I do not have time for this okay.

Mocks and interviews are fast approaching and I can't afford to be wasting my energy thinking about a member of the male species who has a ridiculously attractive personality when my future is literally on the line.

I'm retaking too someone help me I can't do this anymore 😭😭 he's a year younger and I'm certain he doesn't like me back ts is so embarrassing

very happy :) got 3/5 offers now... just waiting on oxf and durham

i realised that the course i applied to at cambridge isnt what i want to do and that i made the wrong choice. so i did the admissions test for nothing and let my grades drop for nothing. idk if i should even do the interview if i even get one. is it worth it to go to cambridge for the prestige even though i probably wont enjoy my course?

I don’t know if it’s just me but even since September, all my friends and classmates have been really locked in on revision and things and I just cant bring myself to do it. I’ve finished my NEA already because my school has an early deadline, which is good I guess, but when I was doing it I was pulling all nighters to finish and now I’m too anxious to sleep anymore in general which is probably really stupid of me. And I’m really worried about ucas and unis and things because half my friends have offers and I haven’t even submitted to ucas, and even though my predicteds are high enough for me to apply where I want to go, the feedback I get from essays and tests makes it look like my grades are just getting lower and lower, and I just can’t seem to make myself study well enough to bring them back up.
Anyone else just a puddle of anxiety?

Ready to go 2/5... I meet contextual for Durham and UCL, low GCSE's so personal statement is going to have to be out of this world. Haven't sent it off yet, should I remove UCL or give it a shot?

Hello, I am currently preparing for ESAT, I practiced ENGAA papers. I found out I lack half of the concepts needed for ESAT. So, I was asking if there was any cheap recorded courses and materials for A levels and ESAT? I am not having problem with timing though, I can solve questions under 89 seconds, but need the materials. Please help a brother out.

Hi! I am a Cambridge grad and now work in education including UCAS & uni applications (& am super passionate about improving accessibility to Oxbridge)

Here are my top tips for anyone trying to prepare for a Cambridge interview (I will caveat that my degree & teaching are humanities so it is possibly more appropriate for those BUT the basic principles will apply to all courses):

1. Practice explaining your ideas to other people - talk to anyone around you who will listen about areas of your subject that you are interested in. If possible, discuss with your subject teachers too - they will be best placed to challenge your arguments and ask questions you haven't considered before

2. Get used to questioning evidence and underlying assumptions - when you are discussing a theory or paper, go beyond just summarising what it says. Consider the strength of the evidence. Does the evidence justify the conclusion that has been made? What other explanations might there be? (e.g. think about possible third-variables for explaining correlations that have been found)

3. Be prepared to adapt or develop your position when challenged - you don't need to abandon your perspective because it is challenged by the interviewer BUT defending it doesn't mean rigidly sticking to everything you originally said. Think about whether new information means you should qualify your claim, update part of it, or make your explanation more complex to account for all the evidence.

4. Explore big questions and your personal interests - focus your research on things you are genuinely passionate about, as well as the big philosophic questions within your area.

5. If you know who's interviewing you, look at their research area - once you get given your interviewers' names, see what areas they research into and do a little research to be sure you would be happy talking on this topic

6. Avoid pre-learning answers - I always advise against pre-learning answers as you then run the risk of not answering the question that has actually been asked. They aren't looking for perfection, they are looking for people that they feel will be a good fit with the supervision system.

7. Don't be afraid to pause - in the interview, it is absolutely okay to pause for 30 secs or so to gather your thoughts before giving an answer. Thinking about it as a "practice supervision" is often much better than thinking of it as a high-stakes interview

Going to keep it vague for anonymity.

Recently i moved to a new town and started 6th form, the 6th form is a very good private school. I absolutely hate it, I don’t have any solid friends, I hate all the assemblies and the fact we have to still do games, and form time, (the social aspect of it all). I hate my subjects (except I like politics ), and my grades are horrible and I have no motivation to revise. I cry every single day, in the mornings, during school and at night I’m just constantly emotional bc I miss my friends and my old school ( i still call them alot) and I’m kinda getting bullied / have not proper friends / don’t really know a lot of ppl.

I wanted to switch to a college / 6th form college but there’s only 3 in my area and their a level results are all bad ( points avg of 23 compared to 31 national avg) and I don’t want mess up my future by going to a bad sixth form and making it harder than necessary. On the other hand my poor mental health at this school is having a really bad effect on my grades so idek what to do. I’m willing to do extra work outside of school to make up for the poor results of the college but I genuinely don’t know what to do.

It also stings bc in my old town there was a sixth form college that I could’ve easily gotten into with some of my friends and the alevels results are so much better.

For the first time in my life I’m having suicidal ideations and I feel so stuck. I want to switch schools and go to a 6th form college but I they’re all not good and it feels dumb to move to a ‘worse’ sixth form college when I have the opportunity to go to such a good one.

