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

Yes - simply because if I was lucky enough to get one I want to be ready...

...and if not, I'll learn a lot in the process...!

So how did you find the TSA then?

I found it much harder than all of the practice I'd done and time was much mroe of a problem - before I'd have 15-20 mins to spare and this time I was working up until the last minute...

Also - my essay was quite incoherent/messy/rubbish....

So I don't think it went too well. You?

Yeah I thought that it was definitely harder than the other papers. But my essay seemed to go well though - i chose the won about reasons and rationality.

Oh well Im sure youve actually done far better than you think you did. Which essay did you choose?

A lot of people seemed to do the rationality essay.. I was going yo then went for the "Should Europe intervene on humanitarian grounds to stop the death penalty in the USA" one,

Did anyone else do that? What were your major points?

Well - I hope, but I'll find out soon enough...

I'm glad your essay went well - I did the same one and focused mainly on the subjectivity of rationality...

To duplicate what I said in the TSA thread:

I wrote like, the exact same thing as you (with Mill's speech on Capital Punishment in mind), along with deontology and transcendental ethics. I also mentioned stuff like the EU would be assuming infallibility in their moral creed, which I believe to be analytically subjective, etc, and also included Nozick's critique of utilitarianism. I concluded with the fact that both entities are inherently democratic, and hence laws etc. are decided through reasoned debate, and not force, stating something about Thrasymacus'/Plato's 'Might is Right' version of justice.

To duplicate what I said in the TSA thread:

I wrote like, the exact same thing as you (with Mill's speech on Capital Punishment in mind), along with deontology and transcendental ethics. I also mentioned stuff like the EU would be assuming infallibility in their moral creed, which I believe to be analytically subjective, etc, and also included Nozick's critique of utilitarianism. I concluded with the fact that both entities are inherently democratic, and hence laws etc. are decided through reasoned debate, and not force, stating something about Thrasymacus'/Plato's 'Might is Right' version of justice.

Yess hahaa! Well I guess since we had similar argumentsit shows we weren't totally wrong or took totally wild interpretations (also we were similar to Caerus)...

So yeah happy days! Did u get an email about PPH's btw? What are you going to put down? I just went for option one...

To apply the conclusion of my to your experience of the TSA: although you may have reasons to think it did not go as well it could have, you are probably just being irrational!!!

Option 3

I was wondering if it is possible to ask to have either just a physics or just a chemistry interview. I know that emmanuel allows you to specify a general area for your interview and was wondering whether that is the case for all of the colleges. My interview is at Corpus if that helps.

Option 1

also got my first offer the other day manchester economics and politics ABB so happy i got it during my break at work i jumnped up my boss thought i was mad lol! and seeing as i have an offer at a low grade place i added in my final choice LSE gov and eco! lol, now the wait really begins!!!! i think ill end up having york as my 1st hoice and manc as my insurence, i cant see myself getting even an interview due to the awful TSA and lack of maths for lse/warwick!

Congrats trollman - really happy for you!

i just saw in your sig whats up with that makes no sense? you should ask why! i think i got mine cuz its ABB i iddnt want another AAB which is for ppe - im so suprised you do maths aswell

Im sure ull be fine with all your other unis!