Applicants with scores lower than this will be referred to other programmes, as appropriate. Accessibility Links Skip to site search Skip to main content. Breadcrumbs List. Show Truncated Breadcrumbs. University Entrance standard for admission in Part A Applicants must obtain both: a minimum of points on the New Zealand Cambridge International score table at A or AS level from any syllabus groups from those available in New Zealand check with a Cambridge School for details which are broadly equivalent to those in the list of approved subjects for NCEA, and a D grade or better in syllabuses from at least three different syllabus groups excluding Thinking Skills.
Part B Literacy and numeracy must be satisfied as follows. Note: A D grade or better will satisfy one of the syllabus requirements of Part A.
Students in Auckland be entitled to 2. The remainder of the UE standard would apply as normal, including the Literacy and Numeracy requirements. You must meet the admission requirements for your programme s of study.
How your Cambridge International rank score is calculated. There is a note too about "teaching difficulties" — a physics teacher who left during the sixth form and a stand-in for chemistry. This is an easier case — her interview scores are high, an eight and a seven out of One of the academics reviews her "flags": "She's got low socio-economic, low-performing GCSE, low Oxbridge — she's nearly got the full set.
There is another girl from a comprehensive school who got an eight at interview, but one academic exclaims: "Blooming heck, her GCSE score was terrible.
Partington decides to make an offer but to set the hurdle high because of the doubts. The tutors are divided about this — there is a feeling she has already been stretched thin in a "school that's not great". But they decide this will not be an entrance requirement. She just needs a little more fluency in maths to cope at university. On the table are white china cups of tea and coffee, two barely touched water jugs and a single slightly blackened banana.
The academics leaf through coloured spreadsheets with the candidates' names, their exam performance to date, predicted grades, interview scores, contextual flags and ranking — based on exam performance — compared with all of the university's applicants this year.
The pace is swift, despite the meeting lasting five hours. It is occasionally leavened with a touch of humour, or avuncular kindness. One of the academics, looking at a file photo, sighs: "Oh he's young — he looks like one of the Bash Street kids. Although a candidate's ethnicity is generally evident from his or her name and the photograph in their file, there is never any overt discussion of race. This seems surprising when both Oxford and Cambridge have been accused of being racially as well as socially exclusive.
Geoff Parks, director of admissions at Cambridge, says later: "Race doesn't come up in its own right. It's inseparable from socio-economic factors. Cambridge admits a proportion of BME [ethnic minority] students that is above the proportion of the teenage population, [but] with 'low-participation' neighbourhoods we feel we're not meeting a relatively low target.
Many people who are first-generation British might also be living in low-participation neighbourhoods. At times, the procedure seems brusque; a life-changing decision made in a second.
In fact, it is the end point of a long, intensive process of evaluating candidates. Most of those who apply are interviewed. And the interviews are designed to probe their knowledge deeply. For natural sciences, the interview has a practical bent, with candidates tackling problems under the gaze of the tutor. Confidence is appreciated. Of one candidate, a boy from an academy school in Norfolk, a tutor says: "He managed to strike a balance between not being fazed by what's going on, and not being cocky either.
The sort of person …". Great emphasis is placed on exam performance, and the academics are keen to drill down into performance in individual modules. One notes approvingly of a candidate who has "done some hard units". There is far less interest than is popularly thought in extra-curricular activity.
An academic remarks with bafflement that a candidate has "got his violin grades on there". It is not just poor teaching — or a lack of teaching — that can wreck a candidate's chances. Their combination of subjects is also crucial. The purpose and structure of interviews are very similar at both universities. Essentially, they are like a mini-tutorial or supervision, where the tutors will give you a small passage to read or perhaps set a small problem and then ask you to discuss it.
Contrary to many popular myths about the interviews, there are no tricks or mind games involved. The interview is for tutors to get a sense of how you react to new situations and how you process the information available. It's not a matter of how quickly — or even whether — you arrive at a particular answer. There may not even be a right answer. The tutors just want to get an insight into how you think and how you apply your knowledge and skills.
Your performance at the interview alone does not determine whether you get offered a place; a variety of factors are considered, as outlined above. However, no commercial test will influence your application success, and neither university supports nor encourages such commercial enterprises.
