you want to be cranking out some good mandolin playing in a matter of 2months all that Uni style cramming should come in useful for something other than giving you a reason to relax in the pub ;)

not that it matters much how good you are; peeps are usually willing to teach you the basics or cords to something so you can know a few songs to jam out and practise. once ya get them down usually you get used to the notes and can tinker til you can play along, atleast when i used to play that's how i tended to learn.

hopefully next year there will be more of us youngsters who can join in a little more rather than being wallflowers :D