2017年的剑桥大学本科申请已经在10月15日结束了,递交申请的宝宝们一定在紧张地等待着面试offer的发放。根据牛剑的申请来看,这两所大学的特点就是要赶早,所以等到收到面试offer再准备面试肯定是晚啦。今天小编就带大家了解一下剑桥面试的相关内容,以免接到面试邀请激动又紧张,手忙脚乱不知如何准备。
怎么考?
今年面试的时间在12月的前三周,具体时间待定。剑桥的面试每年在上海也有,如果想在上海面试就需要在9月20号之前提交UCAS申请,面试时间一般在10月底,但因为这个时间太早,很多同学还是会选择亲自到剑桥参加面试,也可以顺便体验校园环境。
有些专业需要在面试期间有一次written assessment,具体专业和考试形式见下表:
考什么?
剑桥面试一般会有两轮,根据不同学院、不同专业,每轮20-45分钟。当面试官仍然不确定是否给你offer时,会安排你进行第三轮面试。
两轮面试各有侧重,第一轮是Subject-specific academic interview,考察的是学生对于自己申请的专业了解多少,以及是否有在剑桥学习的潜力。面试官一般是一到两位剑桥在这一领域的专家。这轮面试主要考察学生两个方面,一个是看你具备多少专业知识,讨论的话题可能是从你提交的申请文书延伸出来的;另一方面可能会考察学生会不会用已有知识解决新问题。
第二轮面试是General academic interview,会问一些关于个人学习及发展的问题,比如展开讨论一些你在ps中所提到的信息,或者问你为什么要来剑桥,为什么对这个专业感兴趣,也会问一些更宽泛的你的学术兴趣,以及未来的职业规划。
想必大家已有所耳闻,牛剑两校的面试题素来都有脑洞大开的“美誉”,小编在此搜集了一些以往的面试题,宝宝们快来感受一下:
数学
Given that you can cut a pizza n times, what is the maximum number of pieces you can obtain?
There are 100 people who will shake hands with each other. Is it possible to make the number of times people shaking hands all different?
Do there exist 2 integers, x and y such that x^2 + y^2 = 1000003?
物理
The titanic weighed over 50,000 tonnes. Why did it not sink earlier?
If you have a helium balloon on a string in a car, and the car accelerates, what happens to the balloon?
We wrap a string around the earth once and add 1m of extra length to the string. If we use this string to lift the earth, what is the largest gap between the string the earth?
化学
How does the basicity for ammonia, primary amine, secondary amine and tertiary amine in inorganic solvent? In water?
Why are the structures of CO2 and SiO2 different?
Draw the structure of Al2Br6 and describe the bonding.
生物
How does the immune system recognise invading pathogens as foreign cells?
How does a cell stop itself from exploding due to osmosis?
How would you transfer a gene to a plant?
计算机
How many rectangles are there in a chessboard?
Draw a circle with radius of r on a program you know. (No specific language required)
You are in a room where everyone including you has a white hat and black hat put on their heads. Can you guess the color of your hat with more than 50% probability?
工程学
How long would it take to pump water out of a cellar 2m and floor space 25㎡?
Consider a loop, what height should the roller coaster start from if it is to make it around the loop?
Derive the electrostatic potential of a particle from Coulomb's Law.
药学
Who did you see your doctors working with on your work experience, what non-medical members are there? How do they contribute to the team? What daily activities show that you would work well in a team?
How would pregnancy affect the speed of metabolism of the drugs? Where are drugs metabolised? Where are they excreted? How might you compensate for the change in metabolism of drugs in pregnant women?
哲学
What are the conditions for a social experiment determining changes in living standards of a particular country?
If the probability of winning a lottery is low but someone still wins and the probability of sun not rising tomorrow is also low, can we assume that the sun will not rise tomorrow?
What is memory?
政治学
What maintains domestic order?
What maintains international order?
Is redistributive taxation justified?
历史学
How do you organise a successful revolution?
Is there such thing as ‘race’?
How would you compare Henry VIII and Stalin?
经济学
Would it be feasible to have an economy that was entirely based on the service sector?
What do you know about the interaction between fiscal and monetary policy?
I noticed that you study mathematics. Can you see how you might derive the profit maximisation formula from first principles?
地理学
How can cities be made sustainable?
If I were to visit the area where you live, what would I find interesting?
Why is climate so unpredictable?
法学
If I said Manchester won a football match believing without a doubt that this was true but actually Chelsea won, am I lying?
Two enemies of mine work independently, as I am travelling across a desert. The first poisons my water. The second tips my water out of its flask, unaware of the poison. I continue on my journey and die of thirst. Who is guilty of murder?
If a man was in prison and dying, would it be right to kill him and use his organs to save seven other people?
面试小Tips
1. 提前了解清楚面试的流程步骤,可能会涉及的问题,这样对于当天会发生的事有一个心理预期。
2. 熟悉你的ps以及各种申请时上交过的文书。因为面试中有一些问题就是从这些文书中延伸出来的,所以可以提前想一想有哪些问题还可以展开讨论。
3. 读一些专业相关书籍,尤其是自己感兴趣的专业话题,最好能记住书的名字和作者。
4. 如果面试的时候你遇到一个看起来很“奇葩“的问题,不要紧张到说不出话,有任何想法,或者问题都可以说出来,建议可以在草稿纸上写写画画思路。
5. 很多宝宝们都关心面试穿什么的问题,其实没有必要穿正装,毕竟12月的英国也是妖风阵阵,穿着舒适就好啦。
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