Oxford Graduate Application 2012/13

I don't think there will be a big difference between MSt- Oxford, PhD - Cambridge and MSt and DPhil Oxford. I don't really care about my "CV" for non academic purposes. A non academic might perhaps think "oh cool, she's been at both" but for academic reasons Oxford is the best for my subject, and has better supervisors, and a bigger academic community, so it is really much better for me.
I agree that change is good, but 9 months are not enough to get to know a place, and I really want to stay more. Well anyway, I will have to follow the funding in the end so it doesn't really matter what I want.

But I am sure that as you said most colleges have their own things. And Balliol is one of the most beautiful colleges in my opinion.

Okay, this is very noob-ish but how exactly is an Oxford formal dinner different from the "regular" dinners?

Okay, this is very noob-ish but how exactly is an Oxford formal dinner different from the "regular" dinners?

The main differences are that you pay more, the food is slightly better and you wear a gown.

"slightly" pfft. St Anne's dinners are actually rather nice.

OK, the next person who boasts about how good his / her college's hall food is will be negged.

But I've heard that your college also has very good food. A friend who is there told me.

OK, the next person who boasts about how good his / her college's hall food is will be negged.

Things vary from college to college, but in many, they have two dinner sittings. The first is informal, often self-service. The second is formal, you have a three course meal served to you, and you have to wear your gown over your clothes.

There are also nicer dinners - my college had a grad formal once week with better food, and drinks in the MCR.

That's the first time I've heard that rumour...

To those who already accepted their offers / those who did so last year: Did admissions send you an email after you confirmed that you accept? I know that other unis send something like "thanks for accepting your offer" but I assume it's not the case in Oxford since colleges are the next instance during the process, right? I'm a bit worried that my email got lost and the offer will lapse ...astonishing how long periods of waiting can make one paranoid

Can I get points instead for slagging off?? My old college (which shall remain nameless) serves up some damn fine rubbish disguised as food .

I don't know what the normal food was like at my old college, because I'm a vegan - but I can say that, for the first couple of years at least, the vegan food consisted of literally about three vegetables in slightly different combinations.

Then we got a new chef, but I was living in self-catering accommodation at that point anyway.

Can I get points instead for slagging off?? My old college (which shall remain nameless) serves up some damn fine rubbish disguised as food .

Does one invite (non oxbridge) friends and family to a 'formal' dinner? or is that not the done thing?

To those who already accepted their offers / those who did so last year: Did admissions send you an email after you confirmed that you accept? I know that other unis send something like "thanks for accepting your offer" but I assume it's not the case in Oxford since colleges are the next instance during the process, right? I'm a bit worried that my email got lost and the offer will lapse ...astonishing how long periods of waiting can make one paranoid

Our colleges must share the same catering staff! I haven't bothered going to ordinary, non-formal dinner since they served me cold chicken nuggets with soggy chips and called it a meal.

wow! seems all applicants here are current students of oxford except me .