Oxford PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Students and Applicants

Does anyone have any advice? Thank you.

What about keeping up with current affairs? Do the tutors expect us to know all of the stuff that happened recently or just events that are somehow linked to areas we mentioned in our personal statements? Any help from current/former students or people who did an interview would be greatly appreciated.

What about keeping up with current affairs? Do the tutors expect us to know all of the stuff that happened recently or just events that are somehow linked to areas we mentioned in our personal statements? Any help from current/former students or people who did an interview would be greatly appreciated.

They'd expect you to know a bit about what's going on in the world beyond just the areas you wrote about. Don't just look at stuff for your personal statement, as many tutors don't even look at it properly. Really, if you want to do PPE it shoudn't be too much of a struggle to read a newspaper occasionally! (Also, most interview questions probably won't be about something happening currently, but you can often relate the questions to things you know about.)

They'd expect you to know a bit about what's going on in the world beyond just the areas you wrote about. Don't just look at stuff for your personal statement, as many tutors don't even look at it properly. Really, if you want to do PPE it shoudn't be too much of a struggle to read a newspaper occasionally! (Also, most interview questions probably won't be about something happening currently, but you can often relate the questions to things you know about.)

Can I ask what Maths we might expect to do for the interview? I asked a friend who's at Oxford to ask PPE students and they said they had to do some differentiation. Is there any other maths likely to come up?

Thank you! I am reading a newspaper daily but I wanted to know what I should prepare for in depth.

Interview at Corpus Christi! Anyone else?

How is everyone feeling now the whole process is over? What are your thoughts on both parts of the application process?

After I sat the TSA I thought I had no chance at all and just wanted to get my rejection letter. Then I got an invitation to interview and was completely baffled. The interviews weren't great but I fell in love with Magdalen College so much during the interview period that I'm seriously considering to reapply if I don't get in - something I never thought I'd do before.

What about you?

I was at Magdalen as well! I think everyone hated the TSA but that hasn't stopped me worrying about it. My interviews were okay - Lizzie's Philosophy one was definitely the nastiest, but I feel I did myself justice on some level!!

Really? Haha, what a coincidence!
I thought "Lizzie's" interview was by far the best! The Economics one on the other hand was rock bottom, I just sat there and stuttered and the Politics one wasn't too good either as it was my first interview and the whole thing just made me f-ing nervous and anxious.

Most people hated the economics one because of the problem solving question at the beginning but i managed to get that one right! Out of interest was your Philosophy interview on the last day? Did you have the three syllogisms to look at before hand?