Summer Pool Cambridge 2022

As always, your answer is always so helpful. may I ask what the situation is in the case of law ? were there many people missing the grades in the past?

@Peterhouse Admissions

Hi, I wanted to ask if you think there is any reason to believe that there will be less places available for medicine in the August Reconsideration Pool this year. Because Universities have been asked to only give out as many offers as spaces, I was thinking that the people who have been made an offer at Cambridge will be less likely to accept one from elsewhere as it is much more competitive to receive one in the first place. As a result, there may be more people firming their offers from Cambridge and so less spaces will be available in the ARP.

@Peterhouse Admissions I have been offered a place for 2023 even though I applied for 2022. Do you think I could ask my college if I can be entered into the reconsideration pool for a 2022 offer and still keep my 2023 offer if unsuccessful?

@Peterhouse Admissions I have been offered a place for 2023 even though I applied for 2022. Do you think I could ask my college if I can be entered into the reconsideration pool for a 2022 offer and still keep my 2023 offer if unsuccessful?

Just to clarify, the Summer Pool and August Reconsideration Pool are slightly different. The Summer Pool is for offer holders who have not met the conditions set for them, whereas the August Reconsideration Pool is for applicants who have been rejected in January but meet certain widening participation criteria and go on to meet or exceed the typical offer for their course. You're not automatically entered in the August Reconsideration Pool - you have to put yourself forward in August if you are eligible and get the grades.

Crucially, the August Reconsideration Pool is what used to be called Adjustment. Any statistics you find for Adjustment at Cambridge are likely to be more applicable to your situation than statistics about the Summer Pool. Hope this helps!

what is the widening participation criteria?

They're right here

@Peterhouse AdmissionsSorry but do Summer pool also works for International students who didn't do A Level but the equivalent? And will they be disadvantaged?
I am applying to Computer Science, so will a high TMUA score give me a higher probability? (8.6 in 2022 TMUA)
Typical offer for Chinese students is to get top 0.1% in our province and that's insane. (A* rate is about 15%-30% in typical science subject and even 40% for some subject.) And we test 6 subjects......

@Peterhouse Admissions if you're eligible for the August Reconsideration Pool and you apply for it, will just your actual A-Level grades be take into account, or will the rest of your application(GCSE grades, personal statement, etc) be re-evaluated alongside your actual A-Level grades?

Hi there!

Your whole application will be taken into account alongside your achieved A Level grades

Hi there!

Your whole application will be taken into account alongside your achieved A Level grades

@Peterhouse Admissions does this include predicted grades? Say for example, my predicted grades were A*A*AA but I achieved 4 A*s in my actual exams. Ignoring all other factors, would someone who achieved the same in the actual A-Level but was also predicted 4 A*s be more likely to get in?

Hi there!

Applicants from anywhere that have missed their offer can be put in the Summer Pool by their college at the college's discretion. Normally only those who are a near miss would be included. All parts of your application would be looked at again by other colleges. It's still possible that if you were put in the Summer Pool, you might not be taken out by another college.

Since only “near miss” applicants will be taken into account, will Cambridge also receive your exact scores in your A-Levels to determine whether a candidate is “near miss”? Will the exact scores be taken into account to differentiate candidates in the August Pool with similar grades to each other?