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Reply 180

E&M at Pembroke 🙂

Reply 181

I’ve got an offer for chemistry at oriel anyone else.

Reply 182

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by Anonymous
Got an offer for Materials science at Trinity. Has anyone else got an offer for Materials or for Trinity in general?

Hi, congratulations! I also got an offer for materials but at St Anne's.

Reply 183

hey everyone here - congrats!! i’ve got an offer for law at balliol - anyone else there or doing law?

Reply 184

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by Anonymous
Hi, congratulations! I also got an offer for materials but at St Anne's.

Congrats to you too, how did you do in the PAT?
I bombed it and got a 49 so I presume it was my interview that carried my application.

Reply 185

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by sopphhh
hey, I got an offer for spanish and beginner's russian at queen's - anyone else at queens or studying languages?

Hey! I got an offer for German and Beginners’ Russian at Teddy Hall :smile:

Reply 186

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by Anonymous
Congrats to you too, how did you do in the PAT?
I bombed it and got a 49 so I presume it was my interview that carried my application.

Thank you! I got 58/100 on the PAT

Reply 187

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by Blinkr
Hello everyone!!
Welcome to the official discussion thread for students who have received an offer from the University of Oxford for 2025 entry
You can chat with other offer holders and see if you can find someone who could be in your class next year
Also let us know what A-Levels/other qualifications you are taking and the course that you applied for!!
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Click here to find the Official Offer Holder Thread Directory for 2025 to check out other Unis!


Hi, Mansfield Maths offer holder, I wonder if every got the same(equivalent) offer for math? I'm doing IB so it's 667 for my Higher Levels and 7 for math. This should be equivalent to AAA* with A* for Maths in A-Levels.

Reply 188

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by RNavs_44
Hi, I'm a maths and cs offer holder at worcester, let me know if you would like to connect!

I'm maths at worcester! not to be dense but wdym by connect?

Reply 189

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by Anonymous
I’ve got an offer for chemistry at oriel anyone else.

Oriel my younger son went there and loved it! You are in for a treat. They referred to my son as “family

Reply 190

hey guys do we need to learn how to punt like with the stick and the boat idk how to do it i’m very stressed

Reply 191

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by anisiacole
hey guys do we need to learn how to punt like with the stick and the boat idk how to do it i’m very stressed

Nobody has to learn punting lol although some do. The colleges have their own punts

Reply 192

Anyone know how likely we are to end up at the college that sent the offer if it is an open offer?

Reply 193

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by qwerty908
I've also got an engineering offer. I'm doing Maths, Physics, Further and chem. I think I'm going to drop chem though because Hertford said they didn't really care about it

Yeah fair enough chem is so long. But further is ramping up as well. The questions are easy enough I guess but I'm pretty sure it will be around 90% for an A* so VERY unforgiving of small mistakes (LIKE FORGETTING TO CHANGE THE LIMITS FOR INTEGRATION BY SUBSTITUTION) but yeah hopefully we got this. How was the PAT?

Reply 194

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by Anonymous
Yeah fair enough chem is so long. But further is ramping up as well. The questions are easy enough I guess but I'm pretty sure it will be around 90% for an A* so VERY unforgiving of small mistakes (LIKE FORGETTING TO CHANGE THE LIMITS FOR INTEGRATION BY SUBSTITUTION) but yeah hopefully we got this. How was the PAT?

you don't need A* in further for engineering, and also i feel the mistakes will average out over 4 super long papers. With the lottery of physics markschemes however, I still think it's the best bet though.

Reply 195

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by unbeliever
Congrats! I got an offer for law @ Wadham.

Hello,

Congrats! I'm applying for the Oxford law foundation year, and interviews for us are held in March (I believe). I was wondering what super curriculars/reading you did? Also what was the interview like? (Discussion topics, e.t.c...) LNAT score?

Finally, if you have any tips that would be much appreciated :smile:.

Reply 196

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by justinlee018
E&M at Pembroke 🙂

Hey, I’m also got an offer for E&M at Pembroke, congrats!

Reply 197

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by anisiacole
hey guys do we need to learn how to punt like with the stick and the boat idk how to do it i’m very stressed

This really made me chuckle

Reply 198

Original post
by anisiacole
hey guys do we need to learn how to punt like with the stick and the boat idk how to do it i’m very stressed


Persuade someone else to punt, while you loll about on the cushions.

Punting is in fact quite easy once you get the hang of it. The trick is to place the pole upright next to the side of the punt and keep the pole next to the punt as you push the pole towards the stern in order to drive the punt forwards. Twist the pole to remove it from the muddy riverbed, and repeat the stroke. To steer, use the punt and the pole as a lever, pushing the pole to one side or the other whilst pressing the pole against the punt. There should be no need to use the paddle unless you drop the pole. The paddle is too small to counter steer against the pole if you are going the wrong way, so your helpful friend paddling at the front is wasting his or her effort. If you feel the pole sticking, let go, unless you wish to fall into the river for comedic effect. You can always paddle back to retrieve the pole. Be sure not to punt from the Cambridge (ie wrong) end of the punt!

Reply 199

TL/DR: links below to bonkers Oxonian terminology.


Hey you lot! You do realise that you're about to join a cult, yeah? Your only escape from the cult is to stuff up your A levels or IB etc. If you have already got the grades for your offer, you are doomed, or at least you will be once you have matriculated at a secret ceremony in the Sheldonian Theatre which involves summoning Beelzebub and all that sort of thing. It's done in Latin to appear respectable.

Like any self-respecting cult, Oxford has its own whacky vocabulary. Below are some guides to Oxlingo. If in doubt, just put "Ox" in front of everything. That way you will soon be fluent in Oxnonsense. If you feel old fashioned, add "er" to the end of everything, but to do this convincingly you need to be lying in a punt dressed like Anthony Blanche or Zuleika Dobson.

Your college is a cult within a cult, and may also have an argot. For example everything at Wadham is Wadthis or Wadthat or Wadtheother. Some colleges don't even go by their real names. New College (so called because it's old) and Brasenose are two such colleges.

Confused? You will be! Slam your exams or enjoy your gap year, and have fun come October.

NB: You really DO have to work super-hard right from the get go, but there really ARE lots of opportunities for fun of every kind. Having fun is very important, to prevent academic overload.

Expect to be exhausted by Christmas, but hopefully in a good way. Please never hesitate to ask for information and help from your college. It's not a school. It's a community, and wants you to get the most out of Oxford academically and socially.

Congrats once again on your offers.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation/history/oxford-glossary

https://www.thatoxfordgirl.com/post/2019/07/28/untitled

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Oxford_University_slang
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