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2025 Oxford DPhil in Biology

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Reply 20

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by Anonymous
Congrats! I interviewed on the 14th and have still not heard back yet. Did they mention anything about funding with your offer?

Same here! Have you heard anything back from your proposed supervisor regarding the outcome?

Reply 21

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by Anonymous
Same here! Have you heard anything back from your proposed supervisor regarding the outcome?

My supervisor had not heard anything, and he said he was a bit disconnected from the admissions process. Have you heard anything?

Reply 22

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by Anonymous
My supervisor had not heard anything, and he said he was a bit disconnected from the admissions process. Have you heard anything?

Haven’t heard anything back from admissions. Did your offer come with funding by any chance?

Reply 23

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by Anonymous
Haven’t heard anything back from admissions. Did your offer come with funding by any chance?

Wait I made a mistake you haven’t received an offer yet right!! Sorry!! Got confused for a second.

Reply 24

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by Anonymous
Haven’t heard anything back from admissions. Did your offer come with funding by any chance?

Wait I made a mistake you haven’t received an offer yet right!! Sorry!! Got confused for a second.

Reply 25

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by Anonymous
Wait I made a mistake you haven’t received an offer yet right!! Sorry!! Got confused for a second.

I have not received an offer yet, and have not heard anything about it from my supervisor. Has your supervisor unofficially informed you about your outcome/funding?

Reply 26

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by Anonymous
I have not received an offer yet, and have not heard anything about it from my supervisor. Has your supervisor unofficially informed you about your outcome/funding?

Yes my potential supervisor did inform me unofficially about the offer but they did not know anything about funding. However, I’m worried about the offer now seeing as people have already started to receive them.

Reply 27

I don't have any funding information right now. I asked my proposed supervisor, but he didn't respond to me🤣
By the way, were you guys interviewed by your proposed supervisor?

I first received an interview invitation stating that my proposed supervisor and another professor would be the interviewers. However, I immediately received another email saying that, due to fairness concerns, my proposed supervisor could not be an interviewer.

That's really weird because I heard that in the past few years, the proposed supervisors were always the interviewers.

Reply 28

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by alpaca__
I don't have any funding information right now. I asked my proposed supervisor, but he didn't respond to me🤣
By the way, were you guys interviewed by your proposed supervisor?
I first received an interview invitation stating that my proposed supervisor and another professor would be the interviewers. However, I immediately received another email saying that, due to fairness concerns, my proposed supervisor could not be an interviewer.
That's really weird because I heard that in the past few years, the proposed supervisors were always the interviewers.

I also had a similar situation, and my supervisor said that apparently they were no longer supposed to be in interviews. I think that is also why he did not know anything about my application status.

Reply 29

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by alpaca__
I don't have any funding information right now. I asked my proposed supervisor, but he didn't respond to me🤣
By the way, were you guys interviewed by your proposed supervisor?
I first received an interview invitation stating that my proposed supervisor and another professor would be the interviewers. However, I immediately received another email saying that, due to fairness concerns, my proposed supervisor could not be an interviewer.
That's really weird because I heard that in the past few years, the proposed supervisors were always the interviewers.

No, my examiners were not my proposed supervisors. They were other professors from the department who had knowledge/experience of the topic I applied for.

Reply 30

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by alpaca__
I don't have any funding information right now. I asked my proposed supervisor, but he didn't respond to me🤣
By the way, were you guys interviewed by your proposed supervisor?
I first received an interview invitation stating that my proposed supervisor and another professor would be the interviewers. However, I immediately received another email saying that, due to fairness concerns, my proposed supervisor could not be an interviewer.
That's really weird because I heard that in the past few years, the proposed supervisors were always the interviewers.

Also, with funding, they will make the decision once all interviews are done, and from what I was told, there's a separate scholarship committee that decides who gets the funded positions. So, I would not be disencouraged if your proposed supervisors do not know what the exact funding situation is. Incredibly frustrating, but I do hope it works out for all of us!

Reply 31

Has anyone received rejections from ILESLA?

Reply 32

Has anyone else heard back about DPhil in Biology admissions recently?

Reply 33

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by Anonymous
Has anyone else heard back about DPhil in Biology admissions recently?

I just sent an email to ask for the progress this morning. No any reply until now.

Reply 34

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by Anonymous
Any updates anyone? I haven't heard from the ILESLA Rules of Life or the DPhil in Biology (following interview) yet.

I interviewed for ILESLA Rules of Life last week. I think they are still doing interviews this week as well

Reply 35

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by Sean 11111
I just sent an email to ask for the progress this morning. No any reply until now.

What did they say?

Reply 36

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by Anonymous
What did they say?

tomorrow 4pm get the result

Reply 37

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by Sean 11111
tomorrow 4pm get the result

Ahh ok hopefully I will also hear back then!

Reply 38

did anyone hear anything back?

Reply 39

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by Anonymous
did anyone hear anything back?

I did not hear anything

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