Getting to know you

Can't be 100% sure. Nobody thinks I'm a freak or anything (I think!) and the great thing is you don't have to be the boring slightly unusual clever one any more.

Yep, I can't sing, but it'd be funny to give it a go. I wouldn't mind singing Javert either, but it sounds like Pollo Loco has that part dibbed. I couldn't do Marius in a month of Sundays, but then again Valjean and Javert are much better parts.

I was wondering if anyone would say that they'd sing that!
And you say you're boring?! Eponine = unrequited love. Personal experience or just a fun part?

OK, so far it's me as Valjean, Pollo Loco as Javert and Helenia as Eponine. Any other takers? Lol!

whoever is going to selwyn, u aren't the only one,i know a dude called raj going there to do german and french- he's on these forums he just doesnt post much .

Hey androidkiller, Valjean is the highest male part goin in Les Mis. Just thought i'd let you know, havin done it. Marius is a wimp and Enjolras went a bit "ooh, hello!" in our production. It's up to you byt i suppose i'd swap coz if you can't do Marius, Valjean will be impossible. It has several top A's in it.

...students who enjoy drunked discussions of quantum physics...( Interesting to notice the themes that keep cropping up; vegetarianism, sci-fi, pop culture, fantasy books, musicals, Douglas Adams.... does this represent a cross section of Cambridge society or a cross section of the kind of applicants geeky enough to spend large amounts of time on an internet forum? )

Btw, whoever started this thread needs a smack around the head (not hard, of course!)- i've got that really irritating song from The King and I in my head, and it won't go away! Aargh!

I can't sing at all! Never mind.

That's ok, neither could the guy who sang Marius in our production. Well, i do him an injustice, he wasn't too bad.

Dammit - foul deferred-entry temptress. Seriously though - study, pass exams, read, come here. You never know, if there's very few Comp Sci students I might be your father. Probably not though - with only one Philosophy student - usually - in a year each one is parent to the next.

Everyone seems far more interesting than me but here goes! I'm ellie and will hopefully be doing biological natsci next year at Trinity Hall as long as I get myself motivated enough to do some work. I like reading but don't usually have much time to, have just finished The Lovely Bones which is really sad but good, favourite books include His Dark Materials, The Book of the New Sun (Gene Wolf), Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and Lord of the Rings (very predictable choice I know!). I don't like computer games unlike a lot of the people who have posted on here but my brothers are always trying to make me play Halo and other games involving random killing. I'm pretty hopeless at most sports (but played netball and hockey when quite a lot younger) but do occasionally drag myself to the gym (don't particularly like the rowing machines but may be converted into liking rowing once I get to cambridge).

I'm very into lots of music but don't play any instruments, favourite bands include Placebo, the Darkness, Muse, Stereophonics, Incubus, Coldplay, Ash, Faithless, Alanis Morisette, the Hives, Siouxie and the banshees, and lots of others that I can't think of right now. I love going to music festivals (apart from the toilets there), have been to glastonbury the last few years and it really has to be one of the best places in the world (but was devastated not to get a ticket this year after spending all night trying and mananging to get tickets for the rest of my family so they're going without me!). Going to Reading this year instead which seems to have a good line up but I doubt the atmosphere will match Glasto. In terms of hobbies I just seem to spend most of my free time in pubs, going clubbing and to parties and don't really do much constructive, but have been learning sign language for the past year for no particular reason and like to draw and paint when I have time.

I'm very opinionated on most things, am vegetarian and politically I am fairly left. I have very boring brown hair (although it had bright blue streaks in when i went for my cam interview), brown eyes, height is around 5 10 and weigh around 9-9 +half stone but not really sure because there are no scales that work in my house. My school is comprehensive and i'm the only one to have an offer for oxbridge this year wich means quite a lot of pressure, and tend to be either loved or hated by most teachers (have been told several times that I have an 'offhand attitude' and 'hippysish tendencies' which is quite amusing). Anyway I think thats probably it about me, I will probably remember more stuff later.

I can't sing at all! Never mind.
No idea, but it looks like I'll have more people to talk to than at this dump! At last I won't be the weird clever one! I'm not a veggie though. And what about hose who talk about Quantum Physics sober, thus owed a drink to get into the correct state of mind (ie, me.)

