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Well if you write that, it's highly unlikely you'll be offered a place at Wills in the first place...

If I do put Wills as my second choice, it's unlikely I'll get a place there if my first choice doesn't work out.
True/False?

I really want to do it anyway -because at least I'll have put down the halls I like best and after that it's up to luck. I'll always make the most of wherever I go.

Also, I'm definitely of the order of not stressing out about the personal statement. It's not a test; just be yourself and be honest. Then again, I'll tell myself this so that ultimately I can be lazy ;D

If I do put Wills as my second choice, it's unlikely I'll get a place there if my first choice doesn't work out.
True/False?

I really want to do it anyway -because at least I'll have put down the halls I like best and after that it's up to luck. I'll always make the most of wherever I go.

As is usually the case with every stereotype there is an element of truth and it is true that it can be a little quiet here, a short visit down the Hall Bar is enough to confirm that. However, I personally don't feel I've missed out at all because I've made an effort to get involved in what does go on, make friends in the hall and on my course and generally not sit in my room. Hall life is what you make of it, and if you want a lively first year don't let Dullham's (haha sorry, Durdham's) reputation put you off. In all seriousness it's fine, just a bit more of an effort than some other halls.

I really don't think that Wills is particularly "rah" at all. There are people who fit into that category, obviously, but they're so cliquey and generally uninvolved in hall life that you hardly notice them.

Ok cheers mate, but i find it hard to understand how a hall can keep up such a reputation when new people go in every year.
Ahh well, might have one more browse through the prospectus before i send off anyway.

Sounds like you want to apply there, may as well. If it's dull just join other things, I'm sure saying "I was an active member of so and so society that sounds good (ie i went out drinking with them)" sounds better than "I spent all my time in the hall bar".

I wouldn't have said this is particularly true either....

Similarly, the comments made about Churchill shouldn't be taken too much to heart; the intake differs every year and it just happens that this year attracted an unusually large number of "hooray henriettas" .........

I'm inclined to agree that Wills isn't massively rahey. Certainly no more so than Badock.

Wills not rahey? Hmmm....I would say that Wills does have a LOT of rahs but they seem to clump together from my experience, making them less obvious. Even just going on the 'Wills bus' to town on a Friday night shows how patently clear that there ARE a lot of rahs there; I still maintain that 'chants' on the bus are a result of public schooling.

I would also like to say that the Wills rahs are more inclusive perhaps? They don't go out of their way to annoy you but you cannot deny that they are not there. You've got frickin' Jack Wills 'tracky bums' on sale (I DETEST that phrase), what says more rah than that? Furthermore, there is an attitude up there (particularly at the start of the yeah) that being 'up on the hill' is way better than being down at '***** Bunker', especially when people endlessly bring up formals and the like.

I just think that even though I know a few people well from Wills that aren't rahs, there are a lot of them there. You just have to look around!

Even just going on the 'Wills bus' to town on a Friday night shows how patently clear that there ARE a lot of rahs there; I still maintain that 'chants' on the bus are a result of public schooling.