If you've received an email from us inviting you to sign up for a Zoom meeting, here is the information. There's no pressure at all to sign up if you don't want to, but it's an opportunity that we've given you if you want it.
Create a Zoom account and run a test meeting
If you would like a Zoom meeting with one of our admissions officers, you will first of all need to set up a Zoom account / make sure that you can access your Zoom account. This will involve downloading the Zoom software, so please set up your account on the laptop/computer you will use for the meeting.
| Tip: the call quality is generally better if you use a computer or laptop rather than the phone app, so if at all possible, please use a computer or laptop. |
- Go to https://zoom.us/ and you'll see the ‘Sign Up’ button in the top right-hand corner.
- The account you use must be in your name. We will not be able to let you into the meeting unless the account name matches the name of the person we are expecting to talk to.
- Once you've completed the sign up form, you'll receive an email from Zoom. Click the link in the email to activate your account.
- We recommend that you run a test meeting to ensure the software works on your computer. Click the link and then click ‘run’ on the download. The software will launch and initialize. This is the landing page for Zoom, containing all the meeting options on the bottom toolbar. On the bottom toolbar click the ^ next to ‘Join Audio’ to set up your audio and microphone, making sure that these work.
How to get an admissions meeting invite
- Once you have a Zoom account, please complete the meeting request form which we have sent you by email. Please note the zoom etiquette requirements that you are agreeing to carefully before submitting the form.
- Once you have submitted the appointment request form, initially, you will receive an automatic confirmation email, mainly to confirm that we have received your form safely.
- We will then email you (normally within three working days) to give you the meeting date and time. Times will be UK times, so if you live outside the UK, please ensure that you convert it to your local time (don't worry - we won't put your meeting in the middle of the night).
At the time of your appointment
- Please join the meeting at the time of the meeting. Initially you will be placed in a waiting room. Please bear with us as we sometimes have a series of meetings. We will let you into the meeting when possible. We'll use webcams and microphones so that we can talk as easily as possible as long as you are happy with this.
- A bit like phone calls you get from companies, note that we record Zoom meetings for monitoring purposes.
- After the meeting please contact us at admissions@christs.cam.ac.uk if you have further questions.
Further info
If you want to know who you'll be talking to, note the name and look at Meet the Admissions Team