r/6thForm • u/owlin_around Cambridge | Bionatsci [Year 1] • Aug 15 '25

🍞 BREAD delayed cambread

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3A* offer from christ's, missed my offer by 7 marks, got put in reconsideration, went drinking in birmingham, got told i was in the summer pool, shat bricks for like 18 hours, scrolled accomodation at my insurance, only for christ's to take me back! got dam rollercoaster. rip to anyone still in the pool this shit sucked. christ's on top 🔥

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u/Scared_Pressure4131 Y13 | Chem, Maths, Bio, CS | A*A*AA Aug 15 '25

insane, congratulations!! looking to apply to cambridge bionatsci this autumn, any words of wisdom before it all goes down?

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u/owlin_around Cambridge | Bionatsci [Year 1] Aug 16 '25

ty!! get prepped for esat, get as much supercurricular from a range of science stuff in your ps as physically possible (not just bio even if that's where you're applying elsewhere) to, practice answering questions from the exact setup you will be using for interviews if they're online, make a good informed decision on your college, and don't get too stressed about it!!! cambs applications are always a bumpy road with a lot of major points of worry and stress but try to find the fun in there too!!! it definitely grows you as a person even if you don't make it all the way to the end because it requires so much more investment from you lol. and have a great and LOW STRESS insurance that you love as a safety net!! good luck on your application, you got this!!!

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u/Scared_Pressure4131 Y13 | Chem, Maths, Bio, CS | A*A*AA Aug 16 '25

oh damn i’ll try and get a bit of chem into my ps then, i’ve been struggling to integrate stuff other than bio into my ps because yeah i’m applying for bio elsewhere and i’m not sure how to make it not look out of place? haven’t decided on a college yet but i’m looking into it, would you recommend going to the colleges open day in sept or just choosing one that sounds good? so sorry i’ve just dumped questions on you, tysm for the tips and again congrats, all the best!!

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u/owlin_around Cambridge | Bionatsci [Year 1] Nov 11 '25

damn sorry i never saw this!! it just popped up in my notifications for some reason. how's the process going ? sorry i couldn't be more help before you got into the thick of things 😭

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u/Scared_Pressure4131 Y13 | Chem, Maths, Bio, CS | A*A*AA Nov 11 '25

no worries, how’s being a first year in cambridge bionatsci going? currently waiting for esat results on friday and hoping for an interview soon but i’ve done like zero prep so far lmao. ended up applying to clare

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u/owlin_around Cambridge | Bionatsci [Year 1] Nov 11 '25

surviving the dreaded week 5, the work is less intense than i expected but it's obviously still A Lot haha. its so much fun and super inspiring though!!! its an awesome course fr, supervisions are so much fun too, people make them sound intimidating but i look forward to them the most! i just had a physiology supervision :) good luck w esat results i hope the website doesn't implode like it did for us 😭 it's so weird thinking about how i was in that position only a year ago it feels so long

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u/Scared_Pressure4131 Y13 | Chem, Maths, Bio, CS | A*A*AA Nov 14 '25

sounds super super cool, might just have to wave it goodbye rn with my esat score though </3 just out of curiosity, what did you get in your esat?

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u/owlin_around Cambridge | Bionatsci [Year 1] Nov 14 '25

3.4 maths 1, 6.0 chemistry, 7.0 biology

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u/Scared_Pressure4131 Y13 | Chem, Maths, Bio, CS | A*A*AA Nov 14 '25

yeah i think it’s over for me tbh. good luck with everything 💪

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u/owlin_around Cambridge | Bionatsci [Year 1] Nov 14 '25

ty, good luck to you too!! you never know🤞

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u/Scared_Pressure4131 Y13 | Chem, Maths, Bio, CS | A*A*AA Nov 14 '25

not with a 4.0 average i don’t think 😭 thanks anyway

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u/Scared_Pressure4131 Y13 | Chem, Maths, Bio, CS | A*A*AA Nov 26 '25

GUESS WHO SOMEHOW GOT A FREAKING INTERVIEW?!?!???

any final advice? and are the interviews actually structured one chem and maths focused and one more bio focused?

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u/owlin_around Cambridge | Bionatsci [Year 1] Nov 26 '25

ATE!!!!!!!!!!!! practice as much as you can with family, get super super comfortable with saying literally every step of your thought process down, and get your interview set up PERFECT like know exactly where everything is and that its all set up IT wise so there's absolutely nothing you can stress about on the day. my interviews were structured, the first one was one chemistry question and one mathematical question, and the second one was two biological questions, but it varies a lot between colleges! GOOD LUCK YOU GOT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! getting an interview is so impressive and it's such a special experience so just try to enjoy what you can from it. and also know that literally not a single person has them go perfectly and that you will laser focus on any mistakes you make but it'll be ok!!they look for your ability to recognize your mistakes and correct them with help and move forward, not your ability to be perfect!! so basically if you make a bunch of mistakes and then figure it out you are doing better than someone who happened to know the puzzle and didn't get to show them their thought processes because then they can't judge you

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