The Official Cambridge Offer Holders Thread 2016 Entry MK II

Teach us your ways

When you come to the freshers' fair in October (the 4th and 5th) then come and see me on the Welsh Society stand (@Mathemagicien I'm signing you up)!

Welsh Soc President checking in.

When you come to the freshers' fair in October (the 4th and 5th) then come and see me on the Welsh Society stand (@Mathemagicien I'm signing you up)!

Welsh Soc President checking in.

This is pretty much what I sounded like (the middle bit, like the guy with black hair)

[video="youtube;Efd-vmTEgO0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efd-vmTEgO0[/video]

(I just googled speaking in tongues, which is pretty much what Welsh sounds like)

Now I challenge you @Saracen's Fez to pronounce Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz

(It is admittedly a lot easier for English speakers)

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1i2zDCYplm7

Don't challenge MML students with long words in other languages – or at least not in languages they study or speak fluently.

Btw, its very weird listening to a fellow Englander (well, near enough to one I suppose) speak German

I mean I'm used to listening to my coursemates speak but it's weird to hear myself speak German (or for that matter Welsh) on a recording. I want to know what sort of a Welsh accent I have (given I'm English in origin and learnt the language at school) and things!

How bad is my accent?

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1lGbOWbYKhB

I tried to emulate the way Germans go up and down in pitch/tone/whatever it is, but I think I sound condescending at the end...

It's very public service announcement but a decent accent.

How bad is my accent?

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1lGbOWbYKhB

I tried to emulate the way Germans go up and down in pitch/tone/whatever it is, but I think I sound condescending at the end...

First term freshers is probably going to be the one term where you will spend quite a bit, your college bill tends to be billed in the first week of term (at Caius it is, not sure about other colleges), membership fees for certain societies, as well as 'freshers week'. Aside from that, I budget myself £10 a day throughout the year for food, drink to get through the day (that doesn't include the weekly shop) and then for other items like alcohol and things you want to buy such as clothes that's up to you and is generally a thing that you buy when you see it.

Other items include formal swaps and general formal tickets which tend to be either billed on your college bill or payed by cash to the person you're swapping with if money is necessary. Books aren't that necessary, the library has everything you need, although some colleges have book bursaries.

Optional stuff that students tend to buy are college jumpers/shirts/scarves and sports jackets/hats for the sport they partake in. These are all one off things that you might purchase in first term as well.

you sound like you have a cold. ..
i wanna try too but im too shy

I suppose the safest way to go would be to allow £100 each week. That would cover for a lot including food, going out, odd bits that might be needed etc. Combined with the maintenance loan, you probably won't need to give £100 each week's worth.

I would personally prefer a monthly, if not weekly, transfer to avoid spending all the money in one go but it's really up to your child

I intend on trying to avoid asking family for any money because I do get the full maintenance loan and bursary and that's all paid termly It could be a task trying to keep in mind that I have bills to pay at the end of term and not get excited at the sight of large amounts of money!

AFAIK, there weren't any big bills for my sister (Queens' Land Ec) but my mum gave her £75 a week bank transfer and then sometimes if she went into overdraft, a little bit more would have been transferred if necessary, but generally that covered everything. There will be some big bills, for instance if your child wants to go to a May ball or needs some cash to cover a Uni trip. Also I believe that if anything happens to any furniture in their room (i.e. breakages or missing items) they may charge a bit for that but I doubt that's likely to happen

It's nutritional value depends highly on the maths written on the paper pre-feast.