Queens' College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

Do you also get your offer by email on the 11th? Otherwise internationals (like me) may have to wait even longer...

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Posting date is Monday 11th January so you will know by letter on Tuesday 12th January.

Having me interview today!

welp, interview's today, wish me luck!anyone else?

Hey guys, I had my Economics interview at basically the same time as you, 30th November - shame I hadn't looked on the thread before my interview. How did yours go? What did you get asked?

I'm being nosy because the same week of my interview I went to an offer day at UCL and found a guy who had had an econ interview on the same day as me and he got asked exactly the same questions as me.

My questions were:?

Hey guys, I had my Economics interview at basically the same time as you, 30th November - shame I hadn't looked on the thread before my interview. How did yours go? What did you get asked?

I'm being nosy because the same week of my interview I went to an offer day at UCL and found a guy who had had an econ interview on the same day as me and he got asked exactly the same questions as me.

My questions were:

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Also, do you mind me asking your UMS average? (unless you didn't take AS levels!)

How are you feeling about decisions day?

Like the person above me, I also urge you not to share the questions, especially seeing as my interview was entirely identical to yours.

to answer your question though, it went alright, there wasn't anything I couldn't answer although i needed some help here and there (the maths bit not at all but the second bit confused me and i kept spacing out lol)

I do not have a UMS average as I am an international student (European Baccalaureate)

To be honest I don't think sharing what I was asked at interview is going to make a great deal of difference at this stage, as even if Queens' does decide to interview some applicants drawn from the pool it is pretty unlikely that the applicants will see this post. There are so many example interview questions out there and I was only specific about the graph sketching question.

I was quite surprised that the interview didn't refer to my personal statement/economics knowledge/interview topics at all - despite my spending weeks preparing for it! I felt my interview went well but who knows to be honest, we'll see in 9 days time.

Good luck for then.

There's a high chance they may reuse questions every year I guess if they do, then bravo to any Queens' applicant for 2017 that looks up this post haha

Yeah i spent so much time preparing that as well and then there was no discussion involved in the interview. It made me sad because that's where i can shine

Im feeling the same way about now, when I came out from the interview i felt I had done really well, although at this stage, looking back on it, it feels like my performance was just meh. I'll try not to get my hopes up and yes, all we can do is wait and see in 9 days :/ Speaking of which, will they email or post the decisions? I'm abroad so I'd have to wait an additional week if they post them

I received a reply from Queens' Admissions regarding decisions - they said:

'Decision letters will be sent by first class post on 11th January.'

I assume that means that no emails are sent to UK applicants and potentially not to international applicants either!

Thanks so much! I guess I'll have a very suspenseful week waiting for that letter to arrive in Belgium ._.

Thanks so much! I guess I'll have a very suspenseful week waiting for that letter to arrive in Belgium ._.

Thanks so much! I guess I'll have a very suspenseful week waiting for that letter to arrive in Belgium ._.

Hey guys, I had my Economics interview at basically the same time as you, 30th November - shame I hadn't looked on the thread before my interview. How did yours go? What did you get asked?

I'm being nosy because the same week of my interview I went to an offer day at UCL and found a guy who had had an econ interview on the same day as me and he got asked exactly the same questions as me.

My questions were:

1) Why do you want to study Economics at Cambridge?
2) Sketch the following equation:

f(y) = (1 - t)y + t/a (1 - e ^-ay)

Where t and a are constants, a > 0, 0 < t < 1
3) Exercise relating friendships to costs and benefits and the conditions which must be fulfilled in order for a system of friendships to be in equilibrium… very hard to explain but nothing I had seen before.
4) Can you relate the indirect benefit seen in this exercise to something you’ve previously met in Economics?
5) Do you have any questions for us which can be answered in less than a minute?

Also, do you mind me asking your UMS average? (unless you didn't take AS levels!)

How are you feeling about decisions day?

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