Hi! I have my assessment next week and am really stressed about it but I hope it is as easy as you make it sound. Thanks for the video, it is really helpful!
This video was sooo helpful. I have an interview for cambridge in a couple of weeks, so you have helped to calm my nerves quite a bit. One thing i do have to ask is if they quiz/ ask you any questions related to maths/physics because words cant even describe how i am dreading this to happen. I will forget everything i learnt.
Obviously I can't give you an official answer on that one but in my opinion - I think it's probably a pretty hard no! I certainly don't remember being asked anything of the sort - in our teaching in the course, any remote bit of maths is purely functional and has nothing to do with the wider philosophy of design that the bulk of the course is focussed on. The interview seemed to focus on that too in my memory so I don't thinkkkk you really need to worry yourself there.
Applying right now to St Johns, just sorting out my 6 page digital portfolio. I’m doing my reading now too, just finished Hatherly’s book. Thanks for all these recent videos :)
I have just sent in my application to Cambridge for architecture 😖 and tbh I am quite scared to talk about my artwork as I don't have arts as a part of my subjects and I have not gotten feedback from others in several years 😅 But this video helped me to calm my nerves a bit and the portfolio video was quite helpful Thank you!!
Glad to hear it was helpful! Remember the thoughts behind your work can often be more relevant than the sheer skill- your technical skills in art, modelling or even just design in general will develop so much over your course anyway - so try not to stress about where you are now!:)
I can only dream of studying architecture at Cambridge, indeed I have since I was little, anyway it is really inspiring to hear about your experience. Any advice for international applicants?
Heya! Hold on to that dream😉 I asked some of the international students on my course and they said the most important thing was just to be organised with the application - they said there are so many bits of paperwork for international applications and things you might have to translate into English so just to plan everything out really far in advance so you don’t have to worry about it. You want to focus all of your energy on making your application as strong as possible so I guess the advice is sort the admin side asap in order to worry about the more important bit! Hope this helps, good luck :)
Hi Callum, Thank you very much for your videos. They are very helpful and informative. I find they are the best videos in RU-vid . Really appreciated. I am a mother of a 15 year old boy who is passionate about becoming a good architect. He hopes to apply Cambridge in 2025. Would you mind if I ask you some questions about University of Cambridge?
This video was extremely useful!! I have an interview coming up for Cambridge as well as the assessment. Just wondering if you have any tips on what to do and how to prepare for the essay writing part of the assessment - Thanks:)
Hey! Maybe as a little exercise, think about some of the prominent buildings near wherever you live and ask yourself why you think they might be interesting or not and whether they are effective aesthetically and functionally. I would expect being able to analyse examples of architecture to illustrate a point to be pretty useful in the essay. Hope this is useful; best of luck:)
Ooh great question. Yes, I believe I did though I don’t remember too much about it. I think I wrote about why Cambridge architecture specifically tho cam architecture is quite different to most other unis so wasn’t too tricky if I remember rightly!
Hi Callum, I have an interview on Tuesday, I was wondering did your interviewer's question you on your A-Level knowledge at any point? thanks for the tips!
Hey, I don’t think they did at all, no. Everyone studies quite different A-Levels for architecture I don’t really know if it’s common for them not as a result but maybe! Good luck both of you:)
Hi Callum, I am applying this year and need to pick a college. Just wondering how you like your college, would you recommend it, is it fun? Etc. Thanks! :)
hi! i’m only 15 (year 10) but i’m rlly passionate about being an architect in cambridge - do u think i should start reading books about it and sketching now?
I'm not in uni yet but personally I believe you should always be practicing your artistic skills, its just. a heavily important skill I believe in architectural studies. being able to put what you visualize on paper.
Read read read. Watch a few videos and look at a few websites that can give you recommendations for books, these can be specific to certian areas of interest or more general architecture books. Reading early on will get you to start thinking like an architect. The reading you will have built up over the next year and a half will be incredibly useful for writing your personal statement and in your interview.
Hey, I did Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Music and got A*AA*A in the same order. I did not have a grades offer tho as I applied a year after I left school.
