University of Cambridge Freshers Megathread 2016

Reply 720

PhysicsIP2016

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Original post by Serine Soul

I feel like I'm missing out... can I join? :colondollar:

Aha! If you want :wink:

PM me your fb details and I'll add you :smile:

Reply 721

gasfxekl

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Original post by Serine Soul

Lol I feel like if my DoS sees my UMS she'll think that someone else sat my exams last year

I didn't even know there is a larger one :colondollar:

I'm part of a small Bio NatSci one which is friendly and quiet!

You may feel comfortable doing that, but I personally don't want to be labelled as a creep :/

Ik man life is tough,..especially when you imagine yourself to be decent at socialising but can't even put 3 words together in a sentence in front of people :'(

Lol, just tell yourself, who the hell is gonna remember whatever you said the first day.

Reply 722

Serine Soul

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Original post by PhysicsIP2016

Aha! If you want :wink:

PM me your fb details and I'll add you :smile:

sure

Original post by gasfxekl

Lol, just tell yourself, who the hell is gonna remember whatever you said the first day.

First impressions tho

Reply 723

username1162972

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Original post by Serine Soul

Lol I feel like if my DoS sees my UMS she'll think that someone else sat my exams last year

I didn't even know there is a larger one :colondollar:

I'm part of a small Bio NatSci one which is friendly and quiet!

You may feel comfortable doing that, but I personally don't want to be labelled as a creep :/

Ik man life is tough,..especially when you imagine yourself to be decent at socialising but can't even put 3 words together in a sentence in front of people :'(

Lol. Am i a creep.
Ok

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Reply 724

Serine Soul

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Original post by physicsmaths

Lol. Am i a creep.
Ok

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I was joking :redface:

Reply 725

username1162972

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Original post by Serine Soul

I was joking :redface:

I know lol. Haha.

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Reply 726

Doones

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Original post by physicsmaths

Not me.
They seen 3 exams I failed this year and thought, well might aswell leave it.

Yeah they don't want to kill their averages do they...

Reply 727

Zacken

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Original post by 16Characters....

Unless I've missed an email somewhere, I've not been asked for it.

Comes by post - you'll probably get it in a bit.

Reply 728

C0balt

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I couldn't be bothered to fill the UMS boxes by hand so I sent my results sheet to admissions office as apparently it was also acceptable!

Reply 729

16Characters....

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Original post by Zacken

Comes by post - you'll probably get it in a bit.

Ah, that explains it. Thanks.

Reply 730

ValerieKR

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Has everyone got their Raven?

Reply 731

NS1205

Any other Law students got an essay to do? Have to do 1500 words analysing a decision by the House Of Lords by October. I would usually be daunted but I actually find this type of task really interesting and fun to do. It probably won't be as fun when we have to do it every week though...

Reply 732

username1162972

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Original post by jneill

yeah they don't want to kill their averages do they...

roasted again.
What is lyf 🌝🔫

Reply 733

username1865079

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Original post by C0balt

I couldn't be bothered to fill the UMS boxes by hand so I sent my results sheet to admissions office as apparently it was also acceptable!

I remember my daughter rang me during the freshers week and ask me to email her a scanned copy of her A-Level certificate with UMS of all the subjects/modules.
Can't remember if it was because she hadn't done the form before she went there or something additional she had do to confirm the content of the form she'd done was accurate........

Reply 734

Zacken

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Now that we've got our raven's - you can sign up to Agora. Looks pretty useful.

Reply 735

RThornton

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Anyone got any advice on the natural sciences modules?

I'm going to take maths, physics and chemistry, but my other module will either be materials science or computer science?

Is computer science very hard if you have no previous experience?

Thanks

Reply 736

mediocrecraig

Original post by RThornton

Anyone got any advice on the natural sciences modules?

I'm going to take maths, physics and chemistry, but my other module will either be materials science or computer science?

Is computer science very hard if you have no previous experience?

Thanks

I'm about to start NST too :smile:

My modules will be Maths, Physics, Computer Science and Materials Science.

I've done a bit of digging around and as far as I'm aware both Computer Science and Materials science assume no prior knowledge of the subject, so you should be fine. If you'd like to get a better idea of what CompSci will be like, you should take a look at the introductory page here: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/

Anyone doing the CompSci module will be required to take the online pre-course linked from that page (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1617/PrepCS/), so if you've signed up for your Raven ID you can give it a look. As a NST fresher you may have to send an email to get enrolled on the course... I'm still waiting for my reply...

Good luck!

Reply 737

alow

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Original post by RThornton

Anyone got any advice on the natural sciences modules?

I'm going to take maths, physics and chemistry, but my other module will either be materials science or computer science?

Is computer science very hard if you have no previous experience?

Thanks

Lots of people find computer science absolutely horrendous, to the point where the former CompSci DoS at my college actively discouraged NatScis from taking it. I know at least one NatSci that really liked it though.