What makes organ scholars so special?

My friend. I thought you spoke French, cherie?

In all seriousness, you need to decide what degree you actually want to do, first. There are many alternatives to Oxbridge, but this is going to vary, depending on what you do. Also, from your posts on "How many masters degrees shall I do?", etc, I think you're looking at degrees from a very skewed and uninformed perspective right now. It's not like A-levels, totting up as many as you can to flash on your UCAS form/very impressive TSR signature.

I'm learning french, and check post 59 of this thread.

In all seriousness, I don't know what degree I want to do, I don't know what I want to be, I don't know what job I want to get............

Another slightly worrying thing is that 75% of paedophiles are known to play the organ. Not necessarily very well, but they do play. The other 25% play the accordion.

I hadn't realised music was considered a central part in the life of the colleges ...

No wonder I didn't recognise it as "my friend" in french is spelt "mon amis". (The "S" is silent"

And yes, as has been said, mon ami is French for my friend!

EDIT: it's only spelt amis when it's a plural (and then it's mes amis) -- there's nothing wrong with not knowing French, so don't ********!

It would be like Carols from King's, but better.

I still desperately, desperately want to go to an organ scholar audition at King's, Cambridge. I'd sneak in there beforehand and pull out all the stops. Then, when I'd sit at the organ and crash both my hands down, flat, covering as many keys as possible at once, the noise would fill the vaulted space as it has never done before.

Then I would conduct the choir.

It would be like Carols from King's, but better.

They can apply for both cambridge and oxford for an undergraduate degree, while the rest of us has to suffer! Yes, even if we were allowed to apply for both we would have to make a descision in which uni we want to go, but I'm saying organ scholars have double the chances of going to the most elite unis in britain, whislt we have less of a chance than they do. It's so unfair! sorr, for going on a bit, but I don't know why people that can play an oversized instrument have the privledge in applying for oxbridge.

I'm sure I could rustle something up on PowerPoint.

"I saw this really fit girl today- my cunning plan is that if I ask her out twice rather than once then there's double the chance she'll go out with me!".

Erm...

If Oxbridge randomly assigned their places to applicants rather than choosing them then yeah, two applications equals double the chance of getting in (like buying two lottery tickets = double the chance). Since Oxbridge choose who they want though, surely the two Unis will probably offer places to mostly the same candidates- i.e. chances are, an applicant will have either two offers or none at all.

They won't have double the chance, but they certainly have an advantage - extra experience of going through one interview gives you more chance of success in the second, more relaxed and composed as you know you have another chance, and there is a certain fluke factor in applications which gives an advantage to those who have two chances, etc.

Where'd you get that from? It's one of the silliest things i've heard. It's almost like saying luck actually exists and can be proven scientifically. Seriously, why should there be a fluke factor in applications just because one has two chances.

Also, having a terrible first interview would certainly not give them an advantage, in fact it could be a disadvantage if it decreased their confidence.

I understand what you're getting at, but organ scholars/any kind of scholar won't have an advantage as the application process is probably more rigorous etc and tough than a normal application.