Oxbridge Applications

Oh Dear. Moron alert. They aren't doing anything coercive, beyond some mildly irritating 'stalker-ish' advertising which, whilst annoying, does nobody any real harm beyond stoking one's irritation a bit. I repeat: IF YOU ARE SAD ENOUGH TO BE OBSESSED WITH OXBRIDGE AND THINK IT IT WILL BE THE END OF YOUR LIFE IF YOU DON'T GET IN THEN YOU DESERVE WHATEVER YOU GET. If someone sees OA's dodgy statistics, goes into a blind panic and decides to fork out the best part of a grand for the training weekend, then that is UP TO THEM AND NOT SOME SPLUTTERING IDIOT ON TSR.

Do you have such a low opinion of people's intelligence that you think they need to be protected from this sick, exploitative filth, a la The Daily Mail? Hmm.

I mean why don' they just send these letters addressed to the STUDENTS who are actually applying, rather then the parents, scaring/worrying them for no reason.............This is just ridiculous and utterly unacceptable (especially the circumstances they have gained the information by).............and this is a point which has been re-iterated at my school today once the students complained about receiving the letter, our teachers were furious!!! (under statement) and are launching a formal complaint against them.........

SHUT THE F UP MATE and actually read what i've wrote ......................

They gained my details under FALSE PRETENCES you penis, which is something beyond just 'mildly annoying'!!! ..............

And as for it doing no real harm, well obviously it's a ***** letter and no where did i say it did me real harm, i just said how much it annoyed and pissed me off.........read what i have written before you start blabbering on about crap!!...................

Furthermore this company is a scam if it uses 'scare tactics' to get business, many who apply to Oxford (like me) come from a rubbish comp school and sixth form where little or no help is provided to us in applying to Oxbridge, therefore others who may be a bit more gullible so to say, may actually take the statistics they provide seriously and therefore spend a huge amount of money on unnecessary days/weekends............

I mean why don' they just send these letters addressed to the STUDENTS who are actually applying, rather then the parents, scaring/worrying them for no reason.............This is just ridiculous and utterly unacceptable (especially the circumstances they have gained the information by).............and this is a point which has been re-iterated at my school today once the students complained about receiving the letter, our teachers were furious!!! (under statement) and are launching a formal complaint against them.........

I mean if this does not equate to the company being a joke, i think you are the MORON here!!! ..............

False pretences? That's a bit of an exaggeration, perhaps. They said they were going to send you information (about the interview weekend thingie), and they did. The reason why the letter was addressed to your father and not to yourself is that applicants are unlikely to be paying for those weekends themselves. Yes, the way they phrased it was misleading, because they diguised the fact that their 'information' was a form of advertisement, but it's hardly something worth getting quite so worked up about...

nah mate, they what they said to our teachers when they got our info was that they were going to send actual helpful information, not promotional stuff of OA - which our teachers where very strict about asking as we found out today from them when we complained..........

and Niccolo, mate who the *** do you think you at deciding people's chances of getting in or not, you know nothing about my chances, so i think you should be the one who pipes down .........

As for what i said i was commenting back on what you said about,

"They aren't doing anything coercive, beyond some mildly irritating 'stalker-ish' advertising which, whilst annoying, does nobody any real harm beyond stoking one's irritation a bit."

So moron read your posts first!!!

Yes, I was commenting on your reply to what I said here. 'OOh, GOD, they've INVADED MY PWIVACY, oohh, they got my details via illicit means, ooh, pwecious, it violates me, ooh, no other company has ever done that in the history of commerce, have they? oooh! How AWFUL!'

You really are pathetic, even for a child. I feel stupid myself for deining to spend time arguing with a 16 year old Oxbridge wannabe when I have already been here for two years myself, and a not very bright one at that, by the looks of things. And as for predicting whether or not you will get in, let's just say its an 'educated guess,' to resort to a hackneyed phrase .

nah mate, they what they said to our teachers when they got our info was that they were going to send actual helpful information, not promotional stuff of OA - which our teachers where very strict about asking as we found out today from them when we complained..........

Niccolo - for somebody who is not working for OA you are creating a very good impression that you are. Personally as much as I can see your point in how some people would be desparately hung on getting into Oxbridge as their lives depended on it; can you not see how even then that the company is wrong? It gives people false hope, whilst taking their money.

Bandying about comments also as to people's chances which you have only based upon them disagreeing with you doesn't strike me as being to wise...

No, i was basing it on the apparent lack of literacy of the ****er...

anyway, I simply can't see how what I have said leads anyone to believe I am advocating the use of this company. I think that in every post, I have pointed out the sheer nastiness of many of its features. Just because I don't blanket condemn it as USELESS (most of the people doing so on here have no experience of it, the spluttering 16 year old being an excellent case in point) does not been I lick its arse.

my opinion is............. I massively disagree with the cost of these OA courses, but I think their book "tell me about a banana" was really useful, and helped me a great deal putting together the first draft of my personal statement. My mum also got a letter sent to her saying "OMG 58% SUCCESS, SEND YOUR KID ON THIS. ONLY £850"

I'm 21, luckily knowing the value of £850, and would never in a million years spend it on a company that tried to pretty much, scare my mum lol Plus my car needs servicing, i need to by some more books bla bla bla. basically i fail to see its worth.

Niccolo - you seem very close minded for a oxbridge undergrad/applicant. I can understand you have your own opinion on this, but realise that you might be wrong. And no one apart from the admissions tutors can rate what chance anyone has.

Akademic - mate, you don't seem very articulate for an oxbridge applicant. There are far better ways to show your frustration with peoples views than typing swear words that are just star'ed out anyway. Not that i care really haha, you can argue with each other all you want.

And finally, TSR is a massive resource for anything academic. The amount of help you can find on this forum is unbelievable. and people do know what they're talkin about. That includes applying to oxford or cambridge.

If people have an ethical problem with the existance of oxbridge applications, then they must be absolutely apalled by the existance of private schools, because private schools do the same thing, but get several years to do it.

Don't waste your money. Nothing they can tell you that people on here can't.

Perhaps they can't tell you anything more, but, as far as I can tell, they do offer face-to-face interview practice, which is something TSR cannot do

You ridiculous little sixth former (are you even doing your A2s yet, moron?).