The Big 'Which Cambridge College?' Thread

Which college for Economics at Durham?

See: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/admissions/handbook/appendices/winterpooltutors.pdf

You see this extract: "All applicants in this round (except those for Mathematics and Medicine) who are not offered places by their preference Colleges but have attained an overall average of 93% or more in their three best AS Level subjects MUST be pooled in category P if not in another category.In the case of post-qualification applicants the equivalent criterion is: A*,A*,A* or better at A Level."


Are medicine applicants pooled? If so there is no specific UMS to be pooled? Is there a BMAT criteria? (Cutoff) Thanks

They may be pooled deliberately but I think that pooling purely based on having achieved certain grades on paper (auto-pooling) does not apply to Medicine (nor Maths). This is because they have more than enough very good candidates from the top pool categories to pick from for the spaces. So my answer is that they are simply not auto-pooled.

Thanks, do Cambridge (for mostly nat sci/med) explicitly want high ums even though achieving A*AA +? Thanks

I wonder if Cambridge will change the auto-pooling criteria again for 2013. 2011 was 7A*s + 90% average, 2012 was 93% average, so perhaps they will change it again. It will probably depend on how well 93% worked.

You see this extract: "All applicants in this round (except those for Mathematics and Medicine) who are not offered places by their preference Colleges but have attained an overall average of 93% or more in their three best AS Level subjects MUST be pooled in category P if not in another category.In the case of post-qualification applicants the equivalent criterion is: A*,A*,A* or better at A Level."


Are medicine applicants pooled? If so there is no specific UMS to be pooled? Is there a BMAT criteria? (Cutoff) Thanks

Now i am really confused about which college to choose. Originally i wanted to go for St Johns, i liked the architecture, admission process and numbers of applicant/place, however i was practically told in my school that i am not going to get in since it is very hard college. After taking a look at some other colleges its either that they have additional tests apart from TSA which i am reluctant to take or applicant/place ratio is just terrible. I don't want to make an open application as i am advised to do by my school. So where should i apply? (i don't want additional tests apart from TSA or interview + i would like something like 1 place - 10 people or less, also i would prefer larger colleges).

Now i am really confused about which college to choose. Originally i wanted to go for St Johns, i liked the architecture, admission process and numbers of applicant/place, however i was practically told in my school that i am not going to get in since it is very hard college. After taking a look at some other colleges its either that they have additional tests apart from TSA which i am reluctant to take or applicant/place ratio is just terrible. I don't want to make an open application as i am advised to do by my school. So where should i apply? (i don't want additional tests apart from TSA or interview + i would like something like 1 place - 10 people or less, also i would prefer larger colleges).

I'm hoping to study law at Cambridge, but I'm unsure as to what college I should choose, or whether I should apply openly... I don't really understand what the colleges are about

Are you looking at Cambridge or oxford?
In a small college, you are likely to know pretty much everyone in your year, and probably some in other years. In larger colleges you may not know everyone in your year, and maybe a small few in other years.
Are you looking at any colleges specifically? I am about to start at corpus Christi Cambridge, which is smallest in terms of undergrads in Cambridge.

oh Nice! what are you going to study? hmm Most likely Cambridge I like the idea of knowing everyone in the college, but so we only spend our social time with the people in the same college?