Cambridge HSPS 2025 applicants

Hi all,

I've decided to start a discussion for all HSPS applicants - 2025 entry. Please introduce yourselves! I'll start:

I take History, Sociology, French, russian and EPQ, and I've applied to Pembroke. I've also applied to UCL for Politics, Sociology and Eastern European Studies, KCL for History and IR, Warwick for Global Politics with a year in Brussels, and Bristol for Politics and IR. Still waiting for offers :smile:

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awhi

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hi, i've applied to king's for hsps! and also politics & ir at bristol, manchester, ucl, and leeds
i take english lit, politics, psychology, and spanish a-levels ☺️!

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Anonymous #1

applied to trinity hall for HSPS, and also PPE at Warwick and Durham, and pol/econ at LSE and Bristol (a weird combo of courses ik). studying maths, history, economics, politics and also doing an epq

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User368596996969

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Predicted A*A*AA (geography, business, history and maths)IGCSE: 3A* (including history and English lit) 5As and 2Bs (biology and maths)Quite solid personal statement.Have applied topolitics and International Relations at UCLHSPS at CambridgeSocial and Public Policy with Politics at LSEInternational Relations at St AndrewsPolitics and International Studies at Warwick:Where do you think I will get in? What are my chances of getting into Cambridge? Applied to Churchill.

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hohohominho

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Original post by J5j5lok

Hi all,
I've decided to start a discussion for all HSPS applicants - 2025 entry. Please introduce yourselves! I'll start:
I take History, Sociology, French, russian and EPQ, and I've applied to Pembroke. I've also applied to UCL for Politics, Sociology and Eastern European Studies, KCL for History and IR, Warwick for Global Politics with a year in Brussels, and Bristol for Politics and IR. Still waiting for offers :smile:

hi, thx for creating this thread! its nice to meet u all :=)

I take History, Psychology and English Lit and applied to HSPS at Downing! also applied to Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester for social anthr. + politics. gl everyone x

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Anonymous #2

Hi!

I've applied for HSPS at Newnham, and sociology and politics at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Sheffield. I take english lit, politics and maths.

What's everyone's areas of interest/ what did you write about in your personal statement? I focused on gender, the welfare state, and the climate crisis.

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awhi

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Original post by Anonymous

Hi!
I've applied for HSPS at Newnham, and sociology and politics at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Sheffield. I take english lit, politics and maths.
What's everyone's areas of interest/ what did you write about in your personal statement? I focused on gender, the welfare state, and the climate crisis.

Yours sounds really interesting! I talked about voting behaviour/participation, fascism, and colonialism 😊 But in my extra one for MyCambridge I included a bit about gender and caste systems, trying to link it a bit more to sociology and anthropology as my main one was politics-focused

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hohohominho

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Original post by Anonymous

Hi!
I've applied for HSPS at Newnham, and sociology and politics at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Sheffield. I take english lit, politics and maths.
What's everyone's areas of interest/ what did you write about in your personal statement? I focused on gender, the welfare state, and the climate crisis.

that sounds super cool! I focused on democratic backsliding, rhetoric, some political theory and the conception of inequality... one thing i love about hsps is how diverse other people's interests are! gl <3

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J5j5lok

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Original post by Anonymous

Hi!
I've applied for HSPS at Newnham, and sociology and politics at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Sheffield. I take english lit, politics and maths.
What's everyone's areas of interest/ what did you write about in your personal statement? I focused on gender, the welfare state, and the climate crisis.

that's so different to mine! i focused on political rhetoric, russian disinformation, realism in IR, neoliberalism and nation states in the post-colonial era

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晓Themis

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Hello! I'm applying for HSPS at Corpus Christi

Predictions: English Lit - A*, Politics - A*, Religious Studies - A*
University: HSPS at Cambridge, International Relations at LSE, Politics and IR at UCL, IR and Philosophy at St Andrews, Politics and IR at Manchester.

I just got an offer from Manchester 2 weeks ago :biggrin:

Personal Statement Topics: US alliances with the Philippines, Political Philosophy (Hobbes), China on human rights and democracy
Additional PS Topic: Cultural Contacts between isolated tribes and society/tourists.

