Well done!

@zhiheng796

25 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Congrats zhiheng!

@zhiheng796

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

my cousin got into Warwick! he is taking a law course

@zhiheng796

28 күн бұрын

Congratulations to your cousin! Warwick law is very prestigious. I wish the best for his future endeavours.

No way, LSE did you dirty, now im curious on what your personal statement was like? And here I was thinking that PS doesn't matter that much compared to the grades you get. That is insane, considering that you applied with 3 actual A* grades, 1 predicted A*, so 4 a levels. Great video though, all are top unis.

@zhiheng796

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! Yeah, LSE does put a lot of emphasis on personal statements. I know a friend who got into LSE Economics without submitting a TMUA score, but had a marvellous personal statement. I must admit that my personal statement is quite hastily prepared though, since at that time I was aiming for Cambridge and they don't really look at personal statements.

Rejected from LSE is mad they really missed out because your too good for them :D. But what did you get in your TMUA?

@zhiheng796

4 күн бұрын

Hi, thank you for the consolation! I got 4.6 for the Mathematical Thinking component, and 6.7 for the Mathematical Reasoning component. The TMUA last year was especially difficult; the average score for economics applicants to Trinity College, Cambridge was 5.4 for both components. I hope you find this information useful.

Cambridge definitely place a lot of emphasis on personal statement. There are tons of students with 4 A* that got rejected by Cambridge pre interview. If u got to the interview phase, obv more emphasis will be placed on the interview. The fact u said PS statement is not important for Cambridge is just false.

@zhiheng796

Ай бұрын

Hi, thank you for your comment. I definitely understand where you're coming from. Cambridge has a lot of colleges and offers many courses. Each college has a different panel of admissions selectors, and each course has a different selection criteria. I don't deny that there might be courses offered by Cambridge that rely heavily on personal statements to select students. However, in my experience (economics course, Trinity College), I don't think they have considered my personal statement. They did not mention anything about my personal statement at the interview and also said nothing about my personal statement in the application feedback. Other economics applicants to Trinity experienced the same thing as well. Again, I believe it is the course and college that you applied for that determines how important your personal statement is in the admissions process.

@Yao-xc8gf

Ай бұрын

@@zhiheng796 I applied and got accepted to Cambridge Physical Natsci at a different college though. I believe they do not have time ask us anything abt personal statement but they definitely still look at it. Most ppl applying to Cambridge have fantastic grades and admission test scores so the personal statement and the interview is usually what determines whether one gets accepted or not. After all, u have to show the admission tutors that u are “teachable” and able to learn. That’s why so many qualified candidates get rejected despite having perfect grades. I’m not sure about the feedback because trinity college might not say anything abt PS. However, my friends that got rejected by Queens or Jesus college received feedback regarding their personal statement. I think perhaps ur personal statement is decent thats why u didn’t receive any comments. My friend that got rejected post interview stated that Cambridge did say his personal statement is good and showed a diverse interest in Natsci. On the other hand, my friend that got rejected pre interview received comments like the personal statement was average and did not stand out. Just my opinions though

@zhiheng796

Ай бұрын

Oh, I see! Thank you for sharing these valuable insights regarding my Cambridge application and personal statement. This is very helpful.

@JO06

Ай бұрын

@@Yao-xc8gf I mean it depends on the course, if its for something like the maths the personal statement really means fuck all