今年劍橋的面試好像比兩年前晚了足足一個月，其實這里面是有原因的，我們當年，面試和筆試都在上海舉行，是二合一的，筆試叫做“At-interview Assissment”而今年劍橋的筆試叫做“Pre-interview Assessment”,同樣在10月底舉行，根據(jù)筆試的成績決定面試的名單，所以面試就晚了一個月，這個和英國本土的做法一樣了。有不少家長問我面試的流程，說實話，畢竟不是我面試，我只能翻翻老郵件，說不了太多，只能給大家一些基本信息，也給以后申請的家長一個概念吧。
10月的某一天，我家先收到了下面郵件，告知你被選中面試，安排在上海面試（自己選擇的），然后你就要安排確認，簽訂不泄題保密協(xié)議，付款等等。同時，你還會有另外一封郵件告訴你具體流程。
Dear applicant,
You will have recently received an email from me inviting you for interview in Shanghai.
Due to a system error, there was some incorrect information about your written assessment contained towards the end of the email. The date contained within the table at the start of the email (Thursday 26th October) is correct for both your interview and assessment (there are no Saturday assessments being held).
Please still reply to the original email, if you have not already done so.
With best wishes,
***
Overseas Interviews Assistant
Cambridge Admissions Office
University of Cambridge
Fitzwilliam House
32 Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1QY
趕緊去看下面這封郵件，這封郵件應該今年有面試的人都已經(jīng)收到了，（每個學院可能格式會略不相同，安排其實是一致的，當然每個人的面試時間會不一樣的）。面試是安排在酒店，每個人都是半個小時，其實這只是個大概時間，可以略早一點到酒店，一到酒店，就可以看見劍橋的工作人員，查名單，然后告訴你到幾樓，哪個房間。我們到的比較準時，一到就被直接叫上去了，有些外地過來的，來得太早，被要求在外面等。孩子說，到了房間門口，在外面等前面一個人面試完出來，她就進去了。
I write in connection with your application to the University of Cambridge to study **** （此處隱去專業(yè)名）
A programme of interviews has been arranged in Shanghai and I would like to invite you to attend as follows below. Special preparation is not expected though you should be reasonably familiar with schoolwork in relevant areas.
1. Interview
Interview Date:
Thursday 26 October
Time:
10.30 - 11.00
Location:
Hotel Equatorial, Shanghai
Interviewer:
Dr *****
Written Assessment:
14.30, Thursday 26 October
聽孩子說，基本問了姓名等基本信息，就開始交火，教授出題，學生一邊做題一邊講思路，有紙筆可以寫，嘴巴不能停，老師也會在過程中提問。做完一題，老師會再出一題，繼續(xù)做。我家做了5題，聽說最多也就5題，有很多人只做了1-2題，(嚴重懷疑是不是不會說話，只會做題）不過事實證明，做多做少和錄取沒半毛錢關(guān)系，做錯做對也很錄取沒半毛錢關(guān)系。根據(jù)介紹，老師主要看你的反應，表達和解題思路，你不會，他正好教你，看你的接受能力。我家比較慘，在最后一題上，方法和老師不一樣，答案是對的，而且速度快，比老師的方法簡潔。但是她說，她沒教會老師，而老師教她的方法，她能理解但是嫌棄太復雜，速度慢，哎，沒對上，運氣不好。我覺得她沒有把她的解法說到讓老師聽懂，這可能是一個大瑕疵。不過這些只能是猜想。
2. Further Information
Please read very carefully the additional information below as it contains all the details you need to know about your interview and, where relevant, your written assessment. There are also details to be found about the payment necessary in order for you to attend this interview.
3. Acknowledgement
Please reply to this email without delay, quoting your COPA reference number in the email subject line, to acknowledge that you have received this information and will be attending. We will not normally send further confirmation and simply look forward to meeting you later in the month. Please also let us know if you no longer wish for your application to be considered and therefore will not be attending. You are expected to attend the interview at the time allocated. We are sorry if the time or location should be inconvenient but the constraints of the timetable are very tight and only in very extreme circumstances will an alternative interview time be possible. There is only one sitting of the assessment so under no circumstances can we offer you an alternative for this.
Yours sincerely
(Dr) *****
On behalf of the Cambridge Colleges’ PR China Applications Office
由于在上海面試，所以除了面試以外還有考試，叫：At-interview Assessment （今年改成和英國一樣形式的pre-interview Assessment），其實就是筆試，今年筆試大家在10月份都已經(jīng)考過了，我這已經(jīng)是過時消息了，給后備看個大概吧。我們是同一天，兩個地方，時間還是略緊的。早上面試完，匆匆忙忙趕過去。到了那里，發(fā)現(xiàn)一堆人在都在了，老師安排在門口休息，大多都是家長陪過來的，還有一兩個英國學生。到了差不多開考時間，老師根據(jù)科目叫學生分別排隊，核對信息后，各自進入不同的教室，開始考試。不同專業(yè)，考試內(nèi)容和時長也是不一樣的,詳見下面郵件中表格信息。心疼下數(shù)學專業(yè)，考的時間最長，120分鐘。
Additional Information
1. 2017 interview arrangements
Interviews vary in length and content, though are mostly about 25 minutes in duration. Please note that a proportion of interviews may be recorded as an experiment; these will be treated as confidential and no permanent record will be kept. There are no dress regulations, other than any that may be specified by your school, as we prefer you to be comfortable in the interview.
