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

It's luke I can't talk to any of my mayes about the whole process they are all school drop outs or doing media btecs lol :/ this is the only place I can't moan about the Oxford admissions process if I tell anyone els they Re like stop worrying ull be fine

Im in the US and its even harder for my friends to understand what's going on. I'm forced to over simplify everything and their response is that I have great extra extracurriculars and will get it... sorry but that wont help lol

The application process has had another bizare effect: everytime I get an email I have fear/hope that it will be a university rejecting/offering me a place ha

in the US is there really that much emphasis on extra curricular stuff?

well i am a track addict and am constantly checking emails, sadly having 247 access to the internet on my iphone is a curse lol

Third best in the country for Politics after Oxford and St Andrews. Very reputable for the course and have an absolutely outstanding reputation for research quality

Oh wow!! I'm feeling rather good about myself now. But this university thing is really getting to me. I've got mocks in 2 days and I'm just not bothered!! I cut school and "studied" ie. Facebook.
It's sort of like, even if I muck these exams up, I can end up with Cs at the real thing and still average out an A.. and then it'll be ok...
I don't like who I'm becoming...
How are you finding things??

so can I! It's like we are in limbo nothing to work tiwards until we get our replies! I spose if still gt the pressure on bcuz I'm aiming for 3a* so have to average
90% in everything it's gna ge a tough year

The American education system is extremely holistic, so they emphasise the person over a particular grade. That's not to say that one can have poor grades to get into the Ivy Leagues, but it's having the grades and being chair violinist in school orchestra and football captain and president of model UN club and having lived in China for 4 months. lol

Mr i.am.lost. I was very interested in the comment posted, until i spotted use of "slang-based" language. Cambridge would frown on users using "cos" as a short form of "because". Heed my advice and correct this error. As for your problem regarding topic selection within the course, it appears that the other 4 university courses have an element of biochemistry involved. So my well-earned and utterly useful advice would be: follow what the heart tell you to do. May the force be with you my son!

Just realised that I've never seen/read/heard of a person with GCSE grades similar to mine get an interview. That's annoying, as I think they misrepresent me.. .

I've heard people talking about getting a form from the college about which area of science they want to be interviewed in...should I be worried that I haven't heard a thing since my SAQ acknowledgement?

I've applied for Biological NatSci at Sidney Sussex btw

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chill out someone in the year above me got an offer with ABBB at AS and As are more important than gcse

My AS grades aren't cashed in . I'm predicted A*A*AA, though, and my reference was alright...

You're right anyway. I'm normally quite deterministic about these things; what happens happens. All we can do is wait and see

Kesh_a, maybe you should be in this thread instead:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=210084

This is you, right?
If so: MUN: which conferences do you go for??
I had offers from Harvard and UNA-USA but a) didn't have the money, and b) couldn't round up enough talented people to come with me.

No, don't worry. Every college does things differently, and the Bio and Phys departments of each college do things differently as well.

I can't remember the order things are sent to you, but you'll be getting an invitation to an interview soon (if you haven't already).

Only the MUN thing is actually me. I've done Harvard and Northeastern University conferences. I didn't really consider putting my actual ECs down lol.