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English at Cambridge (again)

Heh, hi everybody. I posted this thread in the English section too, sorry, but I really need all the help I can get.

I've got an interview in December in Cambridge (Sidney Sussex college) and am wondering about preparation for the interview. How should I spend the next three weeks leading up to it? Is it best to brush up on A level topics? Read as much 'essential' literature as I can? Read about literary criticism, theory etc. - will they ask about movements in literature, like the Romantic period etc? And then obviously I'll have to practise my practical criticism techniques (don't have any yet - ARGH!) and my interview answers.

Any thoughts? *is a little scared and is feeling vulnerable*
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http://oa.waveflex.com/profiles/sprofiles.asp
http://oa.waveflex.com/profiles/prof_disp.asp?id=385
http://oa.waveflex.com/profiles/prof_disp.asp?id=399

The two best pieces of advice I ever got:

1.You are good enough to go to Cambridge or else you wouldn't have got an interview. So do your preparation and try and be Cool, Calm and Confident.

2.You should be able to talk expansively for a minute about anything on your UCAS form. So if they say "oh I see you are from ____ what is that like?" you will be able to give them a half decent answer.

Good luck and maybe I'll see you in Cambridge next year!

JAF
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Thank you for those links - REALLY helpful! Feel a little better about it all now, and I think I'll just go offline and read some 'proper' books, as my mother calls them. I've been reading Catch-22, but she says that wouldn't go down too well, and wants me to get on with reading more George Eliot etc. Wish me luck! :P

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