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Reply 5520

chickenonsteroids

Original post by Etoile

2 A* 8A isn't really Oxford material though. And I was predicted 5 A*... stupid accident :colonhash:

Although Exeter said I might be able to get disabled students' allowance :colone:

You're applying to Oxford?

I'm retiring my friendship with you.

Reply 5521

paranoid_android2

Original post by Etoile

I'm not the only one doing it this way then :teehee:

Are you going to the Emma day as well?

Yeah, I'll probably see you there. :biggrin:

On a completely unrelated note, we had an assembly on Monday, and at the start the headteacher played a recording of the year 7s singing the school song. We have a school song. :lolwut:

I just thought it was funny. :tongue:

Reply 5522

silentlife

Original post by --emma--

Yeah, I'll probably see you there. :biggrin:

On a completely unrelated note, we had an assembly on Monday, and at the start the headteacher played a recording of the year 7s singing the school song. We have a school song. :lolwut:

I just thought it was funny. :tongue:

We have a "school hymn" composed by some randomer that we have to sing every so often... Schools the do most strange things these days...

Reply 5523

bananarama2

Original post by --emma--

On a completely unrelated note, we had an assembly on Monday, and at the start the headteacher played a recording of the year 7s singing the school song. We have a school song. :lolwut:

I just thought it was funny. :tongue:

It's not that uncommon....

Reply 5524

Yawë

Original post by Etoile

Awesome

Another mathematician :lol:

Are you looking at STEP then?
French and German :biggrin:

Maths is quite popular then? I think I'm applying for Chemistry though - Maths is my back up I guess :smile:

STEP is okay... I'm not as good as my siblings are though :frown:

I love languages :biggrin:

I'm dropping Spanish after this year because it's going to clash with Chem :frown:

but I love studying languages :smile:

good luck

Reply 5525

Etoile

Original post by wcp100

Haha

You won't. But after all this, I don't want my efforts to go unrewarded.

That's the thing, I've just coasted through this whole year and barely put any effort in. I don't deserve good grades >.<

Original post by chickenonsteroids

You're applying to Oxford?

I'm retiring my friendship with you.

If I get bad UMS but still As then I might, I don't know. I still love Cambridge but I think I discounted Oxford too hastily before, due to having a biased upbringing!
You should forget your law-philosophy dilemma and apply for German :colonhash:

Original post by --emma--

Yeah, I'll probably see you there. :biggrin:

On a completely unrelated note, we had an assembly on Monday, and at the start the headteacher played a recording of the year 7s singing the school song. We have a school song. :lolwut:

I just thought it was funny. :tongue:

Awesome!

Like Hogwarts :shock:

That's brilliant :rofl:

Was it any good?

Original post by Yawë

Maths is quite popular then? I think I'm applying for Chemistry though - Maths is my back up I guess :smile:

STEP is okay... I'm not as good as my siblings are though :frown:

I love languages :biggrin:

I'm dropping Spanish after this year because it's going to clash with Chem :frown:

but I love studying languages :smile:

good luck

Extremely popular! That's cool, what made you have a back up subject rather than just lower universities?
I bet you're better than most people (like me :nothing:

) though

Languages are amazing! :biggrin:

That's a shame :frown:

Good luck to you too!

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 5526

bananarama2

Original post by Etoile

That's the thing, I've just coasted through this whole year and barely put any effort in. I don't deserve good grades >.<

I exaggerate the amount of work I put into school work. I worked hard for chemistry and physics.

But you're naturally a know it all.

Reply 5527

und

Original post by ElMoro

Just taken my last maths exam ever!!!! :woo:

Spoiler

Have you finished Further Maths this year?

Reply 5528

Etoile

Original post by wcp100

I exaggerate the amount of work I put into school work. I worked hard for chemistry and physics.

But you're naturally a know it all.

My friends all seem to study all the time and I just spend my evenings procrastinating on the internet :s-smilie:

That should pay off then :smile:

Thank you I guess? :lol:

Results day shall tell. I have no idea how I managed to learn a new language having no work outside of class, e.g. revising for vocab tests etc :lolwut:

Reply 5529

chickenonsteroids

Original post by Etoile

What is a bad UMS score?

