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

I know the Pembroke is strong on the economics side of things. Would this mean that the admissions tutors would be less likely to admit me with IB SL Math (Predicted 7)?

Also, as a US applicant, should I enter achieved course grades (i.e. High School Transcript)?

http://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/admissions/show_subject.php?subject_name=Natural+Sciences+%28Physical%29

As mentioned above you might find your choices limited without chemistry, and they require maths to "as high a level as you can manage"--so that kind of implies that they would be more interested in your Further Maths--I hope the college has replied to you-with freshers, new term and only a few days left to the application deadline they will be pretty busy!

good luck people. I wish we all get in.

Hm I have a smiliar question. I'm applying to Biological sciences, but without A level in Maths. Will that disadvantage me?

Unlikely - there's a special course for biologists without A level maths.

the guy who wrote this thread

I never understood why everyone on this thread hasn't repped you into yellow yet.

I'm sure I'm not the only one to have spent hours on here.

Anyhow, good luck everyone applying this year .

"Is Mill's proof of utilitarianism so patently fallacious that it should be used as a warning example in textbooks of logic?"

A girl has a very painful disease that doesn't allow her to enjoy life. Her parents had known about that before she was born and decided to have her anyway. As a teenager she sues her parents saying that it would have been better if she had never been born. As the judge, what would you do?

Hey all PPEists

I've been re-reading the original posts made by London Prophet, and found two of the questions posted quite interesting/difficult, and wondered if I could get any valuable advice on them:




I'm familiar with Utilitarianism, and have looked around for answers to this, and have found this, although it's 2:25am and I've just skimmed the first few pages.

As for the second one, I don't really have a clue on how to ascertain the 'structure' of the argument.

Help's greatly appreciated

EDIT: For the child-suing-parents thingy, I think I might've gotten somewhere:
I thought the 'if the child was never born she wouldn't be in this position' argument gets you no-where (at least I couldn't get anywhere with it), and so I switched focus.
The child is suing as a means to some end - I took that end to be a better life (be it in the form of money, or whatever the rewards would be from winning). I believe she's suing on the basis that she'd be better off dead. If she won the case, however, she wouldn't be better off dead, and so her grounds for winning the case would be wrong. Therefore, as a judge, I could never award the case in her favour, as doing so would give her a 'good life' (or whatever), when she's basically suing on the grounds that she can't live a 'good life'.

^is that 'correct' or 'not wrong'? :P I'd still like to know someone else's opinion on it.

just wondering who has already applied? we can go through the application process together
mine are in my sig so far york have emailed me you knw after oxford i think i would chose york over warwick, i really liked it and the course seems really good!

+ thanks london prophet for the rep! and for the thread! its helped me! if by some miracle i get a place i owe you a drink lol!

I'll stick through the process with you haha so far I have an acknowledgement from york and an offer from UEA!
Good luck Which oxford college have you gone for?
Oh, and ditto with the drink, ive been on this thread for 2 years leading up this application haha how sad does that sound! x

really UEA? that was quick then again im guessing anyone with grades enough for oxford would stroll into UEA for ppe, is it BBB? or ABB? i considered there but i thought id be a bit ambitious, we will see how it works out lol

i applied for exeter! i just really loved it nice small place and they do tutorials in the first year for non maths people like me which is a bonus!

wow 2 years? i decided on ppe over law about july this year haha! where can you see yourself realistically going? cuz oxford for me is juts a longshot, i spose york is mine. if i dont get an offer there i will be pissed!!! lol

My UEA offer is ABB, so thats my backup sorted! I was the same with deciding between PPE and law, but its been in the back of my mind for ages, and in the end I just went for it!
I would be over the moon to get into any of my four other options, I really wouldn't mind which!! Oxford is a total long shot, so i'm not pinning my hopes on it at all
Good luck with your app! x

yh i still want to do law in the future but im so much more interested in ppe! yh they are great choices! my insurance is manchester for pol and eco ABB i should get an offer there! but yh york and warwick are pretty amazing! good luck to you!