State & Private School Applications

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Cambridge from the Inside

Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge

59 episodes

4 days ago

Cambridge from the Inside is a new podcast about Outreach and Admissions at the University of Cambridge, hosted by Trinity Hall. It discusses admissions advice and what life is like as a Cambridge student, featuring interviews with current students, admissions tutors, and academics.

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State & Private School Applications

Cambridge from the Inside

1 hour 31 minutes 5 seconds

2 months ago

State & Private School Applications

Stay tuned to hear Marcus, our Director of Admissions, discuss whether Cambridge has a bias towards school types.

Our 'How will we assess your application?' podcast where Marcus and Siam go through lots of hypothetical situations, can be found in the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn4e8XTcgOw

A list of topic discussions can be found below:

00:00 Introductions

01:30 Does the University of Cambridge have a preference between state school and private school applications?

02:00 What are state/maintained schools and independent/private schools?

05:10 How we don’t generalise applicants based on the school they’ve attended

09:40 What are the different types of state/maintained schools?

10:30 What are grammar schools?

13:45 What are sixth form colleges, and how are they different from grammar schools and comprehensive schools?

15:00 How has the number of applications from independent vs. maintained sector schools to Cambridge changed over time?

18:10 Where to find the Cambridge Admissions Statistics Reports for each academic year

23:00 Some people think that Cambridge is an elitist institution — is that true? Where does that idea come from?2

29:00 Why has there been an increase in the proportion of students admitted to Cambridge from state/maintained schools?

37:20 If 94% of students in the UK attend state/maintained schools, why is the proportion of state/maintained students at Cambridge below 94%?

49:00 Marcus on students he’s taught and their backgrounds

53:30 Could an applicant make a strong application to Cambridge solely using the podcast as their research?56:30 Why does the ratio of maintained vs. independent school acceptances differ between colleges?

01:01:30 Why does the ratio of maintained vs. independent school acceptances differ between subjects?01:07:30 On cultural capital

01:12:30 Do all students who come from maintained schools come from comprehensive schools?

01:19:30 In an ideal world, would there be a correlation between school type and acceptance rate?

01:22:00 What advice do you have for students who feel discouraged when looking at the admissions data?01:25:50 What Marcus’ school was like and his application to CambridgeFind the relevant webpages for the

University of Cambridge and University of Oxford admissions statistics below:https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/apply/before/application-statistics#:~:text=View%20application%20and%20admission%20statistics%20about%20people%20who,and%20learn%20about%20acceptance%20rates%20for%20undergraduate%20courses.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/facts-and-figures/admissions-statistics