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hello! does anyone know when the college sends out the rejection/acceptance letter? do they email? do they call?

thankyou!

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Reply 41

RawJoh1

Flower404

hello! does anyone know when the college sends out the rejection/acceptance letter? do they email? do they call?

thankyou!

No idea when they send it out.

But, in my day at least (2 years ago) it was a letter. I'd be very surprised if they email or call.

Reply 42

Audrey Hepburn

It's different for every subject, Physics supposedly got sent out on the 12th but I didn't get mine until the 21st - that may have been more down to the post though.

Anyone aware of Corpus' reputation for Physics (or Philosophy for that matter, or both together)?

Reply 43

nickcoal

mine was posted, with a postmark of 14th December

Reply 44

meema

hi im hoping to apply for physiological sciences at corpus christi for 2009 entry... just wanted to get a feel for the college so any comments?

Reply 45

RawJoh1

bumblebee_em

hi im hoping to apply for physiological sciences at corpus christi for 2009 entry... just wanted to get a feel for the college so any comments?

Any particular questions? You'll get more responses that way.

As for general comments - Corpus is GREAT!

Reply 46

meema

just wondering what the accomadation and food is like... i might be coming to an open day but im not sure yet

Reply 47

solihp

What's corpus like for law?

Reply 48

scaffy

bumblebee_em

just wondering what the accomadation and food is like... i might be coming to an open day but im not sure yet

Do come! For first year, you'll probably be in New Building, which is well, low-star hotel-ish. Although you may get lucky and get somewhere else - there's rooms in Magpie Lane houses (these actually have cookers, I think), Kybald (pretty, oldy thing), Thomas and even a couple in quad rooms. I know someone who as a first year had a separate bedroom and living room :eek:

but that's certainly the exception.

Then for the rest of the degree you get to choose, to an extent - you get balloted according to whether you have exams in the next year. You might then live out in the Liddell complex (made of a victorian house and two more modern buildings with the complex shared with ChCh), or in another of the college-owned houses.

I think food's very good, but nobody else seems to... I think it depends on whether you're used to being cooked huge fancy home-made stuff by your parents or been making microwaved meals for yourself for years... :p:

If you have anymore questions, ask so long as they're not physiology-related - I took quite a while to realise that Oxford did a physiology degree, let alone that there were physiologists at Corpus...

Reply 49

scaffy

solihp

What's corpus like for law?

Argh! You're doing GCSEs and deciding on colleges? I can't help but think that it's not healthy to think about Oxford in detail that far in advance. This is possibly just because of my personal path of not allowing myself to even imagine myself as getting in, just because of low chances, but it seems to raise so much in the way of hopes just waiting to be dashed.

But Corpus is lovely, very good-looking and most of the inhabitants won't start screaming at you as greeting (c.f. above :redface:

).

As for Law, well, people I know who are doing it seem to be content with the college's teaching and also a pretty bright bunch.

Reply 50

solihp

scaffy

Argh! You're doing GCSEs and deciding on colleges?

Hehe, actually I'm on my brother's account!

Reply 51

RawJoh1

solihp

What's corpus like for law?

I can't give you any general info about law, but one of Corpus' philosophy fellows, Dr John Tasioulas specialises in the philosophy of law (amongst other areas). I don't know whether legal philosophy is compulsory for lawyers, but if it is, you'll be well set at Corpus.

Reply 52

meema

im definitely coming to the open day on 25/26 june and staying over... mums booking it now :biggrin:

should be fun

oh and i have quite specific dietery (did i spell it right) requirements (im vegetarian, allergic to fish, milk, chinese etc) will the college take this into consideration with meals?

Reply 53

RawJoh1

bumblebee_em

im definitely coming to the open day on 25/26 june and staying over... mums booking it now :biggrin:

should be fun

oh and i have quite specific dietery (did i spell it right) requirements (im vegetarian, allergic to fish, milk, chinese etc) will the college take this into consideration with meals?

Pretty sure they will. They do veggie etc meals.

Reply 54

meema

ok great =D woo looking forward to it.

i told my head of sixth i was applying, he seemed pleased but unhopeful because no one has gotten into oxbridge for about 3 years (i think!)

Reply 55

RawJoh1

bumblebee_em

ok great =D woo looking forward to it.

i told my head of sixth i was applying, he seemed pleased but unhopeful because no one has gotten into oxbridge for about 3 years (i think!)

Don't let that put you off. Many teachers in 6th forms/FE colleges are full of crap.

Reply 56

meema

RawJoh1

Don't let that put you off. Many teachers in 6th forms/FE colleges are full of crap.

yeah i noticed =D

Reply 57

bronsonbear

solihp

What's corpus like for law?

I know seevral people at corpus doing law, and apoart from being run fo their feet last term with work they seem to be enjoying it, from what I've heard the tutors really put themselves out. I know someone who chose corpus for the law tutirs come to think of it.
Hope t'helps!

Reply 58

meema

i got told (on the are my grades good enough for oxbridge thread) that corpus tends to prefer white upper middle class males. true?

Reply 59

Audrey Hepburn

meema

i got told (on the are my grades good enough for oxbridge thread) that corpus tends to prefer white upper middle class males. true?

I'm a white, lower middle class female...

I did see an awful lot of that stereotype when I went for interview though, but obviously my view was limited to second year scientists.

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