Oxford Applicants for 2012 Entry MKII

Ahh ok makes me feel better to know that the panic is shared I think we just have to assume that they will let us know tomorrow or Saturday, which BA did you apply for?

98+ got interview

4+ got rejected

hmm...

Maybe the ones rejected don't tend to post them out?

Some E&M and PPE people in mys school got rejected today...Really feeling bad for them.

by today do you mean this morning...... already.....

Applied for human sciences (yes, a bit mind boggling that it falls under a BA). Still no emails this morning

What did you apply for? Let me know if you have any luck on the interview front!

And they've started rejecting PPE too :/

I'm waiting on Wadham and getting increasingly nervous.

EDIT: Sweet Jesus! They're interviewing me!

Got an interview at Oriel eeeek yay

And they've started rejecting PPE too :/

You don't mean you've been ... rejected?

Yea! Jardine Scholarship. H.K, I guess you're Indonesian ?

Any idea what the grant amounts to (and how heavy the competition is)? XD

SORRRRY I DIDNT REPLY LAST NIGHT, SLEEP WAS NECESSARY!!

To the english and history applicant:

Youu will have one interview with the history department, they'll talk about your essay with you, and about the topics youve studied at college. For example, i wrote my essay on the emancipation proclamation and the extent to which is was motivated by morals. They spent half of the interview asking me questions about that, they try to get you to think deeper than you have in your essay, so they'll ask you things in the same subject area but with a slightly different spin. For my A levels i did modern american history, we had a brief debate about the quagmire thesis. Then they may focus on your personal statement for some time, they like to catch you out on sweeping statements, for example, i'd said something along the lines of history presents the path taken by nations to move from monarchy to government. I was then asked in which countries is the power currently moving the other way. Your english interview will be alot of questions about books you've studied and read for pleasure. They want to think you read constannnntly (because thats what you have to do when you get here xD) But dont lie! They are very good at catching you out.

TO THE HISTORY AND POLITICS APPLICANTS

As your doing two subjects, your two interviews will be simmular to whats described above, your history interview will be as explained. Your second interview will be with the politics department. IF you have studied politics before, brush up on a couple of really good topics, as they generally ask you what you would like to talk about/what areas you have studied. They want to engage you in a discussion, so dont mention anything that your not totally sure about. For example, in my politics interview i mentioned that i'd recently studied socialism. He asked me what about socialism i found interesting, i mentioned the debate that 'socialism is dead' in the modern world. We then debated for most of the interview over whether or not it was dead. I was also briefly asked about my other a level subjects and how i thought they could compliment history and politics. I did english and spanish, so it was pretty easy to make up a link between them!

Some colleges however, assume that people wont have studied politics before, so they will give you a task in your second interview. This is commonly a source that you have to read through (normally given ten minutes to do so before you go in) Then they will ask you questions/ discuss the nature of source with you. It wont be anything scary, they are generally quite nice!

I applied the same scholarship. No reply for interview for the scholarship at all, but an interview offer from Oxford. I am from HK.

Has Balliol gotten back to anyone regarding PPE?