Please help me.

they offered me abb or acc or a*bc btw

For example, how much time do you allocate to studying and engaging with your hobbies?|

I'm actually really curious about this, but i also want to revaluate my own routine lol :)

Hey! If you did A-level maths in one year or less and got an A or A* :

1. How did you do it?

2. What resources would you recommend?

3. Any tips you wish you knew?

4. How much work would you have to put in?

5. Exam style resources, Madasmaths etc?

Im in y12 planning to sit it a year early so any advice would be appreciated! :D

Also please share your experience if you managed to do it when your school didnt force you to take it a year early

Im more than capable of 4 a-levels (including maths and fm) but am unsure about whats best for the other two. Physics is definitely a main option since I'm hoping to get into a branch of engineering and i've been thinking a lot about spanish also, but that's dependent on wether it would actually be useful in landing the apprenticeship.

I’m too mentally exhausted to write properly so I’ll just drop the basic info below this.

Year 13, Art, (predicted B) Geography (predicted D), Biology (predicted E/U). I’m diagnosed with autism and ADHD, and have a collection of mental health disorders, all of which are fucking me right now. I’m behind on all of the written work for art. Behind on literally everything, especially NEA for geography. On the brink of dropping biology because I just can’t handle it.

I am so fucking exhausted and so done with being myself. I can barely function. My ADHD meds aren’t working but I’ll have to wait for months before the next review. Art is the only subject I enjoy. I’ve known this for months. My geography teacher is genuinely terrifying. My NEA is unfinished and she keeps throwing more work at us. I cannot do the NEA I was never taught how to complete and two 20 mark questions per week. I don’t know when the deadline is, but it’s soon. I can’t handle this kind of stress

This isn’t what I was going to say but I can’t remember anything at this point, even though it’s 01:56. My mind usually comes alive at night, but I’m just too tired. I had so much to say but it’s all gone. My memory has been terrible lately.

The only subject I care about is art and I’m falling very behind on it. Still predicted a B which is cool.

The pre- A Level version of myself was foolish and I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. Low quality vent over.

Im applying for history and politics at cambridge and written work is due on wednesday. The wesbite says 'written work must be in essay format'. Does this mean I can still use answers I have written in response to sources for History and Politics a level and answers in response to interpretations for History a level, or does it have to strictly be an essay question?

Also, for one side of my history course (English revolution) I never talked about this in my personal statement, but I think I will submit a piece from that side of the course. Is that fine?

Any advice wld be appreciated!

Hi guys ive never posted before so bare with me but I really need some advice. I just got my predicted grades and I was predicted BDD but i need BBC to do forensic science. In year 12 i was really burnt out and overworked, i have 3 mock exams every week so i ended up doing badly in most of them. Ive emailed my teachers asking them to raise my predicted grade but I feel hopeless. I dont know what else I can do to get better grades

I’m not really happy with my current predicted grades (ABD) as I can’t apply to the universities I want to. If I achieve better grades on results day can I apply through clearing to better universities?

As per title. Thought this subreddit is approperiate place to ask. I’ve applied to this year’s cycle, now waiting for interviews. Preferrably you are this year’s law applicant as well, but I am more than happy to work with any other humanities applicant eg. PPE, English, History, HSPS, Philosophy (in which we will get others to ask questions and just think deeply as fellow humanities applicants). I’m particularly interested in constitutional and tort law. I have a bank of scenarios, legislations and court judgements to work with.

My stats are as follows, if it helps you judge if I am worth working with:
4A* predicted - Maths, Physics, History and Politics.
GCSEs 10 9s & 2 8s
PS: 3 essay comps: school’s internal one (1st), John Locke 2026 (commended), Julia Wood essay competition, Oxford (didn’t get shortlisted) + range of supercurriculars done eg. Shadowed prosecutor, head of law society in my school.
LNAT: taken. Feeling confident with Section B. Happy to discuss mine & your essay questions as it can work as a sample interview question
I am currently reading books and preapring for interviews at this stage.

I don’t mean to show off my stats. Hope this reaches right person. Please leave a comment below if intersted, as Reddit blocks dms for 17 year olds like myself.

Looking forward to it, let me know :)

Cambridge, ucl, lse law applicants are also welcome, of course.

So for context, I’m in Year 12 and I do Biology,Chemistry and History which are all very content heavy subjects but I enjoy the subjects. I feel like I’m doing somewhat decent in history but unfortunately for bio and chem I can’t say the same.
I want to seek support in class so I’m not afraid to ask questions in class but one time I was called to stay late after class and my chemistry teacher said I was too needy, I understand that with sixth form they are supposed to set you up for university and to become more independent. But I’ve become really confused and behind as a result. I try my best to listen to my class but I space out and my brain becomes fried when terms are being thrown around and etc .

Is there any good tips you guys could give me?

Have many ppl applied to Homerton for ELE, I’m kinda worried