Oxford 2011 Freshers Chat Thread

I had to read it for my French class two years ago. I think I finished it in two nights and I memorized like so many of the monologues (now forgotten of course!)



Which edition of Lettres d'une Péruvienne did you get? I haven't gotten mine yet (waiting until I'm in France) and yours sounds quite nice Well, I can tell you that I've already read Le Discours de la Méthode, and it's excellent, so don't worry about that! And Sartre is quite good as a philosopher, but not as good as when he's an author

I'm not French actually, but I went to a French lycée abroad, so I took the French Bac (section ES)

I think it might be time for us to come together and create a group to rival that of the PPE-ists!

This is likely to vary by college so it'd be helpful to know which one. I had a yellow financial guarantee form that I had to fill in and attach a letter from the SLC and a representative of a bank to certify that I had enough funds for living expenses but this might be different for UK students. It's probably something to that effect though.

EDIT: got my IB results - met my offer!

Didn't Bac results come out today? My friend in Paris got his...

I got the Voltaire Foundation copy of "Lettres..." it's quite a thick book - the story itself is really short, but there are loads of notes by Jonathan Mallinson (Tutor at Trinity)

I would like a facebook group - but I don't want to be the one that creates it

I'm in California, so we took our exams like two weeks before the people in France so we got our results two weeks ago Thankfully because I was worried sick I wouldn't make my offer...

I'll keep an eye out for that edition... I love lots of notes and things, and carrying around big books with short stories which makes it looks like I'm reading something really long really quickly

I certainly have no idea how to create a group on Facebook! IF ANYBODY KNOWS, TELL ME!!

Just got an email from New enclosing a letter from the maths tutors, reading lists and general maths stuff to do over the summer.

Cool can I ask what the reading list/ general maths to do over the summer was?
Hertford has sent nothing

College had sent us an e-mail around the start of July to mid - July about what we were supposed to do. I would suggest reading and working through Introductory Mathematics: Algebra and Analysis by Geoff Smith and doing the practice problems on the Maths Insitute's website.

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There's a create group button on the sidebar to the left of the news feed.

I think if anyone is to create the group, it should be someone who is definitely sure of their grades....

Or call it an offer holders' group like this thread, rather than a freshers' group.

Okay, I've managed to create the group - Now join!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_213440512033597&ap=1

I miss our closed thread already and so I had to make this thread.

Discuss anything at all, just like we did in our previous thread.

All of you, join here and may this thread be the new favourite tread for all the Oxford lovers :-)


Since it seems that people do want a list, I will produce one (sorted by colleges primarily, then by subjects)
- if there are any mistakes here, let me know, please. Also, if you want to be included in the list and you do not have your college and subject info in your signature, include this info in your post here :-)


Oxford Offer Holders list (courtesy of Nag o ma Scylla):


List of offer holder Facebook groups (courtesy of Cynthialf):

Just got an email from New enclosing a letter from the maths tutors, reading lists and general maths stuff to do over the summer.

This is likely to vary by college so it'd be helpful to know which one. I had a yellow financial guarantee form that I had to fill in and attach a letter from the SLC and a representative of a bank to certify that I had enough funds for living expenses but this might be different for UK students. It's probably something to that effect though.

EDIT: got my IB results - met my offer!

Yeah, I haven't heard anything either. Anyone else have the offer email still in their inbox to look at each day?

Yeah, I haven't heard anything either. Anyone else have the offer email still in their inbox to look at each day?

I have it in my inbox, but I don't look at it every day.

Okay, I've managed to create the group - Now join!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_213440512033597&ap=1