So who else is rejecting Oxford?

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Surely you have to fill in a little form about a couple of weeks after your offer is made saying whether or not you intend to accept it, so it can be offered to someone else? So one would hope that the applicant would have thought in advance about whether or not they would accept the offer, rather than accepting it and then turning it down later.

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Elles

JustaGuy

Let's face it. LSE, Imperial, or any other universities for that matter, would love to be in Oxbridge's position to give out just enough offers because they know the applicants ONLY want to go there and no where else.

Oxford do over-offer. http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/adstats.pdf Table 3 shows the discrepancy in numbers between offer and entry qualifications.
Sure some people miss the grades but not everyone who applies necessarily has decided it will be their firm or wants to go there above all universities, although the % making it firm is probably one of the highest & the over-offering is lower.

Agrippina - when I got that form I certainly hadn't heard back from everywhere, so it wasn't a very informed answer I gave - I hadn't decided at that point, so thought it was a bit cheeky asking TBH...
But saying 'yes' I don't think can be binding in any way till it goes through UCAS.
Saying 'no' - I wonder whether they update UCAS as unsuccessful so remoing your option to change you mind within the UCAS allowed timeframe & make the offer to someone else?

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thomasjtl

my form said to send it back if you were sure that you weren't going to accept the offer, which seemed fair enough.

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shady lane

JustaGuy

Actually, Oxford or not, all universities would want you to apply there ONLY if you are 100% sure you want to attend. So, it is not really that ridiculous.

Let's face it. LSE, Imperial, or any other universities for that matter, would love to be in Oxbridge's position to give out just enough offers because they know the applicants ONLY want to go there and no where else.

Well, just my 2 cents anyway :p:

People do turn down Oxford offers though. Like I said earlier, from a British perspective, Oxford seems to be the be-all and end-all, but loads of foreign applicants apply to the UK, the US, and perhaps their home country as well. I had a friend at my US university who chose it over Oxford, actually.

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Lex Talionis

Are we supposed to get a real tangible form to reply to Oxford with? 'Cause I haven't got mine yet...

Reply 165

Cirsium

Not all colleges send them but many send a slip to return if you're not planning on accepting the offer. The real acceptance doesn't come until after you have your final grades.

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thomasjtl

Colleges send them out with their offer letters, if you haven't got one, i wouldn't worry, so long as the offer has come through on UCAS.

So who else is rejecting Oxford?

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