cambridge english offer holder gyg :)

hey! I'm a Year 13 (I study Media, English Lit and History) who has been ROTTING the last few days and needs to prepare for mocks + acc a-levels so this is to hold me accountable haha

I have an offer of A*AA from Downing College for English (any English applicants, feel free to ask any questions about the application cycle <3) and I'm hoping to post daily with at least three study relate things I've done that day

I have a vague understanding of how gtg works, but I'm excited to talk to all of you x

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Reply 1

lemonsips

ahhh i have an offer for downing too but natsci!! massive congrats :h:

Reply 2

inkwardspots

Original post by lemonsips

ahhh i have an offer for downing too but natsci!! massive congrats :h:

hey, nice to meet you!!!! and CONGRATS on your offer! excited to start this journey together lol

Reply 3

lemonsips

Original post by inkwardspots

hey, nice to meet you!!!! and CONGRATS on your offer! excited to start this journey together lol

barely seen anyone on here also going to downing, lovely to meet you too!! hopefully we'll lock in and see each other in october :-P

Reply 4

inkwardspots

Original post by lemonsips

barely seen anyone on here also going to downing, lovely to meet you too!! hopefully we'll lock in and see each other in october :-P

ik! the offer holder thread activity was very lacklustre haha - gl your gyg! would love to push each other to meet those grades :smile:

Reply 5

inkwardspots

Original post by inkwardspots

hey, nice to meet you!!!! and CONGRATS on your offer! excited to start this journey together lol

17/02/25:

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I started veryyyy late today (9PMish) but I managed to read through my outstanding Rosetti poems and assign theme(s) to them. also chose 10 from the list of 30 to annotate over half-term along with my Larkin/Duffy set.

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for tomorrow, I'd like to annotate one/two Larkin/Duffy/Rosetti (at least 4 poems total), review my gizmo history flashcards (deck 1) and complete my media coursework front cover

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Reply 6

jilliams44

Original post by inkwardspots

hey! I'm a Year 13 (I study Media, English Lit and History) who has been ROTTING the last few days and needs to prepare for mocks + acc a-levels so this is to hold me accountable haha
I have an offer of A*AA from Downing College for English (any English applicants, feel free to ask any questions about the application cycle <3) and I'm hoping to post daily with at least three study relate things I've done that day
I have a vague understanding of how gtg works, but I'm excited to talk to all of you x

Ahh I got an offer for English too at Homerton!! Good luck with your gyg you’re being more motivated than me.

Reply 7

inkwardspots

Original post by inkwardspots

hey! I'm a Year 13 (I study Media, English Lit and History) who has been ROTTING the last few days and needs to prepare for mocks + acc a-levels so this is to hold me accountable haha
I have an offer of A*AA from Downing College for English (any English applicants, feel free to ask any questions about the application cycle <3) and I'm hoping to post daily with at least three study relate things I've done that day
I have a vague understanding of how gtg works, but I'm excited to talk to all of you x

18/03/25:

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i edited the picture for my magazine front cover for two hours but it just made me realise that i needed a new photo because this one was not giving. so. it was *fun* to have that realisation

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managed to analyse 'Here' by Philip Larkin, but that was only 1/3 i needed to do ☹️

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didn't manager to do any history unfortunately

Reply 8

inkwardspots

Original post by jilliams44

Ahh I got an offer for English too at Homerton!! Good luck with your gyg you’re being more motivated than me.

Hi! Nice to see another English oofer-holder -- congrats!! Hopefully we can be more motivated together 😊

Reply 9

Logic1

Original post by inkwardspots

hey! I'm a Year 13 (I study Media, English Lit and History) who has been ROTTING the last few days and needs to prepare for mocks + acc a-levels so this is to hold me accountable haha
I have an offer of A*AA from Downing College for English (any English applicants, feel free to ask any questions about the application cycle <3) and I'm hoping to post daily with at least three study relate things I've done that day
I have a vague understanding of how gtg works, but I'm excited to talk to all of you x

hello this isn’t an offer but I do need help on something. You see I need a grade 7 at my English gcse so I have decide to resit it as I got a 6. Any tips or methods or literally anything would be nice!! I do AQA gcse English Language along side my a levels.

Also what did you get for your gcse English language ? Also I know you have lots of to do but would you mind giving me feedback on my response but if you refuse u still had time to answer me !!

(edited 3 months ago)

Reply 10

gabi56

Original post by inkwardspots

hey! I'm a Year 13 (I study Media, English Lit and History) who has been ROTTING the last few days and needs to prepare for mocks + acc a-levels so this is to hold me accountable haha
I have an offer of A*AA from Downing College for English (any English applicants, feel free to ask any questions about the application cycle <3) and I'm hoping to post daily with at least three study relate things I've done that day
I have a vague understanding of how gtg works, but I'm excited to talk to all of you x

Hi, I’m a Year 12, planning on applying for English at Cambridge this year. Congratulations on your offer! What did you do for supercurriculars please, is there anything you would particularly recommend? Thanks.

