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Reply 40
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natural_han
thank you for your answers pitseleh, yes I think we did meet already, I had my interview at 4.30pm on weds, it lasted a very long time and kept the principal waiting..! By chance I think I met Lisanne as well (sat next to her around a long table in the jcr whilst waiting for interview), which is great because she seemed very nice.
One more question, do any first years live out of college, if so, how many?
One more question, do any first years live out of college, if so, how many?
I was there from Wednesday morning too and stayed in JCR for most of the day, as my interviews were also on Wednesday. In fact, I was there until Friday. Any chance I met you there too?
As for the question of living away from the college, you might want to check this thread http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=16045362#post16045362.
Reply 41
We were probably there at the same time! But I don't think we met!
I wasn't there for very long because I came from St Hugh's and only arrived 10 minutes before interview, I am looking forward to meeting you anyway!
Thank you for the thread link, I still have no idea what I will do re living situation. I will just wait and see how I feel when the decision has to be made
I wasn't there for very long because I came from St Hugh's and only arrived 10 minutes before interview, I am looking forward to meeting you anyway!
Thank you for the thread link, I still have no idea what I will do re living situation. I will just wait and see how I feel when the decision has to be made
Reply 42
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natural_han
We were probably there at the same time! But I don't think we met!
I wasn't there for very long because I came from St Hugh's and only arrived 10 minutes before interview, I am looking forward to meeting you anyway!
Thank you for the thread link, I still have no idea what I will do re living situation. I will just wait and see how I feel when the decision has to be made
I wasn't there for very long because I came from St Hugh's and only arrived 10 minutes before interview, I am looking forward to meeting you anyway!
Thank you for the thread link, I still have no idea what I will do re living situation. I will just wait and see how I feel when the decision has to be made
Looking forward to meeting you too!
As for the accomodation, I am also undecided and feel very much lost and worried when I start contemplating over it...
Not sure whether living out of college would be a good thing, specially since the first year is meant to be so intense and you sit the exams after the first two terms...So I am guessing most of the time will have to be spent learning in the library/your room, going to lectures and tutorials etc. so that could be the negative points for living away from the college...However, at the same time, I have been living on my own since the age of 16 and I am well used to having my own space 
Over the last few years, I have been living with my partner and things are really serious between us hence why it might be very difficult to decide whether we are both going to move to Oxford...I would, however, feel selfish asking him to do that-he has a good job in London, all his friends are here etc. and I am guessing he could feel quite out of place in Oxford, should he decide to come with me... It all seems complicated, doesn't it? It seems like only a while ago we were worrying about whether or not we will get the offer lol Now we have moved on to even bigger things 
Reply 43
eve_22
Oh that's great! I met Lisanne at brekfast one day We spoke about the interviews and she just said she didn't think she'd get in-she was lovely and I am glad that she made it
In terms of HMC, one more question-I saw many threads on TSR about white tie/black tie events, balls, subject dinners etc. -do HM hold any of those? It looks like a lot of fun lol!
Oh, and does HM need a deposit prior to starting the first term?
Thanks
We spoke about the interviews and she just said she didn't think she'd get in-she was lovely and I am glad that she made it In terms of HMC, one more question-I saw many threads on TSR about white tie/black tie events, balls, subject dinners etc. -do HM hold any of those? It looks like a lot of fun lol!
Oh, and does HM need a deposit prior to starting the first term?
Thanks
We have plenty of black tie events (the guest nights, the Wine Soc nights, Christmas dinner etc are all pretty much black tie) and we're contemplating putting on a white tie ball next year, though not sure whether it will actually happen or not. That said, there's always the option of going to white tie balls at other colleges if you fancy it, so long as you can get tickets.
Re: deposit - you only need to pay a deposit if you're living in college. IIRC I paid something like £300 in advance, which will then be taken off my Trinity term battels. You don't need to pay for anything else prior to the start of term, although you do have to fill in some fairly lengthy forms regarding your income and means of supporting yourself, and so on.
natural_han
thank you for your answers pitseleh, yes I think we did meet already, I had my interview at 4.30pm on weds, it lasted a very long time and kept the principal waiting..! By chance I think I met Lisanne as well (sat next to her around a long table in the jcr whilst waiting for interview), which is great because she seemed very nice.
One more question, do any first years live out of college, if so, how many?
