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

but i would like a ABB course just incase i do not get offers from the others....

i would say ppe at Essex, east anglia, hull etc but to be honest im not that keen on the unis

so i have been drawn to Politics and economics joint honours whihc is offered at ABB at manchester but would i be at a disadvantage applying for 2 courses at manc? would they doubt my commitment to the course?

Also i am somewhat limited to where i can apply for P&E because i havent done A/AS level maths but i did get A* at gcse so im not that awful!

so basically asking if anyone knows somewhere that offers a good ppe or pe course with requirments of ABB not including maths!

thank you

urgh mine is awful aswell, i just hate writing it! its so depressing! oh well it has to be done

Oh gawsh. Well, as you say, it's got to be done. How'd you manage to fit philosophy in there?? I'm scared since I'll be applying for Pol n Econ at LSE and they really hate you if they think Ox will take you...
You nearly done, then??

I'm no expert on the subject to put it mildly, but i am a PPEist (or will be in a months time!) and will happily give your PS a read for you in that capacity if you'd like.

And ''I'm just showing it to as many people as I can find who would agree to read it. :P''- i admire this, i was pathetically embarressable about mine as a result i repeated a simple phrase in the space of around 200 words, so it's no doubt better to have your attitude!

5 minutes and it'll be in your inbox! UUUUURRRGGHHH!!!! *pulls agonised face*
Well. I AM embarassed. Good thing about TSR is that no one really "knows" me.
By the way, would you happen to think Balliol's a bit ambitious? That's my first choice, but I thought St.Hilda's could be ok, if it'll increase my chances of getting in by even a little bit?? I reckoned that if I'm daring to apply somewhere as competitive as Ox, I may as well go for it. Then again, I'd rather get into Ox than not be offered a place.

What dyou think??

My personal opinion is that you should apply to ChCh because its superb, and i am a self appointed Christ Church publicist - as soon as anyone says the words 'i'm thinking of applying to Oxford..' they get 'which college? Because you know it really should be ChCh'. (and you know, over 20% of British PMs were educated there..!)

But seriously the Oxford pool system is really quite strong (unlike the Cambridge one) so apply where you want to go. If you apply to Balliol, it might be harder to get in there than say, St Hughs, but if you're good enough for Oxford they will make sure you get sent to another college - so go where you really want to

ChCh sounded great until people kept tellin me n I kept reading bout most people being the BRILLIANT ones. Like yourself. Also most of them go to independent "posh" schools and I really, REALLY wouldn't fit in... Sorry, my PS is a little late, I thought I'd improve it a little before I send it over...

Well while i'm certianly no working class hero, I did go to a very normal comprehensive - which i loved (just under 60% A-Cs at GCSEs), and my parents are just middle class professionals (high school teacher and a something-in-an-office-inspecting-taxes), so i wouldn't worry about everyone being posh. Having said this, it really doesn't bother me at all- i have friends who applied to different colleges because they felt much the same as you, so it is important go with where you're going to be happy. Also, I am teased (fairly accurately) that i am just a public school boy at heart anyway, so i guess it wouldn't bother me in the same way it might others!

Go for where you'll be comfortable, but really i assure you, not everyone who gets a ChCh offer is posh or brilliant!!

Well Edinburgh will give a BBB offer, BUT you need good GCSEs- I had a disgrunted friend who was rejected for Politics (and international Relations) who had 3As predicted, and her feedback said that they expected a greater number of A*s at GCSE. Also, it's nice to get such a comparatively low offer, but there isn't any garentee that they will give you one- a lot of very able applicants seem to get rejected. It might be worth putting in there though for Pol and Econ (i did) if the reason you want one is to have a really low insurance, rather than be certain of getting an offer from somewhere. Oh also, you'll have to do a 4 year degree and get an MA at the end of it. I didn't find this out until i got my offer!

On the plus side, it's an incredibly well respected Uni which gives out offers massively lower than it's academic equals. And Scotland= cheaper fees.

There was a woman at my school who was lovely and tried to convince me to go to swansea- and they give you like £3000 for getting really good results, and i think their offer was ABB, (that was PPE) I didn't apply but i don't know if that might interest you.

I got offers from both with a PPE focused PS (i mean if you read my PS it's pretty obvious i want to do PPE - espec the last line) so it does happen! I think it's only some of LSE's admissions who loathe Oxbridge applicants.

Just out of interest, just how "PPE-focused" was your PS? I'm applying to PPE and Philosophy & Politics and Int'l Relations & Politics programs, and I explicitly state that I'm interested in "the study of philosophy, politics, and economics." Is this too obvious?

Just out of interest, just how "PPE-focused" was your PS? I'm applying to PPE and Philosophy & Politics and Int'l Relations & Politics programs, and I explicitly state that I'm interested in "the study of philosophy, politics, and economics." Is this too obvious?