[themallu]

Is there anyone else here who's going to be at Oxford reading for a Msc in Integrated Immunology?
Post your college and country here!

College: St Catherine's
Country: India

[arod]

No, but I understand that it's a really interesting program. It was recommended to me that if I had not figured out what to study for post grad, they suggested that I apply to the Integrated Immunology and get a "taste" of grad life and hopefully figure out what to apply for in a Ph.D. It helps if you've had a chance to meet some Profs etc before applying for the Ph.D.
Also, the M.Sc course doesn't take that many students - so congrats on your offer!!
Can I ask how long from the time that you applied till your offer? Did you go through a phone or in person interview?

[themallu]

I hope so =)
Yeah, that's exactly why I chose this course- to decide whether I wanted to continue to study for a PhD or not.
I had a phone interview, as they don't expect overseas students to come to Oxford for the interview.
They were surprisingly quick- I applied in November and was accepted in December =)

[arod]

That is a very fast response time! Excellent!
How did you hear about the program? Has someone else from your university just graduated from the Integrated Immunology degree?
Oxford also has an Integrated Biosciences M.Sc. program as well - which also sounds interesting except for the Research in Ornithology courses!
The immunology course sounds more "clinically" oriented.

[arod]

Just out of curiosity, how long was your phone interview? Was it only one person on the phone grilling you? Or a panel as in the undergrad interviews? Did you find the questions challenging?