AMA

>here's my offer that I'm gonna rob and set you back in debt for many years

What's it like knowing you're going to waste 36,000 on an education you could have gotten at the public library?

>>9376936
OP here, more like here's my offer that I'm not going to meet in the first place

>>9376938
I've been educating myself like this, but it doesn't make me employable

>>9376948
You think a piece of paper makes you employable?

If you're going for academia and research, sure. The rest of the world is highly skill based. Creatives are plenty but few are gifted.

>>9376959
Academia is the plan, teaching the backup. Or I'll sell out and do a single year law conversion course

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>>9376931
Which college faggot, I'll beat you up if I see you browsing /lit/

>>9376931

Why do you browse when you're underage?

>>9376991
Hertford u fag, you?

>>9377006
YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD!

>>9376959
a piece of paper sure as hell helps. I didn't go to uni and I will always regret it. If you don't have friends/parents to help you with getting a job, uni is your best bet.

To be honest, browsing lit got me the place.

>>9376931

I always wondered what my life would have been like if I didn't start reading at 22.

Maybe I'd have been Prime Minister by now.

>>9376972
>Academia is the plan, teaching the backup.
Might as well kill yourself now mate.

>>9377061
Pembroke

Hoping to get in on the rowing, plus the PureGym is right behind the college. Gonna be the ultimate /fitlit/ ubermensch.

>>9376936
>Implying anyone is stupid enough to pay anything but the minimum back until the loan is wiped

It doesn't affect our credit and It's not too noticeable because the money gets taken out of your salary

>>9376931
>he thinks getting accepted is worth something
Good luck with staying in and actually making it to the end, underagefag.
t. dropped out twice.

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>tfw you'll never go to oxford
I went to a good school, but it's not the same

Lol why would you tell people what college you are at I'm going to wedgie you if I see you

>>9377907
exactly. And being on a better paying job that we like is better than you minimum wage slave cucks

I was at Worcester college, like five years ago though.

Lol though, studying at Oxford is like racing against Usain Bolt, ALWAYS GONNA BE SECOND TO CAMBRIDGE>>9376931
>>9376991

Starting PhD there in October lads, whaddup?

>>9379474
What was the selection process like?

>>9379473 I suppose that's why they call it camford

>history
>not Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Looks like you got badly memed.

>>9379504
Rekt

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>>9379504

kek

>>9379498

Fine. I applied, got an interview and got given the PhD.

It was in biosciences which I guess is likely easier to get into than humanities.

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>>9376991
>Oxford
>English language and literature

>>9379637
I just like the subject lad, wanted to pursue it in the best way possible
>>9379473
>losing university challenge

>>9376931
teebs is this you

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>>9376931
not cambridge baka

>>9379614
Cool, good to know.

I'm considering applying for Oriental Studies there if I'm not selected for research directly in Japan.

>>9379814
>doing a degree about japan after the year 1989

Don't let your fetish for japanese cartoons lead you to waste your degree and your life, study something you'll still be interested in after you finally fuck a 3dpd

>>9379833
My "fetish" is for early 20th century Japanese literature.

I'm already finishing my Master's in Japanese language here in home country (free universities) and I want move to get PhD abroad. As I said, ideally in Japan - where else to study Japanese literature?

>>9379844
oh so ur into that faggot manlet who prances around in a diaper? japan is fucking queer

>>9379853
Who do you refer to? Mishima? He's post-war, not really early 20th century.

>>9379860
After Said bodied area studies the only point is for hipster cred, but for that u need to do something a little more obscure like khmer studies or something, japan is mainstream and pleb as fuck

>>9379860

Redpill me on Nishida. Is the Kyoto school worth spending time on?

>>9376931
>>9376991
>>9379736
What AS grades did you guys get and what A2 grades are your offers conditional upon you receiving?

>>9379865
Not familiar with his work. I focus on one specific author.

Begs the question, is focus on one author too specific of a topic for PhD? It's about just right for the research stay in Japan, but PhD might be different.

>>9379872
AAAB at AS, A*AA requirements (Cam). Oxford is usually AAA for humanities, but Cambridge want an A*.

