Oxford Applicants for 2012 Entry

Update: Oxford's IT department have now confirmed that the issue has been successfully resolved with Hotmail, and email is again flowing correctly.

Nothing to worry about I have a hotmail account and my acknowledgement came through fine.

How long after submitting your UCAS did the confirmation email come?

A week later It looks like the acknowledgement e-mails are coming out in a bit of a random order though, so I wouldn't worry if you don't get one for a while.

A week later It looks like the acknowledgement e-mails are coming out in a bit of a random order though, so I wouldn't worry if you don't get one for a while.

Anyone here not sent off their ucas yet?

Could anyone enlighten me on the theory of structuralism? I'm applying for History, and am already well read on dialectical materialism and Marxism, but the theory of Structuralism is a bit difficult to understand. It would just be nice to know for the interview and so on. Thankyou in advance.

PLEASE will someone give me some serious advice.
I've got AAAB at AS a level, A*AAAAAAABBC at GCSE, and I'm predicted A*A*A, should I bother applying to oxford for human sciences? will they even consider me?

If you meet the entry requirements then yes, go for it!

Could anyone enlighten me on the theory of structuralism? I'm applying for History, and am already well read on dialectical materialism and Marxism, but the theory of Structuralism is a bit difficult to understand. It would just be nice to know for the interview and so on. Thankyou in advance.

Yeah, I do, the entry requirements are AAA and I'm predcited higher. But everyone keeps telling me that there' a 90%+ chance of me being rejected because of my GCSE grades :/

I only know what structuralism is in relation to other theories involving Nazi Germany

For example;

Structuralist scholars have suggested the Holocaust was a result of pressures that came from both above and below and that Hitler lacked a master plan, but was the decisive force behind the Holocaust.

Extreme functionalists(structuralists) such as Götz Aly believe that the Nazi leadership had nothing to do with initiating the Holocaust (intentionalist viewpoint) and that the entire initiative came from the lower ranks of the German bureaucracy.

Moderate functionalists/ STRUCTURALISTS, such as Karl Schleunes and Christopher Browning, believe that the rivalry within the unstable Nazi power structure provided the major driving force behind the Holocaust. Moderate functionalists believe that the Nazis aimed to expel all of the Jews from Europe (intention), but only after the failure of these schemes did they resort to genocide (the result of their structure/ pressures from below and above, decisions out of their control). This is sometimes referred to as the "crooked path" to genocide.

From this I have generalisied; structuralist thinking (surrounding pressures shape events) is the opposite to Intentionalist thinking (that people - usually those leading a movement - making decisions that shape events).

What's dialectical materialism?

Well I'm applying with lower GCSE grades than you GCSE's are only one of the things the admissions tutors look at. Does your subject require you to submit any written work or take an admissions test?

Yeah. 100 words on why I want to study human sciences.
Also, you know on ucas, how do I apply with an "open application"? :/

I only know what structuralism is in relation to other theories involving Nazi Germany

For example;

Structuralist scholars have suggested the Holocaust was a result of pressures that came from both above and below and that Hitler lacked a master plan, but was the decisive force behind the Holocaust.

Extreme functionalists(structuralists) such as Götz Aly believe that the Nazi leadership had nothing to do with initiating the Holocaust (intentionalist viewpoint) and that the entire initiative came from the lower ranks of the German bureaucracy.

Moderate functionalists/ STRUCTURALISTS, such as Karl Schleunes and Christopher Browning, believe that the rivalry within the unstable Nazi power structure provided the major driving force behind the Holocaust. Moderate functionalists believe that the Nazis aimed to expel all of the Jews from Europe (intention), but only after the failure of these schemes did they resort to genocide (the result of their structure/ pressures from below and above, decisions out of their control). This is sometimes referred to as the "crooked path" to genocide.

From this I have generalisied; structuralist thinking (surrounding pressures shape events) is the opposite to Intentionalist thinking (that people - usually those leading a movement - making decisions that shape events).

What's dialectical materialism?

Oh right, I always thought an open application is better because you get allocated to a college with a low number of applicants...

Just try and really impress the tutors with your written work, then You have good AS' and A-level predictions, and at the end of the day the worst thing that can happen is that they'll reject you.

When you enter the course and subject, you should have the option to select a campus. Select "Open Application" ("O" on the key).