The Cambridge Chat Thread

Do you get bulletin emails/newsletters from your JCR?

If so, do you read them?

If you don't read them, what would make you read them?

How would you prefer to receive news from your JCR?

I'm running for publicity officer this year...one of the responsibilities is sending out the newsletter emails, but it's a well-known fact/problem that no-one reads them.

What the hell... John Bolton at the Union!? People are actually paying the man recognition through attendance!?

Hopefully the students are there to throw shoes at him

Yeah, confusing propositions are all that is the case .

Good luck with the research proposal; I began mine, got frustrated, and ended up shelving it for consideration over Christmas.

For Cambridge? But you have other options and offers, don't you? Cambridge is my first choice, so I'm really anxious to get it in ASAP, specifically to optimise chances of getting into Tit Hall.

Oh and thanks! I've alternated the order of words in a sentence for about an hour now, and I think its time to give up and have a go tomorrow.

i'm coming to trinity formal next saturday or sunday; you'd better be there.

It took me a long time to recognise that there was actually a ball involved...how do the people at the back see?

Yes this one is for Cambridge, while I need a so-called "personal statement" for UCL. In-fact, UCL is my primary choice, with Cambridge acting more as a security net. The department likes to send people away for a year, before asking them back. With the possible British Museum collaborative doctoral program, however, it looks like I'll be based on London anyway, at least nominally. Can't say how glad I am for that; Cambridge is fine, but for a while.

It's a difficult document to write, something for which I've really never had any preparation ...

"In Ireland people usually do not call the Irish language Gaelic. Most people refer to it simply as "Irish", or Gaeilge in the language itself. In Irish vernacular, the term "Gaelic" as a noun often refers to Gaelic games"

Wikipedia never lies, we call it Gaelic.

Yeh I assumed as much. Our positions are quite reversed. I'm leaving my two 'security net' options for the Christmas holiday, and putting alot more work and effort into my first choice. What happened to your US plans, by the way? My other options are first Bristol and then Sussex. In all honesty, Bristol is really the only other place I would volunteer to live in. I was just lucky that it had a suitable course!

Yes it is a pain. I found a social science book called 'research design' immensely useful over the summer, just in terms of templates and working out the best way to pitch things. Your library should have loads of these sorts of books lying about. Also I'm willing to show you my research proposal after I've sent it in if you want some sort of idea (although naturally my subject will require totally different skills and approach)

Where else are you applying? As for the US, it simply isn't viable in terms of cost. I cannot afford either the cash or the hassle of organizing the myriad and complex applications to US universities. Equally, their modular systems and standardized testing just piss me off and seem to be a worryingly bad way of 'educating' people.

Your offer is most welcome, thankyou . What I've written so far seems competent and convincing, realizing that I have a lot more experience than I'd bet on.

For the MPhil, the proposal need only be 1 - 2 pages, but should give a clear idea of the viability and importance of the research area, some indication of proposed methodology and your ability and interest in doing the work.

If you are there on saturday then I will definitely be there. Its Christmas formal as well so should be brilliant. Plans for after it? Soul Tree?

christmas formal?! damn, i'd better book this soon. soul tree is a possibility.

What? You are only going to book it now? It has been sold out for a week. Same with Sunday, Monday and Tuesday all because they are Christmas formals. You better hope that someone here has a spare ticket for you

What? You are only going to book it now? It has been sold out for a week. Same with Sunday, Monday and Tuesday all because they are Christmas formals. You better hope that someone here has a spare ticket for you

FML. i was planning on procuring this ticket tomorrow. grr...

john's it is then.