Official Oxford 2023 Postgraduate Applicants Thread

In 2021/2022 a student from my university got into OMMS (not one of the universities mentioned above). He was top of class in year 2 and year 3. He finished OMMS with distinction, his acquired knowledge seemed to be ok for OMMS. However, Part III admission (I think part III is a bit more difficult) offered about 30% (30 out of 90 during the last years) a spot. Cambridge experiences seemed to be ok with people coming from the university I am attending.
On the other hand, most of those students are international students who attended a university in UK for their Bachelor studies. So, I am not sure if this is somehow important. But if Cambridge seems ok with other universities in the UK, Oxford might be biased in some ways.

could share which university it was that student got into OMMS from? also what was his average mark across the year 2 and year 3 (if you know)?

Prospective course: DPhil in Archaeology
Achieved (or expected) grade: Distinction
Current (or last) university: Oxford
Current (or last) course: MSc in Archaeology
College preferences: Jesus
Other universities you’re applying to: Durham

Good luck to everyone, I hope that we all get offers!

Hey just wanted to ask if you waited a year between your MSc and the DPhil? I’m in the predicament that I’m starting an anthro MSc next week at Oxford and would like to apply to PhD programs afterwards (Oxford being 1 of them). But I’m not sure if I should apply when I’m like 2 months into the current course or finish my MSc then apply.

Prospective course: MSc in Education (Higher Education)
Achieved (or expected) grade: 3.93/4.00
Current (or last) university: Top 50 US Liberal Arts College
Current (or last) course: Educational Studies
College preferences: Green Templeton College
Other universities you’re applying to: Cambridge
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Any other MSc in Education applicant here? Also, I'm surprised at the lack of traffic on this thread compared to previous years.

Prospective course: Msc in Psychological Research & Msc in Clinical and therapeutic neuroscience
Achieved (or expected) grade: 3.79/4.00 (Canada)
Nationality: China
Current (or last) university: McGill University
Current (or last) course: Major in Psychology; Major in Computer Science
College preferences: St Johns, The Queens
Other universities you’re applying to: McGill, UCL, NYU, Columbia, Dartmouth, Berkeley

Does anyone know why there is no Bachelor of Arts - Non Honours option under degree in the applications? Honours system in McGill is a bit different than the universities in UK.

Don't know if this is the right forum to ask, but I'm thinking of applying to the MSc Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience at Oxford, but it was very last minute and I'm worried whether I'm late to apply for the 1st December deadline? If anyone who has already applied has any experience, I'd love to know!

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I think in the UK honours means that you have a final grade average that is above a pass! A non-honors degree basically isn't 'classed' in the UK sense, so it would just be a pass/fail degree. My US degree is just a BA but it's equivalent to a BA (Hons) in the UK Hope it makes sense!