The Official Oxbridge discussion thread

Loads of stoners (some have open door policies in college - delightfully blatent!) Puplic school idiots with cocaine but they'll either fail, get over it sharpish or possibly their daddies will bail them out. Dossers... it depends. If you count partying and leaving essays till last minute quite a lot of us firsties are. If you mean people who never do any work ever, not that many because you can't really get away with that. Classicists, historians and philosophers seem to have an easy ride with work at the moment anyway. I have 3 essays a week :-(

Reply 24

LH

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wassup_147

Getting Into Oxbridge Is Not About Grades, Its About Your Personal Statement And The Interview And How You Present Yourself And Look................trust Me. It Has Been Known That A Person With 2 A Grades And A B Can Get In Ahead Of Soemone With 3 A's....because Of Tehir Personal Statemnt, Interview, Presentation, Looks Etc.......its True.

The standard offer for some courses at Oxbridge is AAB.

Reply 25

Tek

About 80% of candidates are called for an interview. [I think that] they base this on your GCSE grades, your personal statement and your references, but when it comes down to offering places the interview plays the largest part.

I think it's more than that - most people get to interview stage because not many people apply that haven't a hope in hell. I'm going to be floating around in the gown helping interviewees at the end of term, oh. the memories.

Reply 26

Actually, it's more common than you think to be offered AAB. And of course Christ's College, Cambridge offer around 1/3 of their applicants EE!

Reply 27

Haz

I think it's more than that - most people get to interview stage because not many people apply that haven't a hope in hell. I'm going to be floating around in the gown helping interviewees at the end of term, oh. the memories.

Yeah...that's the best bit: "Oh look at me, I already got in, ner ner ner :tongue:

". That's how I'd feel anyway :biggrin:

Reply 28

Tek

Actually, it's more common than you think to be offered AAB. And of course Christ's College, Cambridge offer around 1/3 of their applicants EE!

True, but they work them like dogs apparently - christs exam suicide watch is famous...

Reply 29

Tek

Yeah...that's the best bit: "Oh look at me, I already got in, ner ner ner :tongue:

". That's how I'd feel anyway :biggrin:

Well actually, they were really lovely to me and I want to do the same for someone else. Without wishing to sound superior, when you're here all the competition seems really immature. It's the last thing on most people's minds!

Reply 30

Haz

Well actually, they were really lovely to me and I want to do the same for someone else. Without wishing to sound superior, when you're here all the competition seems really immature. It's the last thing on most people's minds!

Ahh but without the competition you wouldn't even be there.

Reply 31

Juwel

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Tek

Ahh but without the competition you wouldn't even be there.

Huh? I would have though it would be easier for you if there was no competition...

Reply 32

ZJuwelH

Huh? I would have though it would be easier for you if there was no competition...

Let me rephrase:

Without partaking in the competition and being competitive yourself, you wouldn't be there.

Reply 33