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Hi everyone :) I’m applying to cambridge for engineering this year and wanted to know if there’s anything I should take note of that might influence my decision on colleges or if I should even apply to cambridge for engineering? Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated :D

some context:
I am a Singaporean student with no crazy portfolio other than my grades. I hold a few awards related to engineering but most of my work experience and internships would be in November 2026 onwards, which is after the October deadline so I wouldn’t have much to write about for my Cambridge application :(

I am also applying to Imperial for EIE/EEE/aero in January so I wouldn’t have had more experience and things to talk about during my interview by then!

So basically I did IGCSEs before transferring to a Canadian curriculum school around mid Grade 10.
My IGCSE results are kinda trash ngl 💀
I got:
B in Chem, English, Math (0607), Geo, and Business
C in Bio and Music
Since moving schools though, I’ve been getting almost straight 100s, and I’ve got multiple AP 5s too.
I’m thinking about applying to University of Cambridge eventually, but I’m lowkey stressed about whether I have to submit my IGCSE results or not. Like would they still see them somehow? 😭
Has anyone applied from a similar situation / switched curriculums midway?
Do Cambridge admissions care more about recent grades + APs, or are the IGCSEs still a huge deal?
Any advice appreciated fr 🙏🏻

relatively new to reddit, so apologies if this is the wrong format/breaking rules etc but this is less of an admissions question than it is a query about the course at oxford?

i'm thinking of reapplying for maths, as this year i applied to unis for economics (or maths and econ), but over the course of year 13, i've found myself really enjoying maths, especially core pure. i was wondering if anyone a) had any experiencing reapplying while on a gap year and how they found it b) anyone at all doing maths (i'm considering maths&philosophy but i need to do a bit more research on that) and how you've found the course especially in relation to maths at school

my main hesitation is that people say uni maths is very different to maths and fm alevel, which is obviously understandable, and its proof heavy? is that a significant jump where i might struggle? i'm not sure... thank you and any advice or opinions would be very appreciated...

this is probably more specific to oxford as i don't really fancy doing step lol but i guess the difference would be the same for any cam mathmos

If i have underwhelming than averge applicants gcse grade (99887776) can a good TMUA score mitigate it to at least get a interview?

I'm an american applicant who's interested in Cambridge's AMES course. However, i do happen to have a concern regarding my GPA since i have one C in math. Do you think it will hinder my chance by a big margin? (even though i meet their requirement in AP/SAT?)

Would love to make some friends for anyone applying this year 🙇‍♀️ I think I can post this correct me if so mods?

Just nice to meet some like-minded people!

Whether that entails roasting both our applications, doing random things like playing games, maybe studying together, or even just yapping, etc

I’m literally open to do ANYTHING chat

Some bits about me- from Ireland, almost 18f( in two months)

Planning to apply for most likely the Law course

Love reading, writing, games, volleyball, chess, and some youth work, and etc etc