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By the way, I have (obviously) largely stopped checking this website of late since everything wound up, but if you want to add me on Facebook then we can keep in touch!
www.facebook.com/schichtoe should find me, or alternatively add the same username on Skype.

I see you deleted your last post before I could respond, but I largely agree with it - the "humour" was very wide of the mark.

Me too, but I'm at university in Edinburgh, so it's my fourth year here.

Hello! History/Philosophy of Science sounds great. Are you in your last year of undergraduate work? Keep in touch and I look forward to meeting you in October. -Nandan.

Hello there, I understand your applying for the Mphil in Modern European History too? What is your area of interest?

Yes hopefully it's an insight into demand rather than the level of quality an application would require! I think probably the former option - even at BA level demand is far lower at Oxbridge than it is at places like Manchester - perhaps people are put off by the challenge or don't feel they'll belong ?

Wow! Can't complain at that! You basically have an 80% chance of an offer! I think my medieval one hovers around 66-70%. It does seem rather good, doesn't it? Perhaps History MAs aren't that popular?

Yes New is one of the oldest ironically!

I know what you mean about it being a little cosier- I think so too. Actually website quality is one reason why I latched onto Worcester- you could actually request a prospectus!

I think Phd scholarships are a little more common as MAs don't tend to have quite as much funding, from what I've gathered.

It's all very scary but still really exciting to think there is a chance that it might work out, fingers crossed

Have you managed to check CamData for admission stats for your course?

Yes honestly I'm not that shallow!

I think you can pick 2, a first and second choice. Kings is nice, though apparently it's really hard to get tickets for events. Are you aiming for the nice, traditional college style? I have friends at Emmanuel and Newnham at Cambridge and New, Exeter and somewhere else that I can't remember at Oxford.

How come you think you have a better chance with Oxford?

Wow, I have work to do then! Funding is a little scary- getting it for a Phd is what really stresses me out! Do you plan to carry on after your MA?

I'm sure you have a better shot at getting funding than me Hugh Laurie went to Selwyn apparently (not that it would be a reason for liking it of course!) and I did think about Trinity too, but it's an A Class college so chances of getting in are a little on the low side, so it potentially wasting a spot on the application and tiptoeing closer to the 'pool', so I think I will play it safe with B colleges which do you have your eye on at Cambridge? Oh, only literally extended bullet points strung together in the back of a notebook! Worry not! Though if I may ask, how far are you through editing? I have the same fears!