Rejected and now regretting course choice

LSE is a fantastic uni in an awesome city. Be proud of thT achievement alone

Thanks, but the feeleing of that achievement was kind of lost in the anticipation and nerves of getting ready for the Oxford interview...

Was it your goal to get into OxBridge simply for the prestige value of saying you went there?

You cannot regret something that you didn't do in this case because you have absolutely no guarantee that you would have gotten into Cambridge any way. Not everyone wants to go to or applies to OxBridge.

You are also fortunate that you hold an offer from LSE - that is nothing to sniffed at. Take a look at the LSE threads and see the number of people who have been rejected who really wanted to go there. Accept that offer and get on with the rest of your life. However, if you feel that you really have to go to OxBridge, you will have to take a Gap Year and try again next year...

If you've gotten into LSE forget the rest haha I'd say LSE is better anyway.

If you've gotten into LSE forget the rest haha I'd say LSE is better anyway.

I have been rejected after interview for PPE at Oxford this year, and I am kind of devastated because getting into Oxbridge was one of my main goals for quite some time. My other alternative was HSPS at Cambridge, which I decided against to apply for the significantly more competitive degree that is PPE (parlty due to the economics component). I now regret this choice, as I believe my chances would have been significantly higher with Cambridge, due to the fact that there are fewer candidates per place and the HSPS course does not yet have the prestige of PPE.

Any advice as to how to get rid of this regret? It is literally ruining my life atm. Also, having an offer from the LSE this year, does anyone think if there is any point in reapplying to either?

Thanks.

I can understand your disappointment, but at this stage, you need to look forward, rather than back. Regretting your decisions at this point won't change anything - it'll just make you feel awful about yourself.

The grass is always greener on the other side, and the fact is you'll never know whether you would have gotten an offer had you applied. Just because a subject is less competitive numbers-wise doesn't necessarily mean one would have gotten an offer. I study Law, but I'm fairly sure that had I applied for something like Classics, I wouldn't have gotten an offer simply because I'm pretty awful with languages.

Since you've decided against taking a gap year, I would advise you to accept that Oxbridge wasn't meant to be, and that you'll go on to have a great time at LSE. Sometimes, things in life happen that don't seem to align with what we want, but in the long run, you'll probably look back and be grateful things turned out the way they did.

If you are at all open to a gap year, I would say wait for your feedback and your A2 results.

In any case, LSE is a fantastic school, and I'm sure no matter where you end up, you will go on to have a fulfilling experience in university

Thanks for your advice.

I do seem to think that I would have had a higher shot at HSPS anyway, but I definitely see your point.

Do you know if it is possible to reapply once you are enrolled at another university? I would think that I would only consider reapplying if that were the case, for the reasons I mentioned above. I would actually want to reapply as, considering how much I wanted to get in, I think I overestimated my chances of getting into something as competitive as PPE and, being so close to getting in, makes me feel disatissfied atm, as if the task is incomplete.

I am just having trouble getting rid of the regrets and acknowledging that I made the right choice in applying for PPE. Thanks for your help.

Life is full of good and bad experiences but you really cant think like this. You applied and it didn't work out, so pick up and move on.
You have absolutely no way of knowing if you would have been successful at Cambridge despite the statistics, so its not really up for debate when you say you should have applied there.

LSE is a great University and one I'm sure you will be happy at. Focus on that now rather than living in the past. <---Life advice in general here!

Thanks for your advice.

I do seem to think that I would have had a higher shot at HSPS anyway, but I definitely see your point.

Do you know if it is possible to reapply once you are enrolled at another university? I would think that I would only consider reapplying if that were the case, for the reasons I mentioned above. I would actually want to reapply as, considering how much I wanted to get in, I think I overestimated my chances of getting into something as competitive as PPE and, being so close to getting in, makes me feel disatissfied atm, as if the task is incomplete.

I know that when I went to my interviews at Oxford this year I met a guy who was in his first year at Edinburgh, so I assume it's allowed - I have no idea about Cambridge though.

You'll have more fun in Londinium

Thanks for your ressponse. Perhaps. Whilst I initially did not see that as a valid advantage of any university over another, I now suppose that it may indeed be one. After all, you will only be 18-21 once in your lifetime.

Although Oxford is a great city or at least I presume so the cultural benefits of being in London are huge. You could pop into the houses of parliament on a regular basis to see how politics really works.