Chinese studies at Cambridge Under AMES

Hi, I’m a prospective student looking to study Chinese at Cambridge at Newnham I’ve got an interview but I’m not sure what to prepare for as the coarse website has no information. Would anyone be able to please tell me a bit more about the structure of their interview? Is their a part where you are asked to look at an unseen text?

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Hi, I’m a prospective student looking to study Chinese at Cambridge at Newnham I’ve got an interview but I’m not sure what to prepare for as the coarse website has no information. Would anyone be able to please tell me a bit more about the structure of their interview? Is their a part where you are asked to look at an unseen text?

Hi, I’ve also applied to study Chinese at Newnham! I’m also not too sure about the structure of the interview, if anyone has any advice that would be really helpful

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by Anonymous

Hi, I’m a prospective student looking to study Chinese at Cambridge at Newnham I’ve got an interview but I’m not sure what to prepare for as the coarse website has no information. Would anyone be able to please tell me a bit more about the structure of their interview? Is their a part where you are asked to look at an unseen text?

Also can I ask what are your stats?

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maxobakso

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hi im applying to study chinese next year and quite a lot of students from my school have gotten into oxbridge to study chinese! i think they’ll give you a poem beforehand and you’ll have to analyse it - this is true for oxford, not sure about cambridge..

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hey i'm also applying for Chinese for 2027 entry at Oxford (hopefully at the Queen's College). I've literally never met anyone who wants to study chinese so this is so cool to find a whole thread abt it!! Can i quickly ask what your stats are so I can see other applicants and how I compare??? I've been really worried abt my GCSEs as my average grade was around 6.4 so I thought it would bring me down quite a bit holistically. Good luck!

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Soopy

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I can't comment on the interview since I basically transferred from a different course (it wasn't conventional) but lmk if you have questions about AMES at Cambridge

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hey i'm also applying for Chinese for 2027 entry at Oxford (hopefully at the Queen's College). I've literally never met anyone who wants to study chinese so this is so cool to find a whole thread abt it!! Can i quickly ask what your stats are so I can see other applicants and how I compare??? I've been really worried abt my GCSEs as my average grade was around 6.4 so I thought it would bring me down quite a bit holistically. Good luck!

Hi I’ve just got an offer to study Chinese at Cambridge! I agree that it’s really niche so it’s nice to meet other people interested in the subject. In terms of stats I would say don’t worry too much about GCSEs and focus on A Levels and supercurriculars - especially for Chinese I think showing your interest in the subject is the most important thing!

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Hi I’ve just got an offer to study Chinese at Cambridge! I agree that it’s really niche so it’s nice to meet other people interested in the subject. In terms of stats I would say don’t worry too much about GCSEs and focus on A Levels and supercurriculars - especially for Chinese I think showing your interest in the subject is the most important thing!

amazing - thank you so much for your advice! I really appreciate it as i've been stressing for months😭

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Hi I’ve just got an offer to study Chinese at Cambridge! I agree that it’s really niche so it’s nice to meet other people interested in the subject. In terms of stats I would say don’t worry too much about GCSEs and focus on A Levels and supercurriculars - especially for Chinese I think showing your interest in the subject is the most important thing!

I just got an offer for Chinese at Kings. So weird actually seeing another person doing this lol thought i was the only one.

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maxobakso

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hey i'm also applying for Chinese for 2027 entry at Oxford (hopefully at the Queen's College). I've literally never met anyone who wants to study chinese so this is so cool to find a whole thread abt it!! Can i quickly ask what your stats are so I can see other applicants and how I compare??? I've been really worried abt my GCSEs as my average grade was around 6.4 so I thought it would bring me down quite a bit holistically. Good luck!

hili im in y12 and have wanted to study chinese at oxford for ages!

gcses: 9999999998 (99% in chinese)
Alevels in recent assesment: russian (A*) chinese (A*) japanese (A*) economics (A*) politics (A)

ive volunteered at chinese speaking businesses, won chinese and asian studies competitions run by uni of oxford and sheffield, cambrige langevity webinar programme,
essay competitions on japanese and korean literature, studied in japan for a month,
and took my chinese (y8) and japanese (y10) goses early as i was self taught

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hili im in y12 and have wanted to study chinese at oxford for ages!
gcses: 9999999998 (99% in chinese)
Alevels in recent assesment: russian (A*) chinese (A*) japanese (A*) economics (A*) politics (A)
ive volunteered at chinese speaking businesses, won chinese and asian studies competitions run by uni of oxford and sheffield, cambrige langevity webinar programme,
essay competitions on japanese and korean literature, studied in japan for a month,
and took my chinese (y8) and japanese (y10) goses early as i was self taught

ok i'm so cooked.

for comparison here are my stats!😭

gcses: 8876665553 (3 was in music though and there were extenuating circumstances to this). 8 in chinese and history. 5 in english lang and maths eek !
however i was overall above average than my school - my school was 5.69, my council was 5.07 and I was still 6.4

A levels in recent assessment: Chinese (A), Politics (A*), English (B/A Borderline)

volunteering and supercurriculars:
museum translation project - Hong Kong collection, and assisted with the translation and interpretations of the materials in Trad. Chinese Characters from the 1930’s onwards.
made a chinese culture magazine that hasn't really kicked off yet... (/ i've sort of given up because my teachers dont want me to do it)
langevity (twin!)

read following books:

[FILM] Qiuzhuang Log
Shanghai Homes
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
[FILM] Chunking Express - Wong Kar-Wai
Yan Lianke - Serve the People! - INCREDIBLE. pls read it if you haven't

currently reading or about to read:
The Open Empire - A History of China up to 1800 (this one I love!)
Bing: From Farmer’s Son to Magistrate in Han China - Michael Loewe
Silencing Shanghai: Language and Identity in Urban China

still omg the fact that you took GCSE chinese in YEAR 8??????? that's insane.

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hili im in y12 and have wanted to study chinese at oxford for ages!
gcses: 9999999998 (99% in chinese)
Alevels in recent assesment: russian (A*) chinese (A*) japanese (A*) economics (A*) politics (A)
ive volunteered at chinese speaking businesses, won chinese and asian studies competitions run by uni of oxford and sheffield, cambrige langevity webinar programme,
essay competitions on japanese and korean literature, studied in japan for a month,
and took my chinese (y8) and japanese (y10) goses early as i was self taught

also sorry if this is a bit much/you abso don't have to answer this but are you privately educated? i've never seen a school do both russian, chinese AND japanese A level and like your GCSEs are incredible

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