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Post by garry on Jan 25, 2021 14:27:40 GMT
My eldest son has been offered a place a Cambridge University to study Chemical Engineering! He needs two A* and one A, but he’s tracking to three A* so it’s looking very positive. I’m over the moon.
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 25, 2021 14:28:13 GMT
Excellent! Which college?
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Post by Roadrunner on Jan 25, 2021 14:30:37 GMT
Excellent news and well done to him for the hard work he must have put in to get the offer.
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Post by Ben on Jan 25, 2021 14:41:55 GMT
That's brilliant. Well done.
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Post by michael on Jan 25, 2021 14:52:02 GMT
Congratulations to him! Don't let them fill his head with too much lefty crap.
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Post by Big Blue on Jan 25, 2021 15:35:02 GMT
Excellent.
Looking forward to him being a guest on various comedy panel shows in a couple of decades or so.
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Post by alf on Jan 25, 2021 15:37:35 GMT
Congratulations - that's fantastic news - and also indicates you did a great job there yourself!!!
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Post by bryan on Jan 25, 2021 15:44:37 GMT
Brilliant news, well done him! You must be very proud of him
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Post by Martin on Jan 25, 2021 15:46:18 GMT
Great news Garry!
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Post by garry on Jan 25, 2021 15:46:37 GMT
Excellent! Which college? St John’s |
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Post by Tim on Jan 25, 2021 16:13:33 GMT
Well done Garry Jr
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2021 16:56:59 GMT
Bloody well done to the man. Brilliant result from obviously hard work. Something to celebrate.
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 25, 2021 17:01:55 GMT
Great news !
Congratulations to you and him
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 25, 2021 19:23:22 GMT
Excellent. Looking forward to him being a guest on various comedy panel shows in a couple of decades or so.  congrats! |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jan 26, 2021 7:08:27 GMT
Excellent news. He has obviously worked hard.
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Post by franki68 on Jan 26, 2021 12:39:14 GMT
My eldest son has been offered a place a Cambridge University to study Chemical Engineering! He needs two A* and one A, but he’s tracking to three A* so it’s looking very positive. I’m over the moon. That's great , your wife must be super intelligent  |
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Post by Stuntman on Jan 26, 2021 22:27:24 GMT
Emmanuel man here. Well done to him. John's is a boatie and drinking college for thickos |
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Post by PG on Jan 26, 2021 23:08:52 GMT
That's excellent. Really well done to him. And for a STEM subject. PS: And let me say as an ex New College, Oxford man, well done to him for getting into one of the better red brick universities. |
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Post by Stuntman on Jan 28, 2021 20:27:35 GMT
That's fighting talk, Pete (dons Blues Blazer) |
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Post by PG on Jan 29, 2021 13:16:42 GMT
That's fighting talk, Pete (dons Blues Blazer) You have a blazer? Actually, having visited Cambridge as my niece lives there, I think I'd have been happy to go to either. Cambridge looked a lot more compact and self contained. Like a university with a town around it. Oxford was like a city with a university in it. |
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 29, 2021 17:45:12 GMT
At least with Oxford, the train station is just on the outskirts of the city centre. Cambridge is a bit of a 'mare, with a helluva-long walk from the train station to the central area
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Post by johnc on Jan 29, 2021 18:50:42 GMT
I'm in the same camp as Garry.
My daughter now has two unconditional offers for University but she is holding out for an offer from St.Andrews. I on the other hand would rather she went to Glasgow or Strathclyde University because if this Covid nonsense lasts for any length of time, she will at least have some kind of life if she can stay at home. I don't want her locked up in halls with Zoom calls for lectures - that's no way to start University life.
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Post by Stuntman on Jan 29, 2021 20:59:56 GMT
That's fighting talk, Pete (dons Blues Blazer) You have a blazer? Actually, having visited Cambridge as my niece lives there, I think I'd have been happy to go to either. Cambridge looked a lot more compact and self contained. Like a university with a town around it. Oxford was like a city with a university in it. I do indeed have such a blazer  I'm an Athletics and Cross Country Blue, and Orienteering Half Blue (it was a half blue sport in my day, all the Cambridge team were GB internationals!) Sadly I got injured at the start of the second term in my second year and didn't compete in a Varsity match from then onwards, but I competed in one Varsity match for each of the previous 4 terms, with the score at 2-2 My lot won the Athletics and Orienteering matches but we got battered by the Dark Blues in the Cross Country! I agree about Cambridge vs Oxford from the town/university perspective. Both are lovely cities but Cambridge seems more compact and embedded. I really enjoyed my three years living there. |
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Post by PG on Jan 30, 2021 12:38:56 GMT
You have a blazer? I do indeed have such a blazer I'm an Athletics and Cross Country Blue, and Orienteering Half Blue (it was a half blue sport in my day, all the Cambridge team were GB internationals!) Seriously impressive. Me? I don't even have a scarf. |
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