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Reply 500

Robob

Duke Flipside

Tbh, I don't get it either. Ridiculously skinny women aren't actually attractive :confused:

I second that!

Reply 501

sassygirl

friendlyneutron

Nothing - I used to be very skinny, but then I remembered that whole eat-to-live thing. I just object to emaciation being thrust in my face by the media like it's something desirable. I'd rather have a nice healthy BMI of 21 than osteoporosis, that's all.

Very well put!

Hm, just got out calculator to work out my BMI.. but then I realised I don't know my weight. Since we moved house we haven't actually found the scales yet.. I know I weigh around 9 1/2 stone. I think I'm 60 kg, not sure. Okay, my BMI is 22. According to my textbook 20-25 is healthy so yippee, bang in the middle ^_^.

I've never really had weight issues. I was very tall and skinny as a child until puberty, but then I grew sideways only for a while. I'm a very big eater and rather food-obsessed--but I tend to eat healthily, which is why I'm not obese.

Reply 502

popop12345

Hi guys,

Just wondering weather you think its worth me going to my UCL interview. I wouldnt consider going there even if i didnt get the grades so i dont see the point :confused:

BUT it could be interesting talking to the professors. Just thought some of you may have been in the same situation?

Reply 503

sarahliz12345

I sent a form to Newcastle saying I was going to go to their open day thing before I got my Cambridge and Durham offers. I have now written to them to cancel that as I don't see the point. However, don't you come from London? If it was me then I think that I would go unless I was really busy seeing as it's so close. I quite liked talking to interviewers about my subject too!

Reply 504

friendlyneutron

popop12345

Hi guys,

Just wondering weather you think its worth me going to my UCL interview. I wouldnt consider going there even if i didnt get the grades so i dont see the point :confused:

BUT it could be interesting talking to the professors. Just thought some of you may have been in the same situation?

Hey, I have an interview at KCL on thursday and although if I got an offer I doubt I'd take it as I have a great insurance offer, I'm still going because I think it's a great opportunity to improve my interview skills. If you can make it it might be an idea to go, but I'd equally understand if you didn't!

Reply 505

Liz150888

i've got a dundee interview tomorrow and although i did consider cancelling it because i have two offers already i'm going to go just for the practise and in the hope of getting an uncon for med from somewhere! :tongue:

itll be good practise too for job interviews in the future.

Reply 506

Mr. Jim

popop12345

Hi guys,

Just wondering weather you think its worth me going to my UCL interview. I wouldnt consider going there even if i didnt get the grades so i dont see the point :confused:

BUT it could be interesting talking to the professors. Just thought some of you may have been in the same situation?

i'm going to my UCL one next week coz i get to go shopping :biggrin:

Reply 507

sassygirl

I have a Birmingham Uni interview, but I cancelled after I got my Imperial offer. I have to admit, it was partly cos I was lazy and also there was a silly party on which I didn't want to miss.

Plus, I had about 4 mock interviews. I really don't want to do any more, real or otherwise!

Reply 508

dappleddawndrawndauphin

panda11

No one's mentioned The Winter's Tale yet... that's a great play. Oh and did anyone recently see Henry IV Parts 1&2 at the National, with Michael Gambon as Falstaff and Matthew MacFadyen as Hal? That was fantastic.

I've never read 'The Winter's Tale' :eek:

*looks shocked at self* Might make that my next play then! :biggrin:

& once again I am SO jealous. SO, so jealous :eek:

but great for you, must've been amazing! :smile:

Re the 'fat&thin issues' on the thread: I got unhealthily weight fixated a couple of years ago - though normally I love food too much and couldn't not eat much - it was just because some nasty tablet clashes made me sick for months and shrunk my stomach anyway (I annoyingly desire to look like a waif but wasn't built for it, lol!) Good points about celebrities and the media - gr! I'm 5'3 and 8 stone so I'm healthy, which is all that matters I guess :smile:

Being short can be annoying though - had a fabulous shopping trip today but have to search for ages for trousers short enough :redface:

PS: don't ask me what cd I'm listening to atm; it's embarrassing...

Reply 509

dappleddawndrawndauphin

sassygirl

Plus, I had about 4 mock interviews. I really don't want to do any more, real or otherwise!

And who can blame you :eek:

! That's way too many interviews :p:

Reply 510

dappleddawndrawndauphin

Duke Flipside

Tbh, I don't get it either. Ridiculously skinny women aren't actually attractive :confused:

As for Shakespeare, I absolutely hated Much Ado About Nothing...but mainly because it was basically a soap opera, and I hate those too. Midsummer's not too bad, and I liked Romeo and Juliet.

It's weird, women seem to know men often find curves more attractive than extreme skinniness, but illogically often still want to be thin. It's more a thing from within or about how they feel about themselves I think. Am generalising here; this is what I feel about it anyway!

Soap opera?! Pah! :p:

Reply 511

parsleythelion

Depressing statistic:
1% of women are happy with their bodies, according to some survey.
Skinny, curvy, whatever. Bloody X chromosomes :rolleyes:

Reply 512

panda11

perdition

PS: don't ask me what cd I'm listening to atm; it's embarrassing...