One more question, do any first years live out of college, if so, how many?
No worries.
I think I may remember taking you to your Principal's interview, actually, I just can't remember quite what you looked like! 
It had been a very long day...Some first years do live out of college - one of my course-mates does, actually - but the vast majority of us live in. To be honest I would advise against living out in first year unless you have a really, really important reason for doing so, because I think most people find it easier to bond with everyone else when they're living together.
Reply 44
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*pitseleh*
We have plenty of black tie events (the guest nights, the Wine Soc nights, Christmas dinner etc are all pretty much black tie) and we're contemplating putting on a white tie ball next year, though not sure whether it will actually happen or not. That said, there's always the option of going to white tie balls at other colleges if you fancy it, so long as you can get tickets.
Re: deposit - you only need to pay a deposit if you're living in college. IIRC I paid something like £300 in advance, which will then be taken off my Trinity term battels. You don't need to pay for anything else prior to the start of term, although you do have to fill in some fairly lengthy forms regarding your income and means of supporting yourself, and so on.
Some first years do live out of college - one of my course-mates does, actually - but the vast majority of us live in. To be honest I would advise against living out in first year unless you have a really, really important reason for doing so, because I think most people find it easier to bond with everyone else when they're living together.
Re: deposit - you only need to pay a deposit if you're living in college. IIRC I paid something like £300 in advance, which will then be taken off my Trinity term battels. You don't need to pay for anything else prior to the start of term, although you do have to fill in some fairly lengthy forms regarding your income and means of supporting yourself, and so on.
Some first years do live out of college - one of my course-mates does, actually - but the vast majority of us live in. To be honest I would advise against living out in first year unless you have a really, really important reason for doing so, because I think most people find it easier to bond with everyone else when they're living together.
Thanks so much for your reply!One final question-when it comes to the accomodation, do you just get a room allocated to you or you are able to express a preference? It's just that I loved the building where I was staying during my interviews...
Reply 45
eve_22
Thanks so much for your reply!One final question-when it comes to the accomodation, do you just get a room allocated to you or you are able to express a preference? It's just that I loved the building where I was staying during my interviews...
Heh, no worries!
Yeah.. Morrison is rather lovely, but unfortunately you don't get to express a preference. That said, most of the first-years end up in Morrison, Rathmel or Brunner... and it actually apparently tends to be all guys who get put in Brunner (that's definitely the case this year) and it's mostly JYAs and postgrads in Rathmel, so your chances of ending up in Morrison, as a first-year undergrad girl, tend to be pretty high. Almost of the first-year girls who live in college this year are in Morrison, if that helps. Reply 46
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*pitseleh*
Heh, no worries! Yeah.. Morrison is rather lovely, but unfortunately you don't get to express a preference. That said, most of the first-years end up in Morrison, Rathmel or Brunner... and it actually apparently tends to be all guys who get put in Brunner (that's definitely the case this year) and it's mostly JYAs and postgrads in Rathmel, so your chances of ending up in Morrison, as a first-year undergrad girl, tend to be pretty high. Almost of the first-year girls who live in college this year are in Morrison, if that helps.
Yeah.. Morrison is rather lovely, but unfortunately you don't get to express a preference. That said, most of the first-years end up in Morrison, Rathmel or Brunner... and it actually apparently tends to be all guys who get put in Brunner (that's definitely the case this year) and it's mostly JYAs and postgrads in Rathmel, so your chances of ending up in Morrison, as a first-year undergrad girl, tend to be pretty high. Almost of the first-year girls who live in college this year are in Morrison, if that helps. Great to know
If I'd end up deciding to live in the college, Morrison is where I would like to be It was warm, cosy and had everything one could possibly need, plus everything from the halls to bathrooms was immaculate! Well, anyway, I loved it very much On the other hand, the other interviewees I spoke to said their rooms were big, but cold and not that cosy, but I guess it could be due to the renovation they were completing there at the time...I remember I was told something about newly refurbished accomodation and en suite rooms being ready sometime this year, when I came to see the college for the first time in early October...
Reply 47
eve_22
Great to know If I'd end up deciding to live in the college, Morrison is where I would like to be It was warm, cosy and had everything one could possibly need, plus everything from the halls to bathrooms was immaculate! Well, anyway, I loved it very much
On the other hand, the other interviewees I spoke to said their rooms were big, but cold and not that cosy, but I guess it could be due to the renovation they were completing there at the time...I remember I was told something about newly refurbished accomodation and en suite rooms being ready sometime this year, when I came to see the college for the first time in early October...
