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Reply 2580

Ivoryfall

Original post by Tweald

Anyone know when we're likely to hear back from Oxford? Does it vary from college to college?

Some of the guys here who are already at Oxford actually answered this for me recently a few pages back! :smile:

Most of them got a generic confirmation email around first or second week of October, then a little later got an email detailing the written work requirements and where to send it, with invitation for interviews coming in November, around 1-2 weeks before the interview date.

Please correct if that's wrong, Oxford folks! :smile:

But as far as I recall, that's about right :smile:

Reply 2581

Louisb19

Any other Maths applicants with sub par GCSEs?

Reply 2582

username738914

Original post by Louisb19

Any other Maths applicants with sub par GCSEs?

Lol, subpar everything CS applicant here!! Well, apart from my predicted grades, reference and PS. Basically a yolo application with the hope of the MAT saving my butt.

Good thing I spoke to the admissions tutor before applying, he seemed very understanding about the circumstances behind the subpar stuff.

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Reply 2583

Louisb19

Original post by Princepieman

How subpar though? I've got 3 A* predicted and i'm taking AS & A2 FM this year on top of the 3 subjects I'm doing in college. I got mediocre AS grades (AABC, C in History, B was 1 ums off an A in Physics and I got 96% for Maths) and mostly B and a few A grades for GCSE. Im just praying that I ace the interview/MAT so I stand a chance! Oxford is my aspirational though so I'm not gonna be surprised if I get rejected right away.

Reply 2584

Gerald DGrilla

Hello everyone.

I am considering having a year off, possibly applying this year but asking if I can defer for a year, or maybe I will not even apply until next year, when I will have my results.

I wonder how common this is, and would I need to declare it at the outset, or could I ask to defer once (if) I get an offer?

Also, is it likely that colleges would resist this (I plan to travel rather than study), because as a Classicist there is a risk that I would lose some of the intense study of Latin and Greek that I have put in over the last 2 years?

I am not 100% sure I want to defer yet, but I would like to get a feel for the declaration/process and how it would be viewed.

Any thoughts would be welcome.

Best,
Gez.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 2585

username738914

Original post by Louisb19

Same as your grades, then somehow bombed my Scottish Advanced Highers - BCD. With the C and D being coursework anomilies as I got 80% and 95% in the written exams. On track for A*A*A in A-level Maths, Further Maths and Economics, all of which I'm doing in a year.

Dunno how GCSEs translate, something like 3A*s, 5 As.

Likewise, I just hope I can do well enough in the MAT to get an interview, probably won't get one with what I have though.

(I do have extenuating circumstances for the prior performance however)

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Reply 2586

georgiaf

Original post by Gerald DGrilla

Hi, I don't know how Oxford would respond...but as someone who takes Latin and Greek too have you considered doing a catch-up course just before you started (were you to get in)? The week-long Bryanston Greek camp in the summer is really good. Just an idea if you were looking to justify your capability at the start of the uni course. :smile:

Reply 2587

SLMS

guys!! for your personal statements are you leaving lines between the paragraphs? (idk if they'll be able to distinguish my different paragraphs if i don't leave lines but leaving lines means less room for writing)

Reply 2588

Lau14

Original post by SLMS

If you've got a few characters/lines to spare do it, it looks a lot neater and clearer. If not, I'd say it's not worth compromising on any of your content just for line breaks.

Reply 2589

Lucilou101

Original post by Gerald DGrilla

This is the faculty's response to it -

About 10% of successful candidates are given places for deferred entry, and all colleges are willing to make such offers. Colleges are generally prepared to offer a deferred place to any candidate worthy of an undeferred place, but they usually do not offer more than one or two deferred places per subject, in order not to disadvantage the following year's candidates. Some applicants for deferred entry may either be offered an undeferred place or encouraged to apply again the following year. If a second college is willing to offer a deferred place to a candidate who wants one when the first-choice college offers only an undeferred place, the offer of a deferred place has precedence. But do bear in mind that it is crucial, if you are applying for a language-based course, to have a plan for how you will maintain your linguistic skills between leaving school and starting at university.

