Oxford Applicants 2016 Entry &amp; Interview chat

Original post by antigone-

Thank you haha, I'll start doing that after exams! :smile:

I have an offer for history and I panicked so much about the HAT! All I really did was a couple of past papers and in hindsight there isn't a huge amount to worry about because I found the sources understandable and good to pick information out from. It's like any exam really - go in and stay focused on the questions and try to do your best :smile:

good luck! :smile:

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Original post by twelfthnight

I have an offer for history and I panicked so much about the HAT! All I really did was a couple of past papers and in hindsight there isn't a huge amount to worry about because I found the sources understandable and good to pick information out from. It's like any exam really - go in and stay focused on the questions and try to do your best :smile:

good luck! :smile:

Thank you!
They also ask for one piece of written work at A2 level, what sort of thing should I be sending in? Thanks again :smile:

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twelfthnight

Original post by antigone-

Thank you!
They also ask for one piece of written work at A2 level, what sort of thing should I be sending in? Thanks again :smile:

I just sent in a homework essay from my A2 course - we had only just started so I got an A rather than a top A* but they didn't seem to mind. I did it timed as well - 1 hour (you can put that on the form you send in with it.) As long as it is a piece which shows off your ability to put together some sort of essay, and one which you'd be comfortable talking about and expanding on at interview, it should be fine :smile:

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Original post by twelfthnight

I just sent in a homework essay from my A2 course - we had only just started so I got an A rather than a top A* but they didn't seem to mind. I did it timed as well - 1 hour (you can put that on the form you send in with it.) As long as it is a piece which shows off your ability to put together some sort of essay, and one which you'd be comfortable talking about and expanding on at interview, it should be fine :smile:

Thank you I was really worried about that! Well done for getting an offer btw :biggrin:

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twelfthnight

Original post by antigone-

Thank you I was really worried about that! Well done for getting an offer btw :biggrin:

Thank you! Good luck throughout the process and if you have any more questions do just ask :smile:

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AdamY

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Original post by Gerald DGrilla

4. Any particularly eccentric academic interests (not "I love Earth Sciences". Or history, or maths. Things that aren't your subject.)

I am conducting a long term study which I hope will become the definitive work on semi-rigid celluloid underwater dynamics (SR-CUD)

If this doesn't get you guys talking I don't know what will :lol:

Would you care to expand?!

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Gerald DGrilla

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Original post by AdamY

If this doesn't get you guys talking I don't know what will :lol:

Would you care to expand?!

Yes, well.

(edited 8 years ago)

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username1967813

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Ah, I've been looking for an Oxford applicants thread for ages! Hey everyone! :flower2:

GCSE grades: 9A*s in English Language, English Literature, French, Double Science (Chemistry, Physics, Biology) Mathematics, Music, Art, Latin and an A in Religious Studies (one mark off an A*, I'd never been so annoyed in my life!)
A-Levels: English Literature, Religious Studies, French, Art
Course: Law or English Language and Literature - I swing like a pendulum daily between each course, I just cannot decide! I'd find them both interesting.
College: Possibly Balliol, although I'm not that fussed about which college I end up in!

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What made everybody pick Oxford over Cambridge?

My reasons were:
- My dad lives in Oxford and I've always loved the city
- I've been to Cambridge University 4/5 times and I just don't like it, the area is pretty but very dull and almost dreary
- I want to study History & Politics and Cambridge only does single honours History or HSPS which is just too broad for me
- After visiting the actual University I fell in love haha it's incredible!

:biggrin:

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GoldOnTheCeiling

Original post by antigone-

What made everybody pick Oxford over Cambridge?

My reasons were:
- My dad lives in Oxford and I've always loved the city
- I've been to Cambridge University 4/5 times and I just don't like it, the area is pretty but very dull and almost dreary
- I want to study History & Politics and Cambridge only does single honours History or HSPS which is just too broad for me
- After visiting the actual University I fell in love haha it's incredible!

:biggrin:

Cambridge is ridiculously dead, and oxford is older

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Original post by GoldOnTheCeiling

Cambridge is ridiculously dead, and oxford is older

It is quite dead haha, is Oxford better for the course you want to do?

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fluteflute

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Original post by thechemistress

Do you mind if I steal some (or all) of your questions for the Cambridge thread? :lol:

Sure!

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suzywithaZY

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Original post by antigone-

What made everybody pick Oxford over Cambridge?

My reasons were:
- My dad lives in Oxford and I've always loved the city
- I've been to Cambridge University 4/5 times and I just don't like it, the area is pretty but very dull and almost dreary
- I want to study History & Politics and Cambridge only does single honours History or HSPS which is just too broad for me
- After visiting the actual University I fell in love haha it's incredible!

:biggrin:

Dull? D: what do you mean by that? I'm a Cambridge applicant, so this concerns me slightly :lol:

I think the main reason I'm not applying to Oxford is because, even though I absolutely adore the city and everything about it, I live there so it's pretty much a no-go zone :lol:

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tilly5798

When should we start writing our personal statements (especially if we want to apply to oxbridge) ?

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