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As the open day gets closer i'm getting Oxford-itis again, don't think it's good....

Also, given i'm about 100 pages out of date in this thread, is anyone else at Hertford on Wednesday? I'm going down tomorrow night, lovely long train journey, and am beginning to be slightly nervous about the whole thing....

And having just seen the brilliantly done spreadsheet, i've decided there are too many people down for English! (Although i'm glad i'm not going for PPE looking at it!) Wouldn't want to be the person who has to scrub names from it in the unlikely event Oxford decide we're all too brilliant to be accepted! (Can you feel my delusion? haha)

I'm working at the Open Day at Hertford as a helper, if you have any questions at all just ask!

Reply 2301

thehaberprocess

Original post by such_a_lady

Which college will you be visiting?

Also, just found out that the huge German exchange group currently visiting our school (who, incidentally, all recognise me as the mad English girl with a penchant for dresses) are also visiting Oxford on Wednesday. Coincidence much!?

HAHA that made me laugh. Pretty much my entire school are off to the oxbridge open days. Coincidence much? :P

Reply 2302

punctuation

Original post by Oxford ComLab

Opps, sorry. My understanding is that although the Philosophy, Psychology and Linguistics has been advertised in the current Undergraduate Prospectus as a possible new course it will not be available for entry in 2012. Discussions about entry in 2013 are continuing. You'd need to talk to the relevant departments directly for more info.

Thank you for the update. Yes, I was told it had yet to be formally agreed upon.

Oh well...

ETA: Last year the 2011 applicant thread reached page 116 in OCTOBER. So we are way ahead. XD

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 2303

Speedy03

Original post by jbeacom600

I'm working at the Open Day at Hertford as a helper, if you have any questions at all just ask!

Oh great thanks! That's good to know! No doubt i'll see you in a day or two, and probably bombard you with daft questions...

Reply 2304

such_a_lady

Oh no! Weather forecast changes yet again!

Hope this works:

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/UKXX0106?begHour=7&begDay=187

Reply 2305

punctuation

This thread is going to be very quiet tomorrow...

Reply 2306

such_a_lady

Original post by punctuation

This thread is going to be very quiet tomorrow...

Why?

Reply 2307

anyone_can_fly

Original post by punctuation

This thread is going to be very quiet tomorrow...

Don't you mean the day after tomorrow? Ah well, it needs it's rest. I'm sure we've more than made up for it over the last week! :lol:

Reply 2308

such_a_lady

Original post by anyone_can_fly

Don't you mean the day after tomorrow? Ah well, it needs it's rest. I'm sure we've more than made up for it over the last week! :lol:

Well I'm going to come home and put my pictures and official report up :tongue:

Reply 2309

LonelySoul193

Original post by such_a_lady

Well I'm going to come home and put my pictures and official report up :tongue:

Oooooh I look forward to that :biggrin:

Reply 2310

such_a_lady

Original post by LonelySoul193

Oooooh I look forward to that :biggrin:

Aww thanks :biggrin:

Let me find the programme for the day. My train leaves at 8.10ish and gets in at 9.52 and Sven is meeting me at the station so we can walk to Merton.

Merton College Open Day - Typical Programme of Events

10.30 – 11.00 Arrival, registration and refreshments

11.00 – 11.30 Talk for prospective Arts & Social Sciences students

Tour of College for prospective Science students

11.30-12.00 Talk for prospective Science students

Tour of College for prospective Arts & Social Sciences students

12.00-12.30 Meetings with Subject Tutors (pupils only)

Q&A session for teachers (with Tutor for Admissions & Schools Liaison Officer)

12.30 -13.00 Lunch for those booked onto the Open Day

13.15-14.00 Mock Interviews (one for Arts/Social Sciences and one for Science)

c.14.15 End of formal programme of events at Merton

And then I don't know what we'll do. We might have a chance to look around Oxford or visit some more colleges. I'm going to let him choose because I've already been there four times :tongue:

Reply 2311

tohuwabohu

Aaah! What did I miss in this thread? Have we beaten Cambridge already? The last two days in Oxford have been amazing! I looked around soooo many colleges (I can understand the Merton-hype now :smile:

) and it was very nice. I still can't decide though. Any open day news? :woo:

Reply 2312

fluteflute

Original post by Phia7

Aaah! What did I miss in this thread? Have we beaten Cambridge already?

Yes we have! (And since we beat them yesterday we've accumulated about another 8 pages...)

Reply 2313

such_a_lady

Original post by Phia7

) and it was very nice. I still can't decide though. Any open day news? :woo:

Wait, you're already there??

Yep, we beat Cambridge, and you missed the celebrations, the tennis talk, lots of German and lots of Gaelic.

Which colleges did you visit??? What did you think of each of them???

Reply 2314

tohuwabohu

No!

Yep, I'm already here :smile:

I visited so many colleges that it would take ages to write about all of them on this tiny ipod :smile:

(it's already taking ages to write this :wink:

( but they're all so great! I particularly fell in love with Magdalen & Corpus Christi though.
Any big open day meetings planned? I scanned through some of the pages & didn't find anything so I hope I didn't miss that!

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 2315

such_a_lady

Original post by Phia7

No!

Yep, I'm already here :smile:

I visited so many colleges that it would take ages to write about all of them on this tiny ipod :smile:

(it's already taking ages to write this :wink:

Between us lot, you mean? No, as loads of us are going to different colleges or going on Thursday instead :frown:

Where will you be on Wednesday?

Reply 2316

thehaberprocess

Original post by such_a_lady

Aww thanks :biggrin:

Aww that day sounds way better than the St john's one. You even get mock interviews?!? I suppose it is Merton...Not that St John's is MAJORLY bad :tongue:

Reply 2317

such_a_lady

Original post by thehaberprocess

Aww that day sounds way better than the St john's one. You even get mock interviews?!? I suppose it is Merton...Not that St John's is MAJORLY bad :tongue:

Why, what's that one like?

Reply 2318

thehaberprocess

Original post by such_a_lady

Why, what's that one like?

Well I've got the letter and it's a lot more general. Like general admissions etc. It has the Subject tutors part but nothing as specialised like specific tours for the sciences/arts. AND NO MOCK INTERVIEWS! Though now come to think about it, I don't think I could tolerate a mock interview so early on in the process...