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How will we assess your application?
Stay tuned to hear our Director of Admissions, Dr. Marcus Tomalin, explain everything you need to know about how we assess applications, including an analysis of several hypothetical cases!
02:10 What pieces of information do we look at when assessing applicants?
04:50 We say we assess applications holistically—what does "holistic" actually mean?
05:50 Who assesses the applications?
10:20 Explaining the Winter Pool
13:20 What’s the most important part of the application?
17:40 Hypothetical case: Part 1
20:10 Predicted grades compared to final grades
20:40 Hypothetical case: Part 2
22:25 Trying to wing the Cambridge admissions process
24:10 Hypothetical case: Part 3
30:10 Siam’s predicted grades
33:10 Hypothetical case: Part 4
37:00 Differences between humanities and sciences in admissions assessments
41:40 What is contextualisation/contextualising applications?
50:25 What’s the difference between contextualisation and positive discrimination?
55:00 Hypothetical case: Part 5
58:40 So, is there any difference between holistic assessment and contextualisation?
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By Trinity Hall, University of CambridgeStay tuned to hear our Director of Admissions, Dr. Marcus Tomalin, explain everything you need to know about how we assess applications, including an analysis of several hypothetical cases!
02:10 What pieces of information do we look at when assessing applicants?
04:50 We say we assess applications holistically—what does "holistic" actually mean?
05:50 Who assesses the applications?
10:20 Explaining the Winter Pool
13:20 What’s the most important part of the application?
17:40 Hypothetical case: Part 1
20:10 Predicted grades compared to final grades
20:40 Hypothetical case: Part 2
22:25 Trying to wing the Cambridge admissions process
24:10 Hypothetical case: Part 3
30:10 Siam’s predicted grades
33:10 Hypothetical case: Part 4
37:00 Differences between humanities and sciences in admissions assessments
41:40 What is contextualisation/contextualising applications?
50:25 What’s the difference between contextualisation and positive discrimination?
55:00 Hypothetical case: Part 5
58:40 So, is there any difference between holistic assessment and contextualisation?