Oxford Applicants for 2012 Entry

Well, she had been in Germany for 3 weeks and she got back like a week ago. I suppose she's really busy right now.

LOL no it was set to "do the locomotion" by kylie minogue

yeah, that's my goal too. Don't want to stressing at the last minute

however I'm sure my school will find a way of making it as stressful as possible for me ...

I feel your pain, I'm going into my school early next week to arrange for my reference (I'm applying as an individual), and I've to try to convince my history and English teacher to write my reference for me, despite his having refused once before with a dismissive "The principal writes the UCAS references"

I've spoken to my principal about three times in six years.
I'm applying for History and English.
The teacher I have for both subjects won't write my reference.
Go figure.

Also, I just read on the written work cover sheet that the work has to be sent in early november BTW I love this thread, its so nice to know there are people stressing about the same things as me I also love the smilies

Yeah mine was along the same lines I had like, a history paragraph, and an english lit paragraph, and I was going to do a small piece on why I want to do both, but its already at 7800 without it, and I haven't even done a conclusion And somehow when I read back over it it just doesn't seem personal enough.
There's going to be some brutal editing in the English paragraph I reckon... Its so hard to decide when there's two subjects to consider

Wooh, we've missed you! (Well I have...)

Yea we have! Where are all the guys from like 5 weeks ago... Our old Oxford crew that tried to beat Cambridge's thread by posting irrelevant stuff Kinda miss it..

I missed you too! That is, I missed stalking your email and making death threats.




YEAH, DAMN IT. What's with all this relevant material? BEGONE!

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this is the one I was thinking of


I was wondering, I didn't think it would be to your...tastes

I know all the words to the Internationale, in English and Irish. Shameful.

Hi I was just wondering if the fact that I tutored myself through my IGCSE's would have any weight with Oxford Admissions Tutors. I took the exams back in West Africa, and they were unable to teach us a different syllabus, so I was forced to teach my self from textbooks etc. The grades were not really good, but I had nothing lower than a B.
I'm not so worried about the grades themselves. I'm going to have my form tutor talk about the fact that I had to teach myself in my reference. Could I also mention it in my PS? Maybe something about academic independence?
Do admissions tutor really care for this sort of thing or is it just another excuse/sob story to them. Any experiences or opinions are really welcome!!!

Clearly not. No fancy tactics are going to give you a better chance of getting into Oxford I'm afraid. It isn't some kind of lucky dip, it's a place at a world class institution, so sending in an application a bit earlier than everyone else will not make a blind bit of difference.

I'm a neo-liberal, so I suppose my song would have to mention derivatives and gold and skiing

Is there somewhere on UCAS apart from the PS where I can put my Maths UMS? Because I'm quote proud of them, though not my others so much.

erm....

I get why that's a really stupid thing to ask, but... Isn't it more important to do the wider reading around my A Level courses so that I can actually get into any university?

Just struggling with how to do my PS I guess, school lack of support not really helping.

You don't need to do wider reading to pass an A level. A levels are largely about learning a syllabus and regurgitating facts in the exam.

Frankly, if you are serious about economics, I would try and read more widely than Freakonomics. You're setting yourself up for a fall otherwise. They want to see that you are passionate about and commited to the subject. I'd be worried if this is not obvious to you.