If I'd end up deciding to live in the college, Morrison is where I would like to be It was warm, cosy and had everything one could possibly need, plus everything from the halls to bathrooms was immaculate! Well, anyway, I loved it very much On the other hand, the other interviewees I spoke to said their rooms were big, but cold and not that cosy, but I guess it could be due to the renovation they were completing there at the time...I remember I was told something about newly refurbished accomodation and en suite rooms being ready sometime this year, when I came to see the college for the first time in early October...
Yeah, Brunner is where they would have been staying (or possibly Wedgewood, which is attached) - it is a bit nippy in there, but the rooms are much bigger than those in Morrison. You're right, though - our scouts do keep the place very tidy.
The building undergoing refurbishment is Warrington (right next door to Brunner and Wedgewood, as you say), but that will be exclusively for second years IIRC.
Reply 48
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*pitseleh*
Yeah, Brunner is where they would have been staying (or possibly Wedgewood, which is attached) - it is a bit nippy in there, but the rooms are much bigger than those in Morrison. You're right, though - our scouts do keep the place very tidy.
The building undergoing refurbishment is Warrington (right next door to Brunner and Wedgewood, as you say), but that will be exclusively for second years IIRC.
The building undergoing refurbishment is Warrington (right next door to Brunner and Wedgewood, as you say), but that will be exclusively for second years IIRC.
Oh ok, I see. Thanks
Hopefully, I will be lucky and it will be Morrison for me next year Reply 49
Hi all,
Hope all is well. I've emailed a couple of HMC students on this forum already, but it would also be good to open this question to all. I was hoping some of you would be kind enough to offer advice/suggestions about applying to Harris Manchester. I'm currently finishing my undergraduate degree at Harvard University (extension), and will be 27 by the time I would potentially start at Oxford. My academic life has been less than conventional in many ways, and was wondering what kind of academic qualifications does HMC look for in their successful candidates; would they look at my High School grades and/or SATs or simply my current undergraduate record? And how strict are those criteria?
I plan on applying for a second BA in Law with senior status, possibly, but with the option of starting in April (one term prior; i.e., 2 years and one term, in total) since the criteria might be less strict that way.
With regard to my degree, I started university in Chicago in 2000 for a chemistry/medicine BA, but only stayed in that school for about a year and a half in which I did not get stellar grades as predicted by my high school years. There were some family problems, and in addition to being away from home for the first time, I seemed to have squandered a perfectly great chance to do very well. After that, in line with the family problems and personal re-assessment, I worked with a non-profit in NYC for a couple of years then decided to study at Harvard University through their extension program. I have done quite well, now that I'm focusing on international relations/politics, but at the same time, I had to withdraw from this school for a year due to a problem with a class in which there was an unfortunate event of improper citation and the administrative board enforced a temporary withdrawal. During that time, I started working for a health care consultancy and now currently with an asset management bank in finance along with founding/working with campus organizations. In the fall of 2007, I returned to classes and performed well, even receiving high marks for a Niall Ferguson class (brilliant professor). It seems I will finish all my classes in December 2009, but I will attempt to work with the UN or perhaps in London starting in the summer while I finish my last semester through online classes at Harvard. In essence, I would like to have contributed significantly to the UN or a similar organization (maybe even start one along the way) prior to starting school in April 2010.
Well, that has been quite revealing (haha) but I think it would be helpful in your assessment for advice or suggestions, especially regarding what might come up during interviews, should they invite me. Apart from reaching out to current students, do you suggest contacting tutors at HMC and other Oxford colleges for advice or would that seem futile since they must receive thousands upon thousands of requests? I have a couple of friends here at Harvard Law doing their LLMs that went to Corpus Christi, and they have also been helpful but I would like to gauge the opinions of current HMC students since their life experience might be more similar to mine own. A Winston Churchill quote comes to mind when looking back now, "success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
I truly appreciate your help in advance, and I hope to be in contact in the future as well.
