AHHHH just got an invitation - fmlfmlfmlfmlfmlfmlfmlfml.
I have to stay 4 days up there from the 8th - 11th and they're not giving me any details about the interviews until I get up there!
It also says there will be "outings and evening activities" !? Does that mean clubbing or scrabble?

Would be really interested to hear other people's experiences!
Oh and I'm applying for German and Linguistics at Wadham.

haha
that made me laugh. do sign me up!
i'm staying from the 4th till the 8th. spending an extra day there even though i'm not an overseas student..a bit cheeky perhaps, but i haven't been to an open day so i want to have a good look around enjoy the possibility of going to oxford before it is crushed by the interview

Reply 28

Cariie

Im going 7th-10th/11th to Magdalen, popping down the night before as its a little far from Wales! Anyone else going to be there? or even any other Human Sciences interviewees out there ? :smile:

Reply 29

narden

Original post by Nananatman

Moi aussi!

Which colleges?

Somerville, what about u? =)

Reply 30

sweeed

Original post by lemonyspongecakeII

Me too, I'm applying for English and French and I have to stay from the 8th-11th! Lol I guess something in between :K:

I'm freaking out because I haven't read the books I said I have :s-smilie:

SAME! well i've just finished one of them. They're both quite short too. what are your books? are they in French?
I'm so underprepared I feel like a joke.

Reply 31

EdmundB

Original post by sweeed

I'd be extremely surprised if they took you clubbing. It'll be stuff in the JCR, trips to G&Ds, things like that.

Reply 32

Sempiternitas

My interviews are from 7th - 10th December, but I'm staying from 6th to 11th. A six-day holiday in Oxford with my fellow classicists! That's my idea of a perfect vacation. I guess we'll be hanging out a lot in Blackwell, in the Ashmolean Museum, and in our rooms reading The Secret History.

Reply 33

tom_malthus

How does this work in terms of accomodations: We entered our date of arrival into the website's system, is that enough? Should we just expect to be taken care of when we check into our college upon arrival, and have a sort of program provided until the day we leave?

A bit anxious since I'm flying in all the way from Asia. History also might extend to Saturday the 11th instead of Saturday the 10th for people with a third interview -- will we only know if this is the case when we arrive? Makes booking flights a bit tricky, but Oxford should be alright taking us in an extra day even if we're not interviewing, right? :s-smilie:

Reply 34

riotgrrl

Original post by Sempiternitas

Have you been to Oxford before? The bookshops are really good, aside from Blackwells and Oxford University Press, there's loads of great secondhand ones.

Anyways, I'm there from the 7th-9th, yay! :biggrin:

Reply 35

Sempiternitas

Original post by riotgrrl

The ninth? Do they not ask you to stay until the tenth?

I've been to Oxford before, and to Blackwell and Waterstone's. I'll have to stop myself from buying too many books, or else I'll end up carrying another suitcase when I leave.

Reply 36

riotgrrl

Original post by Sempiternitas

Nope- "You will be required to stay until at least 3pm on Thursday and may be required until Friday"
So I might have to stay til then, but probably not.
Do you know if we have interviews on the day we arrive, or if it's more of a settling in thing?

Reply 37

Sempiternitas

Original post by riotgrrl

It's only an induction for Merton. It says in our letter "We will be holding a preliminary meeting for all candidates at 12.30 on Tuesday December 7th which will give you a chance to ask any questions that you may have." It also mentions the language test in the afternoon, but I suppose you don't have to worry about that. :smile:

Reply 38

lemonyspongecakeII

Original post by sweeed

SAME! well i've just finished one of them. They're both quite short too. what are your books? are they in French?
I'm so underprepared I feel like a joke.

Snap! Two to go :biggrin:

One is a book about decolonisation which should be good and the other is a huge biography on a poet. Yours?

No :s-smilie:

Make that three then, I should get a french one read too.. I've got one in the study about algerians in France that's realllly short.

You can't possibly be less prepared than I am! I have been working on this though, thinking about what they might ask etc.. however much prep I do though, it won't be as much as some people get but hey ho. I'll do my best and fingers crossed.. I got an offer from a Uni I'd LOVE to go to so I'm a LITTLE more relieved than I was about this.. lol