I like Star Trek, Stargate and Star wars(not new films tho). I like films quite a bit and some japenese cinema like battle royale.

I want to win the nobel prize for physics or maybe the fields medal, i dont mind which (my unrealistic ambition :P)

I am learning sign language too, also for no particular reason.....

PS I also like Hitchhikers Guide but have not read the book only listened to the radio series - the original and best for the information of anyone out there who has only read the book...

My name is Keith,
Likes: Football sometimes, first person shooters + C&C series (computer games , and only when played online against real ppl. my main acedemic interest would be physics. I like Star Trek, Stargate and Star wars(not new films tho). I like films quite a bit and some japenese cinema like battle royale. I dont like fantasy too much......Lotr is great, but thats cause of the films, i dont intend to or want to read the books.
Radiohead , Primal Scream(post 1999 work), Bjork, Manics, A Perfect Circle, UNKLE, PJ Harvey, Natalie Imbruglia etc.
the internet in general is quite good.
snooker is pretty good too
I have done DofE Silver and Bronze, and used to be a scout :P
Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime).

Dislikes: RPGs (except zelda, and a select few.), Rap (i like the music, just not the rap parts, if the guys shutup rap would be tolerable and not rap ). Punk with stupid 16 year olds singing. i am sure there are plenty more things to go in here but none come to mind just yet.

I am hoping to go to homerton college in october to study nat sci (physical), need AAA . i am quie boring, not much to write here, i have travled quite a bit (distance wise), australia(twice), india (loads of times, both my parents r from Goa), dubai(twice), singapore(once).

I want to win the nobel prize for physics or maybe the fields medal, i dont mind which (my unrealistic ambition :P)

i am a pretty average bloke, 5'6 52kg. i go to a catholic comprehensive school (6th form) in hounslow (west-ish london). Thats it for now!

Ohhh I get to write stuff about myself!

My name's Selena but I'm more used to being called Lena, Lenie baby, Segzi, or Salana (don't ask).

I'm probably the least well read person on here. The last novel I read was over 2 months ago and I don't even remember what it was. Ironically enough, I've been working in a library for the last 4 years, which is probably why I avoid books like the plague. I haven't read LOTR. I haven't read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I'm sure that one day I'll summon up the will to do so, but for now they'll stay in my to-read pile.

I absolutely love performance of all kinds, whether it's acting, dancing or music, both as a member of the audience and as a performer. There's something about being on stage that gives me an incomparable high. So far I've only been in school plays and concerts, but I'm hoping to carry on doing odd shows every now and then.

My musical tastes are quite varied- i tend to like particular songs rather than groups or music genres. I do have quite a few Lamb CDs, which I listen to for inspiration, and some good ole Linkin Park for those days. OOh and I LOVE Shakira. But only when she sings in Spanish and is a brunette. At the moment I'm listening to Norah Jones, which is helping me chill...

Personally I prefer to sing dirty blues and jazz or really difficult operatic arias. Mostly because my singing teachers say I shouldn't be singing songs that complex at my age, and I want to push myself vocally as far as I can go.

I guess I spend much of my time trying to push myself to the limits, just to prove a point. Not in an unhealthy way, but I just detest being told that I can't do something. I'm pretty lazy until someone suggests that i *couldn't* do something even if I *wanted* to. It just makes me so mad! Most of the time I manage to prove them wrong, so it's worth suffering just to see the looks on their faces

I'm not a particularly sporty person but I do go to the gym quite often and I have a holiday job assisting a tennis coach. He told me the reason he hired me is because i'm 'not very good' and that keeps the morale up when the pupils see me playing worse than them. I was on the cricket team at school until I got so much homework that it stopped being viable. But in our day, we were fairly good, and were runners up in some sort of Junior Cup thingy. All I remember about it was our prize. We got to play at half time at the Oval during the match with SA (think it was '99 but not too sure). The crowd were pretty drunk and rowdy by half time and kept shouting at us cos we were crap!

I also decided to start DoE at Gold level which has been friggin tough and I can't wait til it's over. I'm too much of a London girl to roll about in mud for 4 days. Even if the countryside is pretty. Give me smog and traffic fumes anyday. There's also a sorry lack of shops out in the open.

