Oxford 2011 Freshers Chat Thread

Eh, I got a different college I am not complaining!

My interview was in the morning literally straight after breakfast

Reading an extract from a journal with and excessive amount of words and phrases I didn't understand wasn't fun at 9 in the morning! Heh, worked out though :P



My heater looked severely damaged and didn't seem to emit any heat XD

And...she doesn't touch things like heaters? XD
Lets hope she didn't get in (bit harsh but...a heater? :P)

I've had an offer for Law at St. Catz in 2011, and I was just wondering, do I have to apply for accommodation any time soon?
I haven't heard anything regarding it, so is there anything in particular I need to do?

Thanks!

Has anyone had any correspondance from their college after they firmed it?
I got a letter about accommodation, but that was before I firmed...

Congratulations on your offer - and St Catz is a great choice for a lawyer - you'll be able to sleep in and still make it to lectures on time

Has anyone had any correspondance from their college after they firmed it?
I got a letter about accommodation, but that was before I firmed...

has anyone studying history had a reading list? I'm looking for something to read and it might be good to get going!

Or, does anyone have a book recommendation?

Nope, Keble hasn't sent me anything either since I firmed. I need to send these accommodation forms of soon! So hard to make up my mind though Arghh

I'm reading Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer; it's all about how the USA has been going around the world changing regimes. It's pretty good. Alternately, either The Corner or Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets are excellent reads. And they're all true.

Me too! I think I know what price band I want, I'm just not sure whether to go for a Shared En Suite or a Superior Room, the only difference I can see is that the latter has a fridge and sink, although I think the former might give me more of a chance of being in a nice old building



Hehe, sorry to butt in, but my boyfriend LOVES those books. Although if I ended up reading them, I'm sure he'd expect me to have some sort of opinion on them so we could argue about it, and I'd fail at that...he's also been trying to get me to watch the Wire. Which isn't happening

Did everyone else get that e-mail from Oxford's disability advisory service? Not that it was that interesting, but since it was my first email from the university, I'm wondering how many more will follow...
Looking forward to being spammed by college and uni in september?

Read them in secret

Why isn't The Wire happening? You have yet to experience Omar!

Hehe, I might do that, and then casually drop quotes in to conversations with him and impress him

and oh dear. I think it's now got to a point where I'm refusing to watch The Wire out of principle! I did get tricked into watching the clip where they're in the prison talking about the Great Gatsby though, as it was what I was doing for my English Coursework and was assured it would be 'helpful'. Pssssh.

Haha, do it!

I always sound a bit silly trying to quote it, given my Geordie accent :/ Coursework or not, The Wire is always helpful; it's all in the game

Woo Geordie accents where about are you from? I live in Northumberland (Prudhoe?), but was born in Newcastle. I don't reeeally think I have an accent, although when I was down in Oxford for interviews, someone told me I sounded like 'a less ditsy version of Cheryl Cole', which was lovely of them

I'm from Jarrow, famous for walking all the way to London and achieving absolutely naff-all I greeted my interviewer with, "Areet?" and then amused everyone by saying 'cookbook' instead of 'cuckbuck'...

Haha, what a charming thing to have said to you I'm comparatively well-spoken up here, but then I go south and everyone starts looking at me funny and asking me to repeat sentences!