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Congrats Wombat! 
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Seconded! 
EDIT: Thirded thankyou Drogue
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Thirded you mean, I got there first
Thanks, let's hope I can show them up by getting a First, when i do go
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Wombat: What are you planning for your year out? Travelling, working, or both?If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.Comment
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working til January, then travelling.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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Where you working? I'd better find a job now
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For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next
But he would think of something
"Hm. I suppose I should get my waffle a santa hat." - KuciwalkerComment
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OK, I'm from the US of A, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the UK system?Visit First Cultural Industries
There are reasons why I believe mankind should live in cities and let nature reclaim all the villages with the exception of a few we keep on display as horrific reminders of rural life.-Starchild
Meat eating and the dominance and force projected over animals that is acompanies it is a gateway or parallel to other prejudiced beliefs such as classism, misogyny, and even racism. -General LuddComment
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Advantage: Its free
Disadvantage: It sucks"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
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Drogue, you've explained it partially a few times already, but I still don't really get it, as my school system is entirely different. Do you need to get a perfect score (A) for every course you have to be allowed to university? Or is that only for Oxford?
And with your current high school diploma, can you find a job, or are you sort of forced to go to university to make it worth something? Here when you finish your "general seconday education" (so not technical or vocational secondary education) normally at the age of 17-18, your diploma is rather worthless. So for example when you have studied Economics-Mathematics in secondary, it's highly recommended you continue to university if you want to have any chance on an economics job.Comment
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Most Cambridge and Oxford courses will give you an offer of three A grades at A-level. Other (lesser. muhaha) universities will offer different grades, AAB, BCC etc. If Oxford really like you, they'll give you an offer of two E grades, which is basically an open invitation.Do you need to get a perfect score (A) for every course you have to be allowed to university? Or is that only for Oxford?
Currently about 37% of high-school leavers go on to university, the rest finding jobs etc. In fact, increasingly, some university degrees aren't worth the time and money spent on them, where three years of experience in the job is a better investment. But no, good grades at GCSEs or A-level are still valuable if you don't go on to uni.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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balls, DP."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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nice one IW
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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Why the 14 month wait?Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
14 more months and I'm off to Pembroke College Cambridge.We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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Because, like he said, he's taking a year out to earn a little bit of money and then go travelling. It's a common thing for students to do in this country and the Universities are keen to encourage it, probably because they feel it gives their students more Life Experience.If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.Comment
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Congrats, IW.
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