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Applicants for History

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Dear St John’s College, Cambridge, Please see a repeat of my previous request with my full name added. Hopefully this was not just delaying tactics.

Dear St John’s College, Cambridge,

Under terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, would you be so
kind as to provide the following information for all undergraduate
applicants in the 2018/19 admissions cycle applying for History
at St John's College:

1. By Applicant, A-level taken and predicted grade by A-level
2. Whether or not the applicant was called for an interview (y/n)
3. The score for the written exam
4. The interview scores (1-10)
5. The overall score (1-10)
6. Whether the applicant was invited to interview (y/n)
6. Whether an offer was made (by St Johns) (y/n)
7. Whether the applicant was pooled (y/n)
8. Whether a pool offer was made from another college (y/n)

May I suggest the data to be grouped in a single table, with one
row per applicant (anonymised)and columns containing the data from Q1-8.

If any part of this request requires further clarification, do not
hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfully,

Rob Edwards

Freedom of Information Officer, St John's College, Cambridge

Dear Mr Edwards,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request regarding 2018/19 History Applicants.

To comply with your precise request would require the processing of the personal data of applicants for a purpose other than that for which it was obtained and would therefore conflict with the Data Protection Principles. However, the following information is supplied which we hope will prove useful.

A levels taken by applicants for History: History, Mathematics, English Literature, Russian, German, Religious Studies, Economics, Latin, Philosophy, Sociology, Drama & Theatre Studies, Politics, Biology, Chemistry. All applicants taking A levels were predicted at least A*AA

The pre-interview assessment scores were as follows:
• Those invited for interview ranged from 1.0 to 9.0 for section 1 and from 3.5 to 10.0 for section 2
• Those placed in the Winter Pool ranged from 2.8 to 6.4 for section 1 and from 4.5 to 10.0 for section 2
• Those made offers ranged from 3.2 to 9.0 for section 1 and 5.0 to 8.0 for section 2.

The interview scores for all candidates invited for interview ranged from 4.0 to 9.0. Those candidates made offers ranged from 6.0 to 9.0, those candidates placed in the Winter Pool ranged from 5.0 to 9.0 and those candidates rejected ranged from 4.0 to 9.0.

We placed 7 candidates in the Winter Pool and 2 received offers from other Colleges.

If you are dissatisfied with my response you may seek an internal review in writing setting out the grounds for review. It will be dealt with by a College Officer. Should you not be satisfied with the outcome of the review, you will have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner by writing to him at Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely
Angela McKenzie
St John's College
Cambridge
CB2 1TP
Registered Charity No:  1137428

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Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

The information has been provided by the University at a course level (following an identical request) , I am requesting the same, anonymised data, at a college level. The University has referred me to the college , yourself, to provide this information.

Furthermore the data collected by yourselves during the application process is being used to inform decisions and a request for the data , anonymised and therefore not disclosing any personal information, falls within Data Protection guidelines, is a reasonable request and the College is required to provide this information.

Therefore on both these counts I am wholly dissatisfied that the college's decision on the matter and would like this reviewed, and hopefully resolved to my satisfaction in order to prevent significant time and effort being invested when the matter is further referred on.

Yours sincerely,

rob

Freedom of Information Officer, St John's College, Cambridge

Dear Mr Edwards

Thank you for your email requesting an Internal Review of our response to your recent Freedom of Information request concerning Applicants for History.
I can confirm a Review is now in progress.
Thank you.

Yours sincerely
Angela McKenzie
St John's College
Cambridge
CB2 1TP
Registered Charity No: 1137428

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Dr A.M. Nicholls,

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Dear Mr Edwards,

Please find attached the response (two documents) to your request of 4
April 2019 for an Internal Review of the College's response to an earlier
request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Nicholls

Dr Mark Nicholls
St John's College
Cambridge
CB2 1TP
Registered Charity No: 1137428

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