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Just got back from an interview at Cambridge (of all places!).
On the way there, there were no fewer than 9 accidents on the A14(!), and on the way back I was stuck at Leicester Rail Station for 40mins...
Anyway, enough of the grumbling:
For those of you who don't know me (I don't usually stray this side of the gaming forums, despite the length of time I've been on the site!), I'm hoping to do Computer Science at uni.
The interviews were quite straight forwards... I had 3 in total:
1) General: Why do you want to study at Cambridge; what other interests do you have etc, etc. In my case this was a very informal chat that was quite interesting
2) Subject specific: They asked me about following algorithms and probablilities... very simple maths (esp. seeing as I'm studying TRIPLE maths at A levels!!!:!:!!)
3) A while back I was told to read a particular book on computer science... this interview was about the maths in this book.... which was challenging, but because you are prompted at various stages it's easy to get through...
So there you have it! My interviews... I thought I did quite well... especially compared to some people who games the following answers to questions:
QU: What books do you read to keep up to date with the subject
ANS1: I don't enjoy reading- it doesn't do anything for me
ANS2: I don't really read much... for my computing coursework I have to do a bit of programming, so i read a bit of this one programming book... errrr... and that's all....
Sonic
On the way there, there were no fewer than 9 accidents on the A14(!), and on the way back I was stuck at Leicester Rail Station for 40mins...
Anyway, enough of the grumbling:
For those of you who don't know me (I don't usually stray this side of the gaming forums, despite the length of time I've been on the site!), I'm hoping to do Computer Science at uni.
The interviews were quite straight forwards... I had 3 in total:
1) General: Why do you want to study at Cambridge; what other interests do you have etc, etc. In my case this was a very informal chat that was quite interesting
2) Subject specific: They asked me about following algorithms and probablilities... very simple maths (esp. seeing as I'm studying TRIPLE maths at A levels!!!:!:!!)
3) A while back I was told to read a particular book on computer science... this interview was about the maths in this book.... which was challenging, but because you are prompted at various stages it's easy to get through...
So there you have it! My interviews... I thought I did quite well... especially compared to some people who games the following answers to questions:
QU: What books do you read to keep up to date with the subject
ANS1: I don't enjoy reading- it doesn't do anything for me
ANS2: I don't really read much... for my computing coursework I have to do a bit of programming, so i read a bit of this one programming book... errrr... and that's all....
Sonic
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Oxford interviews, on the whole, tend to be more aggressive. Oxford also requires written work, whereas most Cambridge colleges don't.
Oxford operates on an initial flurry of exams in your first term and then none till your finals. Whereas at Cambridge you take your exams at the end of each year, and so it's also easier to switch subjects if you really don't like what you're doing.
I had my interview at Cambridge yesterday and you know, it wasn't as scary as I had thought it would be, hell, it was even fun.
Oxford operates on an initial flurry of exams in your first term and then none till your finals. Whereas at Cambridge you take your exams at the end of each year, and so it's also easier to switch subjects if you really don't like what you're doing.
I had my interview at Cambridge yesterday and you know, it wasn't as scary as I had thought it would be, hell, it was even fun.
Anyone know what the interviews are like at Oxford? That's where I'm aiming.
I never realy had an interview for university, the only thing I had that was near an interview was at bath university where a lecturer was asking me to calculate the weight of water in the clouds above my home town and the amount of energy used when riding a bike (with no calculater), I didn't go there in the end.
Hope you get to the Uni you want Sonic, certainly can be a fun life if you can live on the money (or lack of these days)
Just got back from an interview at Cambridge (of all places!).
On the way there, there were no fewer than 9 accidents on the A14(!), and on the way back I was stuck at Leicester Rail Station for 40mins...
Anyway, enough of the grumbling:
For those of you who don't know me (I don't usually stray this side of the gaming forums, despite the length of time I've been on the site!), I'm hoping to do Computer Science at uni.
The interviews were quite straight forwards... I had 3 in total:
1) General: Why do you want to study at Cambridge; what other interests do you have etc, etc. In my case this was a very informal chat that was quite interesting
2) Subject specific: They asked me about following algorithms and probablilities... very simple maths (esp. seeing as I'm studying TRIPLE maths at A levels!!!:!:!!)
3) A while back I was told to read a particular book on computer science... this interview was about the maths in this book.... which was challenging, but because you are prompted at various stages it's easy to get through...
So there you have it! My interviews... I thought I did quite well... especially compared to some people who games the following answers to questions:
QU: What books do you read to keep up to date with the subject
ANS1: I don't enjoy reading- it doesn't do anything for me
ANS2: I don't really read much... for my computing coursework I have to do a bit of programming, so i read a bit of this one programming book... errrr... and that's all....
Sonic
On the way there, there were no fewer than 9 accidents on the A14(!), and on the way back I was stuck at Leicester Rail Station for 40mins...
Anyway, enough of the grumbling:
For those of you who don't know me (I don't usually stray this side of the gaming forums, despite the length of time I've been on the site!), I'm hoping to do Computer Science at uni.
The interviews were quite straight forwards... I had 3 in total:
1) General: Why do you want to study at Cambridge; what other interests do you have etc, etc. In my case this was a very informal chat that was quite interesting
2) Subject specific: They asked me about following algorithms and probablilities... very simple maths (esp. seeing as I'm studying TRIPLE maths at A levels!!!:!:!!)
3) A while back I was told to read a particular book on computer science... this interview was about the maths in this book.... which was challenging, but because you are prompted at various stages it's easy to get through...
So there you have it! My interviews... I thought I did quite well... especially compared to some people who games the following answers to questions:
QU: What books do you read to keep up to date with the subject
ANS1: I don't enjoy reading- it doesn't do anything for me
ANS2: I don't really read much... for my computing coursework I have to do a bit of programming, so i read a bit of this one programming book... errrr... and that's all....
Sonic
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