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apparently I am more awesome than I thought
That was the best university interview I've ever had. (Richard sounded shocked and said "How many university interviews have you had?". I thought for a moment and said "Nine. Or perhaps ten. This would be the eleventh." and he suddenly remembered that the reason he didn't have any was due to living in another country. I'm pretty surprised that he didn't even have phone interviews, but there you go.) I like interviews that start "You are eminently well-qualified for this course, of course you have a place, do you have any questions?".
However I don't feel eminently well-qualified for anything, not even for cycling down the road without crashing into things. I'm not even amazingly well-qualified at walking down the road without walking into things/people or falling over. I suppose I'm fairly well-qualified for sitting in front of the internet and not accidentally sending viruses to all my friends, but that doesn't take a lot of effort. Apparently I need more self-esteem. Or self-confidence. (Is that the same thing?)
Well, the reason I'm doing this course isn't so much to learn chemistry as to get more confidence that I know what I'm talking about, so hopefully it will be successful. And I'll figure out what I want to do a PhD on, and then I will apply for it. With plenty of time.
Now I have to deal with the Registry to find out how much the fees actually are (every document I've seen has had a different number on it, grrr) and talk to the Disabilities Office to sort out... whatever I need that I haven't already worked out that I need. And then I shall Get Educated.
However I don't feel eminently well-qualified for anything, not even for cycling down the road without crashing into things. I'm not even amazingly well-qualified at walking down the road without walking into things/people or falling over. I suppose I'm fairly well-qualified for sitting in front of the internet and not accidentally sending viruses to all my friends, but that doesn't take a lot of effort. Apparently I need more self-esteem. Or self-confidence. (Is that the same thing?)
Well, the reason I'm doing this course isn't so much to learn chemistry as to get more confidence that I know what I'm talking about, so hopefully it will be successful. And I'll figure out what I want to do a PhD on, and then I will apply for it. With plenty of time.
Now I have to deal with the Registry to find out how much the fees actually are (every document I've seen has had a different number on it, grrr) and talk to the Disabilities Office to sort out... whatever I need that I haven't already worked out that I need. And then I shall Get Educated.
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This is not news, of course :)
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book an appointment with him he'll help you get up and running with a DSA application, it can take a bit of time to get a good access centre but its worth it. On Msc you can get up to about 5k worth of kit. if you want to get a good desk and chair I can only recommend my good friend David who has been wonderful to me
I am so pleased your going to Birkbeck - I LOVE Birkbeck and i hope you will to
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Bravo!
I hope that this course serves its purpose as far as boosting your confidence levels. It sounds like you've got a very solid, sensible plan in place. I look forward to hearing your updates on the Getting Educated part -- and of course, best of luck with the intervening administrivia; may it all go smoothly!
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*yay*
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Yay you! Good to see they recognised how cool you are.
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