The Somali Society

Heyy . What will you be applying for and what subject? Where are you from? Anything you want to know about the UK in particular?

Canada!

I'm interested in PPE! I heard Oxford has a great course, but it's Oxford, so we'll see... Are any of you guys applying to other countries outside the UK? I'm from Canada, so it feels a little weird to apply to a country so far away from family.

Chem 5 sucks so bad, if I never hear the words "transition metal" ever again it will be too soon. AQA were so sneaky the printed a question at the back randomly this year and I didn't see it even though I had extra time

The shock of those men make it seem kind of Somali-deprived. Can't tell from that one day though I guess.

I'm interested in PPE! I heard Oxford has a great course, but it's Oxford, so we'll see... Are any of you guys applying to other countries outside the UK? I'm from Canada, so it feels a little weird to apply to a country so far away from family.

I know the area where Warwick uni resides on, I don't think there are any Somali families living at this area. I think that's probably the reason why he was giving me strange looks as if he thought I had no business at the uni.




I applied and got interview at Oxford. I wouldn't even go to there even if I was offered a place. It's great uni but the environment at there seriously sucks for Somalis, especially for Muslims. There's soo much hostility towards Somalis at there.

What is bad about the environment there for Somalis if you don't mind me asking? What do you mean by hostility?

I created a thread about this a while ago.

There's many things I dislike about Oxford but main one is there's so few Muslims at Oxford, and I don't know if there are Somalis at the uni.

It seems that there's lack of understanding towards Muslims. I know this because when they asked me about my dietary requirement on the website, it had halal option so I chose that. When I went to the uni. I was served non-halal food and they tried to pass it as halal even though it's obvious. I asked for vegetarian, and guess what? They didn't even have it. So I just had an apple and yoghurt instead. This occurred at 2 different colleges, the latter college had veg option, it was plain old baked beans with potato and butter.

Another issue is, I seem to notice some hostility in the atmosphere during the interview, but that's expected. What was NOT expected is current Oxford students being involved in being hostile towards minority groups.

Nicee . I have not applied to a uni out of the UK though have moved away from home. It must be odd leaving everything behind however I am sure you will have a great time studying and experiencing a new culture. Though international fees are pretty high "/. Are you coming to the UK only if you get into Oxford or are hoping to come here if you get into any of your other choices? Best of luck with your application!

Nice mix of choices, any idea of what you want to go into? I am doing med.

Ah, results day is like a grey cloud looming over me. Inshallah we will get the grades we need

The fees are what scare me. I figure I could try and see how things go. Maybe I'll try to apply for financial aid from Canada since they have loan schemes (though I would have to pay it all back eventually.) I don't just want to apply to Oxford, but I can't say I'm too familiar with courses at universities in the UK. Are there others like PPE at other universities? I'd be OK with just studying Politics and Economics in university, but I'd prefer all three.

As for Oxford having a bad atmosphere towards Muslims, this is really upsetting to hear, but in a weird way I'm kind of used to it. Where I live in Canada there are NO Somali and NO Muslims besides my family. There's so much ignorance. People just say I look like a weird black person and ask me if I have a secret African-American name like Beyonce. Seriously. Crazy islamophobic as well-- I haven't worn the hijab since I was little because people were so hostile here.

I was kind of hoping coming to the UK would give me a chance to get to know more Somali my age, so this is a real disappointment, but I'd love to hear from anyone else about other universities in the UK/get another perspective on life at Oxford as a Somali.

Physics

I can't stand physics, I would cry if I had to do a degree in it! However enjoy and hopefully you will get in inshallah.

Yeah it's like Chem5. It's funny that Somali man actually stopped to ask you... A Somali man gave me that strange look when I got on a bus to the uni while he was waiting for different bus.


Your favourite!? It screwed me and many other people over. So many unfamiliar questions, especially one at the end. I'm expecting a really low grade boundary.

How many is "quite few"? :\ I went to applicant visit day, there wasn't any Somalis, I didn't even see any south Asians or blacks too

Ah yes, the tranquility of the toilet..

Canada!

I know the area where Warwick uni resides on, I don't think there are any Somali families living at this area. I think that's probably the reason why he was giving me strange looks as if he thought I had no business at the uni.




I applied and got interview at Oxford. I wouldn't even go to there even if I was offered a place. It's great uni but the environment at there seriously sucks for Somalis, especially for Muslims. There's soo much hostility towards Somalis at there.