I finally sat my A-level exams and got decent grades (moved from my island home to a cool sixth form college in Cambridge for a year), which was good
but I also didn't apply to Oxbridge and failed to keep in touch with a lot of cool people, which was bad...

If I had a time machine, I would definitely go back and give my 1995 self a good talking to (although that would create some sort of paradox etc.)
( custard, Sat 13 Jun 2009, 18:13, archived)

there's nothing bad about not applying to Oxbridge,
I didn't either. There are loads of other good universities. And jobs, for that matter.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 13 Jun 2009, 18:14, archived)

I didn't.
But then I'm not nearly smart enough for Oxford or Cambridge.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sat 13 Jun 2009, 18:18, archived)

I reckon I was,
but they didn't go through UCAS at the time so I didn't think it was worth the bother.
Although I knew a guy who got 5 As at A-level and still got rejected.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 13 Jun 2009, 18:20, archived)

I just wish I had applied instead of assuming that I wouldn't get in
I would have done loads more work/learnt more at Oxbridge; I bumped into a few undergrads that I knew whilst doing my A-levels, and the amount of work/reading they were required to do was much more than I was required to do at my uni (for them, doing the minimum wasn't really an option).
( custard, Sat 13 Jun 2009, 18:25, archived)

talk see
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Sat 13 Jun 2009, 18:15, archived)