English Applicants 2012

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Last time Cambridge, Durham, St. Andrews, Exeter, Loughbrough, and got offers from Durham, Exeter and Lough.

This time Cambridge, Durham, UCL, St. Andrews, Exeter.

Not much change I know - but I likedem before so I still like em :smile:

Hey, we have three in common! I guess I should be scheming against you or something...

Reply 81

Orinooko

Original post by LeSacMagique

Hey, we have three in common! I guess I should be scheming against you or something...

So we do! And yes definitely, scheme away, I know I will - although what college are you for Cam? perhaps its only two we're directly competing for :smile:

Reply 82

LeSacMagique

Original post by Orinooko

So we do! And yes definitely, scheme away, I know I will - although what college are you for Cam? perhaps its only two we're directly competing for :smile:

Ah, true - I'm going for Peterhouse. I'd eat my hat if I found another Peterhouse English applicant on TSR since it seems to be one of the most obscure colleges out there!

Reply 83

Orinooko

Original post by LeSacMagique

Ah, true - I'm going for Peterhouse. I'd eat my hat if I found another Peterhouse English applicant on TSR since it seems to be one of the most obscure colleges out there!

Ha no don't worry - as it happens it was in my shortlist but I've plumped for Magdalene :smile:

What made you choose Peterhouse?

Reply 84

LeSacMagique

Original post by Orinooko

Ha no don't worry - as it happens it was in my shortlist but I've plumped for Magdalene :smile:

What made you choose Peterhouse?

Well I'd like to claim it was the end result of months of detailed research but it's really only because I was a runner-up/'highly commended' on this English essay prize thing they run; they invited me to an open-day for prizewinners and I really liked it. They essentially bribed me with a salmon lunch and a chat with a research fellow.

Reply 85

Jabberwox

I'm applying to do English with Psychology for 2012 ^^

In a way I'm luckier, because I can just balance the two subjects in my personal statement, given my lack of classic literature :tongue:

Reply 86

Orinooko

Original post by LeSacMagique

Wow that's impressive :smile:

Ah yeah come to think of it I think I know that prize, some people from school entered it - what was your essay on? Can I read it? :smile:

haha

Reply 87

LeSacMagique

Original post by Orinooko

Wow that's impressive :smile:

Ah yeah come to think of it I think I know that prize, some people from school entered it - what was your essay on? Can I read it? :smile:

haha

It was on The Waste Land and Waiting for Godot. The question was something like 'what effect is achieved when a writer does or does not 'suit his word to the action, the action to the word'. I cringe a lot at parts of it because some of it is really very pretentious but sure you can, I will PM you a google doc of it or something :smile:

Reply 88

thethinker

Original post by LeSacMagique

May I look at it too please? Sounds interesting :smile:

Reply 89

LeSacMagique

Original post by thethinker

May I look at it too please? Sounds interesting :smile:

Just popped you a PM

Reply 90

thethinker

Original post by LeSacMagique

Just popped you a PM

Thanks! (prsom) To be honest it wasn't really what I was expecting- lots of music stuff in it that went over my head a bit :tongue:

Congrats on writing it, it was good and I enjoyed reading it :biggrin:

Reply 91

LeSacMagique

Original post by thethinker

Thanks! (prsom) To be honest it wasn't really what I was expecting- lots of music stuff in it that went over my head a bit :tongue:

Congrats on writing it, it was good and I enjoyed reading it :biggrin:

Yeah there was a bit of a musical theme, I just ran with it I guess :smile:

Thanks! It was tons of fun

Reply 92

muse_of_fire

I'm applying this year to Cambridge, Durham, Warwick, Sheffield and UEA (all to read English/English Lit. apart from at UEA, where I'm applying to read English and American Literature because the course looks absolutely incredible). I'm currently reading Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, which is a really wonderful, madly unique book. It contrasts quite sharply with The Great Gatsby, which I'm having to read for English Lit. and is slowly destroying my will to live -sigh-

Reply 93

Obsidian

Original post by muse_of_fire

Hi! I'm applying for English this year too. I LOVE Gatsby (did it for AS) - why, if you don't mind me asking, don't you like it? Just curious, lots of people in my year hated it but I never actually found out why.
Good luck with your applications :smile:

Reply 94

MSB

Original post by LeSacMagique

Yeah there was a bit of a musical theme, I just ran with it I guess :smile:

Thanks! It was tons of fun

Can I read this too.

Reply 95

thethinker

It's happened for the first time: I told someone I was intending to study English and they asked, 'Do you want to be an English teacher?' :angry:

Reply 96

LabyrinthWonder

Hi everyone!

Am currently on a Gap Year and have decided to re-apply this year to universities to study English Literature at: UCL, Kings College London & Cambridge. (I haven't had to re-sit my A-levels, I just wasn't too keen on the uni that offered me a place.)

Would be nice to hear from others applying for the same and also others who are re-applying this year! :smile:

Reply 97

LeSacMagique

Original post by LabyrinthWonder

I'm applying for Cambridge - which college are you going for?

(And only 3? That's exciting!)

Reply 98

LabyrinthWonder

Original post by LeSacMagique

I'm applying for Cambridge - which college are you going for?

(And only 3? That's exciting!)

Hello! I am applying for Trinity (got an interview there last year but did not get an offer, so am trying again! :biggrin:

) and yourself?

Haha, I am not that 'wild' :tongue:

. One of the courses I am applying for is Film Directing at Drama Centre London - where they only take FIVE people, eek! And the other is another course at King's: English and Film.

What are you choices and Cambridge college?

Reply 99

LeSacMagique

Original post by LabyrinthWonder

Hello! I am applying for Trinity (got an interview there last year but did not get an offer, so am trying again! :biggrin:

) and yourself?

Haha, I am not that 'wild' :tongue:

Ah, I see - yeah, only 3 would be a bit foolish really. I'm applying for English at Cambridge, Durham, St Andrews, Nottingham and RHUL. Though I did yesterday have a sudden change of heart and seriously wonder why I wasn't applying for Classics & English I am now firmly in the single honours camp.

Peterhouse is my college of choice, though I'm really quite pessimistic about my Cambridge chances. I have all my digits crossed about Durham and St Andrews though!