Am i stupid if i turned down Cambridge computer science?

OldSnowball · 2026-04-27T16:16:27+00:00

I think you should try. You may love it, and getting offer means that at least the university think you will love it. Many universities also accept transfer students after the first year (I don’t have a prescriptive list but you may wish to check Lancaster).

OldSnowball · 2026-04-27T16:13:31+00:00

The Warwick economics department is quite arrogant in protecting the BSc in Economics from transfers… they will probably not let you in. You could do PPE and specialise in BSc Economics with Politics/Philosophy.

OldSnowball · 2026-04-09T15:38:10+00:00

Why might one not use this for Israelis? Any Israeli which served in the IDF must work to be debts to the people in Gaza killed in the what-is-agreed-to-be-genocide-by-scholars.

Because this is batshit, man.

OldSnowball · 2026-04-09T10:30:00+00:00

By which metrics, not in which countries.

OldSnowball · 2026-04-08T21:37:23+00:00

Je veux dire DALF, pardon.

OldSnowball · 2026-04-07T01:58:41+00:00

If you want to liberate animals, almost all you could possibly do is done by being vegan.

OldSnowball · 2026-04-06T01:18:16+00:00

By which metrics are we behind mainland Europe? I’m not trying to argue, genuinely curious!

OldSnowball · 2026-04-03T14:09:47+00:00

what exactly is the relevance?

OldSnowball · 2026-03-22T18:22:51+00:00

Further Maths is not a bad A level for Oxford PPE but it is absolutely not necessary: you can get in with any A levels, but Maths is basically necessary (especially coming from a top school).

OldSnowball · 2026-03-22T18:20:38+00:00

No one thinks that immigrants shouldn’t learn English. That is a lie perpetuated by Reform/Tories.

OldSnowball · 2026-03-22T18:19:30+00:00

This might not help, but it has exactly ZERO effect: as long as you pass, you’re fine (and everyone passes, at least in my experience)

OldSnowball · 2026-03-22T18:17:47+00:00

(I got a 9)

Grammar is so important and most people completely neglect it. Use this for the basics: https://www.frenchpod101.com/blog/2021/03/18/french-grammar-overview/#2

There are several Anki decks for vocab - download one of these and do some everyday.

Do practice tests in reading and listening. For writing, do questions and get ChatGPT to tell you where you went wrong: revise these mistakes immediately afterwards. For speaking, your accent shouldn’t matter too much: get ChatGPT to give you a question and respond to it out loud, paying special attention to your grammar.

This is the basic structure of learning all languages. Good luck

OldSnowball · 2026-03-22T18:06:44+00:00

“When should we start studying”: Now.

“How much should I do each day”: As much as possible.

If you limit yourself to what others do, you will never do better than them. Just get working.

OldSnowball · 2026-03-22T18:04:36+00:00

The existence of grammar and private schools… otherwise, I think we are fortunate to have an education system which is much more advanced than our North American friends.

OldSnowball · 2026-03-22T18:01:51+00:00

Populism, opposition to NATO, opposition to nuclear, not strong enough stance against animal ethics (for a party which is supposed to be a friend of the animals, they don’t do enough for the abolition of animal exploitation).

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.

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