Reviewing your experience – Midpoint Review

The Midpoint review is the second reflection you are expected to complete during the Tripos process. As the title suggests this should only be completed once you are midway through your essay, role and challenge. The purpose of this reflection at the midpoint is for you to assess how things are going. You may wish to read back through your proposal and compare your current situation to reflect on how much each element is going to plan. Try to include in your reflection successes of the process so far, if things are going to plan, what is going well? Why are they going well? What preparation and organisation did you do to ensure this?

Equally also try to include in your reflection challenges or problems you have faced, if things are not going to plan, why not? What obstacles have you come up against? How did you overcome them? What alternative arrangement or solutions have you found? Have you had to adapt or show persistence and resilience in pursing your Tripos? If you have had to work or organise with others to ensure your Tripos is on track, how successful has that been?

Like the other reflections, we expect to see evidence of how you have demonstrated some of the six Learner Qualities of the Tripos. As noted before not every Learner Quality will be relevant to every element of the Tripos, but you must show evidence of all of them all through the range of experiences you have undertaken. You may wish to reflect on what skills or learner qualities you think you are developing? How do you know? What examples can you give?

Curiositas

We are looking for evidence of how you are developing the Learner Qualities and other skills as you complete your Curiositas essay. You may be able to utilise and copy parts of what you have already written in your Midpoint Review of your EPQ Log. For those competing the EE you may be able to utilise and copy parts of what you have already written in your EE/RRS or EE/RPPF.

In the next steps section, we want to know what you will be doing to ensure completion of Curiositas essay, this may include: what parts do you still need to do? Do you need to do further research, seek further guidance or support? What challenges or obstacles do you need to overcome?

Civitas

We are looking for evidence of how you are developing the Learner Qualities and other skills as you fulfill your Civitas role. For IB students, you may be able to copy parts of what you have already written in your CAS records for your Service Project.

In the next steps section, we want to know what you will be doing to advance your Civitas role onwards towards completion, this may include: ensuring you continue to volunteer regularly, attend the necessary sessions, rearrange sessions you may have missed, find alternative arrangements.

Conatus

We are looking for evidence of how you are developing the Learner Qualities and other skills as you fulfil your Conatus challenge. For IB students, you may be able to copy parts of what you have already written in your CAS records for your Creativity or Activity Projects.

In the next steps section, we want to know what you will be doing to advance your Conatus Challenge onwards towards completion, this may include: do you need to do further training or preparation? Seek further guidance or support? What challenges or obstacles do you need to overcome?