Oxford Graduate Application 2012/13

She's at Worcester College studying English literature and certainly will be gone once we arrive. What a pity!

yeah it will be a terrible loss for everyone here...I think the University is going to establish an annual mourning day.

Was that sarcasm? Is she often at the uni ? Can you see her regularly ?

haha yes it was sarcasm... I saw her once, and I know people who have seen her once or twice. A friend from worcester said she saw her in the first formal dinner (she brought her parents...come on Emma! If any other student had done that they would be laughed at for the rest of the year...but she is Emma Watson, no one would do that )

well, she's the most beautiful woman in the world. deal with it

but apparently she's never seen her since. I don't think she lives in college.

By "uni" you mean?? Oxford is a city university, meaning that departments etc are spread all over the city. So unless you study english lit and go to the same department/library then you won't see her at uni.


thank god. so afterall, i do not have to envy oxford's students as much as i though

offered a place for applied statistics

@ Xhristina and Zenobia. Thank you very much for your answers.

I have a couple of more questions pertaining to the SoP:

1. Is it advisable to start the SoP with an anecdote/case study that is closely related to what one intends to study at Oxford?
2. Does anyone here have experience of submitting a sample of writing in language other than English. Specifically, given that I am applying to Oriental Studies department, I would like to demonstrate my knowledge of Arabic somehow. However, although well-written, the topic of that paper is very different from the one I intend to study.

Once again, thanks a lot.

Klackalica.

Congratulations!

Quick questions: did they email you today or did you get a letter?

Hello everyone,

I am applying for an Ms.T in Oriental Studies (focus on Islamic world). I have a couple of questions for everyone:

1. How long should the SoP be? I read somewhere on the Oxford website that it should not be longer than a single page. However, this seems ridiculously short.
2. Given that I intend to use this Ms.T as a stepping stone towards PhD, should I outline my research interests in detail, just in passing, or not at all?
3. Should I state that my goals involve becoming academic/book writer/public, or does that sound plain dull?

Thanks,
Klackalica

I received an email yesterday.

Thanks!

*starts checking email obsessively*

I have to second the question above: are people notified of their offers by email or ordinary mail?

Are people who applied for the same course all notified on the same day of the outcome of their application, be it an offer or a rejection?

Are people who applied for the same course all notified on the same day of the outcome of their application, be it an offer or a rejection?

4 people at my college received the offer at the same time on the same course. None (of the 6 applied) received rejection though.

This means they do not notify everyone on the same day then because those two other people did not hear back anything.