Oxford 2011 Freshers Chat Thread

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And now I'm gonna get neg rep for bawling about it

If you don't mind responding to yet more questions, do choral scholars have to stay longer?

Hi,

This might have been asked already, but do you have to totally clear out your rooms at the end of each term? I know most unis you have to before summer, but I heard Oxford was before Christmas and Easter as well? Is it dependent on college? I've got a place at Hertford

Also, does anyone know what the first set of work like for Arch and Anth?

Ta very muchly

Hertford!

Yeah I think we do. I think in 2nd year though we move to "permanent halls" which might be different.

I really need to find out.

http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/university_year/dates_of_term.html

2011-12
Michaelmas: Sunday 9 October-Saturday, 3 December
Hilary: Sunday 15 January-Saturday, 10 March
Trinity: Sunday 22 April-Saturday, 16 June

SO EXCITING!

Yesss Hertford!

Oh right, so it may just be first year. That's not as bad. I suppose we'll get over it

20 June 2015: the day I'll possibly graduate from Oxford.

I really can't wait Have you heard anything from them recently?

I know! It's sank in now to be honest, but I still won't relax 'til after the 18th August!

No, I've not heard anything, which is a little disappointing, ha! I was sort of hoping that when I accepted I'd be sent loads of stuff, I don't know what mind. Some of my friends who are going to Keble have been sent stuff about accommodation - I don't know how it works at Hertford?

What about you?

Also, a bit of a weird question, are choral scholars counted as scholars, i. e. do they wear scholars' gowns?

I know! It's sank in now to be honest, but I still won't relax 'til after the 18th August!

No, I've not heard anything, which is a little disappointing, ha! I was sort of hoping that when I accepted I'd be sent loads of stuff, I don't know what mind. Some of my friends who are going to Keble have been sent stuff about accommodation - I don't know how it works at Hertford?

What about you?

Does the Trinity term include teaching and lectures, or is it just exams?

Hello there!

Since this thread has many students presently at Oxford, I think this might be the right place to ask this question.

It is well known that students at Oxford are mainly from upper-class backgrounds (not to mean that admission is partial to these students). For a student who comes from a backward background, e.g. third-world country, how easy is it to socialise with students at the college and the university? I know that the university has strict regulations against racism, etc., but is it unlikely that such a student wouldn't feel out of place at Oxford?

Please understand that my question if about how relaxed a student from a backward background would feel at Oxford and not at all about whether he would be looked down on.

Thanks in advance.

That's the thing, I was pretty sure you'd have longer terms at the foundations but I wasn't sure about elsewhere. I'll hopefully be at Queen's which I know has quite a busy choir, but I don't know whether that will mean we have to stay longer.

Also, a bit of a weird question, are choral scholars counted as scholars, i. e. do they wear scholars' gowns?

I'm fairly sure they do, although I can't remember where I got that impression. I have a feeling that getting a nicer gown will play a much bigger role than any career-related considerations when it comes to revising for first-year exams for me.