Collegiate system Both universities are made up of individual colleges, as well as different academic departments. If you prefer not to choose a college, you can make an open application. Teaching methods Teaching methods are similar at both universities, with lectures, seminars, classes and laboratory work as appropriate for your course. You must demonstrate how you have met the above criteria in your application. Key stages of your application Choose a course: Check the specific details of what courses will cover Choose a college: If you have no preference, make an 'open' application UCAS application: The Oxbridge application deadline is earlier than the standard UCAS deadline, at 6pm GMT on 15 October each year, regardless of whether it falls on a weekend.
This is the same deadline date as for Medicine, Dentistry and Vet Science University forms: You may be required to complete one or more additional forms University tests: For most subjects, additional tests will be required.
They may take place prior to, or during your interview Written work: You may be asked to submit some written work Interview: If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to an interview in December Decision: You will know if you were successful by the end of January Additional elements of the application are covered in greater detail below. Application assessment Many Oxbridge applicants are predicted to achieve top grades and have excellent references.
Your application will be assessed on a combination of many factors, explained below. Entry requirements Make sure you expect to achieve the required grades for your chosen course. One of the strengths of the Cambridge admissions system is its ability to assess all applicants individually, and all Colleges may modify offers to take account of individual circumstances.
All undergraduate admissions decisions are the responsibility of the Cambridge Colleges. College-specific information on this website has been provided by the individual Cambridge Colleges — please contact the relevant College admissions office if you have any queries about College-specific requirements. Please note you may be required to submit a transcript outlining details of your qualifications as part of your application.
If you're taking any modular courses, you're asked to report the details of your uniform mark scheme UMS performance for any modular AS and A Level units taken to date, whether certificated or not we normally expect good A grades in relevant subjects, if the AS is taken at the end of Year Colleges won't make unconditional offers on the basis of AS Level grades alone.
If you're taking linear qualifications, your teachers will provide us with information about your performance through their UCAS reference. Some applicants may be set lower offers or more challenging ones. Our typical offers are based on students taking three A Levels together in Year 13, and most Cambridge applicants are studying three or four A Level subjects in Years 12 and This is usually sufficient to show breadth of interests and ability to manage a range of differing academic tasks.
Applicants taking four subjects won't normally be at an advantage compared with those taking three, although competitive applicants for STEM courses often have Further Mathematics as a fourth subject. In such cases, your individual circumstances will be taken into account; including the context of your application, the combination of A Level subjects, the grade achieved in the early A Level, and your engagement with other relevant subjects in Year 13 in and beyond the classroom.
We recommend you seek advice from a College admissions office, and you should also consider potential implications for your other university options. If you wish to apply for our Mathematics course , you should refer to the entry requirements guidance on the course page. At Cambridge, students are regularly assessed by examination and there's no opportunity to resit any exams with the exception of professional qualifying examinations in Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
Attainment of an Access to HE Diploma with Distinctions in all relevant subject units can be acceptable preparation for Psychological and Behavioural Sciences and most arts subjects excluding Economics at Cambridge.
Some subjects may have additional academic requirements. In all cases, you should contact a College admissions office to discuss your individual circumstances. Certain subject-specific requirements may be included in conditional offers for particular courses at Cambridge as well.
See also the information for students aged 21 or older mature students. The requirements for Geography are more flexible. Offers are conditional on achievement in the A Levels within the qualification, rather than the overall Baccalaureate award. Conditional offers are set on an individual basis but are likely to require the achievement of Distinction level grades D2 or D3 in Principal Subjects.
Cambridge Colleges are used to assessing College Board and ACT qualifications, and these can form an important part of successful applicant profiles. Offers are made on an individual basis, and we recommend that you contact the College to which you wish to apply for further advice and guidance.
Typically, suitable evidence of preparation for entry would comprise five or more Advanced Placement AP Scores at grade 5. Applicants taking these tests are required to disclose all tests taken and scores achieved including retakes. Failure to disclose any scores may disadvantage your application, and Cambridge Colleges reserve the right to contact ACT, College Board or your school to confirm your results.
Applicants do not have to complete five AP Courses to meet this requirement, as a Test can be sat without completing the relevant Course. We welcome AP Capstone and would encourage applicants to undertake AP Research and Seminar courses as it will help to develop independent study and research skills valuable for higher education. However AP Capstone courses won't normally be a requirement of any offer made, and AP Capstone scores will not usually count towards the five or more grade 5 score requirement.
When choosing which AP Tests to sit for, prospective applicants should consult our course pages to identify close subject matches. Applicants are asked to send in results from full sittings of the SAT rather than individual section scores from separate sittings.
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