Comments | thewayupward: I'm certainly the former / But I'm not so much the latter

thewayupward

I'm certainly the former / But I'm not so much the latter

Aug 20, 2007 18:06

In slightly under three weeks I am going to mug a truly unprecedented amount of shit. It is going to get done. In between, perhaps as light entertainment, I will cut about two thousand words from my History H3 paper, ascertain the quality (or lack thereof) of my rewritten KI IS, and ... write my Oxford personal statement ( Read more... )

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karen lee! n2greg August 20 2007, 12:16:10 UTC

PFFT! you! WORTHLESS??!!?!?! PFFT!*sneeze*cough*

mebbe a public appraisal may help!
Karen Lee is a ...

Re: karen lee! thewayupward August 21 2007, 12:23:20 UTC

Thanks Greg SORRY I WAS WHINING. A MOMENT OF WEAKNESS THAT SHALL NOT BE REPEATED. I AM HANDING IN MY PERSONAL STATEMENT BY THIS FRIDAY, LIKE A GROWN-UP PERSON, WITH A MINIMUM OF SELF-LOATHING.

<3

euangelion August 20 2007, 13:52:21 UTC

i completely empathise with your completely worthless feelings. other people just seem so much more interesting, special and unique compared to yourself.

thewayupward August 21 2007, 12:25:23 UTC

Ellen! I was just telling Mich I haven't seen you in ages! Though I am forced to admit this may be more the fault of my ponning than yours. BTW. BTW. BTW. MILES WAS LIKE. NICE EX-HUMANZ DUDE FROM YALE DOESN'T SEEM TO LIKE IT THERE. TRY HARVARD? NOW I AM ALL CONFLICTED.

PS. SIEWCH SAYS IT'S COMPULSORY TO BE ABLE TO SWIM IN COLUMBIA. TRUE? WHAT THE HELLZ

euangelion August 21 2007, 14:18:52 UTC

well i ponned today so i guess we both share the blame. we are evil people who do not learn for the sake of learning. oh dear why does he not like it in yale? does this mean i should be considering princeton instead? harvard's not worth the money plus the people seem to be rather insufferable. though i suppose that might be a good thing if you want to spend the next 4 years being insufferable too. yes you have to swim in columbia. you have to take PE and pass a swim test apparently

poliphilo August 20 2007, 14:48:11 UTC

Oxford? You're applying for Oxford? Excellent!

thewayupward August 21 2007, 12:27:27 UTC

Yep! I'm applying to Lady Margaret Hall (where I am reliably informed there are many ducks: I like ducks). Thanks!

bro_kenwings August 20 2007, 15:46:46 UTC

you keep going too! <3

and YOU ARE NOT WORTHLESS karen lee, come on.

thewayupward August 21 2007, 12:28:32 UTC

I SAW YOU MUGGING THIS MORNING (when I irrationally showed up for flagraising) AND FELT A PANG OF SYMPATHY. <3

dnwq August 21 2007, 08:25:02 UTC

Some practical comfort: the super-achievers who go jaunting off to foreign parts usually take less academic subjects? So you're in luck, taking History.

I'm sure that any humanities admissions department anywhere is familiar with self-loathing, anyway. =p

thewayupward August 21 2007, 12:33:09 UTC

Very funny! But practical comfort is always good. Hey, the tutors allocated us the colleges we'll be applying to - I'm up for LMH (ducks!), Fish for Univ (!!!), the lovely and photogenic Siewch (the other History applicant) for Keble. I think I'm way up North and Siewch way down South to keep us as far apart as possible (possibly a good move)

Someone in my year is being put up for Oriel (can't remember what course now though - Law? Might even be PPE) as well. It is so nuts! What do you know about Oriel? I just spent my whole morning bumming in the staffroom reading the Oxford handbook and prospectus (made a nice change from reading my Economics notes). So far I have surmised: ducks.

dnwq August 21 2007, 14:37:33 UTC

hmm. Who got Oriel? =p

I'm certain that it's policy somewhere for every college to have an alternative prospectus, but I can't find it on LMH's website.