Oxford Graduate Application 2012/13

It's hard to tell if you are a strong of weak candidate though... my confidance has been knocked from my lack of funding but I have to remember the majority of people DONT get funding...

Also I'm pretty sure you can be pooled to a different college to even out the male/female arts/sciences ratio, not necessarily because you aren't a strong candidate.

This is fabulous info and thank you! Which degree did you read for and did you stay on? How was your experience in Kellogg? I was very torn between applying there and Exeter, so I will be happy in either!

I did the MSc in English Local History and am now doing a full time DPhil in History at the History faculty (not a reflection on the department of cont ed or Kellogg i just realised that I wanted to do a DPhil but I couldn't face doing part-time study for 6 more years!

Got an offer from University College! I'm so thrilled, totally didn't think i'd get my first choice. Anyone know anything about it?
GAH just have to try meet the offer now :s

There are several colleges here in the leafy north of the city. There's Kellogg, St Anthony's, St Anne's, Wycliffe Hall, Wolfson, Lady Margaret Hall, and St Hugh's all within a short walk of the very centre of the city. You would have to try very hard to feel you were "outside Oxford"!

I did the MSc in English Local History and am now doing a full time DPhil in History at the History faculty (not a reflection on the department of cont ed or Kellogg i just realised that I wanted to do a DPhil but I couldn't face doing part-time study for 6 more years!)
Kellogg is a different experience to the older Oxford colleges (I went to and am now back at one of the oldest colleges) but that does not equa a bad experience! These days the college has its own buildings and, contrary to what you may hear, these are not miles away - they are nearer than St Hughs and LMH. There is also schedule of college/guest dinners (often combined with seminars), social events for May Day/Burns Night etc, wine tasting and so on. Perhaps not as full as some MCRs but there are still a few events every week. You should also have access to the Continuing Education library (near the Ashmolean museum) as well as the Bodleian and subject libraries.
Personally, I chose Kellogg when I was part-time because they had the most experience of dealing with people who were part-time/distance learning etc and because I would meet more people who were having the same experience of Oxford as me rather than being the odd one out. However, other people on my course went to other colleges where there weren't so many part time and distance learning students and, as far as I am aware, none of them had a bad time as a result.

As I said in a previous post I rather suspect I will be one such college-less individual! My application wasn't particularly competitive (although approved by the faculty) so I cannot envisage any colleges being particularly keen to snap me up. I expect I shall be foisted upon the one with places free at the end of the process.

Aw dont sell yourself too short; you were good enough to get into Oxford. All the best with your college .

yeah but so was everyone else they are competing against I'm not implying anyone is bad, but the bottom of the line is someone has to go to the less popular colleges and I know many very good candidates who did not get their first choice. Sometimes (most times?) it's mainly a game of luck.

I was responding to HLS' worries that he'll languish college-less until July. Anyway as someone already mentioned, there are loads of other factors involved other than being a 'good' or 'less good' academic candidate.

And after all my self-depricating rants I was today given a college!

St Hugh's. Hard to tell much from the photographs, although I hear the gardens are lovely and you can walk on the grass!

does anyone know whether masters students at oxford generally manage to work part time as well ?

not allowed at all ? or just in term time ? the website says international students can work upto 20 hours a week at term time ..