h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*peeks in, decides the backlog's too scary to attempt to read all of it, and waits to see if she gets noticed*

Well, I'm printing my personal statement on today... wish me luck!

Hello Saturn Girl.

¦M¦

*waves at Saturn Girl*.. hi! .. (btw, the mercenaries have closed, which necessitates the closure of your contract.. just to let you know, in case the borg still needed them..)

good luck! it's a pity there isn't a four leaved clover smiley, but there's an irish next best thing.. !

Awww, too bad about the mercs... how long ago did that happen? And do you still want to be associated with the borg, or should I remove you from our pages?

I closed them down earlier today.

Well, we haven't closed because we have any objection to the borg.. (not that there is a we any more). Speaking personally, I'm more than happy to continue being associated with you as an.. independant member of the collective.

Would you like to be fully assimilated with a designation? We're not like our cousins in the star trek universe, you're still allowed to think for yourself even if you're fully assimilated

Well, my personal statement went on fine, so the luck worked.

¦M¦

Actually, I quite like my unique status. I think, if you don't mind, I'll keep it for the present.

yay! .. excellent, Ming. .. where're you applying?

Erm... Oxford, Durham, Warwick, Bath, Soton and Leicester.
*counts*
Yep, that's the lot.

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Soton rules.

Oxford suck. I used to live there. .. Durham suck, because they rejected me.. Bath aren't bad.. Warwick aren't bad (except for philosophy), and I almost went to Leicester to do English. Altogether not a bad choice, Ming.

...what subject are you doing again?

Apparently they've got rather a good shooting coach there.

Bah. And Bath have their own 50m range. (I think Durham might, but I'm not sure... )
Thanks though. I thought my choices weren't bad either.

Physics.

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http://www.soton.ac.uk/~rifle/ <- BUSA CHAMPIONS 2002, like the page says.

btw, if you want to look round the university, I'd be happy to show you round, if at any point in the next .. howeverlongitis you're going to visit the universities you've applied to.

I've found that.
I just don't know what the BUSA championship is...

That's not a bad idea you know. I've not had the money to visit any except Oxford... Admittedly Soton's nearer, but I've spoken to someone who's been there...

¦M¦

What a conversation-stopper...
Ah well, in response to my last post, I do know what the BUSA is, and I'm off visiting unis from Wednesday... and Wednesday 20th Nov I'll be in Soton.

¦M¦

Wednesday, coincidentally, is a day on which I have no lectures whatsoever. .. are you going on an official guided tour, or are you just popping down?

An official guided tour I'm afraid. And Prof Tonks will be there too, so I don't know if you want to see us...

¦M¦

*doth shrug*..

what subject're you applying for?

Physics and Theoretical Physics or whatever it's called there.

¦M¦

ah.. poor fool. .. uh.. I mean.. great choice! *thumbs up*