Excellent, excellent. So indeed, good luck to those applying, and as Ah Dut says, you may wish upon me next year when I apply...Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
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Excellent, excellent. So indeed, good luck to those applying, and as Ah Dut says, you may wish upon me next year when I apply...
It was not theirs to reason why,
It was not theirs to make reply,
It was theirs but to do or die.
-The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Wherever this stone shall lie, the King of the Scots shall rule"
-Prophecy of the Stone of Destiny
"For God, For King and country, For loved ones home and Empire, For the sacred cause of justice, and The freedom of the world, They buried him among the kings because he, Had done good toward God and toward his house."
-Inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
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They said because of the way everyone lives in flats etc it was just like going to work. Not bad, but not the same as you'd get at a campus uni.Why?
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Ah well. Part of the price you pay for living in London I suppose.
Co-Lord of BKS and Beirut's Kingdom of Peace and Love.
"Handsome features, rugged exteriors, intellectual chick magnets, we're pretty much twins."-Beirut
"Rhy, where's your helicopter now? Where's your ******* helicopter now?"-Mephistopheles.
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@ BKS and the other medics: the editorial in the lancet this week (Nov12 http://www.thelancet.com/ you have to register but its free) is about Herceptin and NICE appraisals. Puts a very different view to the red top "NHS denies patients life saving drug" story. I was talking to a cancer nurse this morning and she was furious about the whole thing, as its not reported that, eg, only about 21% of patients are suitable for treatment, only half of them respond, the drug has major issues with cardiotoxicity (and prognosis from heart failure is far worse than breast cancer) etc. But because of the news coverage all her patients think they are being denied a life saver.
I reckon its well worth a read, could be used to answer all sorts of questions, topical story, NICE, role of politicians or accountabuility generally in the health service, patient demands vs clinical reality/availability of funding, the need to evaluate all the risks associated with a treatment etc etc.
If I'm not tied up at work I'd buy you a beer to hear how the interview went, but, if you are going to wear that green lantern outfit from the superhero thread, forget it. Even in London that would raise eyebrows.
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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Thanks very much for the article EA.
Co-Lord of BKS and Beirut's Kingdom of Peace and Love.
"Handsome features, rugged exteriors, intellectual chick magnets, we're pretty much twins."-Beirut
"Rhy, where's your helicopter now? Where's your ******* helicopter now?"-Mephistopheles.
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I don't normally like to ressurect threads, but I got an interview at Oxford. Wooh!
As well as Merton, I'm being interviewed at St. Hugh's. Anyone know anything about it?
Co-Lord of BKS and Beirut's Kingdom of Peace and Love.
"Handsome features, rugged exteriors, intellectual chick magnets, we're pretty much twins."-Beirut
"Rhy, where's your helicopter now? Where's your ******* helicopter now?"-Mephistopheles.
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Ahh nice too see the Oxford posse is ever growing in the .org
Congratulations on your interview BKS, i myself had to go through the ordeal 3 years ago but its well worth it! I remember as i walked into the interview room one of my interviewers looked me up and down and stated "Are you sure your here for mathematics?" obviously trying to see how i would react, and i think i did the right thing by laughing and saying he looked far to young to be an interviewer. Definitely hit the right cord.
Im in my final year at Trinity college studying mathematics now and ive loved all three years. Oxford is a fantastic city, with everything a student needs (including legions of intelligent rich ladies)
I cant really say much about Merton or St Hugh's as ive never been inside only walked past. I have met students that go there but you tend to just mix with the people in your own college, well thats been my experience anyway.
Somebody Else has summed up the interview technique pretty well. Theres no way you can be 100% prepared for the interview as from what ive heard from my friends, everyones tends to be different and varied. Just be confident and talk enthusiasticly. Look the interviewers in the eyes, dont gabber on and just say you dont know to questions you dont know!
Good luck
"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-Sun Tzu, the Art of War
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geez JAG dont get yer knickers in a twist
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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UCAS are a bit cheeky, asking for a fee when you send the stuff off... never mind.
I've got my interview at Cambridge (Sidney Sussex) tomorrow for Economicsso I'm just brushing up on the stuff I've said I know and enjoy. My practice iterview at school went well, so I'm fairly confident. I'll be mortified if I don't get in though (despite having plenty of other good offers), so fingers crossed. (I got straight As at A-level in Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Communication Studies - so I'm hopeful)
Oh, King Malcolm, if you want to go to Cambridge (or Oxford for that matter), start reading books about the subject you want to do now, and if possible do some work experience in that area, oh and make sure you have a list of other interests as long as your arm.
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