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>tfw scottish and studying at university of edinburgh
>tfw tuition is free for scots and eu students
>tfw the english still have to pay full price

How will crumpetfags ever recover?

>>9379913
ill admit youve got it good lad, but why aren't you at St Andrews?

>>9379903
>A*AA requirements
What percentage of A-Level students would get A*AA or higher?
I'm an Irish student, so I'm not deeply familiar with how difficult it would be to do that well.

>>9379916
Have you been to St Andrews? It's a village.
Also it's full of posh English cunts and Americans. So's everywhere else in Scotland but it's especially bad there. And Edinburgh's better for lots of subjects anyway.

>>9379926
I've got a source from 2015 here that says that only 9.21% of students get A*AA or above. It is fairly hard to get an A*. The vast majority (95% or more I think) of Oxbridge offer holders make or exceed those grades though.

>>9379938
i should've applied for edinburgh, how is it? what course you doing?

>>9376959
What should one do instead?

>>9379944
I'm not >>9379913, I didn't even study in Scotland. I just like to check these threads to laugh at 18 year olds who think they're hot shit for getting into Oxbridge. I went to Cambridge years ago but now I'm an anxious depressed unemployed wreck like the rest of /lit/. Take it from me, an Oxbridge degree doesn't mean you're going to make it, lads.

>>9379940
>only 9.21% of students get A*AA or above
Jesus that's actually quite easy. I suppose it's probably a higher percentage than you would observe if every 18 year old did A-levels.

>>9379957
>anxious depressed unemployed wreck
What degree did you do, and what grade did you get?

>>9379872
ABC at AS and A*AA predicted for A2, I've been offered AAA though like >>9379903 said

>>9379957
>Take it from me, an Oxbridge degree doesn't mean you're going to make it, lads

I understand that fully. There's plenty of people who don't go on to be successful, or who have terrible lives after Oxbridge. That's why I'm not taking it for granted that I do have the opportunity to go.

I hope things improve for you mate.

>>9379957
You just sound like a faggot to be quite honest pal

>>9379605
Cambridge master race.

>>9376991
Post the conditions faggot.

>>9380000
>>9379972 is me

>>9379970
2:1 in MML (German and Italian). I could get a job I'm sure, but I need to get used to leaving the house first.

>>9379983
Ta. It's not so bad really, I just need to get my act together. Enjoy your time there!

>>9379993
cheers babe

imagine being a faggot who goes to oxbridge and doesnt succeed, you pussies making me kek with you beta shit. Bet you were let in because of your colour or financial situation lol, waste of spacers

>>9380048
t. Jonathon von Moneybags III

>>9379999
>>9380000
Quads for truth.

What GCSE and AS grades did you guys get?

Oxford offers an archaic and even more unemployable than normal History education. You'd literally be more employable at a Met uni who at least try to offer some transferable skills into employment.

>>9380626
12 A*s, 2 As GCSE, 3A*s (Lit, Psychology, Sociology) and an A (Language)

>>9380803
which guy are you?

>>9379605
>>9380808
>>9380803

cambridge fag here :) yourself?

>>9380815
I'm at Trinity College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dublin

>>9376931
>tfw got rejected from Peterhouse, Cambridge

>>9376931
Cambridge offer holder reporting in

>>9381036
cool, what course?

>>9380626
GCSE 4A* 4A & B, AS AAAB

>>9381036
College lad?

>>9379957
what are you anxious and depressed about?

>>9376931
Write a short essay then post it on /lit/

Are these the /lit/ equivalent of /sci/s IQ threads?

>>9381084
>>9381260
Pembroke College, History and Politics

>>9377061
My old college, fucking beaut. Scratch Simpkin for me

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>>9379913
>tfw tuition is free for scots and eu students
>tuition is free
>free

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>>9382672
>mfw neglect contextual meaning to own statists

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>>9382680

>taxes are contextual

>>9382646
Not even in the gruppenchat

>>9383171
???

>>9376938
alright will hunting calm down.

what a bunch of insufferable shitbags u lot are

tfw no oxford bf

pro tip: the university where you do your BA doesn't matter. You can get into Oxford for your MA if you get good grades.

