I'm writing a book about choosing a college

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Hey @9dobbo1, good luck with the book!
I was chatting to my mum who went Oxford (St Anne's, Biochemistry) and her advice was: "Choose the college with the best food"

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oppiwall

None of that is evidence of a deliberate policy to not offer places to asians.you have no evidence to back up your statement,just as you didnt last time you made the accusation.you know full well that mat scores are only part of the decision making process.

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username5433258

Original post by oppiwall

I am not tending to be uncouth but the statement that I am smearing the Oxford colleges is also an accusation. I have already put my evidence, and clicking the link in my post and checking the published data won't take too much time. No deliberate policy is published for sure, but that doesn't imply colleges are absolutely disinterested in making decisions. What I have at the moment are merely data from the past years. These cannot prove this tendency but can serve as strong evidences. And also having preferences doesn't imply any discriminations. In 2019 Harris Manchester College only had a proportion of 32.4% for White which was far below the university average (60.0%), but did this suggest Harris Manchester College discriminates the White? I chose colleges that prefer Asians just because I wanted to raise my success rate of getting into Oxford, not because I was afraid I would be discriminated by the college.

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oppiwall

You have some very basic raw data,you have no evidence to back up your statement,

Reply 24

username5433258

Original post by oppiwall

You have some very basic raw data,you have no evidence to back up your statement,

Data is one kind of evidence. Thank you.

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oppiwall

Data is not evidence,that you think it is,is rather worrying

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username5433258

Original post by oppiwall

Data is not evidence,that you think it is,is rather worrying

Believe whatever you believe.

Reply 27

Theloniouss

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by oppiwall

Data is not evidence,that you think it is,is rather worrying

Data isn't evidence?

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oppiwall

Data by itself is not evidence,data that is relevant and provides proof for a conclusion is evidence..the data in this case s not evidence.

Reply 29

username5433258

Original post by oppiwall

Data by itself is not evidence,data that is relevant and provides proof for a conclusion is evidence..the data in this case s not evidence.

You should study statistics.

Reply 30

Culver

Can you guys maybe take your debate to pm or a group chat? This thread was made to help Dobbo gather information and testimonies for his book, so other comments that aren’t really relevant may make his job harder when he’s getting all of his information together.

Reply 31

username5433258

Original post by Culver

I understand and wishfully hope he can.

Reply 32

Ghostlady

Some Photos @9dobbo1 taken open day September 2018 if it helps with your book:
Balliol:
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Balliol

St Annes

St Annes rooftop terrace on top of the library

LMH Library

LMH

Somerville Bar

somervilles inner quad:

Mertons older quad:

Merton quad

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Ghostlady

Magdalen path to the library

Magdalen

jesus : where she had her interview

Jesus Hall

Jesus hall.jpg

Reply 34

gjd800

I chose mine based on age, size (small), prettiness.

Not as vital to me because you could do a PGCE without ever going into college :lol:

Reply 35

E's Dad

My daughter applied to Jesus College after finding out it was known as the Welsh College - simple as

Reply 36

9dobbo1

Original post by 𝓖𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓵𝓪𝓭𝔂

Magdalen path to the library

Magdalen

jesus : where she had her interview

Jesus Hall

Jesus hall.jpg

Amazing photos, thank you

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advocatingheriot

Somerville

Pros: Allows you to walk on grass.
Cons: Won't give feedback. *cries*

My recommendation score for Somerville: 1/10

Reply 38

9dobbo1

Original post by advocatingheriot

Somerville

Pros: Allows you to walk on grass.
Cons: Won't give feedback. *cries*

My recommendation score for Somerville: 1/10

big sad

Reply 39

unnotabelle

My school actually allocated me to St John's because we've a history of sending successful English applicants there (for some reason). But it was one of my first choices because a number of my personal heroes studied there (Housman, Larkin, Coren), and the fact they've amazing archives in their library. Add the fact that there are fridges in every room, pretty generous book/travel grants, tutors that happen to specialise in areas I'm interested in, and it is in a central location, and I was sold.