Oxford needs 3 Referees (postgrad apps)?

I went to Oxfords online postgrad application and it states there it wants 3 referees? Oh Lord i just got two and that two alone takes weeks to get. Is it ok if i just past two instead of three?

Just go to the FA - they have loads.

what is FA?

Yea it's absolutely ridiculous. You're unlikely to even come into contact with 3 people at undergrad who are high up enough and know you well enough to write a good reference. I noticed I only had two references a week before the application deadline so decided to take a gap year instead (which I was probably going to take anyway, but that clinched it).

this is silly. most uni just want two.

Yea it's absolutely ridiculous. You're unlikely to even come into contact with 3 people at undergrad who are high up enough and know you well enough to write a good reference. I noticed I only had two references a week before the application deadline so decided to take a gap year instead (which I was probably going to take anyway, but that clinched it).

The number of referees is subject dependent isn't it?

Not really. It's three references for all subjects, although some departments say they'll consider applications with just two.

Are you serious? I had no trouble at all finding three referees...
It might be subject-dependent, though. I'd imagine PPE-ists get moved around lots of different tutors more.

The number of referees is subject dependent isn't it?

And the statement re: not meeting enough people - dissertation supervisor, academic supervisor and head of department (or something vaguely similiar) - what's so hard about that?

Well at undergrad I had a personal tutor who I met up with for termly progress meetings who was an obvious choice and that was pretty much it. All my class teachers were graduate students who either said they weren't qualified to write references or who didn't need to say it in the first place, so I ended up turning to lecturers whose courses I had done well in but who knew nothing about me personally. Of course I could have made more of an effort to "network", but I certainly wasn't spoilt for choice.

What subject was this for? I had some graduate students in first year (of a four-year Scottish degree) but that was about it. After that, most modules would have 6-fortnightly hour-long seminars in which you'd be in a small discussion group with a senior academic, and you'd have six modules per year (three larger-in depth modules in fourth year, one of which is the dissertation) up until final year. Therefore, you'd probably have close contact (definitely in fourth year) with at least a couple of different academics, and you'd likely know more people from early years. I know a variety of different people who applied for postgrad in different subjects from my old university, and none were stuck with grad-students for a second or third reference. Some places rely quite heavily (often trading student satisfaction in favour of research intensiveness) on PhD students to do the bulk of the teaching, but thankfully I've never been anywhere which supports that mentality.

Not really. It's three references for all subjects, although some departments say they'll consider applications with just two.

they can reject it if i did'nt have enough references?