I’m new to TSR so i’m not sure if I’m doing this right but 😩:
1) What A Levels are you taking from September (or other eligible qualifications)?
AQA Geography, Economics & Edexcel Maths
2) What course at Cambridge do you have your eyes on? And why?
Geography! I’ve had a recent change of heard from Economics because I don’t take Further Maths and I was very scared of the maths content! Geography also just appeals to me more now haha
3) What grades did you get at GCSE? Are you retaking any?
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Not retaking any, very glad to have got these because a lot of people in my school had awful results day and couldn’t take the A levels they wanted to!
4) Why Cambridge specifically? and why not Oxford?
The cambridge course defo appeals to me more… and the fact that they’ve scrapped the TSA makes it a winner (someone please double check this for me lol)
5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit, and when will you start preparing for them?
* as mentioned before I don’t think I have any …. I also got put off Economics as I saw they’ve introduced a new Admissions test and the layout of it looked horrible!
6) What have you done in lockdown to help your studies and potentially your application to Cambridge?
I’ve read current affair articles throughout year 12 (geog is a very fast-paced subject) and I have a few roles in some societies in school. A lot of my super/extra curric are for economics so i’m on a mad dash to add more geog things
7) What do you want to do with your degree from Cambridge?
Undecided… maybe a little bit of research (maybe masters) . But ultimately I do want to work
8) Have you decided which college you're applying to?
Not yet! From what I’ve seen all the entry requirements are the same so I wouldn’t decide upon that.