Octave Mirbeau would deem me a goddamn genius...which isn't saying much.

[spen_lit]

So, I've learned a great deal of completely meaningless information about myself today:

1. Thanks to the University of Cambridge, I could move to London if I really wanted to endure the torture that is the UK.

2. Making a promise not to ever ingest anything parasitic is a virtual impossibility.

3. I can make Aussie Chicken without setting myself

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[somerled]

The U.K. is a nice place to visit, but it didn't take long living at Cambridge before I longed for the luxuries of the developed world.

Why do they want to put you in London? Is it an insurance thing - to reduce the fire hazard to their university buildings that they would risk if you actually lived in the town?

[spen_lit]

I interviewed and applied to Cambridge and Oxford in December and, though I wasn't excepted into Oxford, Cambridge sent me a letter saying that my test scores were adequate to attend for my undergrad studies.

I've been considering moving to London for about seven months now, but decided that I would only seriously consider it if I was accepted to either of the two said universities.

If I did move, however, it wouldn't be until the end of this year because I have to get out of closing on this house and save up a little more money to actually afford London. I've been researching the price of four-bedroom flats there, and it's fucking expensive!!!

There are lots of other minor details to work out as well, such as Draven and school, finding a job there, affording Cambridge, etc.

It's all very complicated and will probably never happen. We'll see.

[somerled]

Yeah, London rents are fucking expensive, that's true. Not to mention food, booze, and Oxbridge tuition.

Cambridge is about a fifty-five minute train ride from King's Cross station in London, not a terrible commute by some standards, but I do remember an old by-law about students being required to live within x miles of Great St. Mary's Church, located roughly in the centre of Cambridge. London is way outside that limit. Actually, there's an entire college outside the stated limit, but I guess the university allowed its students a special exemption.

Hey, if you went, which college would it be?

[spen_lit]

It would be Cambridge, but I really wanted to go to Oxford.

[somerled]

Oh, I meant, for example, "Trinity College, Cambridge" versus for example, "St. John's College, Cambridge." There are about 30 colleges at the university to choose from - roughly the same situation at Oxford.

All the historical rivalries aside, the two universities are basically interchangeable. Maybe literary people lean towards the one, while math people lean towards the other. I guess Oxford also has more of a city feel to it than Cambridge.

I still wear my colourful college scarf, but occasions to wear the academic gown are very few. What the heck - I'll go put it on now.

[spen_lit]

Pembroke College (for their English and Asian studies), and Queens' College (because C.S. Lewis briefly taught there)