which A levels do you/will you have?

Reply 101

physicseastldn

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Original post by theeetimdoherty

What GCSEs do/will you have and which A levels do you/will you have?

A decent 3 already. (all A or A*)
Have 12 more to do (predicted 7, 8's and 9's)
3 of the ones I might do have not yet been entered maths igcse further maths and maths gcse

Reply 102

physicseastldn

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Original post by Plagioclase

I'm sorry but web design is barely computer science. Being a leader and being passionate about innovation are all very good traits but those are not part of the admissions criteria.

How old are you and what are your biggest achievements?
Have you gotten an interview to anywhere special? Studied anywhere special? Impacted someones life?

I still have 2 years to get my application sorted. I will 100% meet the admissions criteria but why shouldn't I do more?

Reply 103

peterdxherty

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Original post by physicseastldn

A decent 3 already. (all A or A*)
Have 12 more to do (predicted 7, 8's and 9's)
3 of the ones I might do have not yet been entered maths igcse further maths and maths gcse

Why are you doing maths GCSE and IGCSE when they're the same qualification? Also how many 9s are you predicted ad in which subjects. You didn't mention your A Levels.

Reply 104

Flocoa

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Original post by physicseastldn

How old are you and what are your biggest achievements?
Have you gotten an interview to anywhere special? Studied anywhere special? Impacted someones life?

I still have 2 years to get my application sorted. I will 100% meet the admissions criteria but why shouldn't I do more?

Your attitude stinks.

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 105

Plagioclase

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Original post by physicseastldn

How old are you and what are your biggest achievements?
Have you gotten an interview to anywhere special? Studied anywhere special? Impacted someones life?

I still have 2 years to get my application sorted. I will 100% meet the admissions criteria but why shouldn't I do more?

I don't really see what any of this has to do with me since you're the one applying to Oxbridge, not me. I don't know if you're intentionally being obtuse but I can only repeat myself - the things you've done are great, but they are irrelevant as far as admissions are concerned. If you want a university that will admit you on your entrepreneurial spirit and human rights work then you're applying to the wrong place - don't blame me, I'm not the one making these decisions.

I'm not saying you shouldn't do more. What you're doing sounds great. All that I have said is that it makes no difference to your application, I really do not understand what is so challenging to understand about this.

I'll tell you something that definitely isn't going to do you any favours during admissions - arrogance and a sense of entitlement, both of which you would do well to work on.

Reply 106

physicseastldn

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Original post by theeetimdoherty

Why are you doing maths GCSE and IGCSE when they're the same qualification? Also how many 9s are you predicted ad in which subjects. You didn't mention your A Levels.

I haven't taken any a-levels yet.
I saw that Malala had stated she got 6A*'s around 2015 and I saw that 2 of them were solely maths gcse and igcse respectively. Thought I could do the same thing. In the end you do say X amount of A* not A* in a b or c.

Sorry if this confuses you.

Reply 107

physicseastldn

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Original post by Plagioclase

I don't really see what any of this has to do with me since you're the one applying to Oxbridge, not me. I don't know if you're intentionally being obtuse but I can only repeat myself - the things you've done are great, but they are irrelevant as far as admissions are concerned. If you want a university that will admit you on your entrepreneurial spirit and human rights work then you're applying to the wrong place - don't blame me, I'm not the one making these decisions.

I'm not saying you shouldn't do more. What you're doing sounds great. All that I have said is that it makes no difference to your application, I really do not understand what is so challenging to understand about this.

I'll tell you something that definitely isn't going to do you any favours during admissions - arrogance and a sense of entitlement, both of which you would do well to work on.

should I focus on oxford or cambridge?

Reply 108

04MR17

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Original post by physicseastldn

Have you gotten an interview to anywhere special? Studied anywhere special? Impacted someones life?

He studies at Oxford. And he's impacted plenty of people's lives including mine. I'd like to suggest that you begin by being open and receptive to the ideas of others before charging in with your own agenda and trying to make it fit with the scenario.