>>9376938
I also like apples.

>>9384179
oh hey there little guy, the Oxford Brookes thread is that way :)

I'm going to LSE with an internship with Goldman Sachs already lined up, enjoy your pseud safe space

>>9384396
I'll make sure to impose tough financial restrictions on your trading laws as soon as I'm PM

>>9384338
doesn't change that fact that you are a piece of shit

>>9384396
Got an LSE offer as well as a Cambridge one

Oxford boys leave your info please

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Lmfao do fags of this board actually meme /lit/ studies at university ??? Dont u realise what a fucking waste of money that is, why not educate to something where u can gain money like STEM?

>>9384970
Severely autistic wanna be STEMfag detected. Not everyone is good in stem subjects and not everyone gets an education for simply monetary reasons

LADS

University College offer holder here.

Oxford is my dream, and it's fucking happening.

>>9384912
>>9385068

>>9384970
Lit degree from oxford will get you any job in any financial centre in the world.

Engineering degree from some shit college will get you a 25k job with the local council. Thats how it is here. Maybe in the states a STEM degree is a ticket to great riches but it sure isnt in Europe

>>9385113
please explain how a reading degree gives u a job in finances. Finances are alot about math and science which you know nothing about.

>>9385119
Are you serious? I'm not sure how it works in your country, but in the UK banks and finance companies literally hire on how likeable you are, your ability to critically think, your verbal and non-verbal reasoning skills (Even Goldman Sachs do a test that has no Maths in it), and the prestige of your university. There's a reason The City and Canary Wharf is full of History and Law graduates, as well as Economists.

You just get trained on the job - graduate schemes involve 2 years of training which any clever individual can do.

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How do people in countries like UK even afford uni? Are you all leeching of your parents or what?

>>9385245
Loans and bursaries.

>>9385245
Student loans are very forgiving in the UK.

>>9385229
No are you serious? What good is a education if it doesn't preper you for actual work? Why would anyone hire cause they like some dude compared to the guy that actually learned valid stuff from uni? Most companies want to make money, not friends.

anyone here holding an offer from /newcastle/?

NO ARE YOU SERIOUS>>9385258
Jeez, Cambridge master race here and you're acting like a downright donkey. Go smoke a doobie you swine and don't come back until you have understood that anything below Cambridge will most likely end up with children in social services

>>9385258
Way to talk about a subject you know nothing about. Things are different here in the UK

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OP back again. Will answer questions for those hoping to get in.

>>9385275
Clearly. Explain why a Bank (for example) would hire some History clown instead of a dude who spend 3 or 5 years studying finance? Does doctors have art degrees in UK aswell?

>>9385294
The fucking ex chancellor of the exchequer has a history degree. )The man in charge of the money)
Get a degree at Oxbridge, get a job doing whatever the you want as long as the skill set is the similar

>>9385294

http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/243963/getting-a-job-at-goldman-sachs/

>Those excellent students with a first in economics and ten internships? They’re not the ideal. When I was at Goldman, we were actually fairly anti-hiring these people, whom we referred to as “plug and play.” Yes, they’ve got the track record, but they’re not exciting.
>What Goldman Sachs really wants are people with unusual profiles. This is where the emphasis lies – it’s all about trying to attract a diverse group of applicants who’ve studied history, or English Literature instead of just finance.
>This is why Goldman Sachs has some big diversity initiatives. It’s also why Goldman – pretty much uniquely among banks – doesn’t do numerical tests. Nor does it do assessment centres. Instead, the recruitment process at Goldman is all about round after round of face-to-face interviews – there’s a big emphasis on character and being the sort of interesting person they want to work with.
>So, what did we look for in the cover letter? We looked for creativity and effort and writing about GS. There were some crazy submissions – poems and things. Someone who’d studied English Literature at Cambridge wrote a really brilliant and off the wall description of why they wanted to work for us and we invited them for interview because we thought they might have some brilliant and innovative ideas.

http://www.cityam.com/213259/how-get-finance-sector-six-university-degree-subjects-most-likely-land-you-job-london-bank