Reply 11

inkwardspots

Original post by Logic1

hello this isn’t an offer but I do need help on something. You see I need a grade 7 at my English gcse so I have decide to resit it as I got a 6. Any tips or methods or literally anything would be nice!! I do AQA gcse English Language along side my a levels.
Also what did you get for your gcse English language ? Also I know you have lots of to do but would you mind giving me feedback on my response but if you refuse u still had time to answer me !!

Hey! I got a 9 in English Lang. I would say make sure to do lotsss of practice questions as that’s really the only way to really improve. Make sure to pay special attention to to Paper 1 Question 3 when analysing structure as that’s the question that trips most people up; the best way to answer that question is go from beginning, middle and end and pick out at least three distinctive structural feature to comment on from the extract. Reading widely, fiction and non-fiction, will also help you, course. Hope that helps 🙂

Reply 12

inkwardspots

Original post by gabi56

Ah, thank you! And the best of luck with your application!

I’ll try and list all my supercurriculars:

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Reading (of course)*

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Podcasts/Lectures (I rarely listened to podcasts, but I liked listening to lectures based off the books I read when I was doing coursework)

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Sutton Trust programme

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Tower Poetry Competition*

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Bookshop Volunteer*

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Editor of my college newspaper*

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Attended poetry club (we did deep dives of poets each week and also wrote poetry)

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English Tutor (although that’s also my part time job tho)*

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Wrote, co-starred in and directed a short film*

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Attended theatre*

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Read critical opinions*

Andddd that’s all, think! Any ‘ * ’ were included/discussed in my personal statement. I hope this helps!

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Reply 13

inkwardspots

Original post by inkwardspots

hey! I'm a Year 13 (I study Media, English Lit and History) who has been ROTTING the last few days and needs to prepare for mocks + acc a-levels so this is to hold me accountable haha
I have an offer of A*AA from Downing College for English (any English applicants, feel free to ask any questions about the application cycle <3) and I'm hoping to post daily with at least three study relate things I've done that day
I have a vague understanding of how gtg works, but I'm excited to talk to all of you x

19/02/25:

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did some more analysis of “Here”

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analysed Duffy’s “Nostalgia” and “Havisham”

Reply 14

gabi56

Original post by inkwardspots

Ah, thank you! And the best of luck with your application!
I’ll try and list all my supercurriculars:

•

Reading (of course)*

•

Podcasts/Lectures (I rarely listened to podcasts, but I liked listening to lectures based off the books I read when I was doing coursework)

•

Sutton Trust programme

•

Tower Poetry Competition*

•

Bookshop Volunteer*

•

Editor of my college newspaper*

•

Attended poetry club (we did deep dives of poets each week)

•

English Tutor (although that’s also my part time job tho)*

•

Wrote, co-starred in and directed a short film*

Andddd that’s all, think! Any ‘ * ’ were included/discussed in my personal statement. I hope this helps!

This is brilliant advice and so helpful, thank you so much! It’s given me the idea to set up a poetry club at my school.

Reply 15

inkwardspots

Original post by gabi56

This is brilliant advice and so helpful, thank you so much! It’s given me the idea to set up a poetry club at my school.

No problem, and good luck with your poetry club!

Reply 16

inkwardspots

Original post by inkwardspots

hey! I'm a Year 13 (I study Media, English Lit and History) who has been ROTTING the last few days and needs to prepare for mocks + acc a-levels so this is to hold me accountable haha
I have an offer of A*AA from Downing College for English (any English applicants, feel free to ask any questions about the application cycle <3) and I'm hoping to post daily with at least three study relate things I've done that day
I have a vague understanding of how gtg works, but I'm excited to talk to all of you x

update!!
over the past few days I covered some more poems and history content (I had my mock exam today)

Reply 17

lemonsips

Original post by inkwardspots

update!!
over the past few days I covered some more poems and history content (I had my mock exam today)

hope your mock went well!! :h:

Reply 18

inkwardspots

Original post by lemonsips

hope your mock went well!! :h:

oh, thank you! could've been better but meh - I hope you're taking all the time you need to sort out your burnout <3

Reply 19

LucyLarusso

Thinking of applying for English at Cambridge however not sure if my a levels will get me in I am predicted all As however not sure if my subjects are to un-academic? I do English literature/ language, theatre studies and film studies with an EPQ what are you thoughts ??