Erm... that's pretty much me. I'll be a classicist at Newnham. And I wanna be in Les Mis too!!

I had LOTR rammed into me though

I take particular note of the "I'm a pretty average bloke, 5'6 52kg"
T'aint that average really is it. That said when i arrived here i was 5'6 58kg

The images that phrase brings up are somewhat disturbing



Shortarse

I did some BMI calculations for my cousin comparing between when he first started at Cambridge and when he graduated (for the first time - graduation no. 4 coming up ) - he dropped from 21 to 18 at the end of his finals

The images that phrase brings up are somewhat disturbing



Shortarse

I did some BMI calculations for my cousin comparing between when he first started at Cambridge and when he graduated (for the first time - graduation no. 4 coming up ) - he dropped from 21 to 18 at the end of his finals

Pah you'd have loved doing all things Tolkein and Sherlock holmes. We had an Iliad game at Ampleforth too which was cool.

I've gone the othe way. I've gained a load of weight (when i came i was 9st5 now im about 11st) and height (now about 5'9)

Never really got into Sherlock Holmes - I read a couple of the stories, but they didn't impress me greatly. I'm more of a Silent Witness/Patricia Cornwell type of person. Went through a period of Tolkien obsession last year - even read the Unfinished Tales but am over that pretty much now.



Well, he wasn't exactly a happy bunny as an undergrad and was pretty malnourished by the time he graduated (still came back though). I've lost some weight but not loads, partly due to glandular fever though, I think. Still haven't worked out how I got that... And I stopped growing at about 15, stayed about 5'8 since.

Ohhh I get to write stuff about myself!

My name's Selena but I'm more used to being called Lena, Lenie baby, Segzi, or Salana (don't ask).

I'm probably the least well read person on here. The last novel I read was over 2 months ago and I don't even remember what it was. Ironically enough, I've been working in a library for the last 4 years, which is probably why I avoid books like the plague. I haven't read LOTR. I haven't read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I'm sure that one day I'll summon up the will to do so, but for now they'll stay in my to-read pile.

I absolutely love performance of all kinds, whether it's acting, dancing or music, both as a member of the audience and as a performer. There's something about being on stage that gives me an incomparable high. So far I've only been in school plays and concerts, but I'm hoping to carry on doing odd shows every now and then.

My musical tastes are quite varied- i tend to like particular songs rather than groups or music genres. I do have quite a few Lamb CDs, which I listen to for inspiration, and some good ole Linkin Park for those days. OOh and I LOVE Shakira. But only when she sings in Spanish and is a brunette. At the moment I'm listening to Norah Jones, which is helping me chill...

Personally I prefer to sing dirty blues and jazz or really difficult operatic arias. Mostly because my singing teachers say I shouldn't be singing songs that complex at my age, and I want to push myself vocally as far as I can go.

I guess I spend much of my time trying to push myself to the limits, just to prove a point. Not in an unhealthy way, but I just detest being told that I can't do something. I'm pretty lazy until someone suggests that i *couldn't* do something even if I *wanted* to. It just makes me so mad! Most of the time I manage to prove them wrong, so it's worth suffering just to see the looks on their faces

I'm not a particularly sporty person but I do go to the gym quite often and I have a holiday job assisting a tennis coach. He told me the reason he hired me is because i'm 'not very good' and that keeps the morale up when the pupils see me playing worse than them. I was on the cricket team at school until I got so much homework that it stopped being viable. But in our day, we were fairly good, and were runners up in some sort of Junior Cup thingy. All I remember about it was our prize. We got to play at half time at the Oval during the match with SA (think it was '99 but not too sure). The crowd were pretty drunk and rowdy by half time and kept shouting at us cos we were crap!

I also decided to start DoE at Gold level which has been friggin tough and I can't wait til it's over. I'm too much of a London girl to roll about in mud for 4 days. Even if the countryside is pretty. Give me smog and traffic fumes anyday. There's also a sorry lack of shops out in the open.

Erm... that's pretty much me. I'll be a classicist at Newnham. And I wanna be in Les Mis too!!