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Haha things used to be different! She changed course and they had to send her to a different college because there wasn't space.

Yeah I know and I was joking about that... Look I honestly don't know why they gave me an unconditional, but I think it's more unlikely that it was a mistake... Just saying...

Reply 781

fluteflute

Original post by naylori

Yeah I know and I was joking about that... Look I honestly don't know why they gave me an unconditional, but I think it's more unlikely that it was a mistake... Just saying...

That's fair enough, after all, they did give it to you! Next October ask your tutors and get back to us :biggrin:

Original post by naylori

Well there's SoNottingH (whatever her name was), and all the professors my parents have mentioned it to (we live in Ox so we know quite a few) seemed impressed but didn't seem to think it was a mistake or anything...

Original post by naylori

Well there's SoNottingH.

Tis true. Congratulations to you both!

Reply 782

such_a_lady

Just popping in to thank the anonymous future biologist who personal repped me :h:

Reply 783

SoNottingH

Original post by fluteflute

That's fair enough, after all, they did give it to you! Next October ask your tutors and get back to us :biggrin:

Tis true. Congratulations to you both!

Awww, thanks. :smile:

I asked my father (who went to Balliol and taught at Oxford for some years) and he tells me that my initial (very high) A Level points from last year will have been a factor but not the only factor, he says I must have pleased them a lot at the interview, which is fairly mind-boggling given that to me the interview felt like I mostly just exchanged a lot of jokes with them and answered with what felt to me like some rather tendentious points.

Reply 784

naylori

Original post by fluteflute

That's fair enough, after all, they did give it to you! Next October ask your tutors and get back to us :biggrin:

Haha, I will! :wink:

Reply 785

lyh19

Can't sleep! Just found out I'm given an unconditional (gap year) for Biological Sciences at Queen's!

Reply 786

rlscope

Original post by Arva

I will try, all hope is not lost yet. Maybe in time I will be able to accept who you really are. :wink:

Awwwww yay! :biggrin:

Someone who loves me for me, I've never had that before. My life has been sad and miserable and all a lie.

Reply 787

rlscope

Original post by gfaust

You're not alone! I HATE malteasers (and the similar sweet in the US, whoppers). Gives me a headache just thinking about them. :pinch:

Oh good! I swear most people think it's impossible to dislike them, but they're just too full of **** for my liking.

Reply 788

tooambitious

Original post by naylori

my apologies, i was under the impression she was a gap year student

Reply 789

Arva

Original post by rlscope

Awwwww yay! :biggrin:

Someone who loves me for me, I've never had that before. My life has been sad and miserable and all a lie.

No more lies.

Wait, love? Don't get ahead of yourself here :wink:

Aha I think we may go even more insane over the huuuuuge wait we still have before we start. :tongue:

Reply 790

berryripple

I know this is really rude but it's been bugging me... nobody on this thread can spell 'maltesers'. It isn't 'malteasers'

:colonhash:

Reply 791

SoNottingH

Original post by tooambitious

my apologies, i was under the impression she was a gap year student

Nooo, "she" isn't, although I wouldn't mind doing a gap personally, my parents pressed me to go in this year. Now I'm glad they did! :biggrin:

Reply 792

SoNottingH

Original post by berryripple

I know this is really rude but it's been bugging me... nobody on this thread can spell 'maltesers'. It isn't 'malteasers'

:colonhash:

God, you're so right, I never even realised! I just checked. It's true.

They are quite nice chilled. My best friend at school eats them with breakfast cereal.

Reply 793

Arva

Original post by berryripple

I know this is really rude but it's been bugging me... nobody on this thread can spell 'maltesers'. It isn't 'malteasers'

:colonhash:

>Says nobody on the thread can spell 'maltesers'

>Correctly spells 'maltesers' in the thread.

>Incorrect statement

:teehee:

Reply 794

tooambitious

Original post by berryripple

I know this is really rude but it's been bugging me... nobody on this thread can spell 'maltesers'. It isn't 'malteasers'

:colonhash:

in the cambridge pool thread, many people said 'fishes' i didnt say anything, because i thught it was tactless, considering their awful situation, but now, somewhere i can vent :tongue:

Reply 795

Arva

Original post by tooambitious

in the cambridge pool thread, many people said 'fishes' i didnt say anything, because i thught it was tactless, considering their awful situation, but now, somewhere i can vent :tongue:

Both fish and fishes are acceptable plural forms, actually :tongue:

Reply 796

rlscope

Original post by Arva

No more lies.

Wait, love? Don't get ahead of yourself here :wink:

Aha I think we may go even more insane over the huuuuuge wait we still have before we start. :tongue:

Hahaha in case you didn't notice, I was kidding :P my life isn't exactly a big sad lie haha!

I was worried it was earlier today though. Got an email from Keble, and I was like OMG THEY'RE MAILING ME TO TELL ME THEY MADE A MISTAKE AND THAT THEY DON'T WANT ME. :frown:

Reply 797

tooambitious

Original post by Arva

Both fish and fishes are acceptable plural forms, actually :tongue:

i thought fishes was only used when referring to different species of fish :dontknow:

i suppose one could put the case that their being pooled by different colleges would make them different species though

Reply 798

rlscope

Original post by tooambitious

in the cambridge pool thread, many people said 'fishes' i didnt say anything, because i thught it was tactless, considering their awful situation, but now, somewhere i can vent :tongue: