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I'm not totally sure how to start my own thread on here yet, but I have gotten a lot of information from reading this one, and I have a few questions of my own... So here goes :
I am an American student, and though I am only in the eighth year and this may seem a tad early, I am wondering about what it takes to get into Oxford University. This has been a lifelong goal of mine, and since I will be starting high school this year, I would really, really like to know about applying for a PPP (Physiology, Psychology, and Philosophy) degree at Oxford. I am wondering what sort of courses I should take over the next few years that will prepare me for this degree. Though my school offers many IB and AP courses (which I plan to take advantage of), it only offers one of the PPP courses (Psychology). I would like to know if this will affect my chances of being accepted. Is there anything else that I could do, starting as soon as possible, that would help prepare me for an oxford degree?
I have gotten a lot of information from this forum and from the University of Oxford website, But I am still wondering, if, when you apply to Oxford, you must apply to an individual college. I was under the impression that you applied to the University as a whole and chose a college later in the process.
Thank you so much!!
I am an American student, and though I am only in the eighth year and this may seem a tad early, I am wondering about what it takes to get into Oxford University. This has been a lifelong goal of mine, and since I will be starting high school this year, I would really, really like to know about applying for a PPP (Physiology, Psychology, and Philosophy) degree at Oxford. I am wondering what sort of courses I should take over the next few years that will prepare me for this degree. Though my school offers many IB and AP courses (which I plan to take advantage of), it only offers one of the PPP courses (Psychology). I would like to know if this will affect my chances of being accepted. Is there anything else that I could do, starting as soon as possible, that would help prepare me for an oxford degree?
I have gotten a lot of information from this forum and from the University of Oxford website, But I am still wondering, if, when you apply to Oxford, you must apply to an individual college. I was under the impression that you applied to the University as a whole and chose a college later in the process.
Thank you so much!!
Juliedrulie18
I'm not totally sure how to start my own thread on here yet, but I have gotten a lot of information from reading this one, and I have a few questions of my own... So here goes :
I am an American student, and though I am only in the eighth year and this may seem a tad early, I am wondering about what it takes to get into Oxford University. This has been a lifelong goal of mine, and since I will be starting high school this year, I would really, really like to know about applying for a PPP (Physiology, Psychology, and Philosophy) degree at Oxford. I am wondering what sort of courses I should take over the next few years that will prepare me for this degree. Though my school offers many IB and AP courses (which I plan to take advantage of), it only offers one of the PPP courses (Psychology). I would like to know if this will affect my chances of being accepted. Is there anything else that I could do, starting as soon as possible, that would help prepare me for an oxford degree?
I have gotten a lot of information from this forum and from the University of Oxford website, But I am still wondering, if, when you apply to Oxford, you must apply to an individual college. I was under the impression that you applied to the University as a whole and chose a college later in the process.
Thank you so much!!
I am an American student, and though I am only in the eighth year and this may seem a tad early, I am wondering about what it takes to get into Oxford University. This has been a lifelong goal of mine, and since I will be starting high school this year, I would really, really like to know about applying for a PPP (Physiology, Psychology, and Philosophy) degree at Oxford. I am wondering what sort of courses I should take over the next few years that will prepare me for this degree. Though my school offers many IB and AP courses (which I plan to take advantage of), it only offers one of the PPP courses (Psychology). I would like to know if this will affect my chances of being accepted. Is there anything else that I could do, starting as soon as possible, that would help prepare me for an oxford degree?
I have gotten a lot of information from this forum and from the University of Oxford website, But I am still wondering, if, when you apply to Oxford, you must apply to an individual college. I was under the impression that you applied to the University as a whole and chose a college later in the process.
Thank you so much!!
To do physiology you should do biology AP or Higher Level. And chemistry too. Psychology AP isnt really needed to do the course. You will need 5,5,5 at AP and 38-40 in the IB. When applying through UCAS you choose a "campus code" which is basically you saying which college you want to go to.
