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Original post by Princepieman
I won't be doing A-levels :confused:. IB at a UWC (or worst case scenario Highers and Advanced highers)

I actually will have fun, thank you very much! It really doesn't require that much prep, just a couple of hours on a weekend to practice for the SATs, asking other teachers to write reccomendations - they should be willing to fi you've been an exemplary student and writing some essays that are maximum 500 words. I wasn't being serious when I said "full of drones", I was being sarcastic. Generally though, the type of student who thrives at Cambridge is very different to the type that thrives at a top U.S. school - that's more what I was implying.

In the past 2 weeks, I have talked to 3 CEOs at banks (Standard Chartered, UBS etc), 2 managing partners at magic circle firms and an entrepreneur :woo:. I feel like I can speak to anyone now :cool: All in the name of fundraising!


So you're doing IB? Awesome, another cool person around! :five:
Original post by JustaDreamer
I'm with AQA so it's Physical Geography, my topics are Restless Earth (volcanoes-woo), Coasts (self-explanatory), and Water on the Land (rivers-boo)


Ahh, I'm doing an Edexcel paper tomorrow. I don't know my stuff :frown: and I heard that its all about exam technique- my teacher hasn't explained that stuff to us, so bleh!
Original post by dynomit999
The one about Romans and Greeks was alright, i didnt know what a quack doctor was though :L i dont think we were ever told about them, so thats 5 marks probably lost :frown:


I learnt about them in Classical civilisation woop


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Original post by PriyaPaul
Are the boundaries gonna be higher ? What board are you ?


Priya! Hey, i've missed you loads! How are exams going? :smile:

I think the boundaries will be reasonable.... Not too high... Not too low. Actually who am I kidding? Lol


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Original post by Jina
Priya! Hey, i've missed you loads! How are exams going? :smile:

I think the boundaries will be reasonable.... Not too high... Not too low. Actually who am I kidding? Lol


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Delete some PMs
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Original post by Elm Tree
Delete some PMs


Lolol my bad. Lemme do that just now.


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Original post by Jina
Lolol my bad. Lemme do that just now.


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Haven't spoken to you in a while


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Oh dear
I'm royally ****ed for geography tomorrow :frown:
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Original post by Olympiad
Haven't spoken to you in a while


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Hey! How ya been?


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HOLD ON, did you just call me a douchebag? I'm american-nigerian-british, you sir are the douchebag. It's called wanting make an impact on the world, being motivated and competitve - something you aren't going to see a lot of. The vast majority of people who go to oxbridge go because of their grades, not achievements.

Seriously? Have you been to the U.S? Newsflash, I lived there. There are a lot more places to find models and bottles. It depends what kind scene you want, the south is very fun - especially Atlanta and Dallas. The west coast? Miami? Charlotte? Even flamin' Chicago. You, my friend, have london.

NO, I mean I deciphered their direct emails by using the email framework of their firms. :colonhash: Pretty good, I'm waiting for some proposals with alumni. i've raised £3,000 so far - basically in a week.
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Exams.. Need I say more? :/


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Original post by Bude8
So you're doing IB? Awesome, another cool person around! :five:


Wooohooo!!! :woo: :woo:

What subjects are you taking?
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Original post by Princepieman
HOLD ON, did you just call me a douchebag? I'm american-nigerian-british, you sir are the douchebag. It's called wanting make an impact on the world, being motivated and competitve - something you aren't going to see a lot of. The vast majority of people who go to oxbridge go because of their grades, not achievements.

Seriously? Have you been to the U.S? Newsflash, I lived there. There are a lot more places to find models and bottles. It depends what kind scene you want, the south is very fun - especially Atlanta and Dallas. The west coast? Miami? Charlotte? Even flamin' Chicago. You, my friend, have london.

NO, I mean I deciphered their direct emails by using the email framework of their firms. :colonhash: Pretty good, I'm waiting for some proposals with alumni. i've raised £3,000 so far - basically in a week.


Passion! I love it! Fight fo yo country son!


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Original post by Jina
Lolol my bad. Lemme do that just now.


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Ahem, you're a little overdue on a PM. Do you mind explaining yourself :mad:
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Original post by Princepieman
Ahem, you're a little overdue on a PM. Do you mind explaining yourself :mad:


:frown:

I am ashamed.

Seriously.

I've been thinking about it all week. Isn't that punishment enough. I will make no more promises... And shall surprise you perhaps (one day) by going through my mail and replying to it. :/



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Original post by Jina
:frown:

I am ashamed.

Seriously.

I've been thinking about it all week. Isn't that punishment enough. I will make no more promises... And shall surprise you perhaps (one day) by going through my mail and replying to it. :/



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Fair enough, I don't really mind. :redface: I was just pulling your strings. Exams are more important than a PM, it can wait. Good luck!
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Original post by Princepieman
Fair enough, I don't really mind. :redface: I was just pulling your strings. Exams are more important than a PM, it can wait. Good luck!


I've had my strings pulled a lot today. I'm loving it. -_-

Haha thank you for understanding! My respect for you has gone up a notch. Merci!


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It is true that you will find a larger percentage of these "douches" you speak of at the top american universities. But, it's no different at Oxbridge and the London Unis, they have a different type of douche: the public school, mommy/daddy's girl/boy type of douche. Also, I would like to add that if you actually TALK TO THE STUDENTS at these colleges, most are down to earth and are in no way "douchey". I still don't see how you've changed heart over a mere day of thinking about this. Your views that you have used to convince yourself are seemingly baseless; what I'm saying is: take a trip to some campuses and speak with british students there. They will most likely be having a blast.

Don't take any of this to heart, I am simply curious to how you have changed your mind that quickly

You've only sampled a minute region of a country that spans 4 time zones of course you'll have some presumptions - that generally won't be true until you experience these other places for yourself.

I have until the last week of July, I'm pretty confident I can do it. Hopefully one of the CEOs (who is an alumni) can help me out.

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