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Oxbridge info/ support thread 2014

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lismore · 18/10/2013 10:41

Does anyone else with a DC applying for Oxbridge this year feel like having someone to share the highs/ lows/ questions- if so, please join in!
I have a DS who has just applied to Cambridge- our family has no Oxbridge background and he's at a state school which gives absolutely no advice so definitely feel at a bit of a loss how to support him.
I think he's incredibly brave even trying, especially as 80% get rejected unfortunately.

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venturabay · 09/02/2014 22:48

Shootingatpigeons HMF 1's DS is interested in reading Physics I think, not Biology!

Shootingatpigeons · 10/02/2014 00:26

Venturabay I do realise that. It just happens that I know that applying for Natural Sciences with a Biology specialism at Cambridge is far more competitive than applying for Biology at Oxford. I could not say with any authority that the same applies if applying for Natural Sciences at Cambridge with a Physics specialism, except that the only way to study Physics at Cambridge is to apply to the Natural Sciences trypos.

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