Language applicants for 2012 entry

Me too! I'm actually going to consider what university I want to go to now! Aargh!

Thanks for the advice. I'm guessing you study German at Sheffield then?

Well done guys and gals. Got a C in German. Considering I nearly had a panic attack before my speaking and HATED the written paper, don't think I did too badly. Hope to god I get predicted & then get a B overall for A level... Think I'm resitting the written paper in Jan.

Me too! I'm actually going to consider what university I want to go to now! Aargh!

Congratulations for your results I have luckily made it to my Firm, so come September, I'll be a UCL fresher

And I've been trying to teach myself the alphabet, mainly by watching Russian Sesame Street on Youtube. :P

How did it go everyone? I had As in French and Spanish!

Congratulations!! What're you going to do?

Thanks. Language and Culture, hopefully Spanish, Arabic, and linguistics. I was very nervous in the morning, I had been convinced to open Track at 9 a.m. in here, but someone on TSR posted a direct link to Track, so I checked it at 7 and found out the truth It was very hectic then, the Track fell down and it was available at the midday only - to calm myslef down, I phoned UCL and they confirmed my believes, so I needn't scare anymore

Awwww well well done, that sounds amazing, and I hope you enjoy it/do well
What did you do for A level?

I didn't do A-levels, I did Maturita, which is a Czech equivalent My exams were in Czech, English, Spanish, Philosophy, and Maths.

I didn't do A-levels, I did Maturita, which is a Czech equivalent My exams were in Czech, English, Spanish, Philosophy, and Maths.

This is depressing: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/8709091/A-level-results-number-of-languages-students-falls-to-new-low.html

I'm sure our skills will be more in demand then!

At taster days we've had talks from people from the EU and GCHQ practically begging for people with languages. We'll be the ones getting jobs!




Eee!~
I've just realised... assuming my predicted grades are one grade above today's.. I can apply for all the ones I want! x3 This makes me stupidly happy.

Well done! I must say I've been to the Czech Republic and I love it there! Where are you from?

Did they specify which languages?

Pretty much any two languages- the GCHQ specified stuff like Mandarin,Somali and Urdu but they said as their priorities change so quickly they'd be out of date by the time we finished our degrees. They said any two languages are fine, and if there's any one they REALLY need they'll teach you it anyway (and pay you to learn it!)

The EU people said that a stupidly high amount of their English interpreters (over 50%) will have retired by the time we're on the job market, so they really need anyone born in the UK.~

I live in central Bohemia, 16 km from Prague, but it's a very boring place! Which places have you visited? I love Prague but seeing it for two years from a student's perspective (I studied there) made me dislike all those tourists occupying CHarles Bridge and the city centre - it took me ages to get to librabry because of the crowds! Haha

That's amazing! I think I definitely know what I wanna do. The GCHQ looks like a really intriguing and secretive place to work at haha. The EU is less appetising, but certainly still a possibility. What do you wanna do with your degree?

The GCHQ does look really,really cool. :P I'm not quite sure yet,honestly! I'd love to live and work in either Spain or Japan, but the dream (big,impossible one at that) is to run my own international company importing fashions between the countries, and making costumes. People in Japan go nuts for English stuff, Spanish stuff is stylish in the UK, and (some) people in the UK like Japanese fashion!Though looking at it, J-fashion subtly influences UK fashion imo. ~

What about you? ^^

Hello!


I'm a little late on this thread it seems but I think I should introduce myself. I'm Bee, I'm 19 and reapplying for BA French for 2012 entry. I'm probably the oldest one here haha. Curse you unplanned gap year! Got my results today too: A in French, B in English and Spanish and a C in History which I'm retaking hopefully to notch it up to a B.



Currently trying to learn Norwegian and failing.