Reply 109

physicseastldn

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Original post by Flocoa

Your attitude stinks.

Again that isn't objective. I am actually considered a great person to quite a lot of people. I volunteered to advocate for human rights in Yemen and I made a valuable impact on the community I was in. My family helps to fund three schools in Aswan and Eritrea.

Reply 110

Plagioclase

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Original post by physicseastldn

should I focus on oxford or cambridge?

Whichever course you think looks more interesting. There are significant differences between the way Physics is taught at Cambridge (as part of Natural Sciences) and Oxford (as a free-standing subject) and there are probably differences between the Maths courses too although I know less about them, so that should be the main factor in your decision.

Reply 111

physicseastldn

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Original post by 04MR17

He studies at Oxford. And he's impacted plenty of people's lives including mine. I'd like to suggest that you begin by being open and receptive to the ideas of others before charging in with your own agenda and trying to make it fit with the scenario.

I'm sure he does. How did he impact your life? Did he pay your school fees? Did he buy your school? Goodness this is like my 2 weeks avoiding Oriel College all over again

Reply 112

04MR17

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Original post by physicseastldn

I'm sure he does. How did he impact your life? Did he pay your school fees? Did he buy your school? Goodness this is like my 2 weeks avoiding Oriel College all over again

He's been there for me and a mutual friend when we've needed someone. He also helped me to have a great day on Saturday when I went to see him.

Original post by physicseastldn

I volunteered to advocate for human rights in Yemen and I made a valuable impact on the community I was in. My family helps to fund three schools in Aswan and Eritrea.

And this relates to a degree course how? :holmes:

I love you wish to throw money into the conversation even though it has very little to do with the question. :rolleyes:

Reply 113

DrSebWilkes

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Guys leave the kid to fail. He is either unable or unwilling (but given his curious nature I'm hedging by bets on the former) to improve himself so let him fail.

Job's a goodun.

Reply 114

wolfmoon88

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Original post by physicseastldn

My family helps to fund three schools in Aswan and Eritrea.

Your family... not you...

Also have some humility please... advocating for human rights is great and all but that does not necessarily make you a "great person"

Case in point:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/kevin-spacey-on-venezuela-protests-house-of-cards-actor-writes-sosvenezuela-blog-in-support-of-all-9243745.html

^Kevin Spacey supported human rights causes and donated to many charity organisations... now a suspected reoccurring sex offender woth questionable morals

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Reply 115

physicseastldn

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Original post by DrSebWilkes

Guys leave the kid to fail. He is either unable or unwilling (but given his curious nature I'm hedging by bets on the former) to improve himself so let him fail.

Job's a goodun.

Where is your evidence?
I have 3 gcse's already and I have conditional offers at 7 VI and I have technically an unconditional for St Paul's since I only need 4 more A*'s

Reply 116

DrSebWilkes

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Original post by physicseastldn

Where is your evidence?
I have 3 gcse's already and I have conditional offers at 7 VI and I have technically an unconditional for St Paul's since I only need 4 more A*'s

What I have just read is my evidence.

Reply 117

physicseastldn

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Original post by wolfmoon88

Your family... not you...

Also have some humility please... advocating for human rights is great and all but that does not necessarily make you a "great person"

Case in point:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/kevin-spacey-on-venezuela-protests-house-of-cards-actor-writes-sosvenezuela-blog-in-support-of-all-9243745.html

^Kevin Spacey supported human rights causes and donated to many charity organisations... now a suspected reoccurring sex offender woth questionable morals

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He is a suspected sex offender. Innocent until proven guilty.
That being said, Haber was responsible for the death of thousands of jews as a result of his advances in chemical gas engineering and his procuring of the Zyklon B gas. This does not and will never take away from the fact that he ALSO won a nobel prize and his fantastic experiments which saw him 'grow bread from air'.