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Just Chat! / Looking for Work Experience
« on: 05/02/2011 13:26:35 »
Rosy. Thanks so much for your answer. I think that hits the nail bang on the head.
My school is indeed good at sending students to Oxford and Cambridge. Around 30% of students here go to Oxbridge each year.
I do know someone in the year above who received an offer for Cambridge maths, which I've heard is extremely hard to get into. He has done no such work experience, so I guess you're right to think that Oxford and Cambridge don't really care about work experience, but about your intelligence, especially for a subject like Maths. But I feel that doing work experience will in some way strengthen me as a candidate. I'd hate to apply for Maths having done no work experience, and then getting rejected, only to think what the outcome could have been if I had done some relevant work.
That being said, I think as you rightly said, I should talk to my maths teachers and careers advisor. My maths teachers are easy to come by, but the school really doesn't promote any career advising.. Weird that?
My school is indeed good at sending students to Oxford and Cambridge. Around 30% of students here go to Oxbridge each year.
I do know someone in the year above who received an offer for Cambridge maths, which I've heard is extremely hard to get into. He has done no such work experience, so I guess you're right to think that Oxford and Cambridge don't really care about work experience, but about your intelligence, especially for a subject like Maths. But I feel that doing work experience will in some way strengthen me as a candidate. I'd hate to apply for Maths having done no work experience, and then getting rejected, only to think what the outcome could have been if I had done some relevant work.
That being said, I think as you rightly said, I should talk to my maths teachers and careers advisor. My maths teachers are easy to come by, but the school really doesn't promote any career advising.. Weird that?