Chance an American Applicant to Cambridge for Math

Applying to College
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<p>Asian Male, CA, public high school</p>

<p>Applying to Trinity College, Cambridge University</p>

<p>Intended Math major</p>

<p>GPA: 4.48
Class Rank: 1 of 500~</p>

<p>SAT1: Math 800, Writing 690, CR 650 (Going to retake, did this half a year ago, but SAT doesn't matter for Trinity)
ACT: 33 (Going to retake, but not important)</p>

<p>SATII's
Chemistry: 800
Math level 2: 790
Physics: 750</p>

<p>AP scores:
Calculus BC: 5
Calculus AB subscore: 5
Physics B: 5
Physics C Mechanics: 4 (self studied)
Physics C Electricity and Magnetism: 5 (self studied, score surprised me)
Chemistry: 5
English Lang: 5
US History: 5
Environmental Science: 4 =/
European History: 4</p>

<p>Have also taken Linear Algebra, Calculus 1, Intro to Chemistry, Speech and Mandarin at local community college, planning to take Multivariate Calculus and Differential Equations and Sophomore level Calculus based Physics (Waves, Optics, Quantum physics etc.)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Bio
AP Stats
AP Gov/Econ
AP English Lit
Sophomore College Physics
Multivariate Calculus
Differential Equations</p>

<p>The Diffy Q/ Multivariable classes are during the evenings and take a lot of time.</p>

<p>-National AP Scholar as a Junior.
-Science Bowl captain- first year school has done it. Introduced it to school, went to regionals first time
-President of science club(1 yr) --> built club to about 40 people, doing demonstrations and getting people excited about science
-Spanish Honors Society (3 yrs)
-Peer tutor in math/science/spanish (3 yrs) several hours a week to help students for free
-Volunteer at church and senior care home (several years 6-7 ish) 250+ hours of community service
-Youth ministry president (1 yr) reach out to disadvantaged teenagers,lead committees and plan trips, teach younger people how to emcee
-In church orchestra, violinist (4 yrs)
-Helped introduce AMC to school, missed AIME by one question
-UCSF research internship (9 weeks), project dealt with stats and applied math
-Getting Associate's Degree in Mathematics with high honors from community college (before I get my high school diploma)
-Second highest score in AMATYC (math contest held at junior colleges)
-Working on project with Linear Algebra professor dealing with pure math involving multivariable calculus, linear algebra and probability.
-Submitting project to local science fair.</p>

<p>Letter of Recommendation: Linear Algebra Professor, probably really good, he will talk about my level of interest for math,</p>

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<p>You sound like you have a very good chance. However, likes with HYP, with Cambridge there is often an element of luck. I know some extremely qualified students who were rejected by Cambridge. Are you going for an interview? That can make all of the difference.</p>

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<p>I won’t chance you, since I don’t know anything about Maths admissions. But just to make sure you’re aware, you will have to take the STEP papers if you get an offer: [Sixth</a> Term Examination Papers (STEP)](<a href=“http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/admissions/step/]Sixth”>Sixth Term Examination Papers (STEP) | Undergraduate Admissions)</p>

<p>Not sure what Spriteling meant by ‘are you going for an interview?’ since everyone has to interview as part of the admissions procedure!</p>

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<p>Ya, I am going to interview. Does everyone who apply get the chance to interview, or will some get rejected before?</p>

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<p>In general, Cambridge interviews nearly everyone, unless they are grossly unqualified. However, some colleges do not, as a rule, invite international students for interview unless they ask to be interviewed. Other colleges require international students to be interviewed. I’m not sure what Trinity does, but make sure that you COAF states that you are willing to be interviewed.</p>

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<p>Trinity requires everyone qualified to interview. </p>

<p>[Trinity</a> College Cambridge - Interviews](<a href=“Trinity College Cambridge | University of Cambridge”>Trinity College Cambridge | University of Cambridge)</p>