Language applicants for 2012 entry

Thank you both of you, this is what I was looking for! +rep all round

Most of the videos I was finding weren't long enough/bad enough :L

Any idea where the original for the Pauline Marois video is?

If you google 'Pauline Marois english' the video comes up on google, but when you click on it it says it's been deleted :/
There's tonnes of parodies though like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9pbzh04wEc&feature=related

It's well known she hated English-speakers, she once said all the English speakers of Quebec should be drowned , sorry for not being too helpful!

If you google 'Pauline Marois english' the video comes up on google, but when you click on it it says it's been deleted :/
There's tonnes of parodies though like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9pbzh04wEc&feature=related

It's well known she hated English-speakers, she once said all the English speakers of Quebec should be drowned , sorry for not being too helpful!

That parody is hilarious.

Oh, I found a more complete video HERE, but they talk over some parts of it.
EDIT: Ah, you both got there before me!

They're between 1,000-1,800 words, they only accept under 2,000 words- luckily mine are just under!

1,000 - 1,800 words in French/Spanish?!

I've written around 700, the website states "All candidates must submit one piece of marked classwork (normally a few hundred words in length) written in each language which you plan to study" so I hope it's sufficient

Dreading the entrance exam on Wednesday, as much as I love German, the grammar always finds a way to get me, just hope I've done enough preparation.

Good luck to everyone else who's doing entrance exams!

I'll be sitting there chanting German prepositions case by case

Haha! Same here!

Yep ... I couldn't use the original essays I wanted to use because they were too long

...It's what I do

Fair enough, although I couldn't imagine myself writing that much without it being littered with mistakes... might as well give up the Cambridge application now

Same, or atleast not that much on a single question! Usually my essays are between 250-400 words, depending how carried away I get. I've had some german stuff to do over half term. I've completed 3 questions and done bits of the remaining 6. I've written nearly 1600 words...

I think the most I've done outside of an exam is probably just over 2 and a half pages, whatever that equates to in words (given my average-sized handwriting).

Remember, quality over quantity .

Fair enough, although I couldn't imagine myself writing that much without it being littered with mistakes... might as well give up the Cambridge application now

This stuff about essay lengths is actually terrifying. I'm an EU applicant post- results and the essay lengths in foreign languages required as part of school work were 90 word opinion pieces for French and something like 150 words for Spanish. I kid you not. I feel so screwed right now.