I've only discounted Oxford because their courses look boring :lol:

it's up to you (obviously) but remember peer pressure!! :mmm:

that'd be such an embarrassment :rofl:

Reply 5530

paranoid_android2

Original post by silentlife

We have a "school hymn" composed by some randomer that we have to sing every so often... Schools the do most strange things these days...

Really? This was written by one of our music teachers. :lol:

Original post by wcp100

It's not that uncommon....

Is it not? I've never heard of it before. :lol:

Original post by Etoile

Awesome!

Like Hogwarts :shock:

That's brilliant :rofl:

Was it any good?

I couldn't tell what the words were. :teehee:

But the headteacher said it was about 'shining brightly', which is what he says the school is all about. :rofl:

Reply 5531

silentlife

Original post by Etoile

That's the thing, I've just coasted through this whole year and barely put any effort in. I don't deserve good grades >.<

If I get bad UMS but still As then I might, I don't know. I still love Cambridge but I think I discounted Oxford too hastily before, due to having a biased upbringing!
You should forget your law-philosophy dilemma and apply for German :colonhash:

Awesome!

Like Hogwarts :shock:

That's brilliant :rofl:

Was it any good?

Haha our school is even more like Hogwart. We have 4 houses and we get put into one at the start of year 7. From then on we compete in interhouse competitions such as sports and chess to try and win the house championship each year. We also have a "head of house" which you can apply to become - a bit like headboy/girl. :smile:

Reply 5532

und

Original post by Etoile

That's the thing, I've just coasted through this whole year and barely put any effort in. I don't deserve good grades >.<

Some people naturally excel in an academic environment without much effort, whilst others have to put in much more. You might not have worked as hard as some people, but that doesn't mean you won't deserve what you get, and it also doesn't mean those people will do any better than you. Also, there's not anything you can do until results day now, so don't panic! :smile:

Reply 5533

Yawë

Original post by Etoile

Extremely popular! That's cool, what made you have a back up subject rather than just lower universities?
I bet you're better than most people (like me :nothing:

) though

Languages are amazing! :biggrin:

That's a shame :frown:

Good luck to you too!

Ah, but maths is so much fun :smile:

. It's so oxymoronic also... It's like half of it is a load of cool party tricks and the other half is serious definitions and theories. I guess you have to be slightly mad to like it :wink:

Ah, I'm doing X AS levels, where X is far too large :smile:

I probably stretched myself too thin. But I'm pretty sure I can do well in Maths, and my maths exams have gone well - and most universities for maths don't care about anything but A level maths. So if my grades aren't good enough for Chemistry at top 20 universities I'll just apply for Maths instead. Maths is my fail-safe if that makes sense...

Have you seen the mock interviews on the Cambridge website for foreign languages? They look pretty scary :redface:

but then if you're really good it should be fun :smile:

Reply 5534

chickenonsteroids

Original post by Etoile

You've posted on the Oxford thread :colonhash:

Reply 5535

silentlife

Original post by --emma--

Really? This was written by one of our music teachers. :lol:

We originally had someone famousish to compose it, but he died before he finished (more like even started to write it). So they got some randomer to fill in. :rofl:

This was about 50 years ago.

Reply 5536

und

Original post by --emma--

On a completely unrelated note, we had an assembly on Monday, and at the start the headteacher played a recording of the year 7s singing the school song. We have a school song. :lolwut:

I just thought it was funny. :tongue:

We have a school song too! :five:

http://web.latymer.co.uk/School-Song

Reply 5537

bananarama2

Original post by Etoile

My friends all seem to study all the time and I just spend my evenings procrastinating on the internet :s-smilie:

That should pay off then :smile:

Thank you I guess? :lol:

Results day shall tell. I have no idea how I managed to learn a new language having no work outside of class, e.g. revising for vocab tests etc :lolwut: