2017 Oxford Prospective Students

Doing well in them? Ah I have no common sense lol
I hope I don't do too badly in the TSA
My placement was basically me researching about how a scanning tunnelling microscope works and coming up with activities for the general public to help them understand it lol. Quite hard to integrate that into my ps I must admit.
My ps sounds like I want to do physics instead of chemistry oh dear.

Yooo people, anyone else applying for Philosophy + Spanish? I do Lit, Econ, RS + Spanish.

Anyone applying for maths??
How's the MAT prep going?

You're certainly not. Which course are you interested in??b?

Hey, i just finished reading Spanish at Oxford so if you have any questions let me know! I also know people who did Philosophy and a language so if you have any specific questions about that I can pass you on!

Maths and Philosophy! What about yourself?

Which A Levels are you doing? Maths, Further Maths, Physics.
Which course do you plan to apply for? Physics!
Do any particular colleges interest you? Why? Univ. It's pretty, decent location, very old and has good food. What else could you want?
What are your hobbies? I play lacrosse and basketball and spend the rest of my time conquering 15th century Europe in a computer game.
If you were given a place next year, what would you do for the rest of the day? Cry. And then panic about failing my exams.

UCAS Season is starting so soon #hype !!!!!!!!

I thought chemistry doesn't require an admissions test or has Oxford become mean?

Hey I'm applying to physics doing exactly the same A levels (dropped chemistry after AS)! Not sure which college I'm applying to yet though
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any PPE people up for creating a Facebook group chat now that application and TSA looms ever closer? if so, PM me Facebook profile link and I'll add.

I have received my GCSE results and they are not as good as I was hoping for but I am grateful for what I have received. I got 3A* 4A 2B and was wondering if these were competitive enough for either Law or Philosophy and Theology. I did have extenuating circumstances during this year and during my exam period. Your advice would be most appreciated. Thank you.


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Oxford prizes itself on choosing applicants with very strong GCSE's so your application does look a little weak. To make up for it your predicted grades and LNAT (law) score should be amazing. However, it doesn't hurt to try! I know that Keble accepted a law student with only 2A* at GCSE so it is possible (open day info ).

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Oxford prizes itself on choosing applicants with very strong GCSE's so your application does look a little weak. To make up for it your predicted grades and LNAT (law) score should be amazing. However, it doesn't hurt to try! I know that Keble accepted a law student with only 2A* at GCSE so it is possible (open day info ).

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Sorry but I just don't think that's true. I think if prizes itself on choosing smart people, and smartness can be reflected in plenty other areas of the application as well if not much better.

Plenty of people get in without perfect grades at GCSE and AS.

Very true, but I think this person was referring to the fact that the grades may set OP back a little. Furthermore, Oxford do like GCSEs to be strong, as it shows a good work ethic.

Started today and it's hard! Hope something clicks too!

Hiw long are you spending on multiple choice and long answers?

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Maths & Phil applicant here! I spent almost all of August doing MAT prep because I'm not familiar with the A-level syllabus but honestly I am finding the papers so difficilt. Just going to keep steadily working now since I'm back at school and just pray that something will click for me! What about you? How much time a week do you reckon is good to spend on preparation?

I know, but I'm saying it won't look weak with good interviews and TSA, and could not set him back at all.

I mean look, of course perfect GCSEs are better, but overall I just feel that too often people are discouraged from applying from people sayings things like your application may look 'weak' cause you got four Bs or whatever at GCSE. I know it wasn't even meant in a discouraging way or whatever! So perhaps I'm being harsh, but it is the kind of thing that gets said all the time, and generally it's not true.