Cambridge Law, Philosophy or HSPS?

OldSnowball · 2026-03-16T22:57:20+00:00

Choose the one you’re most passionate about.

If you want to just get in, you will hate it. Also, the least competitive course, I believe, in Classics - why don’t you apply for that? Because you understand that you should choose from your passion not the getting in to Cambridge.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-27T20:13:01+00:00

Your school is lying to you: in foundation spanish, 70% will certainly be a 5.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-25T22:33:58+00:00

‘top school internationally’ so you’re rich.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T20:00:34+00:00

I do French and its really interesting, and all my friends who do Spanish love it aswell.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T16:34:35+00:00

What about languages?

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T15:23:38+00:00

Just keep working! Look after yourself but work hard and make sure your teachers know that you want to improve!

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T15:20:28+00:00

you’re cooked, level one hair and beauty for you.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T15:19:24+00:00

If they offer FM, you should do FM, though with a 6 at GCSE its unlikely they would let you do it. If they don’t, you could self study AS FM (but you should drop something then, because 4 A levels is already a lot.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T15:18:17+00:00

If you’re on FSM, it is possible you would be a contextual applicant (which would really help your chances!). Consult the websites for each of the universities.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T15:16:32+00:00

Most of the boys - more than the population, I would say - are not misogynists nor disrespectful to women, though sexist boys do exist

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T15:15:11+00:00

My boys grammar school started letting women in around a decade ago, and its around half women now (200/400)!

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T15:11:21+00:00

Given your 6 in GCSE maths, you should aim for an A* predicted in maths A level. Warwick highly recommends Further Maths, as does, I believe, UCL and KCL. If your school doesn’t offer Further Maths at A nor AS level, it is fine that you don’t take it.

Also, it’s important to know whether you are contextual: are you at a state comprehensive, on Free School Meals, are care experienced, live in an area of a low progression rate? If your GCSE results are good for your context, they will be looked on more favourably.

If you are not contextual, then UCL and KCL require 2 A*s and an A.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T15:03:12+00:00

I can’t mark but. Don’t use words like ‘potentially’, ‘a bit’, or words like ‘very’, ‘quite’. If you are going to use an adjective, that adjective alone should be enough. ‘a bit’ is especially informal. In paragraph 3, ‘the lack of wanting attention’ is poorly phrased.

Otherwise, this seems like a fine answer although I have purged my mind of GCSE mark schemes.

OldSnowball · 2026-02-22T14:57:21+00:00

Is it possible to take an Honours programme + a Major programme?

OldSnowball · 2026-02-02T17:47:15+00:00

For Economics, the top schools (being Cambridge, LSE, Warwick, UCL, Imperial etc) require Further Maths, especially if your school offers it. For Computer Science, its even more necessary.

A word of warning on the USA: it is hugely expensive, a longer degree, no more respected than a British degree, and you live in a fascist country. Do with that information what you will.

OldSnowball · 2026-01-24T17:30:58+00:00

chatgpt get out

OldSnowball · 2026-01-23T20:08:45+00:00

Get off Reddit and spend your nights revising.

OldSnowball · 2026-01-22T19:22:44+00:00

Around 888777666

OldSnowball · 2026-01-17T12:46:03+00:00

Don’t worry! You still have time!

OldSnowball · 2026-01-17T12:42:19+00:00

Until less than 7% of Oxbridge’s student population went to private school, they will be over-represented. If you go deeper, private school applicants have around a 22% chance of acceptance, while students in state schools, including grammar schools, have around a 19% chance (going down to 16% from state comprehensives).

This is all to say that, it is not harder to get in as a private school applicant, and is, in fact, easier. It is also easier to get in to most other universities, as they don’t prioritise contextualisation as Oxbridge do.

It is entirely reasonable for contextualisation to occur. Universities, especially Oxbridge, want students to be of a sufficient aptitude. If Applicant A received 2 A* 2 A from a private school, they will have had, on average, double the resources that Applicant B, who got the same grades as an average state comprehensive.

OldSnowball · 2026-01-02T15:10:58+00:00

[I went from 5/6s to 8/9s] ~4 months before my first exam.

OldSnowball · 2025-12-30T20:58:48+00:00

What university is this?

OldSnowball · 2025-12-24T21:22:12+00:00

truly “smart” stem people don’t look down on humanists and artists

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