All You Need To Know About
Cambridge
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A Level Requirement
43
IB Score
17%
Acceptance Rate
57%
Undergraduate Percentage
A Brief History
The University of Cambridge is a collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. It was founded in 1209 by a group of scholars from Oxford, who had left after a dispute with the local townspeople. Cambridge is the world's third-oldest university in continuous operation. Among the university's notable alumni are figures such as Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, and Rajiv Gandhi.
Residential Status
Primarily on Campus
Average Length of Degree
3 Years
Setting
Small city in the county of Cambridgeshire
Number of Undergraduate Students
Approximately 12,350
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Devery D
Former Harvard Admissions Officer
Devery brings a rare level of insight and institutional knowledge to the Crimson team, having studied higher education management at Harvard's Graduate School of Education in addition to serving as a Harvard admissions officer, UC Berkeley application reader, and an application reader for a top liberal arts college.
Kimberley L.
Former Stanford Admissions Officer
A former admissions officer at Northwestern and Stanford and a graduate of Wellesley, Kellogg, and Oxford, Kimberley brings a holistic perspective to helping students and families navigate the college admissions process.
Dana C.
Senior Strategy Consultant
Dana Crum is a Princeton graduate, former application reader in Princeton University's Office of Undergraduate Admission, and a seasoned admissions consultant with a decade of success guiding domestic and international students into top US, UK and Canadian universities.
Devery D
Former Harvard Admissions Officer
Devery brings a rare level of insight and institutional knowledge to the Crimson team, having studied higher education management at Harvard's Graduate School of Education in addition to serving as a Harvard admissions officer, UC Berkeley application reader, and an application reader for a top liberal arts college.
Kimberley L.
Former Stanford Admissions Officer
A former admissions officer at Northwestern and Stanford and a graduate of Wellesley, Kellogg, and Oxford, Kimberley brings a holistic perspective to helping students and families navigate the college admissions process.
Dana C.
Senior Strategy Consultant
Dana Crum is a Princeton graduate, former application reader in Princeton University's Office of Undergraduate Admission, and a seasoned admissions consultant with a decade of success guiding domestic and international students into top US, UK and Canadian universities.