Oxford 2011 Freshers Chat Thread

Have you seen The Borgias? One of the few things that makes me wish I had Sky. I've heard it's actually relatively accurate, because Pope Alexander VI was truly disgusting, and so debauched that Hollywood could hardly exaggerate it.

Where do you find it out from again? Also how does the amount Oxford gives compare to what you get from Student Finance, if that's not too rude a question?

lool are we talking about scholarships?

Yeah same! I figured i'd leave the last few about drawing the graphs and ask nicely when I get there :P I just didn't want them to think i was incapable so early on :') I took A level maths and I'm pretty sure there wasn't any mention of light wave equations and stuff . What are you going to be studying? I'm doing biochemistry.

Did anyone get the UMS survey from Oxford?

Yep

Did anyone get the UMS survey from Oxford?

Nope. What was it?

From their undergraduate admissions email:


Congratulations on your success in gaining a place to study at the University of Oxford. We are contacting you because we are conducting some research on the A-Level performance of our students, specifically regarding the UMS scores obtained. We intend to study how UMS scores relate to other information gathered during the admissions process, and how they link to performance during your time at the University. This information will provide invaluable insights for the future evolution of our admissions process.


We would greatly appreciate your help in this matter, so ask that you visit our online survey and provide details of the UMS marks you obtained in your A-Level exams. The form can be found at:


www.survey.bris.ac.uk/oxford/ums?x1=1066671807

(please do not be alarmed at the fact this is not an Oxford web address – this is just the survey tool we use)


Please could you complete the survey no later than Monday 17th October. Many thanks in advance for your assistance

Exactly! - 'Assume x=0 and draw the graph' - whaaat? I've heard they don't check anyway and I've spoken to a few people who haven't done it at all - at least they say.. But I thought I'd best do it in case I found something really hard that was hiding in there. I'm going to be studying biochem too! What college are you at?

Clicked. Apparently, I've already completed this survey. Hmm.

I'm at Trinity (: You? Do you think we'll be getting any booklists and stuff? It feels strange going to Oxford with a severe lack of text books. We'll maybe have to spend a load of cash on them in the first week..

I imagine we all recieve personalised urls




Christ Church has a £70/year book grant, perhaps other colleges do the same?

I imagine we all recieve personalised urls




Christ Church has a £70/year book grant, perhaps other colleges do the same?

I'm at Trinity (: You? Do you think we'll be getting any booklists and stuff? It feels strange going to Oxford with a severe lack of text books. We'll maybe have to spend a load of cash on them in the first week..

Christ Church! As somebody else pointed out, at Christ Church we do indeed get a nice book grant of £210 for the entire course, which has to be claimed in £70 denominations. I don't have a booklist, but the letter that I got off ChCh's biochem reps says that generally the libraries will have all that we needed. They did list a few books, and they only really recommended that it might be a good idea to buy one of them, but simply because there's a limited supply of it or something? I'm going to ask them whether I should get any of them, but I'd imagine we're fine! I'm just going to make sure I've read over my A Level notes again so that I don't turn up clueless! :P

Trinity has a £50 book grant, which I am thankful for...(not that it covers the cost of all my books )

Good idea! I might bring some of my A level notes to help, because i have no doubt that a great deal of knowledge has leaked out of my brain over the last few months :P Hopefully there won't be too many text books to worry about though (: Do you think that we have to wait to get a lab coat in Oxford? - They'll probably recommend a certain type :P