Eldest granddaughter Immy has just received the following letter:
We are, of course, thrilled. With the reputation and performance of Oxford, only those with outstanding graduate results even bother to apply, and even then most are turned away. We can only hope that logistics will enable her to take up the offer.
This is the Immy of Immy and the Dragon fame, of course. It just shows how useful towards one development it is to befriend a dragon at an early age! 🙂
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Wow – what a thrill and a triuph for all concerned… congratulations
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Congratulations Immy and Col and family… and Mazel Tov. What a pleasure to read such fantastic news. So much to be proud of. xx
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Thank you! To add icing to the cake, her very steady boyfriend with whom it was planned that they did Honours at the same university, has now also been accepted at Oxford! That removes a possible dilemma, and now all they need to do is keep up their levels for the last few papers.
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Congrats! That is fabulous!
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Thanks; we are still in ecstasies about it!
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Congrats to Immy. My Sam enjoyed his time at Oxford
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So Sam has been one of the privileged? It is quite something when one computes the number worldwide who would like to go there set against the number actually admitted.
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Proud Dad 🙂
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With full justification!
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What great news! You must be one proud grandfather.
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Proud and delighted indeed!
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Impressive and commendable.
Went to read a bit about it . . . seems they’ve been around for a while.
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They have indeed. Claims to be the oldest university in the world are debatable, with Bologna probably being the first of the modern ones. Also, similar institutions in places like Egypt far pre-date it. Oxford is certainly in the top five on most modern lists, though.
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Great news, Col. Good luck! 😀
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Thanks! And, for her part, hard work!
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That’s fantastic news, Col. Congrats to Immy. 🙂
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Thank you. We are thrilled for her. She has got there by matching talent with determination and dedication.
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Good for her! 👍
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Congrats
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Best of luck to Immy!!!
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Many thanks! It is going to be interesting what she thinks of the open day.
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I’ve been looking hard for the expected tongue in cheek but haven’t found it, so shall offer heartiest congratulations to your eldest daughter! Literature, eh? Clearly a chip off the old block. (Now, now, I didn’t say blockhead, please note.)
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Nope, apart from the ox ford, all serious. Thanks! Eldest daughter does deserve some of the credit as the brilliant mother of eldest granddaughter, but the latter is the one going all literate!
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Excellent news Col. Congratulations 🙂
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Thanks! She worked extremely hard for it. She is a perfectionist/workaholic.
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