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25 hours in exam term, however, for the typical tab, is probably an exceptionally quiet two days.

Speaking of exam term, I was planning to come back and visit Cambridge during the American Spring Break (week of March 31st) but then I realised it's also the Lent-Easter vacation so nobody will be around. :pinch:

Well that's that plan down the drain.

But then.... people might be staying for exam revision, but I wonder how many actually will :awesome:

Original post by alex_hk90

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Added you on FB btw, hope you don't mind :tongue:

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alex_hk90

Original post by ukdragon37

Added you on FB btw, hope you don't mind :tongue:

Sure; accepted - in fact I was just about ask who on here had added me. :smile:

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TimmonaPortella

Original post by ukdragon37

Well that's that plan down the drain.

But then.... people might be staying for exam revision, but I wonder how many actually will :awesome:

Yeah, I'm leaving a bit more than a week late and will probably come back equally early, but you've chosen right in the middle of the holiday there :tongue:

Shame. Are you even tied to term dates, anyway? Or are you teaching all through term time?

Reply 1443

ukdragon37

Original post by TimmonaPortella

Yeah, I'm leaving a bit more than a week late and will probably come back equally early, but you've chosen right in the middle of the holiday there :tongue:

Shame. Are you even tied to term dates, anyway? Or are you teaching all through term time?

Yep I'm fully tied to semesters, and besides the Spring Break I'm committed (to research and other things as well as teaching) until end of semester in late May. I might be able to visit Cambridge then but it's again a bad time since exams are on :tongue:

Original post by alex_hk90

Sure; accepted - in fact I was just about ask who on here had added me. :smile:

Thanks

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TimmonaPortella

Original post by ukdragon37

May week would be the obvious time. Don't you get automatic tickets to whatever Emma is doing this year? (June event, iirc.)

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ukdragon37

Original post by TimmonaPortella

May week would be the obvious time. Don't you get automatic tickets to whatever Emma is doing this year? (June event, iirc.)

..No? Why would I? :tongue:

Unless I am very uninformed. Plus the plan is I would be working in an internship by then (hopefully in the States) so actually it wouldn't be that good a time.

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TimmonaPortella

Original post by ukdragon37

..No? Why would I? :tongue:

Unless I am very uninformed. Plus the plan is I would be working in an internship by then (hopefully in the States) so actually it wouldn't be that good a time.

Oh, we get guaranteed tickets the year after we leave, but I've just remembered that that's because our may ball is biennial.

Internship mid phd? I just don't understand how things work :sad:

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Craghyrax

Original post by ukdragon37

But then.... people might be staying for exam revision, but I wonder how many actually will :awesome:

Well I live in Ely, so... :p:

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alex_hk90

Original post by TimmonaPortella

Oh, we get guaranteed tickets the year after we leave, but I've just remembered that that's because our may ball is biennial.

We get guaranteed tickets as well, but we still have to pay for them - do you get yours for free?

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TimmonaPortella

Original post by alex_hk90

We get guaranteed tickets as well, but we still have to pay for them - do you get yours for free?

I don't think so.

Guaranteed is what I meant. Sorry if 'automatic' made it unclear.

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ukdragon37

Original post by Craghyrax

Well I live in Ely, so... :p:

I'm rather torn between staying in Cambridge and staying with my parents, as doing both seems to be unnecessarily expensive and the time I have will probably cause me not be satisfied with either. :tongue:

Original post by TimmonaPortella

Oh, we get guaranteed tickets the year after we leave, but I've just remembered that that's because our may ball is biennial.

Internship mid phd? I just don't understand how things work :sad:

They are much more common in the States than in the UK, probably because here the PhDs are longer in duration and the summers are officially vacation time (rather than working through the whole year like the UK PhDs, but overall being shorter).