Oxford Applicants 2016 Entry & Interview chat

Guys, a few questions when it comes to written work that is a Microsoft Word document:

1. What font should I use?
2. Size of letters?
3. Can I bold/italic words with the aim of emphasizing them?
4. Spacing: none, single, 1.5 lines or other option?
5. Can use the option "first line" at the beginning of every paragraph?

Thanks!

And when it comes to the tests, I know you all did them well, you are stressed too much to accurately evaluate the situation! Don't worry!

INTERVIEW INVITATIONS

Since there has been a discussion on TSR about interview invitations we thought it would be helpful to issue some general guidance. Brasenose will send these out giving at least one working week's notice. At the same time we will also send out notification to any applicants that we are unfortunately unable to interview. The communications will go out subject by subject.

The timing of these letters is not completely under our control because the decisions are taken jointly by the College selectors and the Departments concerned. In consequence, although we will contact applicants as soon as short-listing is completed, the timing of the notification will vary according to subject. We will only be writing to those of you who made a direct application to Brasenose or who have been reallocated to us. There will probably be some variation in the timing of College letters just as there was in sending out confirmation emails after you applied but notifications hopefully should not be too widely spaced.

All this may mean that in a particular school some students know the outcome before others. We appreciate that this is not ideal but unlike GCSE and A-level/IB/Scottish Highers results, there is no single results day for interview selection. There is a single results day for final decisions about places for all Oxford Colleges at the end of the process - Friday 8th January.

As you will appreciate, subjects have varying numbers of applicants and we need to ensure that everyone receives the correct letter. Sometimes there may also be a delay associated with a particular application. These are the main reasons why the notifications cannot all be sent out for each subject from all of the Colleges on the same day.

This is all we can say about the dates of interview decisions. We will not be announcing the expected date of invitations because we do not wish to put you on edge (sometimes there are unexpected delays) so please do not contact us with queries about this particular aspect of admissions.

Hi I applied for Law at Brasenose also, you're the first person I've seen!

I was told to use Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing 1.5 for all my documents in my current university. About bold/italicizing words and the 'first line'option, I don't know. For Oxford, I suppose you could play around with the font size, but don't go above 14. And try to use a regular font, like Times or Calibri or Arial. Don't go for anything fancy.
Could I also know how you're sending your written work? Typing it out, yeah, but are you printing it out and then getting it marked by your teacher and then scanning it?If not, how are you showing the teacher's comments?

I typed mine out, printed it and getting my teacher to mark it, then scanning it, saving to pdf and emailing it. I guess if you emailed it to your teacher they could write footnotes or comments on Word

By the way, recently I've been surfing through the Oxford web-site and glanced the page about disabilities, then followed the links, read some information... and came up with the question - should I have informed or inform the university about my Chronic Hypothyroidism that I've already been struggling for 8 years and on the way has always been a threat to my mind?

I'm just wondering...

By the way, recently I've been surfing through the Oxford web-site and glanced the page about disabilities, then followed the links, read some information... and came up with the question - should I have informed or inform the university about my Chronic Hypothyroidism that I've already been struggling for 8 years and on the way has always been a threat to my mind?

I'm just wondering...

Do you send out an email, written letter, or both?

I think you should. I also mentioned in my UCAS application (section for disabilities) a disability, I didn't want to lie or hide it.

I know this is a bit of a sad question but it's for my own peace of mind- in the past have the emails with either an interview offer or a rejection revealed which decision it is in the subject of the email or is it ambiguous?

For example does the subject say something vague like "Your application to X College" or does it say something explicit like "Invitation to interview"

Thanks

I have also applied for Biochemistry (St Hilda's). You are right! It's such a relief not having to take an admissions test or sending any written work. Where else have you applied to?

Good luck!

mate you need a A*AA, and you're only predicted AAA. Are you confident that you'll get an offer

Hi guys,
I have to send a (maximum) 2000 word essay to Somerville (I'm applying to do English). The essay I want to send is 2050 words, do you think it matters if I'm 50 words over? The essay I've chosen is my English coursework from last year and it has the word count at the bottom (as well as my teacher's markings all over it) so I can't retype it or cut some out.

Please help!! Thanks so much x

I've applied for Law at Brasenose too! :-)

Hi! Good luck!
Do you mind me asking what you got at GCSE and AS, as a point of comparison?