Oxford PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Students and Applicants

Reply 2680

Mike_P

1

Dan-IW

No. Yes. No. Yes. Yes. Oriel.

Haha

Reply 2681

username170269

Hey maghreblover I'm not at all an international nor have I completed A levels/IB...that's exactly why I'm surprised. In fact...I sent off my UCAS form much earlier than most people on here (judging by previous posts) and am surprised as to why York haven't contacted me...oh well...I'm sure I'll survive :biggrin:

Reply 2682

kathykkw

Hey Guys,

For the PPE course does your GCSE grades have a big impact on whether you are choosen or not or is the TSA more important?
Thanks :smile:

Reply 2683

maghreblover

1

everestek

Hey maghreblover I'm not at all an international nor have I completed A levels/IB...that's exactly why I'm surprised. In fact...I sent off my UCAS form much earlier than most people on here (judging by previous posts) and am surprised as to why York haven't contacted me...oh well...I'm sure I'll survive :biggrin:

hmmm................................................
so..................................................
you're in the same position as me (i.e. non-international 6th form student)....
and you already have an offer from warwick..........
and i don't............
jealous much?????? :yep:

tell you what, maybe you should be content with your warwick offer for now, and i'll be content with york for now too, after all one man's meat is another man's (or girl's) poison----- and gosh, how i wish we could exchange our poisons. how about an offer swap???? :biggrin:

Reply 2684

username170269

or we could decide to each share bits of the offer that we have and end up with bits from both...hmmm game theory methinks?

Reply 2685

Metamorphosis_S

maghreblover

hmmm................................................
so..................................................
you're in the same position as me (i.e. non-international 6th form student)....
and you already have an offer from warwick..........
and i don't............
jealous much?????? :yep:

tell you what, maybe you should be content with your warwick offer for now, and i'll be content with york for now too, after all one man's meat is another man's (or girl's) poison----- and gosh, how i wish we could exchange our poisons. how about an offer swap???? :biggrin:

That's exactly what I said to urm.. GuyM a while ago. I've got a Warwick offer to, but York haven't even said Hi :frown:

.

Reply 2686

mbell

PPE at Manchester or Essex? SHOOT.

Reply 2687

hebe001

12

It HAS to be Manchester! Purely because of it's reputation, which is greater than Essex's by far...

Reply 2688

username170269

It's been a bit quiet on here recently...somewhat oddly. Anyway, has anyone got interview invitations yet? I know some physics, chemistry, art and psychology ones have been sent out.

Reply 2689

Talexe

Oxford recommends maths A-level with PPE. Is this because of the logic element of the course, or is there another aspect to it?

Reply 2690

London Prophet

OP

17

Maths shows you can deal with a problem in a logical manner.

It helps a little with logic
It helps a fair bit with the economics
It helps a lot with the introduction to mathematical techniques in economics

Reply 2691

maghreblover

1

everestek

It's been a bit quiet on here recently...somewhat oddly. Anyway, has anyone got interview invitations yet? I know some physics, chemistry, art and psychology ones have been sent out.

everyone around me seems to be getting interviews....except ppe students :frown:

Reply 2692

Talexe

London Prophet

Maths shows you can deal with a problem in a logical manner.

It helps a little with logic
It helps a fair bit with the economics
It helps a lot with the introduction to mathematical techniques in economics

Great, thanks for the quick response! I'll almost certainly be taking it, along with English, History and German. I could substitute one of these with Economics, but having taken it at GCSE I'm not sure how useful this would be.

Reply 2693

EddyD

There is a game with two players, You may guess numbers between 1-100. The object is to guess half the opponents number. What do you guess?

I am in a pickle on this one. The conclusion I can come to is that you cannot win. A logical opponent would chose 1 as their number, since the parameters restrict a counter answer; indeed any odd number would remove your slim chances of success.

Have I missed the point?

Reply 2694

TruckBear

15

There is a game with two players, You may guess numbers between 1-100. The object is to guess half the opponents number. What do you guess?

It depends whether you can choose only integers.

My guess is that 1 is the best answer, yes.

Reply 2695

hebe001

12

seriously, has any oxford PPE applicant heard anything at all since we did the TSA test????

Reply 2696

(JMP)

Talexe

Great, thanks for the quick response! I'll almost certainly be taking it, along with English, History and German. I could substitute one of these with Economics, but having taken it at GCSE I'm not sure how useful this would be.

Economics would probably be useful, and as you've done it at GCSE it should be pretty easy to get an A. History and Maths are Oxford's suggested subjects for PPE and I'm pretty sure English is liked as much as History at some other universities so those 3 make sense. Personally I'd take Economics instead of German unless you particularly wanted to do a language or do something in Germany at some point.

I'd definately take Maths though, some other universities require it for their courses so it would be a good idea to keep your options open lol. In fact some universities probably want Economics or at least prefer it so it'd probably be a good idea to look into that before you choose.