Oxford 2015/16 Postgraduate Applicants

St John's wanted to get rid of it altogether.

What do you mean?

They didn't want to charge for accommodation but they were stopped.

You mean other colleges forced them to charge housing?

what to do if my referees didn't receive any email?

If you log into your account there should be a button to resend the email. You don't have long...

THERE WAS A TYPO IN MY STATEMENT. kill me.

I wouldn't be too bothered, as long as you didn't apply for an MSt in English.

If you log into your account there should be a button to resend the email. You don't have long...

i cannot find any button. :s

No it is not. I was told by the admissions staff, and it's sort of an unofficial date that they don't tell anyone (unless they're panicking on the other end of the phone)

At least in the philosophy faculty, they're officially allowed not to consider the application if the references didn't all arrive by 12pm.

This is according to the graduate philosophy admissions person I spoke to on the phone half an hour ago. (She also said they usually do consider late applications in practice - they just have to be of sufficient quality.)

(On the other hand she also urged me to find another referee in the next fifteen minutes. God knows really.)

Oh dear. Good luck. Are you applying to Bristol too (from your sig)? Which one? I used to do psychology and philosophy as a first year undergrad, the philosophy dept is really good

EDIT: Also don't worry about not having done 100% philosophy, I'm sure you'll be fine. I've seen philosophy postgrads without any philosophy background, so there's that.

I've been expressly told by a couple admissions people NOT to leave it blank, but perhaps more for reasons of getting into a not-bad one. If you leave it blank they might just chuck you in one no one else wants. As for funding, I'm not sure if it helps or not.. I think it doesn't to the extent that you're better off targeting an unpopular college that has funding than not specifying anything. They will probably reallocate you to a different college anyway.

apologies if unintelligible.. I've had one hour of sleep

Good to hear. One of my referees was a lecturer there, so I'm hoping that will help. I want to apply for the MA in philosophy.

Yes, it varies by university, from those that will accept you without a philosophy degree if you are just 'interested', to those that specify the number of hours you need to have spent formally studying it. Oxford seems to be somewhere in the middle.

Hi there! I'm very new to all this... I have applied for the MSc in Nature Society and Environmental Governance... and I left my college preference blank... and now I'm panicking!! To be honest in my naivety I think thought I would be chuffed to get into any college, they all look pretty amazing! Have I made a big mistake!?
I think my application is okay academic wise... first class undergrad, gunning for a distinction in my current political research masters,work experience in research and getting an undergrad essay published in the coming year etc etc, but now I'm worried I'll end up in this pool!
As others have said, I'll need funding through scholarships which is another reason I thought leaving it open was a good idea... Is it worth trying to amend the form??
Any advice gratefully received! x