Mathematics applicants with STEP grades already achieved
Dear University of Cambridge,
For each of the last three completed admissions cycles please provide:
An anonymised list of candidates who applied for G100 with at least one STEP grade already achieved (e.g. in a gap year, or having taken STEP early). The list should contain their STEP grades already achieved in STEP I, STEP II and STEP III, interviewed yes/no, offer yes/no, STEP offer condition (if applicable), STEP offer achieved (if applicable), place accepted.
i.e.
year, applicantID, STEP I grade achieved, STEP II, STEP III, interviewed?, offered?, STEP condition, STEP achieved, accepted?
2017, applicant 123, 0, 1, 2, yes, yes, S1 in any STEP paper, 1S1, yes
Data to be provided in an Excel spreadsheet.
Yours faithfully,
David Dinsmore
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information. Your reference number is given in the subject line of this email. We will respond on or before 5 June 2018.
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Freedom of Information Office
University of Cambridge
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Further to your request for information, please find attached the University’s response.
Regards,
Freedom of Information Office
University of Cambridge
Registrary's Office, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
T: (01223 7)64142
F: (01223 3)32332
E: [email address]
Dear FOI,
Thank you for the information.
Can you please clarify the information headed "STEP Result Achieved During the Admissions Round" are the STEP results already achieved before the applicant applied?
And which table contains the applicants' offer STEP conditions, and subsequent STEP grades?
For example, I'm trying to identify how often an applicant with good STEP grades already in hand is asked to resit STEP.
Also can you provide the tables as excel files.
Yours sincerely,
David Dinsmore
Dear Mr Dinsmore,
The Excel file is attached.
We will make enquiries regarding your other points and get back to you as soon as possible.
Regards,
Freedom of Information Office
University of Cambridge
Registrary’s Office, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
T: (01223 7)64142
F: (01223 3)32332
E: [cyfeiriad ebost]
Dear Mr Dinsmore,
Further to the below, and with apologies for the slight delay, we can now confirm that the "STEP Result Achieved During the Admissions Round" heading on the "Application" tab only includes STEP results achieved during the admissions round in which the application was received (i.e. results shown for 2017 apply year applicants would have been from STEP exams sat in June 2017). STEP results already achieved before the applicant applied are listed in the "STEP at Application" tab. Applicants are linked through both tabs via the "ApplyID" (e.g. applicant 100001 received an offer in the 2015 apply year having taken STEP exams in 2013 and 2014).
STEP offer conditions were not included in the data as to generate it would have exceeded the appropriate limit. We apologise that this section 12(1) exemption was not explained at the point of the original response. However, an offer-holder achieving a STEP result during the admissions round is a good (if not 100%) indication that a STEP condition was set as part of the offer.
Regards,
Freedom of Information Office
University of Cambridge
Registrary’s Office, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
T: (01223 7)64142
F: (01223 3)32332
E: [email address]
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