How can I improve my application for a masters at Cambridge?
I'm currently in year 13 doing maths further maths and computer science, I'm predicted A*A*A and got an offer to study maths at Warwick. I wanted to study at Cambridge but my GCSEs are 7766665554, so I'm planning on doing a Masters after my BSc. How could do admissions for Postgraduate work and how can I make sure my application is perfect from when I start university?
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by AnonymousI'm currently in year 13 doing maths further maths and computer science, I'm predicted A*A*A and got an offer to study maths at Warwick. I wanted to study at Cambridge but my GCSEs are 7766665554, so I'm planning on doing a Masters after my BSc. How could do admissions for Postgraduate work and how can I make sure my application is perfect from when I start university?
You can't do anything about a Masters application before you've done 2 years of undergrad (unless you do an integrated of course, when it makes no difference). An application for a Masters degree is reliant on your undergrad study only. They won't even ask about GCSEs, A levels and school level stuff. No-one cares about your GCSEs after you've got an undergrad offer.
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by threeportdriftYou can't do anything about a Masters application before you've done 2 years of undergrad (unless you do an integrated of course, when it makes no difference). An application for a Masters degree is reliant on your undergrad study only. They won't even ask about GCSEs, A levels and school level stuff. No-one cares about your GCSEs after you've got an undergrad offer.
What stuff can I do when I go uni besides joining societies and stuff?
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by AnonymousWhat stuff can I do when I go uni besides joining societies and stuff?
Get good grades, develop a decent research proposal. But it's nonsense thinking about a Masters during year 13 - are you also planning your wedding and checking Rightmove for your first house? Get into uni first, then find out if you can step up to degree level study, and then if you like your subject, and then if you are actually really good at it. Only then are you in a position to think seriously about whether a Masters is the right step.
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