Reply 2590

Elatadi

Hey Guys,

does someone know whether there is an advantage (higher chance of getting an offer) in applying to a college with tutors that specialise in the field you are interested in? For example, would applying to college X whose tutor specializes on Y be advantageous when I'm also interested in Y and even work on a VWA (equivalent to EPQ) in that field? I'm applying for medicine and thought about making an open application, but this seems an important point... :smile:

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Reply 2591

suzywithaZY

Original post by OxSarah

Hey I'm a med hopeful too :biggrin:

I'm glad to have found one person who is going to apply to Oxford medicine as me.It seemed impossible :biggrin:

Aha, nice to meet you :biggrin:

there don't seem to be many of us medics on this thread :O
Oxford medicine is soooo hard to get into, I'm not exactly holding my breath on it :lol:

Reply 2592

antigone-

Original post by Elatadi

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It will be beneficial if you discuss it in your PS but it won't raise your chances or anything. Just be confident in it in case you get an interview :smile:

Reply 2593

emem2011

Original post by thechemistress

Aha, nice to meet you :biggrin:

there don't seem to be many of us medics on this thread :O
Oxford medicine is soooo hard to get into, I'm not exactly holding my breath on it :lol:

Hiya

I'm a hopeful medic too!

I can't wait to just get my UCAS application in now! I'm so nervous though, I loved Oxford and it's medicine course from what I saw on the UNIQ summer school programme :smile:

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Reply 2594

SLMS

Original post by Lau14

If you've got a few characters/lines to spare do it, it looks a lot neater and clearer. If not, I'd say it's not worth compromising on any of your content just for line breaks.

thank you!!

Reply 2595

OxSarah

Original post by thechemistress

Aha, nice to meet you :biggrin:

there don't seem to be many of us medics on this thread :O
Oxford medicine is soooo hard to get into, I'm not exactly holding my breath on it :lol:

Ahahah atm I'm like "Are you serious?Are you seriously considering applying to Oxford med?" .I suppose we are really really brave people :biggrin:

Reply 2596

Magnesium

Original post by Princepieman

Wooooo!!

The excitement is turning into past paper churning right now, I'm hopefully channelling it well. :biggrin:

Yesss, fingers crossed!!

What are you applying for and what college?

Doing the MAT/STEP is so satisfying when you get the right answer with no help and so frustrating when you don't understand how they even got the answer :')

Mathematics at St John's :smile:

You?

Reply 2597

username738914

Original post by Magnesium

Doing the MAT/STEP is so satisfying when you get the right answer with no help and so frustrating when you don't understand how they even got the answer :')

Mathematics at St John's :smile:

You?

Pretty much sums up my life right now tbh. It's even worse when you do a question, check their solution and it's completely different but you get it right anyway. :')

Computer Science at St Anne's. Hopefully we get an interview with all this preparation!

Reply 2598

BrasenoseAdm

Official Rep

Original post by Lucilou101

Some additional comments.

We recommend you apply for deferred entry from the outset. Since a deferred place takes a place from next year's quota, the selectors generally only offer deferred entry to applicants ranked in the top half of those awarded places. You may be asked at interview if you would accept a place for entry in the current year and be offered a place for a 2016 start if you are assessed as meeting the entry standard but not ranked high enough to justify deferred entry.

Brasenose selectors also take age and personal circumstances into account when assessing applications for deferred entry. For example:

a very young applicant (under 16 or perhaps under 17) wishing to take a gap year prior to entry so as to be more mature at the start of the course;

a student with exceptional circumstances for whom entry in the current cycle would be difficult.

Reply 2599

Magnesium

Original post by Princepieman

Pretty much sums up my life right now tbh. It's even worse when you do a question, check their solution and it's completely different but you get it right anyway. :' :wink:

Computer Science at St Anne's. Hopefully we get an interview with all this preparation!

Oh I know, that's the worst :redface:

That's especially bad when it comes to questions 2-5! How are you finding it time wise? I'm still getting used to the style of thinking, and it's taking me a lot longer than 2.5 hours to finish it, since i separate the sessions out between different days to let me think about how to answer the question :eek: