[Maxima]

(Original post by EsmeA)
Yeah, you can never really tell with critical thinking whether your waffling abilities have just gone too far or not. I spent almost an hour on the last credibility question, purely because the rest of the paper didn't take that much time. I also had a two and a half hour french exam today which went fairly well, so overall, a good day. What other as levels are you doing?

Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Regret taking Biology, was originally planning to go into Medicine but changed my mind this year, so probably going to drop Biology and take up Further Maths next year. How about yourself?

[No Illusions]

Hi! It's been ages since I've been on here, but whatever... Since I have no idea what I'm doing, can someone please add me to the wiki page for Maths & Philosophy, Merton college? Thanks!

[EsmeA]

(Original post by Maxima)
Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Regret taking Biology, was originally planning to go into Medicine but changed my mind this year, so probably going to drop Biology and take up Further Maths next year. How about yourself?

Ah, I see- my options are completely different; French, Maths, English Literature, History and Critical Thinking. The biology department at my sixth form is awful- in fact the majority of the science department isn't really that great. In January modules I think about 15 people got a U or an E.

[anyone_can_fly]

(Original post by No Illusions)
Hi! It's been ages since I've been on here, but whatever... Since I have no idea what I'm doing, can someone please add me to the wiki page for Maths & Philosophy, Merton college? Thanks!

Hi I'm a current offer-holder for maths at Merton, so if you have any questions on the admissions process feel free to ask me.

[Meg94]

(Original post by anyone_can_fly)
Hi I'm a current offer-holder for maths at Merton, so if you have any questions on the admissions process feel free to ask me.

Hi! I'm thinking about applying for physics at Merton (or maybe University College, I'm not sure) so I was just wondering if you could tell what made you apply to Merton above the other colleges?

[anyone_can_fly]

(Original post by Meg94)
Hi! I'm thinking about applying for physics at Merton (or maybe University College, I'm not sure) so I was just wondering if you could tell what made you apply to Merton above the other colleges?

Well, being a geeky sort of person I started off by making a chart of all the colleges with factors like rent, size of college (I wanted small-medium), how many years you could live in, and prettiness, and ranked them. I barely remember doing this, but I found the chart the other day so it must have happened.

Having then got a top two or three, I browsed the websites quite a bit and generally liked Merton's (this bit wasn't nearly as rational as the previous bit). When I went to visit Oxford for the first time, a bit more than a year ago, I visited a fair few colleges and again generally liked Merton.

The real falling in love bit came when I stayed overnight at the open day. Anyone who lives a reasonable distance away from Oxford can do this (for free) and I'd really recommend it - you get all the fun of chatting to new people without the stress of the interview period. It was beautiful, all the people I met were lovely, the maths tutor I talked to seemed lovely (albeit insane), any worries of it being "too academic" were rubbished by the current students.

Most of the research I did was daydreaming and avoiding doing things I actually needed to do, rather than being actually necessary. If you've got it down to two the best thing to do is probably just visit them both, if that's feasible for you.

[Koalagate]

Hello! Newbie here who's been lurking on this very helpful site for a while.

I was thinking about applying for PPE at Oxford - not so sure about my chances now as I've got a feeling that I've epically missed quite a few of my AS predictions. I'm not keen on adding myself to the wiki until I see the results, tbh. So I booked a place for the open day on June 28th at Balliol a couple of weeks ago, and it came up with something like 'We'll contact you about the programme closer to the time'. Does anyone know when I should expect a reply?

Thanks in advance!

[In_Medias_Res]

Would anyone mind as to kindly add me to the Stalking Page? I've been battling with the Oxford and Durham page to no avail!
Name: In_Medias_Res
Course: Chemistry
College: Open Application
GCSEs: 10A*s, 4As
Subjects (AS): Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Further Maths, General Studies
Predictors (AS) AAAAA.
Notes: Bronze D of E, Sports Leaders, Grade 6 Flute, Grade 5 Bassoon, attempting to find some more academic things to add to this at the moment.

Thank you in advance.

[nejimaso]

Hi!
I´m probably going to Oxford because of the famous open days.. A friend of mine is going with me, but I´m interested in chemistry and she´s into medicine. So I´m looking for somebody who would like to spend a few hours with me. . It would really help me since I don´t live in UK (I´m from Czech Rep) and British English sounds like mumbling for me (plus - as you can see - I really need to improve my E., so a day spent with somebody E-speaking would help me a lot) .
Thanks, Dominik.

[EsmeA]

(Original post by Koalagate)
Hello! Newbie here who's been lurking on this very helpful site for a while.

I was thinking about applying for PPE at Oxford - not so sure about my chances now as I've got a feeling that I've epically missed quite a few of my AS predictions. I'm not keen on adding myself to the wiki until I see the results, tbh. So I booked a place for the open day on June 28th at Balliol a couple of weeks ago, and it came up with something like 'We'll contact you about the programme closer to the time'. Does anyone know when I should expect a reply?

Thanks in advance!

I went up to a Balliol specific open day in September, and absolutely loved it! I'm sure you'll have a great time. I was going to go again, but my school have organised a minibus to take a load of us up to the general open day.

I received an email with the programme of events around a month or so before the open day itself; it's really helpful, and if you get stuck there, all the students are really welcoming and more than happy to answer any questions.

Enjoy yourself!


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[Koalagate]

>Open day is 28th of June
>Today is 28th of May

So...programme now, pl0x?

But in all seriousness, that's really helpful to know. I'm really looking forward to it (especially the free lunch ) and hope I meet some nice people to chat with.

Thank you!

[EsmeA]

(Original post by Koalagate)
>Open day is 28th of June
>Today is 28th of May

So...programme now, pl0x?

But in all seriousness, that's really helpful to know. I'm really looking forward to it (especially the free lunch ) and hope I meet some nice people to chat with.

Thank you!

Don't worry, you'll get the email soon, I'm sure they haven't forgotten about you! Have a great time


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[theginge]

Hey, see I was just wondering whwther there is another set of open days, lets say in September or something? Unfortunately I can't really make it for the June ones

[The_Lonely_Goatherd]

(Original post by theginge)
Hey, see I was just wondering whwther there is another set of open days, lets say in September or something? Unfortunately I can't really make it for the June ones

14th Sept

http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/under...ays/index.html

[qwertyuiop1993]

(Original post by theginge)
Hey, see I was just wondering whwther there is another set of open days, lets say in September or something? Unfortunately I can't really make it for the June ones

There is an open day on the 14th of September

http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/under...ays/index.html

[theginge]

Oh thanks a lot!

[_becca]

(Original post by In_Medias_Res)
Would anyone mind as to kindly add me to the Stalking Page? I've been battling with the Oxford and Durham page to no avail!
Name: In_Medias_Res
Course: Chemistry
College: Open Application
GCSEs: 10A*s, 4As
Subjects (AS): Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Further Maths, General Studies
Predictors (AS) AAAAA.
Notes: Bronze D of E, Sports Leaders, Grade 6 Flute, Grade 5 Bassoon, attempting to find some more academic things to add to this at the moment.

Thank you in advance.

Will do!

[Banoffeepie16]

It's so strange to see this thread; it feels like not long ago the 2012 one began... time goes so quickly during the application period!

Anyway, good luck to everyone here

[Lorem Ipsum]

Finished the last of my AS exams today...August 18th is going to be interesting, hopefully in a good way .

[Llewellyn]

(Original post by Lorem Ipsum)
Finished the last of my AS exams today...August 18th is going to be interesting, hopefully in a good way .

August 18th? Isn't results day normally a Thursday?