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Reply 20

Well, we need to chat anyway....Take Care and I hope Xmas went well. Im off...Long day tomorrow...T

Reply 21

Patrick7777

Yeah I was so tempted to apply to New, it has Robin Lane Fox and is really pretty. My tutor told me St John's had better teaching, resources and funds though, so in the end my brain won over my heart.

Hopefully I'll make some friends there.

I don't reckon it would've been possible either... We don't techincally offer CAAH, though we do have one person every year who does it... Actually, this refutes what I said earlier, but it is true. No CAAH-ist has applied to New College. They've all applied Open and Robin Lane Fox has selected them, though he says that the girl on our year will be the last... she's an american and he adores her, but would prefer to just stick to Classicists and AMHers and have more personal research time, rather than having another subject to deal with as well.

Reply 22

fairieboi

bigjcoool

I don't reckon it would've been possible either... We don't techincally offer CAAH, though we do have one person every year who does it... Actually, this refutes what I said earlier, but it is true. No CAAH-ist has applied to New College. They've all applied Open and Robin Lane Fox has selected them, though he says that the girl on our year will be the last... she's an american and he adores her, but would prefer to just stick to Classicists and AMHers and have more personal research time, rather than having another subject to deal with as well.

johnny you have far too much free time on your hands.
i was trudging through iliad whilst you were writing that lot... bah. oh well, off to bed, IXX and XX to do tomorrow.

oh yeah, and New College is wonderful.

Reply 23

zanziba

wow....thanks bigjcoool for that detailed analysis! I don't know about some people, but i really don't need persuading. New is quite clearly an amazing college. Friendly and lively and absolutely stunning. I had a tough time choosing which college to apply to but I'm sooo happy now that I chose New. when i was up there for interviews I just fell in love with the place! Bloody good thing I got in or I would have been skulking outside for 3 years...I didn't want to leave! :p:

Reply 24

Patrick7777

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bigjcoool

I don't reckon it would've been possible either... We don't techincally offer CAAH, though we do have one person every year who does it... Actually, this refutes what I said earlier, but it is true. No CAAH-ist has applied to New College. They've all applied Open and Robin Lane Fox has selected them, though he says that the girl on our year will be the last... she's an american and he adores her, but would prefer to just stick to Classicists and AMHers and have more personal research time, rather than having another subject to deal with as well.

Really? I have a leaflet on CAAH that was given to me at Oxford, and it says you can apply to twenty colleges for the course, and lists New as one of them.

But my goodness it would be such a dream come true to have Robin Lane Fox as a tutor! Even though I think he paints a far nicer picture of Alexander The Great than was actaully true.....still, who am I to talk!! :biggrin:

Reply 25

Christina

Anyone got a link to the Alternative prospectus?

Reply 26

mellow-yellow

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Christina

Anyone got a link to the Alternative prospectus?

This is the OUSU one:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousufinc/pubs/AP2003.pdf

Don't know whether you can get hold of the New College one on the internet. If you find it, let me know!

Reply 27

Christina

Thanks

Reply 28

Will_

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Reply 29

RxB

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i'm sure hertford's nearer the turf than new is...

Reply 30

heather86

I'm also at New, and agree with everything bigjcool says about New. Its a fantastic place :biggrin:

While some people might think its a bit on the large side, I find that the large student number just means that theres always new people to meet, and the atmosphere is never claustrophobic.

The only downside is that 1st years don't have access to kitchens, though food is served in hall every night... its usually edible, sometimes really quite nice, but occasionally nasty.

The location is fantastic, nice and central, so pretty much everythings less than 10 minutes walk away.

Plus we have a squeaking mound. :biggrin:

Reply 31

mellow-yellow

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Will_

What everyone so far has forgotten, and which i think ameliorates New amazingly, is THE TURF!

The best pub ever? Well, maybe not, but it's awesome and right on our doorstep. It's the home turf for us. Surely some kudos for this?

EXACTLY!! I mentioned this is another thread actually.. great minds and all that.

Reply 32

Grifter

Big up New college- spread the love.

Jonny- that was some damn good promo work! just to add- some of the latest harry potter was filmed at New too. hell yeah.

Sam- Iliad? pah- it sounds like you're working far too hard.
no collections for me :cool:

Reply 33

fairieboi

Grifter

Sam- Iliad? pah- it sounds like you're working far too hard.
no collections for me :cool:

**** you mike. ;-/
I'm going to the bod tomorrow. check me and my collection-terrified self.
(the bod is a library by the way, mike, in case you weren't acquainted with such a thing last term... ;p)

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