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The 2017 Oxford Decisions Discussion Thread

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Original post by Gilo98
Subject:PPE
College: Christ Church
Outcome: Offer
How did you find out? Email, don't think ChCh are sending letters
How do you feel?: Amazing, but mostly motivated to make the offer


:woo: :woo:
Subject: Guess...
College: Pembroke
Outcome: Conditional Offer (AAA)
How did you find out? (Email/Letter/Owl): Letter
How do you feel?: Frustrated that I might not get the grades.
Subject: Medicine
College: Somerville (I was allocated St Catz though)
Outcome: Conditional Offer (766 (IB, same as A*AA)
How did you find out? (Email/Letter/Owl): Email (8:40AM)
How do you feel?: Amazing! I'm EU applicant (now on a gap year) so I knew that my chances were slim, but look at me now lol
Original post by U.N.Owen
Oriel anyone?


yes! I got an offer for engineering. wbu?
Subject: medicine
College: St Peter's
Outcome: Offer, A*AA
How did you find out? (Email/Letter/Owl): Letter
How do you feel?: Still can't believe it! Especially after spending the last month convinced i didn't have a hope in hell of getting in😂 Absolutely buzzin tho👌
Original post by AoifeC1998
Subject: medicine
College: St Peter's
Outcome: Offer, A*AA
How did you find out? (Email/Letter/Owl): Letter
How do you feel?: Still can't believe it! Especially after spending the last month convinced i didn't have a hope in hell of getting in😂 Absolutely buzzin tho👌


SPC! There are so few of us...
Original post by Row39
Law
Conditional (AAA)
Brasenose
Couldn't believe it - think it might take a while to sink in.......


We have a Brasenose Offers Group Chat on facebook! Message me if you want to join.
Original post by ConicalFlask
Subject: Biomedical science
College: Magdalen
Offer: Unconditional as I already have my grades
How did you find out?: Letter
How do you feel?: obviously I'm happy I got an offer, but I'm not going to accept it because Oxford was never my first choice - I only applied as a back up. In a way I'm upset because now everyone is assuming I'll go to Oxford. I've even been told how selfish it is that I don't want to go and that I didn't really deserve it.


Don't listen to them! It is your life :smile: you do what you want with it! go to a place where you'll be happy, whether that is in Oxford or elsewhere.
Congratulations though :smile: Magdalen is an amazing college, you'll do very well and I am sure you'll be extremely happy if you choose to go there.
Original post by ConicalFlask
Subject: Biomedical science
College: Magdalen
Offer: Unconditional as I already have my grades
How did you find out?: Letter
How do you feel?: obviously I'm happy I got an offer, but I'm not going to accept it because Oxford was never my first choice - I only applied as a back up. In a way I'm upset because now everyone is assuming I'll go to Oxford. I've even been told how selfish it is that I don't want to go and that I didn't really deserve it.


You're not selfish at all, it's totally up to you. I would let them know you're rejecting them as soon as you can though, because it means they can give the place to someone else.
Original post by U.N.Owen
Oriel anyone?

At last!! what was your offer for? (I'm Philosophy and Theology)
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Original post by koruk11
We have a Brasenose Offers Group Chat on facebook! Message me if you want to join.


Ahhh I think I'm about one of the only people without Facebook......:frown:
Subject:colone:nglish
College: Applied to Keble, but Open Offer for Hertford. No idea what that means, but it's not a rejection, so I'm happy.
Offer:AAA
Feeling: I know my offer is quite achievable, given that some people have 2A*s as part of their offers, but I'm still scared that I might miss the it!!!
Stealing the format from the other place bc it's a bit more in depth

Rejected
Course: Music
College: Somerville (open)
Offer Conditions: n/a
How did you first hear and when? (email/letter/owl): Email early on Wednesday

Optional
Home, EU or International (Country): Home
School Type (Private/State/Grammar/other): state for GCSE, private for AS/A2
GCSE Grades: 1 B
AS Subjects & Grades: AABBB
A2 Predictions: A*A*AA

Reflection
Strengths: submitted work (they said they liked this a lot), 2nd and 3rd interviews especially
Weaknesses: GCSE (although very much contextual - the school was crap), AS grades, maybe part of PS? (it didn't come up), perhaps the "enthusiasm" part (I'm not an extrovert)?
Interview Assessment: I said a lot of stupid stuff especially in the first one like getting the key wrong etc but I really enjoyed the interviews and felt like I got a lot out of them.
Why did you choose your college? n/a
Where else did you apply? Durham, Birmingham, KCL, Southampton.

General Comments & Advice: Regardless of outcome work hard for A2!!!
Original post by Row39
Ahhh I think I'm about one of the only people without Facebook......:frown:


Wait... There's someone else?
Original post by koruk11
I took Calc AB, US History, Human Geography, and Music Theory all at grade 5. I think that might be a bit excessive though, so I'm actually wondering why I have the high conditions.


Thank you! I'm sure you'll get the grades!
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Hahaha finally someone who understands me
Original post by MrHistorian
Subject: Guess...
College: Pembroke
Outcome: Conditional Offer (AAA)
How did you find out? (Email/Letter/Owl): Letter
How do you feel?: Frustrated that I might not get the grades.


Finally a fellow Pembroke applicant!
Original post by A_Sircar
Subject: Geography
College: Christ Church
Outcome: Conditional Offer
How did you find out? (Email/Letter/Owl): Email
How do you feel?: I used to feel like trash. Now I feel like Oxford trash.


what are your grades?
Original post by AoifeC1998
Subject: medicine
College: St Peter's
Outcome: Offer, A*AA
How did you find out? (Email/Letter/Owl): Letter
How do you feel?: Still can't believe it! Especially after spending the last month convinced i didn't have a hope in hell of getting in😂 Absolutely buzzin tho👌


Same!!

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Original post by Row39
Ahhh I think I'm about one of the only people without Facebook......:frown:


Technically I have a Facebook account, but in practice I have no idea where it even is. Twitter's for me.

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