Official Oxford Applicants 2015 Entry, including Interview Chat

Hey guys!
I'm a maths with statistics girl - anyone else interested in this course pls dm me! I seem to be the only one in the world who wants to read it at oxford!!
College: no idea!
Gcse: 10a*s 3a's
A levels: maths fmaths French economics
Anything else: going to Eton and uniq! ������


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Currently sitting AS exams in Maths, chemistry, physics and German. Do you think as I'm going to apply to read Chemistry at Oxford, if I get AAAB at AS (B in German which I'm dropping) and am predicted A*A*A at A2 I would be considered despite a B at AS - got 4A*, 6A and 1B at GCSE. Thanks in advance

I had a B in Psychology if its unrelated I don't think its a big deal

For the MML course, (french and spanish) is there an additional test that may take place during the interview?

Say if you did poorly (in terms of Oxford) at AS, managing to achieve AABB, for example, could you still be considered for an interview if you managed to perform well on the TSA? I'm worried that errors in History and Economics will have caused me to not achieve my target grades.

Not that I've heard of. The MLAT used to be taken in college, but a few years back they changed it.

I do French at Oxford btw so if you have any questions about the French course at Oxford/the admissions process, fire away

Maybe, I'm sure there are a few people at oxford that got AABB at AS. Frankly though, someone capable of getting a place at oxford should be able to get AAAA; it would undoubtedly count against you unless there were mitigating circumstances.

If your considering Oxford then I'm sure a Russell Group Uni will be attainable relatively easily!

Do you think that would still be the case even if I got AABB?

I know you'll be worrying about things anyway before you get your results, but there's no need to make any decisions about where you're applying for ages yet! It's hard to tell how well you did, as you say.

If you did get AABB, I wouldn't say don't apply; good GCSEs and TSA would count in your favour, especially if you/your referee made it clear that your results weren't representative of your true ability. Also bear in mind that you could apply post A-level, with strong results, if you're set on oxford. And yes, you would definitely make a competitive application to plenty of Russel Group unis.

Yeah, haha, I'm just trying to figure out whether I should start looking round unis other than Russell Group unis. The only university I've been in so far is Lancaster, as I was making use of the library for revision, but I've yet to start looking really. For PPE, I know that the lowest offer any of the unis I've looked at do is AAB (Manchester).

For PPE, I know that the lowest offer any of the unis I've looked at do is AAB (Manchester).

Visit as many as you can would definitely be my advice. I applied to a couple of places without visiting; I ended up really not liking when I went there for an interview…

It depends how your school does references, but the best way would probably be whining at your teacher to make sure they give you an A* prediction.

It may interest you to know offers for PPE vary across the scale. I haven't yet found a typical offer of less than BBC (Stirling) and it goes all the way up (if you see what I mean) to a few typically offering A*AA (even higher than Oxford's).

When you are looking at other institutions, do consider some universities have slight 'variants' of the course. I think it's Birmingham, for instance, who offer 'Policy, Politics and Economics' but obviously it's abbreviated to PPE.

I'm also a fellow prospective PPEist.

What exactly do they mean by 'Policy,' though, surely that's part of politics? I certainly wouldn't mind doing History and Economics, History and Politics, or even Politics and Economics, but so far the only ones I've looked at who offer that also ask for around A*AA - AAA.

I think I worry too much...

Ah but my friend, isn't philosophy a part of politics? Isn't politics a part of economics?

I've had a good luck around over the past year or so and have found some decent universities/courses related to PPE (though not necessarily PPE in the same structure as Oxford) via websites like Which? Uni and What Uni?. Both are very good in terms of the information they give: Which? Uni has a lot of stats like the percentage of applicants who receive offers for courses, and you can filter your searches via some criteria if you wish, whilst What Uni? is more based around ratings (league tables + students' reviews). I recommend you have a look at both, plugging in random combinations of courses. Both sites have comparison features too.