>In fact, according to the research of 706 bankers, 15 per cent of HSBC's staff did their degrees in arts and humanities subjects - although it added that most of them went to either Oxford or Cambridge.
That source also shows that the Fifth highest paid City bankers have History degrees.

https://www.ft.com/content/3016bd84-e981-11e2-9f11-00144feabdc0

>Students of history, philosophy and English may be weary of being told they frittered away their university years on a useless degree. But they can finally answer back after new research found that about 20 per cent of humanities graduates were working in growth-driving sectors such as finance and management at the peak of the UK’s economic boom.
>Prominent humanities graduates in the City include Charlotte Hogg (history), appointed last month as chief operations officer of the Bank of England, Sir Philip Hampton (English), chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland and Paul Manduca (modern languages), chairman of Prudential.

>>9385292
Why not Cambridge?

>>9385327
Honest answer, Cambridge asks for an A star in A2. Also I went to Cambridge and I didn't like the feel as much as Oxford, but I'd be lying if I said the first reason wasn't more important.

>>9385330
Do you not back yourself to get the Star? The vast majority of oxford offer holders end up getting at least 1 a* anyway

Oxford offer also, if it's not Magdalen you fags are going to hell.

>>9385340
I probably will get one, but I'd rather not risk it because when it comes to revision I'd rather just shitpost on 4chan.

Also one of my friends got on offer from Cambridge but missed the A star, so that shook my confidence considering he works harder than me

>>9385344
>implying that the only reason we didn't apply to Christchurch isn't because we're pussies

>>9377088
Nice.

>>9385353
Fair enough kidder. I went for Cam as I preferred the place and the admissions test - the HAT seemed like an effort to revise for, whilst the Cambridge equivalent was piss-easy. A* is a challenge but I'm feeling confident.

>>9385361
I unironically started with the Greeks.
Herodotus and Thucydides

>>9385368
Yeah the HAT was a pain the arse.
What A levels you taking?

>>9384970
Sad lad.

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>>9385330
>>9385353
>mfw I got into Cambridge with AAB
Feels good to have done Advanced Highers. Don't think the applications office even knew what my qualifications were, the offer letter asked for "Distinction" or some shit that doesn't even exist.

>>9385381
History, Politics, English Language and Lit

History is obviously tough to get the A*, but English is easy and Politics has incredibly low grade boundaries (like 67/90 on a paper for 90 UMS) as its mostly retards who do it thinking it will be easy. You?

>>9384970
Why would I pick STEM subjects, get 4Cs to Bs, go to a low teir uni, and get a crappy underpaid job, when I can study what I enjoy and make decent money at the end of it?

>>9385402
English lit, History, Politics and Philosophy. I need the A in history which is doable especially with low grade boundaries. Should be alright

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>>9385401
What a guy

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>>9385422
Good luck lad, i'm sure we'll both be living the oxbridge life come october

>>9384683
Hahaha fuck off cunt

Side note, any current oxon lads got any tips for freshers?

>>9385476
talk to EVERYONE, no joke. You can get in with the right crowds and everything is plain sailing after then. Also, make a fool of yourself and then just laugh it off and people will see you as a fun guy = more lays

>>9385487
Srs question: how do I get laid ASAP?

>>9385491
lol, ok, like i said a second a go, make a fool of yourself and then laugh it off. Also, don't try too hard. Gonna sound like a cunt or whatever but i've never tried at Cambridge and its the easiest thing to get laid; there's ALOT of girls schools coming and most have just been easy so far. Most important thing is probably that you are, at all, attractive, or other people think so

>>9385497
Cheers bruv

>>9385497
what if you're from a boys school and have just as much spaghetti as them?

>>9385511
are you attractive/do people think you are? because thats all you need in life, no one really listens to what you say really

>>9376938
will pls

>>9385476
You're the real cunt between us you piece of shit

>>9377925
exactly - getting in is the easy part

>>9385257
Are you fucking daft? They're privatising the loans. Be prepared to be harassed.

>>9385258
>What good is a education if it doesn't preper you for actual work?

The function of education is a contested area.

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Guys, I'm applying for universities in the following fields in the following order:
Literature/linguistics
Physics
Biochemistry
Chemistry

What do you think? I'm sure to get in somewhere, but how fucked am I in uni as a social wreck?

