Cambridge 2011 Freshers Chat Thread

We're Cambridge men now, therefore these naked displays of emotion cannot be shown.

Instead we must be:

Be sure to get a horn/bell so you can express your disdain for tourists in a universal language!

I still nearly get run over by bikes. In fact, on the way to one of my exams this year, I jumped out of the way of a car, into the way of a bike, jumped backwards into the path of the car and ended up running just in front of the bike. Then I walked by a chained bike, caught my sleeve on its handle and spent the next minute trying to get it off me.

The upside was that my friends found this so hilarious, they forgot to be nervous about our exam. The downside was that I spent the rest of the walk to the exam checking every road 4 times.

Usually someone pulls me out of the way of traffic. She's going on a Year Abroad. I may actually die from being hit by a bike...

Want to hear something more lame? I got overtaken by a milk float. I wasn't walking or cycling, no, I was in a car. And got overtaken by a milk float. The shame

very lame. *shakes head* now that would have been embarrassing to put on your tombstone :P

A milk float? Aren't those one of the slowest things on Earth just before a sloth?
That is bad
How did you manage that? :P

Pretty much, yeah! It was on a roundabout that I really don't like, soon after taking my test, and it has really narrow lanes that I was trying to stay in. I'm pretty sure I wasn't doing anything wrong!

It's okay, the fact that you passed your test and can drive is a huge achievement in itself (I am very impressed Mainly because my Hand-eye co-ordination is zero)
(Btw, did you do your lessons in Cambridge? If so, how much did it cost?)

All this stuff on driving actually reminds me .. is it worth getting a moped/small motorbike in Cambs? Driving test (practical) this friday!

Hey

I got an offer today (on my birthday ). A*AA for economics at Robinson. Anyone else with offers for economics or from Robinson drop me a PM - it'd be great to get to know some of you before October

Congrats to all those with offers.

Cyclists are crazy
The number of times I nearly got run over during my visit to Cambridge for my interview... BY A BICYCLE. I mean, I've NEVER HEARD ANYTHING SO LAME IN MY LIFE

(Hehe, I can't wait to buy a bike and terrorize pedestrians. Mwahahaha )

Ooh Hi

Did you not have your interviews there?

I got a 'concerned' PM from them about how they reckon I'll struggle at Cam 'cos I missed my offer and 'cos my GCSEs are below Cam's average.

you're a bitch, fact

You should point her the way of the guy who got 23 A-levels and didn't exactly do stellar at Cam....

Correct me if I'm wrong - you got the GCSEs at a school with a low GCSE percentage, thus meaning you actually did pretty well to get them? And you got AAA, nearly A*A*A. I seriously doubt this means you will do badly at Cambridge

I got a 'concerned' PM from them about how they reckon I'll struggle at Cam 'cos I missed my offer and 'cos my GCSEs are below Cam's average.

How many times do I have to tell you that haters gonna hate?

In reply to other posts .. yes Zoe I know Gooner! A bit, I guess.

Do all the colleges require the UMS marks even you met the offer? Whats the point of this? Only for statistic dataset?