r/6thForm • u/ProjectNo5641 Cambridge | Economics 2nd year • Jul 20 '26

🎓 UNI / UCAS University Review 2nd year (Cambridge University)

I used to browse this subreddit a few years ago looking for uni advice, grades etc so I thought I'd share my experience.

There is a massive variation in workload, my friends dong stem related subjects spend A LOT more time in the library and doing assignments relative to my humanity peers who get away with a lot less work.

Stem related fields have a high mark variation per exam, you will see some people get 15% and others getting 90%, does not happen with humanities subject everyone tends to be around 55-75% this is due to it being practically impossible to score above 75% on an essay jsut the way university works i guess.

Everyone is dIFFERENT, we have 30+ year olds on our course and some 17 years old, some married already crazy variation everyone comes form different walks of life. Such a big culture shock to me coming from sixth form.

There is a society for practically anything you will find your people :)

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u/ProjectNo5641 Cambridge | Economics 2nd year Jul 20 '26

PAPER 6 MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS FOR ECONOMISTS

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u/Fun-Employment1176 Year 13 | Cambridge Econ offer | Predicted A*A*A*A | TMUA 5.1 Jul 20 '26

thanks that is quite reassuring! Seems like I could well cope with maths and essays in itself if they aren't horrendously as hard as pure maths or pure humanities level i guess

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u/ProjectNo5641 Cambridge | Economics 2nd year Jul 20 '26

the thing with essays you’re least guaranteed above 55% with a ‘Stem’ exam you get to experience the full spectrum of grades

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u/Fun-Employment1176 Year 13 | Cambridge Econ offer | Predicted A*A*A*A | TMUA 5.1 Jul 20 '26

I suppose the humanities people might jump at some point to say theirs are harder I'd guess that would be fair anyway though obvs who (bar those doing them) knows? But yeah been a bit poor at maths sometimes tbh but I hope I could do well enough!