English admissions tests and written work
The table below sets out the ways in which each College assesses applicants for this subject. For more information about these methods of assessment and why we use them, see the main Admissions tests and written work page.
| College | Assessment of applicant for this subject |
|---|---|
| Christ's | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Churchill | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview; Test at interview |
| Clare | School/college essay; Test at interview; Preparatory study at interview |
| Corpus Christi | School/college essay; Test at interview; Preparatory study at interview |
| Downing | Test at interview |
| Emmanuel | School/college essay; Test at interview; Preparatory study at interview |
| Fitzwilliam | School/college essay; Test at interview; Preparatory study at interview |
| Girton | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Gonville & Caius | School/college essay |
| Homerton | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Hughes Hall | Test at interview |
| Jesus | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview; Test at interview |
| King's | School/college essay; Test at interview / Small class at interview |
| Lucy Cavendish | Test at interview |
| Magdalene | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Murray Edwards | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Newnham | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview; Test at interview |
| Pembroke | Test at interview |
| Peterhouse | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Queens' | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Robinson | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview; Test at interview |
| St Catharine's | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| St Edmund's | Test at interview |
| St John's | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Selwyn | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Sidney Sussex | School/college essay; Test at interview; Preparatory study at interview |
| Trinity | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Trinity Hall | School/college essay; Test at interview |
| Wolfson | Test at interview |