Ok I've got to ask now... what cd are you listening to?

parsleythelion

Depressing statistic:
1% of women are happy with their bodies, according to some survey.
Skinny, curvy, whatever. Bloody X chromosomes

That is exceptionally depressing... surely cannot be true? Maybe they surveyed a lot of miserable people. Personally I think people just ought to accept their figures and get over it (says she who doesn't) - my 5"7 friend starved herself down to 8 stone 6lbs and she STILL had a pear shaped figure (just an unnaturally bony top half). She was also the most boring person ever when she was dieting - she'd come into school and go to sleep, no energy for anything.

I think my most ridiculous diet plan was going on Atkins - being a non-egg eating vegetarian this essentially meant I ate lots of salad and grilled vegetables for a few days before I fainted one morning at breakfast... :rolleyes:

I'd love to be about half a stone lighter but I'm trying to accept that it just won't happen.

Reply 513

parsleythelion

The Beeb says 3% http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2402363.stm , I think the 1% figure was quoted in the Guardian a couple of months ago.

Actually I guess it's kind of reassuring - whenever you see someone with a great figure you can think, 'Well, there's a 99% chance she's unhappy with that.' That's after you've thought, 'Christ on a bicycle girl, EAT SOME FOOD.'

The other statistic I found depressing is that 90% of women would rather have a smaller waistline than genius-level intelligence. I found that shocking but a lot of my friends thought it was quite reasonable :eek:

- maybe the successful Cambridge applicants forum would give a slightly skewed response?

Reply 514

panda11

parsleythelion

The other statistic I found depressing is that 90% of women would rather have a smaller waistline than genius-level intelligence. I found that shocking but a lot of my friends thought it was quite reasonable :eek:

- maybe the successful Cambridge applicants forum would give a slightly skewed response?

Yeah we've already got the genius-level intelligence - give us all tiny waistlines and we'll conquer the world :p:

(joking, before anyone worries about the size of my ego...)

Reply 515

Liz150888

aww wayhey perdition! somone the same height as me :smile:

i used to be pretty tall when i was wee but now im one of the shortest people i know cos everyone grew. i dont really mind my top half or my calves, tummy is meh, but i LOATHE my thighs so much. i dont know how to get them any smaller tho :frown:

. would like to be thinner and more waif like but i think im doomed to be short and curvy as opposed to ironing board like sadly.

Reply 516

popop12345

friendlyneutron

Hey, I have an interview at KCL on thursday

Do you mean UCL, My one is/would be on thursday aswell!

THnks for all the replys!

Reply 517

Loocy

I haven't got any other offers yet so I'll have to go to any other interviews I have... even though after the whole massive palava of having Cam/St Andy's interviews in one week I feel like I shouldn't have to do anymore, for some reason :frown:

And yes perdition, tell us what you're listening to :wink:

I'm listening to Pulp - Different Class, suuuuch a classic album.

parsleythelion

I know, I read that somewhere too.. from my unreliable memory it wasn't even genius level intelligence, just 'a higher IQ'. Quite scary really, definitely know which I'd rather have! I'm fine with my body in general (I'm 5"8 and occasionally feel really awkwardly tall when I'm with smaller people, but meh), it's more my skin that's my annoyingness - still think I'd rather be a genius than change it though, somehow.

Reply 518

Dizzyarab

More a reflection of a shallow world no? Women are still judged by looks first. And when it comes to happiness over intelligence I know which i'd prefer. Perhaps many women feel that to find happiness or someone, that a slimmer waistline is more important than intelligence which leads back to the whole we live in a patriarchal society thing. Also many may feel comfortable with the intelligence they already have, dont need to be a genuis to do well in life, and perhaps they enjoy what they do which doesn't require genuis-ness :P. Genuis-ness is more suited to those with ambition in all I thinks!

Reply 519

friendlyneutron

Speaking as someone who's suffered from an eating disorder for the past 5 years (although I'm currently doing very well and eating a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel while typing :smile:

), and who has therefore spent a lot of time around eating disordered women (and men), I think, paradoxically, you *have* to be intelligent to have an eating disorder. I've never met someone with anorexia or bulimia who hasn't been clever - it goes with the territory; you can't lie and keep up an act for that amount of time without having some degree of intelligence. Of course someone with a genuine eating disorder and your average woman whining about wanting to lose 5lbs are different, but I think a lot of the time the issues stem from the same thing, and it's not vanity. It's generally about self-esteem, control, escapism, coping ... many things, and of course culture has a lot to do with it. Although anorexia and bulimia have been around for hundreds of years, I don't think people with the inherent qualities necessary to develop an eating disorder would necessarily follow that route if thinness wasn't as glorified in mainstream culture, and I think the fact that eating disorders are becoming more prevalent in countries such as Japan as they become more 'Westernised' really illustrates this.

popop - no, my interview's at KCL, but if on thursday you run into an excitable scottish girl in power heels that may be me :wink:

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