Also 8th year -- you are year 8? This is a bit keen
Juliedrulie18
I'm not totally sure how to start my own thread on here yet, but I have gotten a lot of information from reading this one, and I have a few questions of my own... So here goes :
I am an American student, and though I am only in the eighth year and this may seem a tad early, I am wondering about what it takes to get into Oxford University. This has been a lifelong goal of mine, and since I will be starting high school this year, I would really, really like to know about applying for a PPP (Physiology, Psychology, and Philosophy) degree at Oxford. I am wondering what sort of courses I should take over the next few years that will prepare me for this degree. Though my school offers many IB and AP courses (which I plan to take advantage of), it only offers one of the PPP courses (Psychology). I would like to know if this will affect my chances of being accepted. Is there anything else that I could do, starting as soon as possible, that would help prepare me for an oxford degree?
I have gotten a lot of information from this forum and from the University of Oxford website, But I am still wondering, if, when you apply to Oxford, you must apply to an individual college. I was under the impression that you applied to the University as a whole and chose a college later in the process.
Thank you so much!!
I am an American student, and though I am only in the eighth year and this may seem a tad early, I am wondering about what it takes to get into Oxford University. This has been a lifelong goal of mine, and since I will be starting high school this year, I would really, really like to know about applying for a PPP (Physiology, Psychology, and Philosophy) degree at Oxford. I am wondering what sort of courses I should take over the next few years that will prepare me for this degree. Though my school offers many IB and AP courses (which I plan to take advantage of), it only offers one of the PPP courses (Psychology). I would like to know if this will affect my chances of being accepted. Is there anything else that I could do, starting as soon as possible, that would help prepare me for an oxford degree?
I have gotten a lot of information from this forum and from the University of Oxford website, But I am still wondering, if, when you apply to Oxford, you must apply to an individual college. I was under the impression that you applied to the University as a whole and chose a college later in the process.
Thank you so much!!
I don't think not having a 'Physiology' or Philosophy AP will disadvantage you much - although obviously biological/chemical ones would be an enormous help, as would essay-writing ones like History. It would be an idea to read deeply around the subjects (e.g. Blackburn's 'Think' for Philosophy), but otherwise just work hard and get 5s in your APs.
You do pick a college at the time of application, yes.
Juliedrulie18
You have the opportunity to nominate one college to consider your application, when you submit your details online through UCAS. But you don't have to specify which college you're interested in if you don't want to; alternatively, you can submit an 'open' application. This means that the university will choose a college to consider your application, and once that choice has been allocated your application will be treated in the same way as if you had chosen that college directly. More information on college choice here:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/colleges/how_do_i_choose_a_college/index.html
The information others have posted re IB and AP exams is correct. American applicants usually have a mix of these, or a mix of SATs and APs. All of these courses are heavily scientific so you should take Biology and/or Chemistry to a high level.
It's worth noting that the Physiological Sciences degree and two of the three PPP courses will probably be replaced in the next few years: AFAIK the Psychology and Philosophy option will still run, but the others may be discontinued in favour of some sort of Neuroscience option. I would imagine the content of the course will have some similarities, but it probably won't still be called PPP by the time you apply.
Wow... I had no idea that people would respond so quickly. (I posted this two days ago and this is the first time I've checked it!) Thank you so much, this is really helpful.
You won't need to have taken AP Psychology or any high school Philosophy course to get in. Oxford tutors tend to look down on A-level Psychology and Philosophy, and so their attitude on the American version of those courses is probably the same. Just be aware that PPP is a difficult course for admissions, because you have to be sufficiently science-oriented to satisfy the Psychology and Physiology tutors, and sufficiently humanities-oriented to satisfy the Philosophy tutors.
Also, 8th grade is a little early to be thinking about these kinds of things. Work hard, and you'll be fine.
Also, 8th grade is a little early to be thinking about these kinds of things. Work hard, and you'll be fine.
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