The Oxford 2013 Results Day Discussion Thread

I specialised my first half of my coursework on the Fourth Crusade its wonderfully mad, Alexius Angelus the leader of Constantinople promising them money he didn't have to invade and install him as Emperor, then having to melt everything down before getting strangled by his own people

Carry on Crusading

Aw man, I missed a trick there! Mine was Saladin-focused, interesting dude, but wouldn't make much of a sitcom

Aw man, I missed a trick there! Mine was Saladin-focused, interesting dude, but wouldn't make much of a sitcom

I would like to console you coursework people without mentioning that I don't have any to do myself but I don't think I can (although I guess the EPQ was about as much work so ho hum)

When we did Weimar Germany for GCSE we spent two weeks looking at the art, hehe

I love History, can't wait to start History and Politics, very nervous about getting the AAA though

Whereas if you had concentrated on Richard the Lionheart, it would have made a musical comedy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondel_%28musical%29

Same; I try not to think about the possibility of not getting AAA too much. I'm grateful it isn't A*AA like most of the scientists have to get, but it still feels like a lot of pressure.

*crawls out of the deep, dark hole of doom of History coursework*

Woohoo, just completed it and handed it in today! Time to rejoice by making up for all the lost sleep.

Arts subjects tend to be more vague on exams too, they can go either way and when they're essay-based it can be all or nothing

you've finished your history coursework already?! I didn't hand mine in until april!

I opted for the EPQ, but decided that it wasn't for me at all a few weeks in (I had no idea about how important the production log would be in relation to the actual essay, and I hate write ups with a passion) so switched out to A2 Critical Thinking. What did you do yours on?

Whereas if you had concentrated on Richard the Lionheart, it would have made a musical comedy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondel_%28musical%29

Oh I dunno, I can imagine an ironically camp 70s style comedy, "Arab You Being Served?" has a nice ring to it

I'm also willing to help with any pun-related humor, although that said, "why did the Islamic leader of the Third Crusade storm out of Pizza Hut? Because they had no salad in" went down like a lead balloon in my History class

Anyone else facing the very scary prospect of Oxford or nothing in the Summer? Got my Bristol rejection yesterday and am now slightly panicking; I'm an obsessive bets-hedger- I'm doing 4 A levels purely so I can afford to fail one :L

Anyone else facing the very scary prospect of Oxford or nothing in the Summer? Got my Bristol rejection yesterday and am now slightly panicking; I'm an obsessive bets-hedger- I'm doing 4 A levels purely so I can afford to fail one :L

It's good to get a Plan B sorted if you don't have an insurance at all. Look at Clearing courses as soon as the list starts emerging, or plan to apply abroad, like I would have done.

I have 2 other offers, but I was lacking in confidence when I applied so they're much much lower than Oxford, and I don't want to go there :/ does the clearing list become available on results day or is it earlier?