Oxford Applicants 2016 Entry & Interview chat

Is it a good idea to apply to a college where there are more people studying your subject or do your choices not entirely matter as I've heard people getting offers from somewhere they didn't even apply to

I'm rather confused. For the History and French/modern languages course, it is necessary to sit both the HAT and the MLAT. But they are both at 9:00 on the 4th of November ! How does it work out? Somebody help pls

Is it a good idea to apply to a college where there are more people studying your subject or do your choices not entirely matter as I've heard people getting offers from somewhere they didn't even apply to

Part of the reason why I applied to my college is because it was one of the larger ones for my course (taking about 5 people per year). I didn't really want to be at a college that usually only takes one or two.
(Obviously this was just a preference, and I could have been reallocated to another college).

Daft question but would it feel lonely to be one of only about three people studying a particular subject at a college?

Depends on your personality I guess. Depending on your subject there will be people studying similar degrees, eg. there's 3 Biochemists at Univ, but then there's 9 chemists. There's also a person who is the only person in the year studying their degree, and only one of two in the whole year over the university - and she's fine :P

Daft question but would it feel lonely to be one of only about three people studying a particular subject at a college?

as Lucilou said, sometimes there is overlap- HisPol only has ~50 students across all colleges, and nobody has more than 2-3- but the HisPol people overlap with both Historians & PPEists, which are plentiful in pretty much all colleges.

Depends on your personality I guess. Depending on your subject there will be people studying similar degrees, eg. there's 3 Biochemists at Univ, but then there's 9 chemists. There's also a person who is the only person in the year studying their degree, and only one of two in the whole year over the university - and she's fine :P

Trying to work out which subject this is for! I recall Classics&English having limited places?

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Daft question but would it feel lonely to be one of only about three people studying a particular subject at a college?

It is worth pointing out that you would be one of either 9 or 12 students if the degree lasts 3 or 4 years. A year group of 3 is slightly unusual - colleges typically set quota in multiples of 2 because many subjects have paired tutorials. Our Fine Art quota is now 3 but since the teaching for this degree is organised by the Ruskin School, it is not an issue. As a college we are moving away from single student intakes by increasing Fine Art to 3 and ceasing to admit for Music - this is in line with the Humanities Division's preference to locate the smaller subjects in fewer colleges. Students taking joint subjects though (eg History Politics, or History Economics, or Ancient & Modern History) are fine since they interact with the wider group of History/Economics/Politics students. Occasionally undergraduates also transfer into programmes such as Theology or Oriental Studies while on course and again they seem to be fine - but they usually continue to take some options with the Philosophy or Modern Language students & so are not completely stand alone. We hope these comments are helpful.

ah ok - have you got an offer?

I'm still waiting for my AS results, and hopefully with all As Ill apply to Oxford, but even with 7 A*s and 4 As at GCSE, I got a C in art, and all the statistics and everything basically says I dont stand a chance. Is there anyone who goes Oxford or who knows a bit more?? Thanks guys xx

Good luck for results day.

Last year, applicants to Brasenose who received offers included 6 candidates with 1C at GCSE, two with 2Cs, and two with 2Ds.

Your chances depend on your application as a whole and how you perform if you take admissions tests and are invited to interview.

Really?? Thanks!!! I think there's often the perception that grades are 100% everything. Haha I'm applying for modern languages. So hopefully all goes well. Thanks again xx

Good luck for results day.

Last year, applicants to Brasenose who received offers included 6 candidates with 1C at GCSE, two with 2Cs, and two with 2Ds.

Your chances depend on your application as a whole and how you perform if you take admissions tests and are invited to interview.