>>9385624
how the hell are you gonna present your interests in the respective degrees in your personal statement?

I'd say you're pretty fucked if you're not a good person - people will see right through you

>>9385624
>but how fucked am I in uni as a social wreck
As long as you actually care enough to do the work required etc. then you'll do fine.

>>9385476
Max out during fresher's week!
What did you apply for and which college are you at?

>>9385487
>>9385497
Thanks anon, will keep in mind. I've got a gf at the moment, not sure whether to drop her for uni and it's really messing me up at the moment
>>9385552
Give it a rest pal
>>9385670
That's the plan hahah, literature at Pembroke anon

>>9385685
>That's the plan hahah, literature at Pembroke anon

Psyche! Now that I know where you might go I'm gonna find you and beat the shit out of you. That is, if you get in.

>>9385715
You honestly couldn't if you tried mate, but I am up for a scrap if you are

Hey can someone explain to this ausfag what these AS and A2 grades are and whatnot?

scored in the top 0.5% in Aus and wanna see if i could've gotten in

>>9385718
>You honestly couldn't if you tried mate, but I am up for a scrap if you are

Can't wait. I will murk your batty boi nerdy ass.

>>9385732
I could steamroll you laddy, let's go right here right now

>>9381394
/sci/ has uni circlejerks too though

>>9385751
U sure? You sound like the average scrawny YT

>>9385724
As, first year of (British) college/sixth form; A2, second year - leads to uni

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>>9384970
>STEM
The true patrician choice is going into a trade and becoming an autodidact, prove me wrong

>>9385779
>The true patrician choice is going into a trade and becoming an autodidact, prove me wrong

Not a bad way to live but make you you're engaging with people with similar interests as well as criticisms.

>>9385769
i dont get it. why dont you fucks just use freshmen/sophomore?

>>9385292
If you're still there, could you explain the context to that image? Is that your house? Are you doing an (Ancient) Greek A-Level.

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>Tfw 3 B's at A-Level and going to a former polytechnic

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>>9386975
Hey, that's a photo I took of the Classics section at one of the colleges libraries when I was at interview. I also found pic related when I was there

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>>9386994
Better angle

My school sends ~15-20 people per year to Oxbridge. Every year, without exception, it's the kids who aren't really that clever but who try very, very hard who get the places. There's a reason even UCL is outperforming Oxford now.

>>9387000
>there's a reason even UCL is outperforming Oxford now
Source?

>>9384211
That's what I'm doing.

>>9386994
>>9386998
Lol

Good luck with your A-Levels, they are what, less than eight weeks away now?

nah

>>9387076
Yeah thanks. 8 weeks to go full autismo and get the grades

Which uni has a particularly strong PolSci faculty? I'm thinking of going to the UK for my Masters, but am still deciding on the institution.

I'm from NUS, which is honestly a pretty meh uni in Singapore.

>>9387087
What universities have you narrowed it down to?

>>9387078
What are your back-up unis?

The ones in London seem pretty good, I was going to apply to the LSE, ICL or UCL but my grades in my second to last year of school were too poor, and it was pretty expensive for a foreign student.

>>9387089
LSE, Oxford, Cambridge. You know, the usual. I'm open to suggestions if there are any others beyond this group.

>>9387094
My backups were UCL, Durham and Edinburgh. Oxford has my lowest grade entry requirements bar Edinburgh though

>>9387114
UCL is slightly easier than those and is very good for politics. But yeah those three are the holy trinity for politics.

>>9380803
How did you get A* at AS level?

>>9387216
did four A2 levels man, never found studying to be difficult, most is just using your own interpretation of other's work to form a conclusion on a piece provided (sorry if that sounds pseud like)

>>9386025
Because it isn't university

>>9387087
>politics
LOL

Currently doing A Levels bros, any tips for getting into Cambridge? I want to get into the Natural Sciences course, to do biology. Do I have a good chance of getting in with 4 A*'s and 1 A (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Further Maths)? What do they ask at the interview? I've read a few biology-related books that I could talk for hours about, how much do they care about your extracurricular reading?

