PPE @ Oxford

I know that this is going to be super competitive, but is there anything apart from the enormous workload that I have to consider about applying for PPE. I know that there have been lots of threads about Oxford colleges but I am going to be really boring and ask if you can give me opinions about them. Bear in mind that I go to a public school (I know it shouldn’t count against me but . . .), that I am politically right wing (a mixture of liberal and conservative) and that even looking at their websites and the prospectus I have no idea which one I want to apply to. I have a totally open mind in respect of colleges (and don’t dare suggest St Hilda’s, I’m male and my rant against it will have to wait).

Reply 1

London Prophet

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I just got in recently to do PPE at Pembroke, its nice and central and friendly.

Basically your political views and being public school won't matter, but you might feel a bit of an outsider in a left leaning college like Balliol. What else do you prioritise? location? atmosphere? warmth? friendliness? music? sport? tell us a bit more of what your looking for

Reply 2

JSM

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Tom Holder

I just got in recently to do PPE at Pembroke, its nice and central and friendly.

Basically your political views and being public school won't matter, but you might feel a bit of an outsider in a left leaning college like Balliol. What else do you prioritise? location? atmosphere? warmth? friendliness? music? sport? tell us a bit more of what your looking for

Thats the thing, I do not know what I am looking for, nice facilities like libraries and modern computing facilities. Sport, especially rowing, which all the colleges seem to cater for. Probably sport and an atmosphere where i can relax.

Reply 3

hildabeast

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PPE workload is no more than other subjects. I get more work than first year PPE-ists and I do Phil/The.

Reply 4

JSM

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hildabeast

PPE workload is no more than other subjects. I get more work than first year PPE-ists and I do Phil/The.

ahh diddums :wink:

, anyway the people i spoke to said that PPE was a huge amount of work, especially if you are nto so up to scratch on your maths. ahh well

Reply 5

Kalypso

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JSM

the people i spoke to said that PPE was a huge amount of work

Almost everything here is a huge amount of work, despite what the different subjects say about each other.

Reply 6

d750

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PPE really isn't more work than other subjects. I'd say it involved less than most joint schools, for instance.

Reply 7

Veedy

JSM

Thats the thing, I do not know what I am looking for, nice facilities like libraries and modern computing facilities. Sport, especially rowing, which all the colleges seem to cater for. Probably sport and an atmosphere where i can relax.

Worcester is good for sport (also the only college with its sports foelds on-site) and it seemed to have quite a relaxed atmosphere.

Reply 8

JSM

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Veedy

Worcester is good for sport (also the only college with its sports foelds on-site) and it seemed to have quite a relaxed atmosphere.

cool

Reply 9

Geogger

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JSM

Thats the thing, I do not know what I am looking for, nice facilities like libraries and modern computing facilities. Sport, especially rowing, which all the colleges seem to cater for. Probably sport and an atmosphere where i can relax.

What about Oriel?

Reply 10

JSM

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Geogger

What about Oriel?

well the trouble is i have looked at the colleges in the prospectus and online but none of them stand outthey all appear equally good. What about Oriel is good. They all say we are a warm tolerant open community blah balh

Reply 11

hildabeast

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JSM

well the trouble is i have looked at the colleges in the prospectus and online but none of them stand outthey all appear equally good. What about Oriel is good. They all say we are a warm tolerant open community blah balh

If you're a public school boy you'll fit in well there :tongue:

Nah, Oriel is known for its obsessive rowers.

Reply 12

Chinesegirl

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Tom Holder

I just got in recently to do PPE at Pembroke, its nice and central and friendly.

Hi, great to know you! I'll be there in October as well, hope to see you there~!

Reply 13

London Prophet

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Chinesegirl

Hi, great to know you! I'll be there in October as well, hope to see you there~!

guess so, cool!

were you at the interview day?

Reply 14

Chinesegirl

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Tom Holder

guess so, cool!

were you at the interview day?

I didn't go to the interview. I took the test in China. But I studied in Australia for the last two years. my email is [email protected]
It's so wonderful to know someone going to the same place and studying exactly the same course!

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