St John's College (Cambridge) 2023 Applicants Thread

Hello everyone, I've seen a lot of new Cambridge college applicant threads appearing over the past few days for 2023 entry, so I thought I would start one for St John's College!

To break the ice, feel free to answer these questions:
1) What Cambridge course did you apply for?
2) What A-Level/equivalent qualifications are you currently studying, and what are your predicted/achieved grades?
3) Why did you choose St John's?
4) How are you feeling right now about the admissions process?

I'll start off!
1) Medicine (6-year course)
2) Biology, Chemistry and Maths (predicted A*A*A*) + EPQ (predicted A*)
3) I love how spacious and grand it is - being at a very small secondary school with lots of students for the past 7 years has made me rather claustrophobic! I also really appreciate the generous financial support that St John's offers, as a first-gen low-income applicant.
4) I honestly don't have any strong feelings - I imagine I won't hear anything about interviews until after BMAT results come out on 25th November (let's just say I'm really not confident about that) so there's no reason to panic (yet...)

Good luck to everyone with admissions!

Nice to see someone’s made a thread like this!

1) Engineering
2) I’m studying Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics and I achieved an A* in Maths this year and I’m predicted 3 A*s in my other subjects
3) I visited the college back in February and I really liked its feel, also being one of the larger Cambridge colleges is a nice plus.
4) I don’t really know how to feel right now, I’m just trying to keep Cambridge out of my mind as best as I can for the moment so that I can focus on my A-Levels

Hello everyone, I've seen a lot of new Cambridge college applicant threads appearing over the past few days for 2023 entry, so I thought I would start one for St John's College!

To break the ice, feel free to answer these questions:
1) What Cambridge course did you apply for?
2) What A-Level/equivalent qualifications are you currently studying, and what are your predicted/achieved grades?
3) Why did you choose St John's?
4) How are you feeling right now about the admissions process?

I'll start off!
1) Medicine (6-year course)
2) Biology, Chemistry and Maths (predicted A*A*A*) + EPQ (predicted A*)
3) I love how spacious and grand it is - being at a very small secondary school with lots of students for the past 7 years has made me rather claustrophobic! I also really appreciate the generous financial support that St John's offers, as a first-gen low-income applicant.
4) I honestly don't have any strong feelings - I imagine I won't hear anything about interviews until after BMAT results come out on 25th November (let's just say I'm really not confident about that) so there's no reason to panic (yet...)

Good luck to everyone with admissions!

Hey!

1- I’m studying Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Drama (predicted A*A*A*A*)
2- I applied for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
3-I visited back in July having planned to choose it already and that visit just solidified it! It’s super central and absolutely gorgeous with some incredible history plus I’m a huge Swiftie so to have the Taylor Swift society events at my doorstep would be great
4-My entrance exam (NSAA) was an absolute travesty. Honestly on the fence on whether I’ll get an interview or not because it was that bad so the suspense for interviews rn is killing me. I’m not super confident but let’s be real who out there is 100% confident in this process

Hi!
1. Ive applied for History
2. Currently studying History, Politics, and English Lit and predicted A*A*A*
3. chose johns mostly because of their financial support as they give a lot to low income students. also its just a beautiful college
4. dreading admissions currently, waiting for an interview as i have the History Admissions Assessment next thursday (if i get the interview). Really hoping johns will let me know asap!

I feel the same about BMAT - no past paper would have prepared me for this year's paper. I hope I get an interview as I would have another chance to show my abilities; I know my BMAT score will not be what I wanted. Also I had no idea there was a Taylor Swift Society at John's!

Hi!
1. Ive applied for History
2. Currently studying History, Politics, and English Lit and predicted A*A*A*
3. chose johns mostly because of their financial support as they give a lot to low income students. also its just a beautiful college
4. dreading admissions currently, waiting for an interview as i have the History Admissions Assessment next thursday (if i get the interview). Really hoping johns will let me know asap!

Oh wow, I hope you find out soon - from the spreadsheet on the main Cambridge thread, it seems that applicants from other colleges have got History interview invites. Also I fully agree that John's is such a beautiful college!

Do you know if John’s have started giving out interviews at all? I’m literally dying watching people at my school get invites/ rejections already like WHEN IS IT MY TURN TO KNOW 😭

I waited outside the exam hall for my friends to finish the BMAT and they came out lookin so grim and I just knew my exam the next day would be the same and it was 😭 why were we given such a tough time this year especially because the BMAT and other entrance exams are being scrapped next year anyway

Oh also the T Swift society is uni-wide but a lot of the events are held at John’s so it’s convenient 💅

Tell me about it I have never felt so stupid in an exam hall before that BMAT, and I heard the next day from my friends that were doing NSAA and they were not happy at all. It seems Cambridge just wanted the final years of these tests to be the hardest

Hey!

1- I’m studying Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Drama (predicted A*A*A*A*)
2- I applied for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
3-I visited back in July having planned to choose it already and that visit just solidified it! It’s super central and absolutely gorgeous with some incredible history plus I’m a huge Swiftie so to have the Taylor Swift society events at my doorstep would be great
4-My entrance exam (NSAA) was an absolute travesty. Honestly on the fence on whether I’ll get an interview or not because it was that bad so the suspense for interviews rn is killing me. I’m not super confident but let’s be real who out there is 100% confident in this process

Do you know if John’s have started giving out interviews at all? I’m literally dying watching people at my school get invites/ rejections already like WHEN IS IT MY TURN TO KNOW 😭

I also did the NSAA but applied for natural sciences (biological) and that test was awful. I had to guess sooooo many and the section 1 chemistry was such a rush. That said, everyone I know who did it also found it tough so maybe there’s hope lol.

Yeah I honestly just hope there’s not some absolute prodigies hidden away somewhere who raised the averages for the scores

@Eel88 @Jf6225 I've found some data (attached) about Engineering and Natural Sciences applications from last year that you might want to look at (if you don't want to because it may stress you out, that's fine!)

Hello everyone, I've seen a lot of new Cambridge college applicant threads appearing over the past few days for 2023 entry, so I thought I would start one for St John's College!

To break the ice, feel free to answer these questions:
1) What Cambridge course did you apply for?
2) What A-Level/equivalent qualifications are you currently studying, and what are your predicted/achieved grades?
3) Why did you choose St John's?
4) How are you feeling right now about the admissions process?

I'll start off!
1) Medicine (6-year course)
2) Biology, Chemistry and Maths (predicted A*A*A*) + EPQ (predicted A*)
3) I love how spacious and grand it is - being at a very small secondary school with lots of students for the past 7 years has made me rather claustrophobic! I also really appreciate the generous financial support that St John's offers, as a first-gen low-income applicant.
4) I honestly don't have any strong feelings - I imagine I won't hear anything about interviews until after BMAT results come out on 25th November (let's just say I'm really not confident about that) so there's no reason to panic (yet...)

Good luck to everyone with admissions!