Official Oxford 2021 Postgraduate Applicants Thread

Has a thread been created for applicants for this year (2022)?

Unless things have changed since my day, you probably won’t have full library access until week -1 or week 0. I don’t know how directed the reading list is, but if it doesn’t contain much/any annotation, it might be the case that many of the more expensive textbooks are included with the idea that you’ll access them during the course. But if the reading list explicitly says ‘you must read X, Y, and Z’, and X–Z are costly and hard to get hold of, I imagine you could email and gently ask the course conveners for advice. If they don’t know that they’re setting logistically challenging pre-reading lists, they might want to know.

Mphil modern south asian studies, acceptance is here! My friend and I both got in.

Has anyone applied to study precision cancer medicine? The distance learning masters?

Hey,
I was wondering if anyone has had any interview invites for MSc by Research in Oncology ?

I’m honestly so anxious since it’s been a while

Hey, I'm actually still waiting too! Very very scared!

Has a thread been created for applicants for this year (2022)?

Hello everyone!

I’m applying for mphil development studies at Oxford next year. I’ve a doubt on what to submit and what should I write for writing samples. I’m more interested in the poverty and income inequality. So I thought of writing on “how financial inclusion help in reducing poverty and income inequality in India?” Is it a vague theme? Should I choose a more unique/original theme? Or can I go ahead with this? And for second writing sample, I thought of polishing my research paper I wrote last semester titled “how has the fiscal system during the British rule transitioned now in India (with a focus on historical trends, fiscal discipline frameworks, fiscal responses in the colonial era and subsequent return to a fiscal consolidation path).

Please share your feedback )

Yeah, there is a new one created by TSR. @Wildean99

Me too :-) Look forward to being classmates!

@Birke
Hi all,
I got Dphil sociology offer. Funding and college will follow later. Goodluck to all

Just waitlisted for the PhD in Law. My button is still there.

Hi folks, I am currently finishing off a DPhil in the Humanities at Oxford with a few contacts in graduate admissions across the various faculties of the Humanities Division.

I am going to write a very long post (an unofficial guide) in the coming days explaining the funding and scholarship process in the Humanities Division. I am going to try and cover as many aspects as I can as I know that it is a very opaque, convoluted and confusing process - in part this will be about expectation management concerning the extent of competition and the dwindling number of scholarships available for the Humanities at Oxford.

In the meantime, whilst I am writing the guide, would be great if you want to post any questions or things you would specifically like me to cover or that you are particular unsure about.

Hello,

I received a rejection for a DPhil in March, but yesterday I received emails from two Colleges saying I'd been shortlisted for a DPhil Scholarship interview.

Has anyone got any advice as to what is going on here? They've got their wires crossed?

Also, in light of this, if I was at the calibre that I could be shortlisted for scholarships, then how can I get feedback as to why I was rejected from the academic Dept?

Thank you for your help!