All my best,
Hope all is well. I've emailed a couple of HMC students on this forum already, but it would also be good to open this question to all. I was hoping some of you would be kind enough to offer advice/suggestions about applying to Harris Manchester. I'm currently finishing my undergraduate degree at Harvard University (extension), and will be 27 by the time I would potentially start at Oxford. My academic life has been less than conventional in many ways, and was wondering what kind of academic qualifications does HMC look for in their successful candidates; would they look at my High School grades and/or SATs or simply my current undergraduate record? And how strict are those criteria?
I plan on applying for a second BA in Law with senior status, possibly, but with the option of starting in April (one term prior; i.e., 2 years and one term, in total) since the criteria might be less strict that way.
With regard to my degree, I started university in Chicago in 2000 for a chemistry/medicine BA, but only stayed in that school for about a year and a half in which I did not get stellar grades as predicted by my high school years. There were some family problems, and in addition to being away from home for the first time, I seemed to have squandered a perfectly great chance to do very well. After that, in line with the family problems and personal re-assessment, I worked with a non-profit in NYC for a couple of years then decided to study at Harvard University through their extension program. I have done quite well, now that I'm focusing on international relations/politics, but at the same time, I had to withdraw from this school for a year due to a problem with a class in which there was an unfortunate event of improper citation and the administrative board enforced a temporary withdrawal. During that time, I started working for a health care consultancy and now currently with an asset management bank in finance along with founding/working with campus organizations. In the fall of 2007, I returned to classes and performed well, even receiving high marks for a Niall Ferguson class (brilliant professor). It seems I will finish all my classes in December 2009, but I will attempt to work with the UN or perhaps in London starting in the summer while I finish my last semester through online classes at Harvard. In essence, I would like to have contributed significantly to the UN or a similar organization (maybe even start one along the way) prior to starting school in April 2010.
Well, that has been quite revealing (haha) but I think it would be helpful in your assessment for advice or suggestions, especially regarding what might come up during interviews, should they invite me. Apart from reaching out to current students, do you suggest contacting tutors at HMC and other Oxford colleges for advice or would that seem futile since they must receive thousands upon thousands of requests? I have a couple of friends here at Harvard Law doing their LLMs that went to Corpus Christi, and they have also been helpful but I would like to gauge the opinions of current HMC students since their life experience might be more similar to mine own. A Winston Churchill quote comes to mind when looking back now, "success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
I truly appreciate your help in advance, and I hope to be in contact in the future as well.
All my best,
Reply 50
Hi, I just got accepted to read History of Art at HMC. I'm from India and I will be graduating in English lit May this year. I am supersuper excited about going to Oxford but as an overseas student my interview was done over the phone so I've never really SEEN the college. I did briefly visit Oxford year before last, with some friends as a tourist/hopeful prospective sort of thing. I'm 20 though, so I will have just turned 21 when I join.
I've scoured the website silly for all the information I can gather about the college but I'm just itching to know more and meet people I will eventually be staying with/studying with. I'm so glad I found this forum, looking forward to hearing from you!
I've scoured the website silly for all the information I can gather about the college but I'm just itching to know more and meet people I will eventually be staying with/studying with. I'm so glad I found this forum, looking forward to hearing from you!
Reply 51
Where in India are you from? My sister's a South Asian Languages & Cultures major at the University of Chicago, a choreographer for her Bhangra dance team, and the president of the university's Hindi Film Society. She spent a summer in Jaipur.
I visited Oxford last summer as well, and while I visited a couple of the colleges, I did not know about HMC at that point and so did not visit it. I also did my interview by phone as an overseas student.
Looking forward to meeting you!
I visited Oxford last summer as well, and while I visited a couple of the colleges, I did not know about HMC at that point and so did not visit it. I also did my interview by phone as an overseas student.
Looking forward to meeting you!
Reply 52
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src
Hi, I just got accepted to read History of Art at HMC. I'm from India and I will be graduating in English lit May this year. I am supersuper excited about going to Oxford but as an overseas student my interview was done over the phone so I've never really SEEN the college. I did briefly visit Oxford year before last, with some friends as a tourist/hopeful prospective sort of thing. I'm 20 though, so I will have just turned 21 when I join.
I've scoured the website silly for all the information I can gather about the college but I'm just itching to know more and meet people I will eventually be staying with/studying with. I'm so glad I found this forum, looking forward to hearing from you!
I've scoured the website silly for all the information I can gather about the college but I'm just itching to know more and meet people I will eventually be staying with/studying with. I'm so glad I found this forum, looking forward to hearing from you!