>>9377931
>tfw no new season of nathan for you

>>9387400

Cambridge mostly care about grades. The interview is just to make sure you're moderately competent and didn't somehow luck your way through the exams.

Extra-curriculars are more important. Prove some kind of engagement in things outside of school that aren't totally insignificant and that'll stand you in good stead.

The most interesting thing about this thread is showing how many 18 or so years old British lads browse /lit/

>>9387438
So you're assuming none of them are girls?

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>tfw dropped out of college
>tfw I don't want to get a job but I don't have the will to go back either

>>9387400
I had a few friends get in for science. Step 1) do all the extra curricular reading you can, start teaching yourself a few niche areas to talk about on your personal statement
Step 2) don't be boring. Browsing lit should give you a head start on this. I know lots of people who are science nerds but know fuck all about anything else
Step 3) get good results, yours are pretty solid

>>9376959
>You think a piece of paper makes you employable?
Yes.

>>9387400
If you're in year 13 surely you're past the stage of applying for Cambridge, is it not just about your exam results now?

>>9387466
Anon must be in year 12. Oxbridge application deadline ended in October, exams literally in 8ish weeks

>>9387450
A P P R E N T I C E S H I P

>>9387400
Do all the reading during the summer holidays. Get your personal statement 90% done before school starts

>>9387481
Yeah but apparently he has his AS level results back.

>>9387488
Was just about to say this. Don't work more than 10-15 hours a week. Get into the habit of studying for 2-4 hours a day immediately after the Summer holidays. Don't let yourself fall into the rut of laziness.

You can even do some study for your A-Levels during the Summer.

>>9387500
By work I meant a job. If you work a full time job you won't have the energy/motivation to study as well.

>>9387448
If we're being autistic about it, the statistical likelihood of there being this many Brits all at a certain age on a certain imageboard at the same time is already quite low without imagining any of them are girls, so its fair to assume that there aren't any.

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Lads sitting my A2 levels this summer and haven't revised, getting C's... any tips to get A's? (studying law, economics and english lit)

>>9387539
>haven't revised
revise then you fucking retard

>>9387531
I think that reasoning is flawed but I was just meme-ing. Only 20% of 4chan users are female and it's probably lower for posters.

>>9387544
Subjects bore the fuck out of me... especially economics, really goddamn robotic. I know I got to though, you're not wrong.

>>9387539
Fucking revise you mong.
English: memories quotes you poof cunt.
Other two: past papers, Do the essays you don't know.

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What do universities want to hear in an interview or on your PS

>>9387784
P.S: books that you've read and stuff that you've taught yourself
Interview: have you really read them, and can you apply the ideas elsewhere

>>9387784
My personal statement was very little about my extracurricular stuff and more about what Oxbridge call 'supercurricular' stuff. You need to show that you've gone to the nth degree to show passion for your subject. For me that was doing a year long seminar course on the Englightenmet with the college I was applying for and also reading a fucking load. I'm particularly interested in Russian literature so I wrote about Karamazov and Dead Souls, at interview I was asked about Dead Souls and why I liked it and also about my thoughts on Dosto's approach to God and religion. I also researched the college and realised that the resident literature professor was an expert in medieval literature, so I pursued that path and read Canterbury Tales and Gawain and the Green Knight. I wrote an essay on Gawain for a competition and mentioned that in my PS, which was brought up a lot at interview. Overall they don't care about whether you're good at swimming or like jazz music, they just care about whether you are passionate about your subject. Any personality you have they will discover at interview.

>>9387784
>>9388097

>>9388097
Sounds like you really deserved your place.

>>9388533
Thanks anon, I'm really into literature so it just felt natural to do it all haha

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>plebs bragging about getting Oxbridge offers

First, these offers are conditional so you're not even there yet. Second, you don't even have the degree yet. And I can tell you from experience that your asshole is going to hurt for the next 4 years because of the workload.

