Oxford 2015/16 Postgraduate Applicants

Original post by Josb

I understand why there are so many applicants now. :tongue:

Yeah

Original post by EuropeanSon20

220 this year. Still pretty bad though :|

I wonder how many applicants there are for the master's... Probably like 200 as well, to about around 20+ places.

Not looking forward to Friday.

Also, Punctuation, I'm thinking about Molecular Neuroscience MSc at Bristol. Can you recommend the Uni?

Yeah the master's is pretty tough too, but I guess the distribution is shifted i.e. more people will be straight from undergrad. You there Friday for interview? I am too! Maybe I'll see you around :biggrin:

I would definitely recommend Bristol. It's a great city and the uni does great research. I think you'd be happy there. Have you also considered the systems neuro MRes?

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EuropeanSon20

Nonono, that's when the shortlist is getting drawn :frown:

I had not seen the MRes yet :O I'll be considering that now. Thanks for your help. :smile:

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somethingabby

Original post by blue1211823

Nope not yet! and at £50 an application I just did the one!
I was hoping to be told I would hear back late january of early february, not march..

Oh no

I applied for it too and hadn't heard back, they do interviews on the 29th and 30th so I called up and they said they've already short listed for interviews and contacted the applicants so if you haven't heard back you haven't been short listed :frown:

they'll send out formal rejection letters soon. Sorry for the bad news!! :frown:

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It seems we have the first rejection of the thread. :frown:

The bloodbath has already begun. :cry2:

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Original post by EuropeanSon20

Nonono, that's when the shortlist is getting drawn :frown:

I had not seen the MRes yet :O I'll be considering that now. Thanks for your help. :smile:

Ooohhh I see. That makes more sense. Best of luck!

Awesome, let me know if you have any more questions about it :smile:

EDIT: Oof. Never mind it's been discontinued :frown:

Sorry! http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2015/fmvs/mres-systems-neuroscience/

Original post by Josb

It seems we have the first rejection of the thread. :frown:

The bloodbath has already begun. :cry2:

Oh no

do you have any other applications to Oxford though?

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blue1211823

Original post by somethingabby

Oh no

I applied for it too and hadn't heard back, they do interviews on the 29th and 30th so I called up and they said they've already short listed for interviews and contacted the applicants so if you haven't heard back you haven't been short listed :frown:

they'll send out formal rejection letters soon. Sorry for the bad news!! :frown:

Thats fine I’m glad you said that to be honest :smile:

I expected as much but didn’t want to wait until March with a slight doubt, incase I am offered a place at Imperial, *fingers crossed*

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somethingabby

Finalising prep for the NDM interview.. :eek:

does anyone on the thread have experience with DPhil/Studentship interviews at oxford? It's been a year since i completed my research and I'm so nervous they're going ot ask me some absurdly detailed or technical question that I will have a total mind blank on.. Otherwise I'm confident on analysis and interpretation of my work and have read up on the work of my nominated supervisor.. agh! so nerve wracking..

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Original post by somethingabby

Finalising prep for the NDM interview.. :eek:

does anyone on the thread have experience with DPhil/Studentship interviews at oxford? It's been a year since i completed my research and I'm so nervous they're going ot ask me some absurdly detailed or technical question that I will have a total mind blank on.. Otherwise I'm confident on analysis and interpretation of my work and have read up on the work of my nominated supervisor.. agh! so nerve wracking..

Good luck! I think it depends on the course and even so experiences vary. They'll likely ask you about your research, they might ask you about you (e.g. why Oxford), they'll possibly ask about your proposed research... Also if you know your interviewers' names try to look them up too!

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LLBioPG

Original post by somethingabby

Finalising prep for the NDM interview.. :eek:

does anyone on the thread have experience with DPhil/Studentship interviews at oxford? It's been a year since i completed my research and I'm so nervous they're going ot ask me some absurdly detailed or technical question that I will have a total mind blank on.. Otherwise I'm confident on analysis and interpretation of my work and have read up on the work of my nominated supervisor.. agh! so nerve wracking..

Hey, I had an interview in January for the Systems approaches to Biomedical Sciences DTC (and got an offer). Is yours a DTC, or just a normal DPhil?

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LLBioPG

Haha, just realised it's still January. :frown:

Guess I'm just wishing away the months now!

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Original post by punctuation

Oh no

do you have any other applications to Oxford though?

I was speaking about blue above. I think I will know in March.

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Original post by Josb

I was speaking about blue above. I think I will know in March.

Ohh I see. Good luck then! Sorry blue :/

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somethingabby

Phewf! That was one of the most full on experiences I've ever had! There were about 20 of them all swiveling the camera towards them so they could ask a question! Totally blown away by their questions, really insightful and it seemed like they were genuinely engaged with my research/results! Definitely a few curveball questions in there but hopefully I didn't waffle too much and was semi-coherent.. Done and dusted! Added bonus is that they said they like to get it sorted quickly so will have a response by the end of next week.. SO good not having to wait til late March.. Thanks for your help everyone :smile:

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Original post by somethingabby

Phewf! That was one of the most full on experiences I've ever had! There were about 20 of them all swiveling the camera towards them so they could ask a question! Totally blown away by their questions, really insightful and it seemed like they were genuinely engaged with my research/results! Definitely a few curveball questions in there but hopefully I didn't waffle too much and was semi-coherent.. Done and dusted! Added bonus is that they said they like to get it sorted quickly so will have a response by the end of next week.. SO good not having to wait til late March.. Thanks for your help everyone :smile:

Twenty interviewers? :eek:

I'm glad we don't have interviews in the arts (except for KCL apparently).
Good luck!

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LadyMede

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Original post by Josb

Twenty interviewers? :eek:

I'm glad we don't have interviews in the arts (except for KCL apparently).
Good luck!

I don't know what course your applying to, but I know for mine (Medieval lit) that when they invite you for an interview at KCL its nots a proper interview. More like an informal cha to get to know you. You pretty much have an offer already.

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