Oxford graduate applicants 2009/2010

Hi all. I have accepted my offer. I will be at Oxford in October, and I plan to sit the GREs in the fall. I can't seem to find a testing centre in Oxford; the nearest one is in London, it seems. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks!

Hi all. I have accepted my offer. I will be at Oxford in October, and I plan to sit the GREs in the fall. I can't seem to find a testing centre in Oxford; the nearest one is in London, it seems. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks!

Hello all -

To those asking about the Clarendon, I believe offers have been going out randomly for a while. I heard my result in February via email - so I can only imagine that it varies by department.

By the way - any Development Studies students starting in October? Anybody else end up at St. Antony's?

no, it's slightly more nebulous than that. the difference is less to do with what happens when you're in class (when your academic experience will be identical to everyone else's) and more to do with what happens when you're trying to get through your assignments, or generally wondering about how confident people are feeling about the work they're getting through, or you're doing ir and you want to talk to someone who's a student of a particular area you happen to be researching that week, or whatever.

if you're at a college with maybe one other ir person and two other area studies people, you don't get that kind of community.

Hi guys, I thought I'd finally join this forum. I got a place in the History department two or so weeks ago, and heard on Thursday that I've been nominated for one of the AHRC BGP doctoral places. I'm a little confused as to whether this means I've definitely got funding, or whether there's a chance the AHRC can still reject my proposal. Any ideas?

I got my offer a few weeks ago, but have not heard anything back hall wise? Do you know when we will know about which hall we will be in?

Hmm, If you are going to Oxford, why are you taking the GRE?

Yes, if you're going to be in Oxford, the nearest GRE testing site will be London. I know because I've been looking at this for a while now since I'm planning on sitting for the GRE after I start my course in October. Good luck!

College, not hall.
I think it takes about a month on average, but it may take longer. You'll just have to try and be patient, I'm afraid, since niggling the graduate admission office doesn't work...

Massive congratulations! I hate you on both accounts (out of interest, did your do your BA at Oxford? And have you got a first?

The good news is that by what I've been told about AHRC BGP places, and read online (UCL's History department are pretty open with this) is that if you've been nominated for a BGP place by the university you've applied to, then it's pretty much 99% confirmed that you'll get funding. It's the university's decision rather than the AHRC. They obviously just have to confirm it.

Thanks Xara. Gah, are you sitting the subject and general tests as well? Where are you thinking of applying?

Congratulations on the Clarendon! Sounds like you got accepted from the first gathered field then? I think most of the applications for Clarendon for the second gathered field are being considered and people should hear within the week. (They have already decided for Medical Sciences and also given out a few for Social Sciences, but a majority of these and for Humanities are going out next week, according to their website/other posters here).

I have been accepted to the Dev. Studies program as well but I wasn't nominated for the Clarendon. I am hoping the other program I got into has nominated me, but if not, (or even if I am but don't get it) I don't really know what I am going to do.

one more time, i hate money.

I'm coming to Oxford for the MSt, then I hope to do my PhD in the US starting fall 2010.




Thanks Xara. Gah, are you sitting the subject and general tests as well? Where are you thinking of applying?

I assume from this your application was unsuccessful? Sorry to hear that, and hope you have other options.

No, never studied at Oxford before. I got a first for my undergrad and a distinction for my masters though.

Thanks for the info on AHRC. I emailed my prospective supervisor at Oxford and she firstly didn't know even know there was a nomination system this year - scared me quite a lot. She's obviously hidden away in her office somewhere!

I also want to take the general GRE coming Fall. How do you prepare? Especially the vocabulary part of it just scares me :|

I'm thinking of investing in some prep books. i haven't actually started studying or anything, so i wouldn't be able to give any sensible advice to people in need of study tips.