Oxford Applicants for 2013 Entry

As am I...how are you feeling about it/how are you revising for it? I'm dreading it as I also have Economics tomorrow, so I feel as though I should really concentrate on that.

I'm doing Critical Thinking too (Fri & Tues). How are you feeling about it/ how are you revising for it?

Lol this is bad but I don't think I am gonna revise much of it. I have Physics tomorrow and that's WAY more important for me, it's what I want to go on and study so that'll take priority tonight. If I have time then maybe I will go through the stuff, we got a few A4 sheets that have all the key points on so might have a quick glance through them before I go to bed but nothing major really. Are you taking Critical Thinking seriously? I might be making a mistake not caring about it but it's such a time-waster. I can only see it being beneficial if you take History or go on to do Law or something of the sort.

As am I...how are you feeling about it/how are you revising for it? I'm dreading it as I also have Economics tomorrow, so I feel as though I should really concentrate on that.

OCR?

Exactly the same! I took a day off yesterday (last exam was Tues) and thought I'd make up for it by a full day today. Did two practice papers and decided to stop. I know the content and while I do sometimes drop a few marks it's always because of things specific to that extract rather than anything I can revise. I do however want to do well, because while it's not worth anything I have really enjoyed my lessons and so would like to give something back to my teacher (and also, I always want to do well!)

Economics or Crit? My Economics is Edexcel, but Crit is OCR.

Would past papers be the main way you'd recommend revising Crit? I've not got a clue how else I could revise it, yet I don't particularly fancy sitting down and doing a paper - I find them awfully tedious. To make matters worse we haven't been given any sheets/revision materials by our teacher (if you can call him that...he tends to rant for an hour rather than teach us anything).

Economics, but never mind

Also lol at "crit"

Economics or Crit? My Economics is Edexcel, but Crit is OCR.

Would past papers be the main way you'd recommend revising Crit? I've not got a clue how else I could revise it, yet I don't particularly fancy sitting down and doing a paper - I find them awfully tedious. To make matters worse we haven't been given any sheets/revision materials by our teacher (if you can call him that...he tends to rant for an hour rather than teach us anything).

If any of you end up with AAAB instead of AAAA, are you still applying?
I'm considering switching from Law to IR if that happens and changing university choices slightly.

I got in with AAAAB in my Highers (and also got into Warwick, Bristol and Imperial). It shouldn't matter too much. Oxford has a lot of other things it can judge you on: admissions tests, interviews, etc. If anything, it'll be more of a problem for competitive universities which don't have these extra tests. With law a lot of universities ask for the LNAT, so doing well in that will definitely offset a B in an unrelated fourth subject.

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How're you revising for econ tomorrow? I've done nothing yet (have physics as well tomorrow, it's taking up all my time ).

It's such a nice day so I couldn't really be arsed

Made a few notes from the textbook

Yeahh same problem here . That's more than I have done

I think so, yeah. With Examiner's Reports to top them up. Or you could just go and sit in the sun

For the open days in June, do you need to book to actually visit the colleges?
I only want to look around the colleges and am not bothered about attending any of the talks, is it possible to just drop into the colleges and have a look around without having pre-booked?