Application for DPhil/PhD - do I get in?

Even if I do not have more than 70% in my Masters? How much weight does the admissions office place on grades vs. a potential supervisor supporting an application?

Hi folks

I will apply for a DPhil in Oxford and a PhD in Cambridge, LSE and Kings.

This is my profile:

German Diplom (equiv. to MSc): Distinction (best student in class)
MSc from LSE: 67% (top 5 out of 33 students)

3 awards/scholarships so far

2.5 years part time work in research institutes in Germany
2 years full time work in London in consultancy

I have already written a proposal. At all universities I apply for I have a potential supervisor who supports me. I have met with all of them in person and they seem to like my proposal.

What do you think are my chances to get in?

Thanks for your help, I appreciate it!
Jan

What nationality are you?
Because as you probably know already ESRC grants for non-UK citizens are fees only.

Nah, not true anymore. Obviously only EU citizens and residents are eligible to apply, but if you're an EU citizen you now get the full fees and maintenance like the British applicants. They changed the rules this year.

However if the OP wants to lay their hands on pretty much any kind of funding they'll have to be a 2009 applicant, since most of the deadlines went by in Jan/Feb.

Only if you've been living in the UK for three years.

I should have made that clearer than 'residents'. Cheers.

Well, "residents" can apply as well, of course - it's just that if they've been "residing" within the EU but outside the UK, they're only eligible for the fees-only award.

Only if you've been living in the UK for three years.

So it all depends on the order the OP did his work experience.
Crazy.