The Cambridge Chat Thread

AAAHHHHH! I've just been there! I'm surprised I didn't see you, there weren't many there. I was sitting middle-leftish in the auditorium with a blue jacket with a grey hood. Next to a girl with long blonde hair?

Anyhoo, I thought it was really good too. The girl was brilliant, but I wasn't convinced by the main guy. It was a bit fake, and quite static. Delivery was a bit robotic and the intonation on his lines was the same everytime. There was one bit where he loosened up and did well though.

Really? I think it makes a greater incentive, as it means that you have to be at the top to gain a first. I know for medicine anyway that that is going to be far from easy. With the way my anatomy is going at the minute I think I would definitely be happy with a 2.1 neither mind a first

Really? I think it makes a greater incentive, as it means that you have to be at the top to gain a first. I know for medicine anyway that that is going to be far from easy. With the way my anatomy is going at the minute I think I would definitely be happy with a 2.1 neither mind a first

Yea but on the other hand you might well work your nuts off, be really on top of your game and then still get a 2.1 or 2.2 or whatever because a certain proportion of people just happened to be better than you. It just doesn't seem to justly reward work. I think a class should be a certain standard of achievement, not an indicator of relative ability.

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err.

all of live rewards talent, not work.

deal with it.

Yea but on the other hand you might well work your nuts off, be really on top of your game and then still get a 2.1 or 2.2 or whatever because a certain proportion of people just happened to be better than you. It just doesn't seem to justly reward work. I think a class should be a certain standard of achievement, not an indicator of relative ability.

Never mind the fact that if you get a 2.1 it might have been possible for you to get a first if you deferred because the upcoming people just happens to have a lower average standard.

err.

all of live rewards talent, not work.

deal with it.

Yea but on the other hand you might well work your nuts off, be really on top of your game and then still get a 2.1 or 2.2 or whatever because a certain proportion of people just happened to be better than you. It just doesn't seem to justly reward work. I think a class should be a certain standard of achievement, not an indicator of relative ability.

err.

all of live rewards talent, not work.

deal with it.

Ahh, but even still the standard of achievement would most likely be set that high that that person would not achieve it. The thing is (swooping generalisation here ) that just about everybody here would most likely get a first at other universities outside of Oxbridge and a few others, so can you give us all firsts? Would kind of take the hand wouldn't it?

It's a valid objection (although I think there are more dossers here than you give credit for) but a lot of other unis don't seem to care and award something like 50% firsts for certain subjects.

Hmmm, well based on my supervisions I can say I am quite a bit behind on my anatomy. Guess what my Christmas is going to be spent doing Otherwise the other modules I am having no real bother, so that might drag my grade up, though I do still need to pass my anatomy to get my 2nd MB.

The name still does a lot (except for medicine. stupid blocking of university name for F1 jobs )

i was fraped!

Thats fair enough. That means I will hopefully get the work done for next week tomorrow, leaving the rest of the week for partying. You out most nights next week?

I lasted 2 minutes. I think that's impressive

I just saw 'Going Short' at the ADC (late show) and it was really good! (About investment banking)

I remember she did alot of work at the holidays. She had to earn money and study to keep up, so she practically never had holidays She actually did undergrad medicine at Newhall and graduated summer before I started I knew her because she was in my church at home, and she had very little time for social stuff when she was on holiday. She's at Magdalen, Oxford now.

Yea you want to be developing your MTAS application form BSing skills as much as your medical knowledge . From what I hear though even though it's technically against the rules having a brand uni is still an advantage for medicine, especially if you apply for the deanery that you studied in (I can't remember if you state your university on the form or not, but even if you don't it's pretty easy to include when you describe your ECs and achievements).

I've only got 1.5 assignments left, and should be done by Monday. Also, I'll be out on Tuesday.

Yeah that's similar to what my plans are for this Christmas. I have a job waiting for me each Christmas when I go home, in the GAME store I used to work in. I will work about 30hours per week, then do all my revision outside of that to catch up on anatomy and try to learn it all to make next term better. I will then try and fit in some spare time to do other things...

Summer isn't going to be much better. I will be working a 40hour research job for my local university, which helps my medical CV as well as earns money for the following year. Maybe I will get on a holiday this year