Congratulations on your offer! I visited HMC in October and also stayed there during the interviews. It is lovely
The people are very friendly and welcoming, the college is small and cosy, and the food is very tasty I trust that you will like it just as much as I did!Reply 53
ccematson
Wow! That's active! I'm from Kolkata and so know very little about bhangra myself.
It would be lovely to meet you. I am really looking forward. I was looking around for photographs of the place and such things but there isn't very much online. Suggestions?
Reply 54
src
Wow! That's active! I'm from Kolkata and so know very little about bhangra myself.
It would be lovely to meet you. I am really looking forward. I was looking around for photographs of the place and such things but there isn't very much online. Suggestions?
It would be lovely to meet you. I am really looking forward. I was looking around for photographs of the place and such things but there isn't very much online. Suggestions?
I haven't been able to find too many pictures myself, either. I suggest checking out the HMC website, of course, and maybe looking on Flickr. I found some pictures by doing a Google search for "Harris Manchester College."
But thankfully, we'll be able to experience the real thing firsthand in not too long. I'm looking forward to meeting you as well! One good thing about HMC is that it's small enough, we should all be able to get to know each other fairly well.
Reply 55
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I thought I'd post here to keep this thread alive How is everyone?
How is everyone?Reply 56
Hi Eve! I've been quite stressed because I quit my job (silly but I couldn't stand it anymore!) and there is not much out there but hopefully I will be starting some temporary work with my district council soon.
Since I finished work I have had lots of free time and tried to start reading some books that my sixth form tutor suggested for me to read in preparation for ppe. But all I seem to do is procrastinate by watching tv and going on the internet!! I have my French OU course to worry about too but can't seem to get myself motivated....I think it's the January weather!
How are you? Are you looking forward to the LSE entrance exam?
I've been quite stressed because I quit my job (silly but I couldn't stand it anymore!) and there is not much out there but hopefully I will be starting some temporary work with my district council soon. Since I finished work I have had lots of free time and tried to start reading some books that my sixth form tutor suggested for me to read in preparation for ppe. But all I seem to do is procrastinate by watching tv and going on the internet!! I have my French OU course to worry about too but can't seem to get myself motivated....I think it's the January weather!
How are you? Are you looking forward to the LSE entrance exam?
Reply 57
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natural_han
Hi Eve! I've been quite stressed because I quit my job (silly but I couldn't stand it anymore!) and there is not much out there but hopefully I will be starting some temporary work with my district council soon.
Since I finished work I have had lots of free time and tried to start reading some books that my sixth form tutor suggested for me to read in preparation for ppe. But all I seem to do is procrastinate by watching tv and going on the internet!! I have my French OU course to worry about too but can't seem to get myself motivated....I think it's the January weather!
How are you? Are you looking forward to the LSE entrance exam?
I've been quite stressed because I quit my job (silly but I couldn't stand it anymore!) and there is not much out there but hopefully I will be starting some temporary work with my district council soon. Since I finished work I have had lots of free time and tried to start reading some books that my sixth form tutor suggested for me to read in preparation for ppe. But all I seem to do is procrastinate by watching tv and going on the internet!! I have my French OU course to worry about too but can't seem to get myself motivated....I think it's the January weather!
How are you? Are you looking forward to the LSE entrance exam?
Hey, lovely to hear from you
I can relate to how you are feeling-I have an essay due on Monday and have so far done very little
I seem to be more interested in TSR 
The weather is indeed the one to blame lol! As for LSE, I am not as excited as I would have been should I have not received an offer from Oxford. I am pretty sure that HMC is where I want to go, so I guess there is not much point in going through the bother of sitting the exam...However, I will give it a try-I actually tend to do much better when I am not nervous
How about you? Have you applied anywhere else apart from Oxford? If so, how are the other choices coming along?
Reply 58
eve_22
Hey, lovely to hear from you
I can relate to how you are feeling-I have an essay due on Monday and have so far done very little I seem to be more interested in TSR The weather is indeed the one to blame lol!
As for LSE, I am not as excited as I would have been should I have not received an offer from Oxford. I am pretty sure that HMC is where I want to go, so I guess there is not much point in going through the bother of sitting the exam...However, I will give it a try-I actually tend to do much better when I am not nervous
How about you? Have you applied anywhere else apart from Oxford? If so, how are the other choices coming along?
