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Applications for the EMMpower July Residential are now open!

EMMpower Application Form 2025

  • Application Deadline: 5pm, Wednesday 30 April 2025
  • Outcome Decision: you will be informed of the outcome of their application by no later than 5pm Wednesday 7th May.

The EMMpower residential (Mon 7th - Thurs 10th July) is open to Year 12 applicants attending a state-maintained school in one of Emmanuel's link areas (Sheffield, Essex, Thurrock & Southend-on-Sea).

Are you a Year 12 student interested in making an application to Oxbridge? Then the EMMpower Residential is a fantastic opportunity for you.

Stay in student accommodation at Emmanuel College and sample life as an undergraduate student. The residential will also include numerous workshops with Emmanuel academics on how to prepare a competitive application to Cambridge. You will also have the opportunity to attend the University's Open Day on 10th July, when you can explore other Cambridge Colleges and attend department talks.

Cost for the Programme: the programme is entirely free of charge, including meals, travel to and from Cambridge, classes, social activities, and overnight accommodation.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:

  • To apply, you must be a secondary school student in Yr12 attending a state maintained (non-fee paying) school in one of our Link Areas: Sheffield, Essex, Thurrock, or Southend-on-Sea.
  • You must be taking at least 3 A-Levels (or equivalent, such as the appropriate subjects at Higher Level of the IB). We regret that we are unable to accept an application from students who are exclusively taking BTECs, T-Levels, or other vocational qualifications.

The following factors will also be taken into consideration for selection:

  • Your academic performance (GCSE attainment and predicted A-Level grades)
  • We will also take into account the University’s widening participation criteria. This includes, but is not limited to, the below criteria. You can find out more about WP criteria here.
    • are care experienced
    • are estranged from both primary carers (e.g. parents/carers)
    • are asylum seekers or refugees
    • are eligible for the 16-19 Bursary/ Pupil Premium and/or those who have been in receipt of Free School Meals at any point in the last six years
    • are young carers
    • identify as part of an under-represented ethnic group (including Mixed Race with heritage from any of these groups):
      • Black African and Black Caribbean
      • Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Arab
      • Gypsy, Roma and Traveller

You can view other events and programmes happening at the University on the Cambridge on the events listing page: Upcoming events | Undergraduate Study

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