Oxford 2015/16 Postgraduate Applicants

Greetings

Am I correct to assume that the English Faculty have not yet released their decisions regarding DPhil applications?

JDPreston

Reply 1982

aradia.nox

Original post by JDPreston

Greetings

Am I correct to assume that the English Faculty have not yet released their decisions regarding DPhil applications?

JDPreston

I emailed regarding my M.St application and was told the department will be sending out decisions hopefully by the end of this week. I'd assume that also refers to D.Phil apps! Good luck.

Reply 1983

mj2127

Anyone know when Politics DPhil decisions are coming out?

Reply 1984

Original post by aradia.nox

I emailed regarding my M.St application and was told the department will be sending out decisions hopefully by the end of this week. I'd assume that also refers to D.Phil apps! Good luck.

Thanks for the update. Good luck with your application too.

A related question: given that the English Faculty seems to be one of the last to send out offers, does this mean that English applicants are less likely to be placed at their chosen college? I know officially that college placements are sent out in April, but quite a few offer-holders from other Faculties seem to have already been contacted by colleges.

JDPreston

Reply 1985

jevons

apologies for asking again,
but anyone hear back from the mphil economics?
i feel nothing has happened in the last 3 days (no results on gc)

Reply 1986

Josb

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Original post by JDPreston

Greetings

Am I correct to assume that the English Faculty have not yet released their decisions regarding DPhil applications?

JDPreston

Someone was accepted yesterday.
http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=oxford&t=a&o=&pp=250

Reply 1987

Hello Josb

Yes the Gradcafe postings are very mysterious. There is also a 'Rejected' posting from an MSt applicant, and yet aradia.nox (see earlier message) was told by the Faculty that they would be "sending out decisions by the end of the week". I guess I'll just have to keep checking my emails (obsessively every 5 minutes).

JDPreston

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 1988

vaudevilles

The English department began sending out decisions last Thursday or so, and will do so till the end of this week - I think that's what they're implying.

Reply 1989

Hello vaudevilles

Yes that makes sense. Would I be correct to assume that they intersperse their Offer and Rejection notifications rather than send out all of the (e.g.) Offers first?

JDPreston

Reply 1990

I spoke to the English department earlier. They apologised for the hold up and said all DPhil and MSt decisions would be conveyed in the next day or so and not to think of any delay as an indication either way as they're done individually.

Not confident of being accepted I just want to know.

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 1991

aradia.nox

Original post by cifrinable

I spoke to the English department earlier. They apologised for the hold up and said all DPhil and MSt decisions would be conveyed in the next day or so and not to think of any delay as an indication either way as they're done individually.

Not confident though I just want to know.

Fingers crossed for you!

Reply 1992

Thanks! I've been offered all my other applications now and I'm confident with Durham. Just worried because I'm at essentially a poly and worried Oxford would be a bit unimpressed with that.

No way I'm getting funding. Saving like mad.

Reply 1993

aradia.nox

Original post by cifrinable

Thanks! I've been offered all my other applications now and I'm confident with Durham. Just worried because I'm at essentially a poly and worried Oxford would be a bit unimpressed with that.

No way I'm getting funding. Saving like mad.

Can I ask where else you've applied? And for what era strand? Congrats on your successes though! And I think at postgrad level it's more about how well you did + your proposal/interests than where you went. I hope!

Reply 1994

Josb

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Original post by cifrinable

Thanks! I've been offered all my other applications now and I'm confident with Durham. Just worried because I'm at essentially a poly and worried Oxford would be a bit unimpressed with that.

No way I'm getting funding. Saving like mad.

I've been accepted and I come from universities that are less famous than your ex-polys. The proposal is much more important than your uni.

I've made a thread about Durham here: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=54199247

Reply 1995

Original post by aradia.nox

Can I ask where else you've applied? And for what era strand? Congrats on your successes though! And I think at postgrad level it's more about how well you did + your proposal/interests than where you went. I hope!

Durham Edinburgh Glasgow Sussex Birmingham ranging from 2.1 to unconditional. I'm applying for 1900-present.

Such a shame I can't up the Faculty and move them to a less competitive uni. Then again they're there because it is Oxford...

Reply 1996