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User368596996969

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Predicted A*A*AA (geography, business, history and maths)IGCSE: 3A* (including history and English lit) 5As and 2Bs (biology and maths)Quite solid personal statement.Have applied topolitics and International Relations at UCLHSPS at CambridgeSocial and Public Policy with Politics at LSEInternational Relations at St AndrewsPolitics and International Studies at Warwick:Where do you think I will get in? What are my chances of getting into Cambridge? Applied to Churchill.

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晓Themis

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Original post by User368596996969

Predicted A*A*AA (geography, business, history and maths)IGCSE: 3A* (including history and English lit) 5As and 2Bs (biology and maths)Quite solid personal statement.Have applied topolitics and International Relations at UCLHSPS at CambridgeSocial and Public Policy with Politics at LSEInternational Relations at St AndrewsPolitics and International Studies at Warwick:Where do you think I will get in? What are my chances of getting into Cambridge? Applied to Churchill.

It’s hard to say for sure whether you’ll get into cambridge or not since they do view applications holistically. So even if you have good predicteds, gcse and a solid personal statement, your teachers reference and how well ur school does in general still counts

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Anonymous #3

Original post by Anonymous

Hi!
I've applied for HSPS at Newnham, and sociology and politics at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Sheffield. I take english lit, politics and maths.
What's everyone's areas of interest/ what did you write about in your personal statement? I focused on gender, the welfare state, and the climate crisis.

Hiii!!
I've also applied to Newnham as well for HSPS!!!

My PS was a bit more Politics/IR (I've applied to Poli/IR everywhere else haha) and I talked about the the rise of the far right in global politics/populism/polarisation/the role of social media in politics today

In the MyCamb application I focused more on anthropology/sociology and talked about my interest in post colonial studies/anthropological studies on the Middle East :smile:

Good luck applying!!!!

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lenny.o

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hey i applied to selwyn, also to bristol, manchester, sheffield and warwick for politics and ir. also you reckon it was unwise to mention israel palestine in my personal statement or is it fine

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lenny.o

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Original post by awhi

hi, i've applied to king's for hsps! and also politics & ir at bristol, manchester, ucl, and leeds
i take english lit, politics, psychology, and spanish a-levels ☺️!

another spanish a level comrade 🫡

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awhi

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Original post by lenny.o

hey i applied to selwyn, also to bristol, manchester, sheffield and warwick for politics and ir. also you reckon it was unwise to mention israel palestine in my personal statement or is it fine

should be fine tbh! some people say you shouldn't be too opinionated in your ps but... it's hard not to be... and i guess it won't affect the unis' decisions bc they can't reject you based on political views

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晓Themis

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Original post by awhi

should be fine tbh! some people say you shouldn't be too opinionated in your ps but... it's hard not to be... and i guess it won't affect the unis' decisions bc they can't reject you based on political views

Yeah. Adding on to this, as long as your opinion is academically informed and backed up with evidence, it should be fine to mention your political views. Just make sure if you do get an interview, to be open minded because your interviewee might have a different stance to your opinion.

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Anonymous #4

Has anyone gotten an interview yet?

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awhi

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Original post by Anonymous

Has anyone gotten an interview yet?

i got an invite from king's last thursday!☺️ it came so early bc king's is one of the few colleges that makes you do the pre-interview admissions test haha

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hazy_wintery

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Original post by J5j5lok

Hi all,
I've decided to start a discussion for all HSPS applicants - 2025 entry. Please introduce yourselves! I'll start:
I take History, Sociology, French, russian and EPQ, and I've applied to Pembroke. I've also applied to UCL for Politics, Sociology and Eastern European Studies, KCL for History and IR, Warwick for Global Politics with a year in Brussels, and Bristol for Politics and IR. Still waiting for offers :smile:

Hey, I've applied to HSPS at Pembroke!

I've also applied to IR + Social Anthropology at SOAS; Sociology, Politics, and Religion at KCL; and. Social Anthropology + Politics at Edinburgh.

I take IB, with English, History, and Psychology HL, and then Math, Bio, and Spanish B SL.

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