Please note that all shortlisted applicants are required to pay an interview fee of ￡150 and you are now required to pay this without delay and by no later than 17.00 (GMT) on Friday 13 October 2017. You must pay the interview fee using the link below:
Overseas Interview Fee payments
Please note that failure to pay your interview fee by this date will invalidate your application. Payment terms and conditions, including your right to cancel, can be found on the University of Cambridge Finance Division website.
Enquiries about the interview fee payment only should be directed to: appfees@admin.cam.ac.uk
When you come for your interview, try to set off in good time for the journey and thus ensure prompt arrival, especially if you are not familiar with the venue. You will then be more relaxed and be able to give a better impression than if you have had to rush to arrive on time, or search to find out precisely where the interviews are being held (though at the venue the location will be signposted).
The interview venue is:
Hotel Equatorial Shanghai
65 Yanan Road West
Shanghai
200040
Please inform the University of Cambridge desk in the hotel reception of your arrival.
2. At-interview assessment
Applicants being interviewed in China for the subjects listed below are required to complete a written at-interview assessment which will take place on Thursday 26th October, starting at 14.30 at the following location:
English version: Ambrightgroup Group Offices, 15F Huaxu International Plaza, No.336 Middle Xizang Road, Shanghai
Chinese version: 安生教育 ,上海市西藏中路336號，華旭國際大廈15樓
(The offices are opposite Hotel Le Meridien (Chinese name: 皇家艾美酒店))
You do not register separately for these assessments and no additional fee is payable.
Subject
Format
Archaeology
Essay/text response element (60 minutes)
Architecture
Writing skills (30 minutes)
Graphic and spatial ability (30 minutes)
Classics (3-year)
Translation exercise (60 minutes)
Classics (4-year)
Language aptitude interview (20 minutes)
Computer Science
Maths-based problems (60 minutes)
Education
Critical response to text or other stimulus
(60 minutes)
History and Modern Languages
Discursive response in Foreign Language
(40 minutes)
Discursive response in English (20 minutes)
History of Art
Structured comparison of images
(60 minutes)
Land Economy
Thinking Skills Assessment
(Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; 90 minutes)
Law
Cambridge Law Test
(Essay version; 60 minutes)
Linguistics
Structured analysis of language data (20 minutes)
Analysis of quantitative data (20 minutes)
Short essay (20 minutes)
Mathematics
Maths-based problems (120 minutes)
Modern and Medieval Languages
Discursive response in Foreign Language
(40 minutes)
Discursive response in English (20 minutes)
Philosophy
Multiple choice logic problems (20 minutes)
Essay (40 minutes)
Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion
Brief lecture followed by written response (60 minutes)
All applicants need to bring photographic identification to the assessment. You may NOT use a calculator or a dictionary (book or electronic) for any of the papers. Mobile phones, even if switched off, may not be brought into the examination room or to an interview.
Although some of our assessment questions may be based on an A-level examination syllabus, allowance will be made for the different background of applicants taking other equivalent examinations such as the International Baccalaureate.
For all other subjects (listed below), apart from Music, you must ensure that you are registered to sit an assessment on the 2nd of November (referred to as a pre-interview assessment because most applicants will sit it before coming to Cambridge for an interview in December)
Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Economics
Engineering (including Chemical Engineering via Engineering)
English
Geography
History
History and Modern Languages
History and Politics
Human, Social, and Political Sciences
Medicine
Natural Sciences (including Chemical Engineering via Natural Sciences)
Psychological and Behavioural Sciences
Veterinary Medicine
至此，面試完成以后，就是靜默期，等結(jié)果，無他。結(jié)論有可能是，拒絕，錄取，還有一種是換學院錄取，三種。一月份會有信息，祝大家面試順利！
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英國方面：
劍橋有面試信息
布里斯托，華威，國王等開始發(fā)offer
帝國理工，曼切斯特部分專業(yè)有安排面試，據(jù)說帝國理工某些專業(yè)有發(fā)offer
美國方面：
德州農(nóng)工，明尼蘇達大學，天普等有發(fā)錄取通知。
俄亥俄州立貌似有發(fā)錄取通知
抱團取暖，大家信息共享，有新信息告知分享下。謝謝！
