Study Inspiration from a Cambridge Student

I’m so so sorry for taking so long to reply! But that is awesome - massive congratulations and good luck with everything!! SO glad to have been able to help :)

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I think this is maybe the most important aspect of successful studying. Remembering things by heart is sometimes necessary, but is generally a bad way to go about learning. By contrast, when you truly understand something and how it is linked to everything else, you will never forget. Understanding is the key to retaining information in the long term👌

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Live life actively. Don't sit back and watch the days go past. Embrace each and every one of them and make damned certain you finish it closer to your goals than when you started 👌

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Don't delay taking action - a great photo from @opoteleco 👌 I CHALLENGE YOU to make the following small change for the next 3 days, and see if you don't find it helpful!! Every morning, open up your diary or calendar and plan exactly what you are going to get done... Block out the time you will spend at school, then work out how long you will spend doing the homework that needs doing most urgently. YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU START YOUR DAY EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET DONE. Then, as you go through your day, you can feel yourself making progress, ticking off each of the things you have to do! I find having this plan makes me way more motivated to get everything I want done because I feel like I am really getting somewhere. It also ensures I work on the highest priority work! Most importantly, it means that when I finish everything on my plan, I feel truly free (without any guilt) to do whatever I want!! Remember: start making changes to the way you do things right now, building up those small changes to make a big difference!

Hey!! Okay- so obviously I am very biased towards MML- it's a bit like an English literature degree, except you can study a bit more philosophy and history, get a year abroad (the most awesome thing ever!), and finish your degree fluent (or nearly fluent in two languages and English)! Like I say, I am obviously totally biased towards languages, and firmly believe that if you love English as opposed to foreign literature, you should 100% study that. However, if you are a bit in between the two, I would encourage you to bear in mind that the practical skill of being fluent in three languages is a massive help in terms of future employment prospects and also travel!And there I can answer your question about my year abroad! I am indeed on my YA now and am currently in Lyon studying! Before this I went to Peru and had the most insane time, travelling and then staying with a Peruvian family and after this I am going to work at a law firm in Madrid for 4 months!So, in summary, MML is awesome, but genuinely, if you love English literature / aren't very strong in languages, I really don't think you should study something just because of its practical use. Interest in the subject should come first, and if there isn't much between them, then you should look at the practical side 😃

Hey! That can be a big concern and one of the reasons why people perhaps opt for a smaller college. However, I honestly believe that at the bigger colleges there are simply more people who could be your friend, and so you are just more likely to find a group of friends with similar interests to you. From my personal experience of Trinity, pretty much everyone, even the most introverted students, has their own little group of friends. Now I'm sure that may not be the case for 100% of people, but I think it is for the vast majority. I am also sure that at all colleges, people of all personality types have their own groups of friends.Essentially what I am saying is that, other than Trinity or John's seeming a bit more daunting for the first few days, there really isn't very much difference between all of the colleges in terms of your ability to make friends, I don't think 😃

The success ice berg! Do you struggle with any of these things? For me, my biggest difficulty would be accepting rejection and responding to criticism 💪

Hey,I'm so sorry for not replying sooner!! I'm at Trinity College and I love it! It's a really big college, and is probably the best-known! It really depends what you are after. If you want a grand college with a great reputation then Trinity or John's are probably the best places to apply. However, lots of people prefer a more intimate, maybe slightly less daunting (not that I find being at Trinity daunting personally) college, so they opt to apply to one of the smaller ones. There are pros to both, so you really need to weigh up what you are after. I would say though that one massive advantage of Trinity (although I again emphasise, what college you go to really doesn't matter that much!) is that it is very rich and so has the ability to offer some of the cheapest accommodation, has loads of amazing grants for doing stuff (I went on a cycling trip to Mallorca this year for free!) and has some of the best college facilities. That is just my opinion, but again, I really believe you would love whatever college you are at! Just have a think about what you want in terms of the size of the college you are after and I'd also strongly recommend going to Cambridge to have a look around if at all possible 😃Thanks for getting in touch!! Liam 🤗

Hey! The truth is that those grades are at the bottom end of what Oxbridge are looking for. But the even bigger truth is that they, by no means whatsoever, mean that you can't get into Oxbridge! Work hard over the next year, and they care much more about later exam results, tests they give you when applying, personal statements, interviews... So don't lose hope at all!! There is so much more to university applications than GCSE results, so keep that in mind and know that you can't go back and change your results so you have to do your best you can NOW and know that that is all you can do!Best of luck and I hope that helps,Liam 🤗

Throughout the year, the key to success is really to concentrate in class, take in what is being taught and make sure you understand everything! Anything you don't understand you should ask about. You should also get into a habit of doing your homework as well as possible as this will reinforce everything you learn in class- like that, you will be able to revise much more effectively because you will be revising, rather than having to learn everything from scratch, as some people do!