King's College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

Damn I'm leaving at like 3 o clock so I guess I won't be meeting you

oh my flight is reaaaaaaaaaaally early so I'll be there before 3.

Oh good! At least there will be a familiar... face... no... name... no... err... familiar thing there

Where are you flying in from?

Romania...sadly . I'm glad to know someone too but I have no idea how will we recognise each other maybe we should think of a place to meet it would be really helpful to be able to talk to somebody instead of spending my time panicking .

Sounds good Maybe we should pick a place when we know the place though And you'll be able to recognize me as the relatively short guy with short curly hair which you could use as a scrub brush

Cum te numeşti?

How come you know Romanian? Miruna btw ..and I'm short with blonde/brownish hair and will have a white coat .

Woops mine's on the 8th (lol I'm really proving myself as Cambridge worthy right now).

Gosh so terrified. Could you reccommend any good essays on Shakespeare's sonnets?
I usually stick to more modern stuff, or Victorian. Better do some googling lol. And read everything and anything.
Gah why did I ever mentioned my interest/love of Latin literature?! It's true, but they'll expect me to have read the Illiad, the Odyssey and god knows what else. I have but only a bit and not critically .

I need to calm down lol.

Hey, sorry for the very late reply! How are you getting on? Sonnets-wise, I've just gone over it a bit with my teacher, but I think they'll be focusing more on our analysis whilst we're there rather than what we've learnt (I hope!). What have you done? Do you think we'll be able to take annotated poems in to the class? Also, do you know anyting about this test?
Don't worry, they'll be more interested in your passion not about how many scores of books you've read, that's what I hear anyway Good luck with it!

No probs
I'm doing okay lol - my teachers were like errrrmm sorry too busy you'll be fine so I haven't gone over the sonnets with them. I've read through them all and will have a look for some critical anaylsis later. I think they'll definitely care more about what we think than ideas we may have read about, but it can't hurt to see what other critics say and that will probs be expected. Also I need to revise iambic pentameter and sonnet form lol.... that's happening today.
And the test should be fine - it's a poetry comparison as far as I'm aware like this - http://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/prospectus/home/index.php?p=42 I think that's bit I feel most confident on right now...
I'm so glad there's only one interview, and on the discussion from the first session - means you get to think about it more and really show you know your stuff in a reasonably fair situation.
Good luck

EDIT: Oh yeah I meant to say, since you're on the 7th could you pop back here after and just say a bit about what it was like? Nothing you don't feel comfortable with as in questions or anything (I am competition ehehe) but just like atmosphere/standard e.t.c. Thanks!

Ahhh thanks so much for that link, I'll look over that tomorrow!
So the interview is definitely based on the discussion from the first session then? What time is your interview?
Thank you, and yes sure I'll let you know how it went

I doubt it... I've just done a bit of background research on mine... and now I'm scared of them both! They're really experts and I'm really not!

Anyone going up tomorrow for their interview on Monday? I'm doing MML.

Happy Founder's Day all!!
TypeNameHere, I'll do some research when I'm more awake and I'll try give you an answer

Hey man recognize me? I think you did but I kept my silence just to see if you'd catch on.

Sure did boy
I hope everything went well for all those who had interviews today and good luck for those with theirs the rest of the week- I'll be around on the help desk; I'm sure Dan will vouch we're a helpful and friendly bunch

done! woahhh so strange now it's over!!