>>9388688
I'll make you proud, Dad

>>9388688
agree - first year cambridge student here and work load for english has almost killed me

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Reading the thread made me realize that anglo schooling seems a lot different from mine
How does it go?
Here in Finland it starts with compulsory education:
7-12 yrs old = Lower school (Ala-aste)
12-15 yrs old = Upper school (Yläaste)
After is not compulsory but practically everyone goes to either High school or Vocational school (Lukio tai ammattikoulu) for 3-4 years
Continues with University:
Under: Kandidaatti (3 years) (Bachelor?)
Upper: Maisteri (2 years) (Masters)
after that you can continue to be either or both
Lisensiaatti (?)
Tohtori (Doctor)

>>9388777
5-11 = Primary school
12-16 = Secondary school
17-18 = Sixth form / college / apprenticeship (now compulsory but wasn't a few years ago)
Then university

>>9388097
>year long seminar course on the Englightenmet with the college I was applying for

So you lived in Oxford City or Cambridge City? Is there anything similar that somebody who does not live in one of those areas can do?

>>9388997
Nah, it was a weekly seminar in Manchester that I went down to every Wednesday night. I heard about it in school and applied to get a place on it.

>>9388735
any advice?

>>9379913
>tfw studying at the university of edinburgh
>tfw full-price paying sheepshagger

Best I'm going to get for not working at A-Level though...

>>9389476
>not working at A-Level though...
What did you get, what were you hoping for and which uni did you miss out on? Edi is good lad.

>>9389494
I got ABB at A-Levels, and was hoping for Cambridge, but I didn't make it to interview since I didn't work and performed worse at AS Level ("not working" is barely an exaggeration).

I very much wanted to do my course at Edinburgh too though; which differs from what I hoped to study in Cambridge.

>>9389546
Nice, is it English lit?

Know those feels though, I'm >>9387094,

>>9387784
My university let me in despite dropping 2 grades. All I had on my CV was LISP familiarity and that I'd taught a lesson in linear algebra before.

>>9376931
>tfw could have gone to any top school am but poor and lazy and didn't want to leave my country
Feels...Actually pretty alright. I'd have spent the time shitposting on 4chan anyways just at 5x the cost.

Congrats though OP. Hope you're driven enough to make it.

>>9389569
No, Informatics. I'm satisfied with the way things turned out in my situation however, since the workload here is really low and there's some hugely prominent figures teaching.

>>9384211
this is true for stem subjects too right??

How does one get into Cambridge as an ESL?

>>9389713
It would really depend what degree you are looking to do. Where are you from and what are you interested in studying?

>>9389732
Argentina. Still haven't decided, but it'll probably be chemilcal engineering.

>>9389857
Look up the course requirements, you may not be able to get in on Argentinian exams.

Just read a lot of chemistry and maths. Do the "super curricular" stuff earlier itt.

>>9376931
>>9376991
Congrats.
You're in.
Let us know if the shapeshifters and lizards have good virgin sacrifice orgies.

>>9386987
Know that feel. Right now hoping for post grad shit.

>>9388688
This anon gets it.

>>9389252
Get good at handling stress. But considering you're on /lit/ you've probably read some stuff.

>>9389857
Get the highest possible grade in your cunt for maths and Chem. Also youll be paying higher fees.

>>9389857
As a foreign student at Oxford I can tell you that it is really difficult.

You need:
-proof of funding (which is really difficult as fees are extremely high for non-Europeans)
-a GPA of at least 3.7-3.8 from a top 100/150 University
-proof of proficiency of English (I took the TOEFL IBT test)
-excel during an intrusive and harsh interview questioning your motivation, skills and intellect
-write a pretty fucking good application with at least 3 academic and/or professional references from credible individuals

good luck

>>9390927
Is it even worth it? Because that's a whole lot of shit you have to do.

>>9391523
Studying at the most prestigious university in the world, dating back centuries with a rich intellectual legacy? Fuck yeah

going to study languages at oxford. only really going for the prestige and for the top class societies they have there.

i miss that week i went down for interviews. one of my interviews was really fun; other two were horrible.

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>actually wanting to work for companies like Goldman Sachs

>>9391763
Can't beat them? Join them and laugh at the pleb wagecucks

>>9391777
And then what?

