Oxford Applicants for 2012 Entry

I haven't asked my teacher yet but I'm most likely going to ask my 8th/9th grade German teacher whom I don't have anymore but who of all teachers knows me best and will write the nicest things Plus I think he's one of the few teachers at my school who has an idea of what the reference is supposed to look like so yeah.

I'll be staying at Hertford on the 5th, go to the open day on the 6th, and go to the PPE subject open day on the 7th, and on all days look around other colleges. I haven't completely decided what college I'll apply to yet, but probably St John's or Hertford. Whichever I like best on October 15th I suppose

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Oh that's great, I wish I had a teacher who has known me for such a long time, but I changed school so I'm going to ask my Economics teacher. I don't know whether he knows how a reference should look like but I will explain it to him and give him some material Are you planning to ask him before summer vacation? Or after? I don't knwo whether I should bother him with this during the summer vacation

I just chose Merton College because the way they introduced themselves in the undergraduate prospectus seemed the nicest out of all But I heard Merton College is one of the academicly strongest Colleges out of all... So that scares me a little bit as I don't think I am a genius or something
But maybe we will see each other during the Open day if you choose to take a look at merton college you gotta let me kno

Most likely before summer break because I live in Ba-Wü and we only get back to school in mid-September which would kind of be really close to the deadline. I'll just tell him that I would like him to write it, then give him all the details I want to be included before summer break and check back with him after.

Since I never got the undergrad prospectus even though I ordered it twice and they sent me an e-mail asking for my address again since something was wrong with it in their sytstem... Oh well. Maybe I can pick one up at the open day. Are you only staying in Oxford till the 6th or are you gonna be there on the 7th as well?
If I decide to check out Merton I'll let you know

Hey guys, should I apply for the open day? I was planning to, and then decided to dramatically drop all my Oxford plans and give up... but now IDK!?!?!??!!?

Ah you're from Ba-Wü.. I am from SH/Hamburg and our summer vacation starts at the end of June. So I would still have time if I asked my teacher after the vacation I guess. But I don't know

Yea it was kind of difficult to even fill out this form of the undergraduate prospectus xD So I didn't know how to do that but some on TSR explained that it should be like first your housenumber, then street etc. So a different order than we have over here But I did receive the prospectus, it's pretty and it did help me to chose a college ) BTW what Leistungskurse do you have?

May I ask whether you have some backup choices if you don't get into Oxford since it's sooo damn competitive...

Your grades are good enough that you should be able to make a competitive application, so apply if you want to.

I want to do English Lit btw, which is extremely competitive!

Everything is competitive dear. In fact MORE competitive in other universities. You might aswell die trying (not actually die obvs) or regret it later

p.s. It's actually English Lit + Lang. Oxford doesn't do seperate degrees

I don't think my GCSEs are though...?

Everything is competitive dear. In fact MORE competitive in other universities. You might aswell die trying (not actually die obvs) or regret it later

p.s. It's actually English Lit + Lang. Oxford doesn't do seperate degrees

Be careful not to confuse having more applicants per place with being more competitive. Yes, Durham gets more applicants per place for English than Oxford or Cambridge (probably more than both combined, I would have thought) but that doesn't mean it's easier to get in to Oxford than some of these other places with more applicants, and it's how hard it is to get in that really determines how competitive it is.

Can't quite be bothered to quote, so my response...

My Extended Project is a play which I am directing and casting myself. It doesn't sound like much, but unless you have directed a Shakespeare play with only about six weeks of rehearsals (7.30 every morning, fabulous) all yourself, you will not know how much time that swallows. I know normally people write a 5000 word dissertation but I have no idea what I have to do. I'm just going with it.

My friend did the same thing! Not shakespeare though, it was Antigone in which she directed, re-wrote the script to make it hers and original and all that malarky. Good luck! do you know which play you're doing yet?

and in no way is that lesser than the dissertation! EPQ is about doing something outside of the curriculum that interests you! In fact, I think you'll find it might take longer than the essay. Good luck!

Ah oui, d'accord, merci! Oui, je sais, c'est Much Ado About Nothing It's part of the Shakespeare Schools Festuval meaning we perform - they perform - at Leatherhead Theatre with three other schools THE NIGHT BEFORE THE OXFORD DEADLINE. Hectic! Auditions started today. It's part of GandT meaning my budget is amazing

Ahh I see! ooo Leatherhead, that's kinda near my school (well ok its quite far but both in Surrey!).

Ah no ways! But I bet you'll probs send your app in waaay before the deadline! GandT? HOW AMAZING Lol My friend's budget = didn't actually exist. Costumes were made my mums out of bedding... oh yes. Sets donated by ART dept. Lol

I'm currently deciding whether or not to do an EPQ (had the guy running it try to sell it to me on Friday) - I know that it would improve my application, but I might not have the time (I'm down to do 5 subjects (Further Maths (2 option slots), Politics, History and AS German, so would have to do it over the summer and in my own time) - does anyone know how heavy the workload is and how much it actually makes you a more appealing candidate?