See online interviews for details. Admissions decisions at the University of Cambridge are based solely on academic criteria – your ability and your potential.Not all candidates who are interviewed will be successful/made an offer of a place, but all those who are made an offer will have been interviewed.
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How does Cambridge decide who gets an interview?
We try to interview all applicants with a realistic chance of being offered a place on their chosen course at Cambridge and every year we interview over 80 per cent of our applicants. If you have a good examination record and a favourable reference, you’re likely to be asked to attend an interview.
How likely am I to get a Cambridge interview?
Your chances of obtaining an offer from Oxford or Cambridge (before you have confirmed your course and college choice, sat your potential admissions test, and been invited up for interview) are roughly 17%, a figure that comes from around 46,000 applicants chasing 8,000 places at the two universities (for 2021 entry,
Does everyone get an Oxbridge interview?
Who gets invited to interview? Oxford typically receives over 22,000 applications for around 3,300 places every year and shortlists approximately 10,000 candidates. With so many more applications than places, it just isn’t possible to interview everyone.
How important is interview for Cambridge?
The interview really is a key part of the application process, with around 14,000 interviews leading to only 3,500 places. Everyone called to interview will be smart, motivated, and have excellent grades and recommendations, so the interview is a vital way of differentiating yourself.
What percentage of applicants get an interview at Cambridge?
What proportion of applicants are offered a place? Overall we call around 80% of our applicants to an interview. But some subjects may have to ‘deselect’ (our term for not calling to interview) a higher percentage, and some hardly any.
How stressful is studying at Cambridge?
Cambridge is a demanding place. The standards and expectations are very high and it can feel intense and overwhelming studying here sometimes. There will inevitably be times that you feel under pressure and will worry about your studies, or about other things such as your finances or relationships.
Is it harder to get into Oxford or Cambridge?
If you only take into account the general acceptance rates (for 2019), it appears that it is easier to get into Cambridge, as their acceptance rate across all colleges was 21.92%, whereas Oxford only admitted 14.25% of their total applicants.
What are Oxbridge looking for?
Oxbridge assessments go beyond your grades and Ucas form
Most universities will use your predicted A-level (or other) grades and information from your Ucas form (including your personal statement) to inform their decision about whether to offer you a place.
Do Cambridge give unconditional offers?
1) You’re made an offer
If you’re still studying, an offer will be conditional and dependent on achieving certain grades in the qualifications you’re taking (the University makes unconditional offers only to those who have already met the conditions for entry to their chosen course).
Does Oxford send rejection letters?
A student has sent a rejection letter to the University of Oxford following her interview for a place there.A university spokesman said it received only a few complaints from applicants. He added: “Of the 10,000 interviews that we conduct over the course of the admissions period it is a very low number.”
Why can you not apply to both Oxford and Cambridge?
Basically, it comes down to supply and demand. Both universities know that they are going to receive a huge volume of applications, so by allowing people to apply for both institutions, it would create an even larger number of applicants to assess for a limited intake at each.
Does everyone get an interview at Cambridge?
The majority of applicants are invited to attend an interview.Not all candidates who are interviewed will be successful/made an offer of a place, but all those who are made an offer will have been interviewed.
What percentage of interviews get offers?
The average interview-to-offer rate is 42.1%.
Approximately 42 in 100 interviewed candidates receive an offer. Furthermore, nearly 66 in 100 candidates who receive an offer accept it, which means the average onsite interview success rate is almost 66% (65.7% to be exact).
What questions do they ask at a Cambridge interview?
The ‘moral’ common Cambridge Interview questions
- How do you think that you studying this subject can affect society or add to it?
- How important do you think this subject is in terms of humanity?
- What do you want to be after university, and why?
- What do you expect to gain from going to university?
How many interviews does Cambridge give out?
The format of interviews may vary a little from subject to subject, but typically you will have two interviews. Each interview lasts for 20-25 minutes, though some may be longer, and you may have to read a passage or some questions beforehand, so that you can discuss them during the interview.
How do Cambridge make decisions?
We assess every application individually, and all admissions decisions are based solely on academic criteria – your ability and potential. We look for different things in different people for different courses, which means there’s no blueprint for the perfect Cambridge student.
How long does it take to hear back from Cambridge?
How long does the process take? Around 90% of applications are considered by the department within 12 weeks. Many applicants will receive a decision earlier than this.
Is a 2.1 from Cambridge good?
A Cambridge academic, Dr. Subha Mukherji, revealed the Cambridge criteria for a 2:2 was the same as the York criteria for a 2:1.Some people like to claim that because they were at Cambridge, their bog-standard upper-second is somehow superior to everyone else’s. That’s all very well, but not if you’re reading English.
How many hours do Cambridge students study?
In a not-so-shocking turn of events, it appears Cambridge students are the most studious in the UK, working on average nearly 48 hours per week, with Oxford students studying only a meagre 40 hours per week by comparison.
Can you get expelled from Cambridge?
Rustication is a term used at Oxford, Cambridge and Durham Universities to mean being suspended or expelled temporarily, or, in more recent times, to leave temporarily for welfare or health reasons.
