Cardiff sixth form college Cardiff or Cambridge?

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If anyone is studying in CSFC, what are the pros and cons? whats your day to day routine and hows life there? I recently got an offer for sixth form starting in september 2025 in Cambridge and have been researching on forums and youtube videos and websites, i cant seem to find anything specific.

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based_J

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Hi, I don't study at CSFC but I know someone who does. Try dm Ashley142 on TSR - she's usually quite active and very friendly. She's in yr 13 so should be able to offer you loads of advice.

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Reply 2

Yandiry

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by based_J

Hi, I don't study at CSFC but I know someone who does. Try dm Ashley142 on TSR - she's usually quite active and very friendly. She's in yr 13 so should be able to offer you loads of advice.

Tysm!!!

Reply 3

SG39

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by Yandiry

If anyone is studying in CSFC, what are the pros and cons? whats your day to day routine and hows life there? I recently got an offer for sixth form starting in september 2025 in Cambridge and have been researching on forums and youtube videos and websites, i cant seem to find anything specific.

8-5 everyday, 5 lessons a day each one and a half hours, pros: you get very good grades cons: you only get very good grades :smile:

Reply 4

hdjsjansk

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The campus in Cambridge is extremely small with very little facilities. There are no sports teams currently. The school doesn’t really rely on good teachers (although there are the rare few that are good) but instead on student independent self study and on the AAB requirement to progress to Year13. Thus, since the campus in Cambridge is new and they tend to accept almost everyone because of this, around 40-50% of Y12s got kicked out last year and they’ll help you move to a worser school such as Abbey College in Cambridge. The entire school consists of two blocks of houses (incredibly small) and you have to walk around a kilometre to school everyday. If you get accepted to the Cardiff branch just go.

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expiredmilk_

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by Yandiry

If anyone is studying in CSFC, what are the pros and cons? whats your day to day routine and hows life there? I recently got an offer for sixth form starting in september 2025 in Cambridge and have been researching on forums and youtube videos and websites, i cant seem to find anything specific.

see you there

Reply 6

expiredmilk_

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by hdjsjansk

The campus in Cambridge is extremely small with very little facilities. There are no sports teams currently. The school doesn’t really rely on good teachers (although there are the rare few that are good) but instead on student independent self study and on the AAB requirement to progress to Year13. Thus, since the campus in Cambridge is new and they tend to accept almost everyone because of this, around 40-50% of Y12s got kicked out last year and they’ll help you move to a worser school such as Abbey College in Cambridge. The entire school consists of two blocks of houses (incredibly small) and you have to walk around a kilometre to school everyday. If you get accepted to the Cardiff branch just go.

is it really that bad, this scares me tbh

Reply 7

hdjsjansk

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by expiredmilk_

is it really that bad, this scares me tbh

Yeah i don’t think you should go unless you like the location.

Reply 8

expiredmilk_

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by hdjsjansk

Yeah i don’t think you should go unless you like the location.

is it doable tho like is it really that bad cause i wanna give it a go

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hdjsjansk

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by expiredmilk_

is it doable tho like is it really that bad cause i wanna give it a go

yeah it’s doable, it’s bad and kind of a scam for the amount of money but it’s a new experience

Reply 10

Marienoemi

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by Yandiry

If anyone is studying in CSFC, what are the pros and cons? whats your day to day routine and hows life there? I recently got an offer for sixth form starting in september 2025 in Cambridge and have been researching on forums and youtube videos and websites, i cant seem to find anything specific.

Dis you get any answers about this school? I was accepted and would like more information

Reply 11

Uswatanveer22

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by Marienoemi

Dis you get any answers about this school? I was accepted and would like more information

What grades did you get and was it for scholarship ? , did you get a full one

Reply 12

hdjsjansk

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by Marienoemi

Dis you get any answers about this school? I was accepted and would like more information

I’m currently a y13 student at CSFC cambridge, you got any questions?

Reply 13

ashhleymak

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by hdjsjansk

I’m currently a y13 student at CSFC cambridge, you got any questions?

i got accepted into C branch for csfc - not sure if i should go? how are the teachers there? do they give enough support? are the teachers actualyl good there or do they cherry pick students who get good grades? is it very stressful there? how are the students there? nice? how is the uni support there?

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wimmy167

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by ashhleymak

i got accepted into C branch for csfc - not sure if i should go? how are the teachers there? do they give enough support? are the teachers actualyl good there or do they cherry pick students who get good grades? is it very stressful there? how are the students there? nice? how is the uni support there?

wait you got accepted into C branch as in the cardiff campus? i got accepted into cardiff campus. do you wanna talk about this in pms?

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ashhleymak

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by wimmy167

wait you got accepted into C branch as in the cardiff campus? i got accepted into cardiff campus. do you wanna talk about this in pms?

Sure

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ashhleymak

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by wimmy167

wait you got accepted into C branch as in the cardiff campus? i got accepted into cardiff campus. do you wanna talk about this in pms?

Oh wait sorry i meant cambridge haha

Reply 17

trinna43

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Could anyone help with the entrance exams, I choose further maths but I am not that good at maths in general and the spec looks quite difficlt, any advice for this or the other three sciences is much appreciated!! mine are in a week

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ashhleymak

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by trinna43

Could anyone help with the entrance exams, I choose further maths but I am not that good at maths in general and the spec looks quite difficlt, any advice for this or the other three sciences is much appreciated!! mine are in a week

Hi! I did the 3 scienes + pyschology but no math sorry. All the papers were relatively easy if you just focus. They try to trick u in a lot of the questions but once u get into flllow state u will be ok! Physics was the easiest imo and i finished each paper within 15-30 minutes and had 30 mins remaining to check work etc. Chem and bio was also pretty easy but yeah everything was probably easier than gcse level for me. Nothing particular about the spec they just test general things. Cat 4 was difficult though so be careful. Overall tiip from me is that u cant really revise for it so as long as you know your content u will be ok! Good luck!!

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trinna43

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Thank you so much! Yeah, I have heard that the reasoning test is very time-constrained. For the trick questions, are there any topics that really stuck out? Cs I am not that good at gcse level.. 😅

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