Ab initio Italian interview for MML at Cambridge

I applied for French and Spanish (both post-A-level) at Cambridge but recently found out that they prefer bilingual students not to study a language that they already speak quite well (I speak French). I emailed the college that I applied to (Clare) and they said that I could switch to an ab initio language. I would choose Italian but am not sure whether I would be expected to have read / researched much Italian language / culture / literature. It's quite a confusing situation, as I've already written extensively about French literature in my PS and have not mentioned Italian at all. If I would be required to read up on Italian before interview, please could someone suggest some literature / films to get me started?

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threeportdrift

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Original post by Ameliejasmine

If you formally ask to change subject before interview, I'd expect them to ask questions about the new subjects. If you don't formally change, then I'd expect them to ask about French, and possible have the conversation at interview. You need to ask Clare about this, if you get an interview invite.