How to build up super-curricular profile for Classics?

What about visiting somewhere like Fishbourne that has an education officer that you could chat to?

I really wouldn't worry, I decided to apply for Classics on AS results day, so you've got plenty of time. Super-curricular's, extra-curriculars are great but don't stress yourself about them. Just do as much reading as you can between now and applying and work on the CAT. And no, your A-Levels are fine

Haha roarchika, do you know where can I get hold of omnibus?

Guys do you still have to do Roman reading even if you're just applying for Ancient Greek?

What do you make of the material I've read so far:
Iliad
Odyssey
The Athenian Constitution
Agamemnon
Lysistrata (enjoyed this one)
Ecclesiazusae
Theogony
The Cypria and Thebais
History by Thucydides

Do you think that'll be enough?

Thanks for all your help! I will look into the works of Mary Beard and Susan Woodford, they sound interesting

My school subscribes to it! See if your classics dept can scrounge up the funding for it? Their page is at http://www.jact.org/omnibus/

They are! Mary Beard is really quirky with her trainers :P I'd love to meet her one day, it would be amazing! Does anyone know if she does guest lectures either at some unis or maybe gives lectures somewhere else (I'm guessing London?)

You can only really fit like 3 into a personal statement if you're talking about them with enough depth so yes that's fine.

And if you're applying for Ancient Greek and German you won't need any Latin or Roman reading - but will need to make space for German.

As far as I'm aware the course at Cambridge is very language heavy as it is a language degree and not a literature one - so the language should be your main priority.

Side note: Can I ask what made you choose Ancient Greek with German over a degree like Classics with German?

She does stuff at Oxford decently often!

So if an event was scheduled, anyone can attend? Just wondering because it would be a great opportunity if one came up thank you for getting back to me!

I'm sorry I betrayed you Oxford guys, Lucylou, realistically because my GCSEs were mediocre.

I thought of doing Ancient Greek ab initio, because you had to have Latin at A-level standard. Something which which I would've preferred, but which my school didn't offer. I've heard that the courses are not that different literature amount wise. As for why, it's beciase I've been to Greece many times and I've always had an affinity to it.

I'll get my results and see. But I just don't think that I'll get into Oxford with 3A* (7 if I knew about remarks). What do you think?

TBH Lucilou, I like the Oxford course more, but I think that if Cambridge is more language orientated, it'll give me more job prospects. Of course, I'd love to study both Latin and Greek.

It's not that Cambridge is more language orientated, the Oxford course is very language heavy but then you use that language to study literature, history, philosophy etc. Whereas the Cambridge course is part of MML so is more focused on your language in a different way.

Your GCSEs would be fine probably, most people are interviewed so that's the deciding factor in most applications.

I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean about having Latin A-Level to do Greek ab initio? Do you mean you'd have to have Latin to pick up Greek at Oxford? Because that's not the case if so.

No. If you want to study Latin at Cambridge in combination with another language, then it must be at Alevel standard. My school doesn't teach Latin anymore so too bad, I'll have to resort to Greek.

And Oxford doesn't allow you to study a third language in your language course

I've just checked, and as part of the Honours Classics and Modern Languages course you can take up the second classical language - the same as the normal Classics course. This means you could study Greek and then learn Latin in your 3rd/4th year.

Wait, this is for Cambridge?

I've heard a different story. And I wanted to pick up Fremch as my third language I think I should be able to do that.

For Oxford, you would be able to study Latin, Greek and German.

I don't know about Cambridge.

There you go.

I feel like two classical languages plus German is too much.

And I want to continue with French. It's more practical.