Crashing Higher German, tips?

Original post by beth..

Thanks, well done on your results too :smile:

so glad fifth year is over :biggrin:

I know!

VERY glad!

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Original post by paramore28

Wow medicine! Hahaha, I think you'd have a good shot at Oxbridge with your grades! :P I was at the St Andrews Sutton Trust Summer School and everyone that I know that did medicine there loved it haha :smile:

I want to do French and either Spanish, German or Russian (I'm indecisive haha) at Glasgow or Edinburgh, but my grades are near the lower end of the entry requirements so I'm really hoping for a conditional haha!

It would be amazing if I was in classes with people from TSR, we wouldn't need to get through the whole getting to know you stage haha! We should all meet at the open days if we're going to the same dates :smile:

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Original post by matthewjsinclair

I'm going to Aberdeen on the 30th! Are you? Yeah I'm jotting down a few ideas :smile:

I do music a lot and my other extracurriculars are things like squash, swimming, running (though I've not done as much of that last year with my subjects). I'm doing my Duke of Edinburgh through scouts where I'm a leader and in school I'm deputy head boy, so this year is going to be a busy one!

Congrats on swimming!

Nope sadly not I could have but decided I wanted a challenge this year so opted for German! How did you find French?

Yeah I'm going on the 30th :smile:

We have to meet! I'd love to meet a TSR person in real life! :biggrin:

Haha I could not have done Duke of Edinburgh with all the hiking and camping (not my thing!), but my brother does it. Congrats on depute head boy! :smile:

I found French very easy but I'm pretty enthusiastic about it so... :biggrin:

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Original post by J'adoreMaCachette

That'd be pretty cool haha! And we should :smile:

I'm going to Edinburgh on September 5th and Glasgow on the 7th. What about you?

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Original post by paramore28

That'd be pretty cool haha! And we should :smile:

I'm going to Edinburgh on September 5th and Glasgow on the 7th. What about you?

SAME!

what course are you applying for there?

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Original post by J'adoreMaCachette

SAME!

what course are you applying for there?

Think I'm going to apply for French & German! What about you? :smile:

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Original post by paramore28

Ah! How was summer school? I would have done something like that but was all over the place with Duke of Edinburgh, summer holidays and T in the Park!

And I don't know about Oxbridge, it's so competitive! You have to sit a special exam and will probably get a condition for AAA at Advanced Higher! So we'll see if I can manage anything near that!! :P

I'm sure you'll get your offers! :smile:

which is your preferred uni out of Edinburgh and Glasgow?

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Original post by J'adoreMaCachette

That'd be so good! Save us all the hassle and mean we had some friends when we got there! :P

Original post by J'adoreMaCachette

Yeah I'm going on the 30th :smile:

We have to meet! I'd love to meet a TSR person in real life! :biggrin:

Haha I could not have done Duke of Edinburgh with all the hiking and camping (not my thing!), but my brother does it. Congrats on depute head boy! :smile:

I found French very easy but I'm pretty enthusiastic about it so... :biggrin:

Thank you

what are you going to see at Aberdeen? I've been trying to make a timetable for myself but everything clashes! Oh well :biggrin:

I'll just try and fit in as much as possible!

Oh haha my family is big on hiking/camping/cycling all the outdoors things! And thank you, I'm so excited about getting the job!

Original post by paramore28

That'd be pretty cool haha! And we should :smile:

I'm going to Edinburgh on September 5th and Glasgow on the 7th. What about you?

Aberdeen - 30th, Dundee - 31st, Glasgow - 7th September and St Andrews on 15th October! Those are the Scottish open days I'm headed to! :biggrin:

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Ecosse_14

Original post by paramore28

I was at the St Andrews Sutton Trust Summer School and everyone that I know that did medicine there loved it haha :smile:

I did that :biggrin:

Not this year though.

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AwsomePossum

dont mention ze war, ja?

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Original post by AwsomePossum

dont mention ze war, ja?

Ja, genau :P

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Original post by matthewjsinclair

which is your preferred uni out of Edinburgh and Glasgow?

It was amazing, probably the most fun I've had all year haha! :P
AAA at Advanced Higher?! Good luck haha! But after seeing your 5th year grades I'm sure you'll manage it :P
I think my preferred uni would be Glasgow, although I don't think my parents are too keen as although I'll be staying in halls if I go to either of them I'll be really far away from home if I go to Glasgow.

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Seems a few of us are going to the Glasgow Open Day, anyone fancying meeting up? hahaha :P

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Ecosse_14

Original post by paramore28

Shocking that you went to Sutton Trust and St As isn't even your preferred uni :frown:

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Original post by Ecosse_14

Shocking that you went to Sutton Trust and St As isn't even your preferred uni :frown:

I would love to go to St Andrews but my grades aren't good enough :frown:

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Ecosse_14

Original post by paramore28

I would love to go to St Andrews but my grades aren't good enough :frown:

What grades did you get?
If you email Mike (if he's still the guy in charge) after you've applied to St Andrews, he could speak to the admissions officer for your subject and tell them how awesome you are :wink:

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Original post by Ecosse_14

ABBBC, i've phoned up and they've said it's very unlikely i'd get an offer but Mike's sending out pre-application forms to the ones who went to Sutton Trust to tell us our chances of getting in. But I might try that haha :P

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Original post by paramore28

Think I'm going to apply for French & German! What about you? :smile:

French and either German or Spanish I think :smile:

That will be so awesome if we're in the same classes! :biggrin:

That'd be so good! Save us all the hassle and mean we had some friends when we got there! :P

Yeah exactly what I was thinking!

Thank you

what are you going to see at Aberdeen? I've been trying to make a timetable for myself but everything clashes! Oh well :biggrin:

I'll just try and fit in as much as possible!

UCAS 9.00-9.20 New Kings (NK1)
Library Tour 10 Queen Mother LIbrary
Student Life/Students' Association 11.00-11.20 New Kings (NK6)
Modern Languages 11.45-12.05 King’s College (KCG8)
Study Abroad or Language & Linguistics 12.45-13.05 King’s College (KCG6) or New Kings (NK10)
Literature in a World Context 13.15-13.35 New Kings (NK1)
Finance – Scotland & EU (SAAS) 13.45-14.05 King’s College (KCCC)
Tour of Sports Village 14.45-15.45 Elphinstone Hall

that's my timetable atm haha! I'm sure I'll find you at some point :smile:

Original post by paramore28

Seems a few of us are going to the Glasgow Open Day, anyone fancying meeting up? hahaha :P

yeah definitely! :biggrin:

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Hype en Ecosse

Original post by paramore28

Seems a few of us are going to the Glasgow Open Day, anyone fancying meeting up? hahaha :P

I went to the open day that just passed in June, so wasn't planning on going to the upcoming one. But I'd go purely for a ScotQuals meet up. :biggrin:

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