University of Oxford offer-holders' thread 2015

I'm sorry because I know this will panic everyone but i feel like I should share this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/11791625/Schools-raise-fears-over-mistakes-in-A-level-marks.html

I wonder if they know this week who missed their offer, those places can then be filled sooner? So was hoping we'd know early on Thursday!

I'm excited to find my college (if I meet the offer ofc) but not too fussed where I end up (praying though it isn't a small college though! Or a theological one...)

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Does anyone know when the open offer holders get their college confirmed: is it on results day or likely to be a few days after?

Mine was confirmed a couple of months ago. A letter just arrived out of the blue! I think that's fairly unusual though - someone with a place must have dropped out.

I remember being told in an email that it would be confirmed "soon after" results.

Ah lucky! Which college did you end up at and what subject?

Good luck for Thursday everyone!

Does anyone know when the open offer holders get their college confirmed: is it on results day or likely to be a few days after?

Good luck to you too (if you're waiting for results)!

Is anyone slightly regretting choosing Oxford as their firm? As results day looms, I’m considering whether it really was the most sagacious decision to automatically accept a conditional offer. What I am now finding off-putting is that one, I assume, has to work very hard for an Oxford degree, whereas one need not do as much work to earn an equivalent degree from a respectable RG university. Of course the counter-argument runs, “But it’s a degree from Oxford. You get to write (Oxon) after your name!” So what? According to this article, Oxford doesn’t even feature on the 2015 list of top universities for employability. Why struggle through the workload associated with an Oxford degree when one can get just as auspicious a degree, with less hassle, from another university?

I for no moment assume that I will meet the requirements of my offer, however, should I do so, I wonder whether it might be wise to pause for a moment and look at the alternatives to Oxford, perhaps even approaching my insurance: KCL. I simply write this being curious to know if others have had similar thoughts?

Is anyone slightly regretting choosing Oxford as their firm? As results day looms, I’m considering whether it really was the most sagacious decision to automatically accept a conditional offer. What I am now finding off-putting is that one, I assume, has to work very hard for an Oxford degree, whereas one need not do as much work to earn an equivalent degree from a respectable RG university. Of course the counter-argument runs, “But it’s a degree from Oxford. You get to write (Oxon) after your name!” So what? According to this article, Oxford doesn’t even feature on the 2015 list of top universities for employability. Why struggle through the workload associated with an Oxford degree when one can get just as auspicious a degree, with less hassle, from another university?

I for no moment assume that I will meet the requirements of my offer, however, should I do so, I wonder whether it might be wise to pause for a moment and look at the alternatives to Oxford, perhaps even approaching my insurance: KCL. I simply write this being curious to know if others have had similar thoughts?

When are college parents allocated?

When are college parents allocated?

They've probably been decided by now, but could change on results day - so you'll be contacted by them probably in the weeks following results day.

Is anyone slightly regretting choosing Oxford as their firm?

I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying I'm regretting choosing Oxford but I definitely have become worried about the pressure.

Feeling similar, although not so much 'regret' about firming Oxford (as this has been a goal of mine for a very long time), more a case of feeling incredibly apprehensive about what I'm getting myself into, and whether I'm even good enough in the first place.

Is anyone slightly regretting choosing Oxford as their firm? As results day looms, I’m considering whether it really was the most sagacious decision to automatically accept a conditional offer. What I am now finding off-putting is that one, I assume, has to work very hard for an Oxford degree, whereas one need not do as much work to earn an equivalent degree from a respectable RG university. Of course the counter-argument runs, “But it’s a degree from Oxford. You get to write (Oxon) after your name!” So what? According to this article, Oxford doesn’t even feature on the 2015 list of top universities for employability. Why struggle through the workload associated with an Oxford degree when one can get just as auspicious a degree, with less hassle, from another university?

I for no moment assume that I will meet the requirements of my offer, however, should I do so, I wonder whether it might be wise to pause for a moment and look at the alternatives to Oxford, perhaps even approaching my insurance: KCL. I simply write this being curious to know if others have had similar thoughts?

I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying I'm regretting choosing Oxford but I definitely have become worried about the pressure. Ultimately I didn't choose Oxford for employability, I chose it for the course and the convenience of accommodation and catering but I'm really hoping that I don't get slaughtered with the pressure of working there since I already found the stress of A Levels difficult enough to deal with. I'm still hoping I get in but I don't think I'd be as devastated if I didn't as I would have before. The opportunities at UCL probably wouldn't be as good for me as they would be at Oxford but it'd probably make my life more pleasant...

Feeling similar, although not so much 'regret' about firming Oxford (as this has been a goal of mine for a very long time), more a case of feeling incredibly apprehensive about what I'm getting myself into, and whether I'm even good enough in the first place. The mixed reports I've received from Oxford students hasn't helped either.. for example one student claims that 25 hours a week of work for Law is the norm, another insisted 70 hours...). I guess it's comforting to know that somebody in the year above me has had 'the best year of his life' there, although on the contrary it is somewhat worrying that another somebody in the year above me regards Oxford as the worst decision of their life..