Oxford 2015/16 Postgraduate Applicants

And how long were you on the course?

Another question would be: is it easier to get teaching opportunities in a college with undergrads?

Only in the first year.

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I don't think so.

You'll need an advisor at the college applied for who can't be your supervisor. My advice would be to ask a supervisor if he or she thinks a match is available. However, as stated earlier, not everyone wishes to be at the same college as a supervisor.

Don't you have more chance to tutor undergrads if there are some in your college?

Whilst I'm rarely keen to include Durham's college system in comparisons like this (call me a snob, haha ), I am very impressed by Cambridge's website! This is exactly what Oxford needs. Fingers crossed they do actually make a webpage like this sometime in the (near) future!

Do references have to upload the referee form with the recommendation letter?
www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/refereeform

I think it's irrelevant since you'd get them from your department, not your college, I believe. And you can very well have tutorials with them in your or their college anyway.

Well, Durham really controls their colleges nowadays so really no comparisons.

In the application, you still have to state a college preference, and as colleges are in charge of accommodation, it's very useful to know the situation for each of them. This is why a summary page for accommodation is so important.
Otherwise, there is not teaching or research of any kind in the colleges, so yes, it has nothing to do with Oxbridge.

Administration-wise it's a lot more difficult for Oxbridge to do anything because they will need to collect (not up-to-date) information individually from each college.

I didn't bother to apply because I have no intention of coming back to my country, so I won't "act as an ambassador there".
The questions asked look very "American"; they love to say how much they are great and going to save the world in their applications. Apparently most of the recipients are precisely from the USA, they are gifted for that BS.

If you look at Rhodes scholars' profiles, you'll spot a similar pattern.

I mean, loads of them have done impressive things, yet it is, at least at times, portrayed in a different light, so it sounds a bit overboasting to my Central European ear. However, if I was willing to play this game and could write about my achievements in the same way, only God knows where I would be now.

Americans also have loads of opportunities as soon as they go to high school, with all the college societies thing. The civil society is amazingly active, with plenty of charities offering a immense range of volunteer positions. They even have funding for gap years. It's relatively easy to build a CV from nothing in the USA.
I didn't have any of that in France.

Hello all,

I hope I'm posting in the right place... first time.
I applied for PhD in epidemiology. I was wondering - does anyone know how best to prep for an interview (in hope I'll be invited to one)?
Also, I was wondering regarding how long of a notice I should expect to recieve. I understood interviews will be held in a very short while and was wondering - could I get just a few day's heads up?

No college societies.....?

Hey, just got rejected from MSc Migration Studies last night. I am a Warwick PPEist sitting on 69% if anyone is interested but competition for places is tough.