Cambridge

[Funkadelic]

why dose the united kingdom still want the falklands?
is their anything really important there, or are they just trying to hold on to the remains of their empire?

Strategic importance, for navy and stuff. Also, you can't really say that it belongs to anyone but the UK. Most of the people there are Welsh, and a referendum there showed that pretty much everyone wanted to belong to Britain.

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[Pie Crust]

If his parents can afford $58,000 a year in tuition fees for their son then holy stuff they must be rolling in it

I'm not rich. I'm in a medium class family surviving the inflation we have. My current school costs 1/8th of what Cambridge costs but my parents will try to do their best to allow me to enter. According to the E-Mail sent by the admission officer, there are classes in September 2014. There are vacants but they must be filled within June. I'll try to get a copy of the e-mail from my mom's phone.

Dooble, I'm looking into your links. I just got home from school. I still need to take the GCSE and the A-Level. I took the FCE last year.

Been given the choice? Like it is "We want you to either go to Oxford or Cambridge, son" or is it, "I got accepted into either Oxford or Cambridge." Why are those your choices?

More like "We'd hate seeing you study in colleges here so would you like for us to enroll you in Cambridge/Oxford? You need to be 100% sure about this decision because there's no turning back."

[Pie Crust]

Here it is.

Dear Mr NoLastNameForYou,

 

Thank you for your interest in CCSS and calling into our office on Friday.  It was lovely to talk to you on the phone and I hope you found the information passed to you by my colleague Beverley helpful in that it has provides an introduction to our teaching methods, facilities and approach to education.    At CCSS, we believe that the most effective way to help students achieve their academic and personal best is to treat them as individuals. Offering flexibility while making sure that our students have a clear sense of direction is central to our approach.

 

Small class sizes (an average of 6-7 students) and skilled teaching make it possible for us to teach actively, with plenty of discussion ensuring that everyone is fully involved. All A-level students have regular progress meetings with their personal tutor, which is used to discuss work and tackle individual difficulties. Full assistance is given with UCAS applications and the majority of our students successfully progress to University after their studies here.

 

We take student welfare as seriously as academic success and pride ourselves on developing good lines of communication with parents as well as with students. Our strong extra-curricular programme and support provided in our boarding houses also plays a vital part in making sure that students settle in quickly and get the most out of what CCSS and Cambridge have to offer. We find that our students respond well to this high degree of individual attention. We have a strong record of examination results and university placements, and one of the most pleasing comments from old students is not just that they enjoyed themselves here but that they were well prepared, personally as well as academically, for university and working life.

 

We run our own boarding accommodation close to the college.  The boarding houses are staffed 24 hours a day, so there is always someone the students can contact should they need to.  There are a range of boarding options available and further information can be found by clicking here.  Students enjoy the thriving, but safe, environment that Cambridge has to offer.

 

I would be very happy to talk to your further about the opportunities here at CCSS for Mateo.  I can confirm that we have spaces available for September 2014 and would be happy to discuss the application process with you

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions about CCSS.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Best wishes,

 

Victoria

 

Victoria Robeson

Admissions Officer

 

Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies

4-5 Bene't Place

Cambridge CB2 1EL

Direct tel: snip

Email: snip

www.ccss.co.uk

 

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This is the E-Mail sent to my mom from the Cambridge admissions. She also spoke with the principal of Oxford but she didn't give me any details.

[Pecon]

Is it translated from English to Spanish and back to English? Because there are quite a few errors in it lol

[Pie Crust]

Is it translated from English to Spanish and back to English? Because there are quite a few errors in it lol

It's the raw email. I forwarded it to myself.

[Otis Da HousKat]

And here we find out he meant college in the UK sense not university.

[Pie Crust]

And here we find out he meant college in the UK sense not university.

I never said anything about universities. I'm 15 and will be 16 in May. I can't enroll in a university yet.

[Otis Da HousKat]

I never said anything about universities. I'm 15 and will be 16 in May. I can't enroll in a university yet.

College and university are used interchangeably in American English, and when you mentioned Oxford and Cambridge people thought you meant the universities.

[Doughboy]

even i thought he was talking about the universities and i speak english english

[Pie Crust]

College and university are used interchangeably in American English, and when you mentioned Oxford and Cambridge people thought you meant the universities.

even i thought he was talking about the universities and i speak english english

Pecon understood.

Here's a picture of the booklets I got if they're relevant.

[sir dooble]

And here we find out he meant college in the UK sense not university.

Well, I wasted a bunch of time with my explanation for uni entry and fees.

Is this Cambridge college part of Cambridge university then? I didn't realise they had a sixth form college if they do.


And yeah, the confusion here is that everyone assumes you mean Oxford/Cambridge university when you mention it.
There are a lot of various sixth form colleges in and around Cambridge and Oxford.
Of course it gets confusing when talking with people from other countries about it though.

In the UK we refer to place of Secondary Education and Sixth Form as colleges. This is what Pie Crust is applying for.
In the US universities are also called colleges.
In the UK the term college is also used in regards to Cambridge and Oxford university,  since both are comprised of multiple university colleges, which you apply to individually, rather than to the uni as a whole, which you normally do in the UK with other unis. It's actually from the Oxbridge concept of colleges at university that the Americans take the term 'college' from in refering to an entire university.


Anyway, I hope you have good luck getting in to college here, Pie Crust.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my past 3 years at college (you normally spend 2, but I stayed on an extra year instead of going straight to uni) and I hope you do too.
If you do stay at college for 3 years then you may actually then qualify for Student Loans when you go to university afterwards, should you stay on to study at a UK university. That will make the next 3 years of life after college much easier.

[Pixel]

Wow this topic just got really gay

It was obvious we were talking about the universities so Im lost as to why he didnt point it out

[sir dooble]

What I might add is that you should definitely shop around the country some if its not a university you're looking for.
Obviously Oxbridge university is prestigious internationally and historically, but that doesn't necessarilly mean the sixth form colleges around it are, as my cousins who live in Oxford and have gone to an Oxford sixth form can attest to.

There are some fantastic sixth form colleges all around the UK, which also provide boarding. And they can also be in nice locations with equal standards of education or better, plus cheaper costs of living. For the most part sixth form colleges don't vary much in quality and all offer the same options for your future. When you do apply for universities you'll find other students from all over the UK applying for the same courses, regardless of which uni you're trying to get into. So definitely consider where you want to live for the next 2-3 years too, when choosing a sixth form college.

I will admit bias in saying so, but Oxford is also a very beautiful city with lovely cbrown towns and parks, and it has absolutely brilliant museums and art galleries, plus it's botanical gardens are magnificent. On a hot sunny day you're hard pressed to find nicer city locations in the UK.
You also have much better and quicker access to London than many other cities, including Cambridge.

[Caribou]

Are your grades good enough? Also it takes a lot of dedication to study almost all night, if that's what you would like to do. I am considering going into vetenary sciences too to become a vet - however you can get just as good education in a prestigious Canadian university for it at McGill (the Harvard of Canada). Not to mention, college is far cheaper in Canada too.

[Pie Crust]

Are your grades good enough? Also it takes a lot of dedication to study almost all night, if that's what you would like to do. college is far cheaper in Canada too.

The money has nothing to do. Money can be saved to afford anything. I'm in it for the science. I'm willing to do what it takes to get in Cambridge and stay in it. My grades are pretty good. Although school just started so I don't have my report card yet.