I can relate to how you are feeling-I have an essay due on Monday and have so far done very little
I seem to be more interested in TSR The weather is indeed the one to blame lol! As for LSE, I am not as excited as I would have been should I have not received an offer from Oxford. I am pretty sure that HMC is where I want to go, so I guess there is not much point in going through the bother of sitting the exam...However, I will give it a try-I actually tend to do much better when I am not nervous
How about you? Have you applied anywhere else apart from Oxford? If so, how are the other choices coming along?
(I remembered to quote you this time
)Yes, I think you should take the LSE exam anyway, then if you were rejected you would know that Oxford is the one for you and would have no decision to make whether to stay in London or not! But if you were given an offer you will have the satisfaction of knowing you could get in (even if it does give you a difficult choice to make!).
I didn't apply anywhere else
. I decided less than a week before the Oct 15th deadline that I was going to apply this year, I was thinking of applying in 2009 for 2010 entry so I would have had time to visit other unis etc and read more widely around the subject, but I suddenly decided that I couldn't wait for another year and had to give it a try anyway, even if I was massively under-prepared! Oxford was where I really wanted to go and that's why I can't believe how lucky I am I read your thread about post-offer open days and I am glad you asked because I was wondering too. Would like to wander around hmc in the daylight and meet other people!
I think I am going to have to make myself a strict timetable for each day because I can't trust myself to do any work/ reading with my laissez-faire approach! Wondering how I'll cope at Oxford......! eeeeek
Reply 59
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natural_han
(I remembered to quote you this time)
Yes, I think you should take the LSE exam anyway, then if you were rejected you would know that Oxford is the one for you and would have no decision to make whether to stay in London or not! But if you were given an offer you will have the satisfaction of knowing you could get in (even if it does give you a difficult choice to make!).
I didn't apply anywhere else . I decided less than a week before the Oct 15th deadline that I was going to apply this year, I was thinking of applying in 2009 for 2010 entry so I would have had time to visit other unis etc and read more widely around the subject, but I suddenly decided that I couldn't wait for another year and had to give it a try anyway, even if I was massively under-prepared! Oxford was where I really wanted to go and that's why I can't believe how lucky I am
I read your thread about post-offer open days and I am glad you asked because I was wondering too. Would like to wander around hmc in the daylight and meet other people!
I think I am going to have to make myself a strict timetable for each day because I can't trust myself to do any work/ reading with my laissez-faire approach! Wondering how I'll cope at Oxford......! eeeeek
)Yes, I think you should take the LSE exam anyway, then if you were rejected you would know that Oxford is the one for you and would have no decision to make whether to stay in London or not! But if you were given an offer you will have the satisfaction of knowing you could get in (even if it does give you a difficult choice to make!).
I didn't apply anywhere else
. I decided less than a week before the Oct 15th deadline that I was going to apply this year, I was thinking of applying in 2009 for 2010 entry so I would have had time to visit other unis etc and read more widely around the subject, but I suddenly decided that I couldn't wait for another year and had to give it a try anyway, even if I was massively under-prepared! Oxford was where I really wanted to go and that's why I can't believe how lucky I am I read your thread about post-offer open days and I am glad you asked because I was wondering too. Would like to wander around hmc in the daylight and meet other people!
I think I am going to have to make myself a strict timetable for each day because I can't trust myself to do any work/ reading with my laissez-faire approach! Wondering how I'll cope at Oxford......! eeeeek
As you have said, it would be a good thing to take the LSE exam, even if only for my own satisfaction
Though it is quite tough-a summary of 150 words, 2 essays and a mathematical exercise (and I am allergic to math lol ). Well, I guess, nothing ventured nothing gained It would leave me with a difficult choice, I have to admit, but, on the other hand, for the subject I want to read Oxbridge is the best and, if nothing else, it will give me the edge when applying for training contracts in the future. I think it was quite brave of you to have only applied to one university, but it seems to have worked out for the best and I am really happy for you! Shame I didn't get to meet you at the interviews though...Well, there is always the post offer open day to make up for it, in addition to the following three years we are going to spend there
What was your offer? Mine was conditional on gaining a distinction on my course-I am well on track so far, averaging at 82% (I really have to start that essay tonight
). I might have asked you this already, but where abouts do you live?
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