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Oxford graduate applicants 2009/2010

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minimo
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FlyingIsis
Apparently living in St. Antony's isn't that great - does anyone know about this?

eeeee St A is my other choice! The accommodation looked good :/
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hobnob
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minimo
What;s St John's like? I'm just randomly put it down as one of my choices. I'll be posting my apps tomorrow or the day after. Just gotta tidy up written work and double check a form.

Nice, big, and immensely popular.:smile:
St. John's is one of the most popular and one of the richest colleges. Have heard it's really nice too :biggrin:

I'm not thinking about college choice too much (I did put my 2 preferred places) but I'll be over the moon just to get in, so college choice will just be a bonus. Which isn't going to happen so may as well start thinking about plan b *twiddles thumbs*
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Andante
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If you were given an offer from both Oxford and LSE would you without question take the Oxford offer? Reputation-wise are the two institutions miles apart?

PS...Im posting this on the LSE thread also
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minimo
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Andante
If you were given an offer from both Oxford and LSE would you without question take the Oxford offer? Reputation-wise are the two institutions miles apart?

PS...Im posting this on the LSE thread also

what's the course?
Andante
If you were given an offer from both Oxford and LSE would you without question take the Oxford offer? Reputation-wise are the two institutions miles apart?

PS...Im posting this on the LSE thread also


depends on the course - and where you'd personally prefer to be - don't pick Oxford just because of the name


I've put St. Antony's as my 1st and St. Cath's as my second, although I'm kinda regretting that now as most of the St. A building is a monstrosity :p:
Athena
Yes, but St A's shares lovely gardens with the Japanese Studies Institute.


Can I live in the garden?
FlyingIsis
Can I live in the garden?


Only fellows are allowed to live in the garden :wink:
leviathan1
Only fellows are allowed to live in the garden :wink:


hahaha.

Do most people live in college for the first year?
I'd like to, but it's much cheaper to live out - I'm going to go and inspect the rooms next month and see if I could survive there :p:
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Krush
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Athena
The accommodation for grads at New is great - really well laid out flats on the Western sports ground. And I think there's some kind of free drinks thing in the MCR every Wednesday.


Cheers for that! Yeah I even heard that the MCR gives out free brunch on sunday's! Don't know how true this is though but I'm happy enough with the free drinks.
Reply 210
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Pelle
Hi Angelil, I just got rejected by my first choice college Christ Church and am now being considered by my second choice New College. I was wondering if you had any thoughts regarding New College and how good/bad a choice it is for postgrads.


Did they tell you by email? I thought we hear from the colleges only in case they offer you a place?

My first college choice is St Johns, second Christ Church.
Pelle
Did they tell you by email? I thought we hear from the colleges only in case they offer you a place?

My first college choice is St Johns, second Christ Church.


It's all done by letter isn't it?
Reply 212
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minimo
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Athena
Yes, but St A's shares lovely gardens with the Japanese Studies Institute.

i don't care if the rooms are modern so long as there's adecent chance of an ensuite. Is this the case ohknowledgeableone?
Reply 213
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Andante
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minimo
what's the course?


The course WAS MSc Modern Chinese Studies - which I have just been rejected for

LSE: Comparative Politics..........

I know that Oxford does what it says on the tin and thus being accepted by them requires a special applicant, however my professional background and unbeatable references (both in terms of what was written and by whom) led me to believe that I had a really good shot at this course...as it turns out I was mistaken.
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minimo
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Andante
The course WAS MSc Modern Chinese Studies - which I have just been rejected for

LSE: Comparative Politics..........

I know that Oxford does what it says on the tin and thus being accepted by them requires a special applicant, however my professional background and unbeatable references (both in terms of what was written and by whom) led me to believe that I had a really good shot at this course...as it turns out I was mistaken.

I'm sorry to hear this :frown:

Does that mean you were planning to come back to uni after a few years out studying?

Good luck for the LSE :biggrin:
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Andante
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minimo
I'm sorry to hear this :frown:

Does that mean you were planning to come back to uni after a few years out studying?

Good luck for the LSE :biggrin:


Yeah exactly! A couple of years out then back for one last academic session this October.

LSE seems to be highly regarded, but the fees are really steep.

All other things being equal, may I have been smoked out by my lower fee status i.e. £3,390 vs. £11,750? I believe that 80% of successful candidates so far - for the course I applied to - are from outside the EU.
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xara27
I was just curious, for those who applied for a Masters (any subject, doesn't matter) at Oxford: how many other universities have you applied to? I had a disagreement with someone about the number of applications that a commonsensical person would make.
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hobnob
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xara27
I was just curious, for those who applied for a Masters (any subject, doesn't matter) at Oxford: how many other universities have you applied to? I had a disagreement with someone about the number of applications that a commonsensical person would make.

I'd say one is foolish, two is probably enough for an offer but might be a bit of a gamble (depending on where you applied), three is commonsensical, four is overly cautious and five or more is ridiculous.:p:
xara27
I was just curious, for those who applied for a Masters (any subject, doesn't matter) at Oxford: how many other universities have you applied to? I had a disagreement with someone about the number of applications that a commonsensical person would make.


I only applied for one MA (not that it was Oxford).

I've so far, only applied for 1 PhD because it's really hard to find a balance of right uni, right supervisor and the chance of funding, especially when my research area is rather small and incredibly specific. I'm working on plans b and c at the moment.
apotoftea
I only applied for one MA (not that it was Oxford).

I've so far, only applied for 1 PhD because it's really hard to find a balance of right uni, right supervisor and the chance of funding, especially when my research area is rather small and incredibly specific. I'm working on plans b and c at the moment.

:ditto:

My theory is if I get rejected from PhD, I'll take a year out and apply again - its hardly like undergrad anymore :p:

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