>>9391789
Use the resources you accrue and live the /lit/ life until you die and perish

>>9389252
ok, if you can read and digest works fast, and in depth, then try reading everything twice before uni (on the syllabus) and do some marking on the pages etc (also try do at least one other book from the author) and then, when you get there, journals and articles will be your best friend. I read them all the time to and from uni when heading to central london etc and try get into reading one when you wake and one when you sleep too.
TL;DR read lots, you'll be fine

>>9391808
That, and practice your essay-writing skills

>>9391808
>try reading everything twice before uni

wow, summer's going to be lit

>>9391877
good thing is i think i will enjoy it

>>9391808
Thank you very much. What about during term time? How have you managed your time?

>>9376931
>receive asking me to become a student at various "prestigious" universities
>just attend the closest one to home
halfway through and no debt so far, and I haven't even worked a day in my life
feels good

>>9392624
>>9391844
this guy's comment is v important, try doing two/three drafts and ask the lecturer to perhaps give you some brief feedback on each one

I go out 1/2 times a week and still am getting a low 1st - i imagine i'll have to start trying harder in 2nd year but i feel that alot of my own knowledge from my school (was private and had a personal tutor to push me into advanced leearning froma young age) - from people i/m living with, we try spend 2/3 hours a night revising what you have done and learning the next lesson and just learning about future lessons in general, helps expand your knowledge on the subject if you do research into it. Also, podcasts are great and have really helped me, even if it is something to tune out, i still remember 40/50% of what was said - recently got bored of english podcasts and have started learning spanish alongside my degree and everything is going well so far

TL;DR research for 2/3 hours should get you a 1st, break times listen to a podcast about subject, just keep learning

>>9392761
Which podcasts are actually appropriate for someone who has an academic knowledge of literature

>>9389887
underated posts

>>9385403
Your comparing Oxford with a shit uni, STEM in any decent Uni is a much better option than some shitty humanities degree, especially with an industry year. Enjoy not earning, faggot!

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>tfw decided to go to community college cause I'm cheap

Kek, still better than being a fag, class war now! Death to elite scum! Suck on my ball sack you managerialist whores.

Who here /gapyear/

>>9384970
This poster is clueless and doing a sad chem engineering degree at a dead end poly

>>9376938
this autodidact meme needs to die

>>9376931
After reading this thread i feel like i've finally understood something.
I have never seen this sort of love and dedication towards something from a group of people as smart as you guys.
The feeling of failur grips me for the first time. I think i could be one of you. But i chose to do nothing, nothing for the past years, now going to have a bad grade from a bad university. There is nothing more to it. I did let life run past me, and all the warning signs were there.
Though what would you do if you never would have had that sort of relation to the subjects you thrive for?
Am i unlucky, or just not worthy. I think that is the missing part, why i just don't feel like im really there, i just can't see the importance.
Thank you guys. Without you i would have probably never been this true to myself.

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>doing comp sci at a poly because i wussed out of A Levels
>about to finish second year and start industry placement
>too late to fix all this and go somewhere good
>probably gonna work some job i don't really like 9 to 5 for the next 60 years and be lonely and bitter

>>9396481
>year

You're like a little baby

>>9398250
Well for one you could have stopped browsing a korean dog soup forum and studied something you had an interest in instead

>>9398306
I feel you. I did STEM because I was pretty talented at it in primary school, so I figured it was what I should pursue. A couple years later and I've finally admitted I'm not passionate about it and got meme'd. So I sit and try to figure out what I'm going to do with my life as I watch my friends looking forward to exciting careers fields they truly love.

Not many ways to fix this desu.

>>9398353
It's probably just my fault and the way I acted but I feel like we're given too many important choices at too young of an age. When I was 15 I didn't know what the fuck I was interested in doing for the rest of my life, just that I liked computers.

>>9376938
Except that isn't true and you're solely motivated by envy of OP and anger at yourself. He will be set anywhere in the world if he goes to Oxford and assuming he isn't american the student debt is meaningless. Remove the beam from thine own eye you triple nigger.

Good for you OP, hope you get in.

>>9398341
It's harder than you would imagine when you don't have passion for anything in life.
Everything seems like a joke, while you ride on your wave of confidence, my life is far from over, still i should have honed my skills more.