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

The average of all applying candidates for PPE last year was around 31-32/50. The average applicant gets rejected, so there's certainly room for improvement, but it's not outright bad.

Hi all,

I am aplying to oxford this year for PPE, probably to Keble - was hoping to re-kindle discussion for those about to go through the interview proccess come sebtember-november time! is anyone starting to do any work towards it already or is it just exams exams exams (i am about to sit A-levels personally, got rejected last year but got a letter recomending i re-apply, plus i wanted a gap year so happy days! second choice will be warrick, which would be good too no doubt, as its all pretty much oxford rejects for PPE :P).
Background reading anyone?
ANYONE in the same boat as me?
Good luck to all with revision at the moment - i am utterly ncapable of working until about week before exams start...oh well

Mock interviewing will be way more helpful than background reading. Clear thinking is much more important than background knowledge for the interview, and it'll take practice for you to be articulate and lucid in front of an interviewer. Also, the interviewer is most interested in how "teachable" you are, so outright knowledge of any particular thing will most likely not help you.

Mock interviewing will be way more helpful than background reading. Clear thinking is much more important than background knowledge for the interview, and it'll take practice for you to be articulate and lucid in front of an interviewer. Also, the interviewer is most interested in how "teachable" you are, so outright knowledge of any particular thing will most likely not help you.

Mock interviewing will be way more helpful than background reading. Clear thinking is much more important than background knowledge for the interview, and it'll take practice for you to be articulate and lucid in front of an interviewer. Also, the interviewer is most interested in how "teachable" you are, so outright knowledge of any particular thing will most likely not help you.

Although you obviously don't know these people, is this in general the best strategy, and indeed if there is an abundance of teachers (I can count 5 or 6) should I try and practice as much as possible?

I wouldn't bother reading Das Kapital, or even secondary material on it. It's a sort of obscure cul-de-sac in the history of economic thought.

Well the reading I'm doing is on reccomended books which give a good idea as to the basics of the school of thought so to speak

Eg. Das Kapital, On Liberty, The Social Contract etc etc

I'm trying to only read things that are relevant, and am mkaing sure it all sinks in by making notes

As for mock interviews, I was thinking the relevant Politics, Philosophy and Economics teachers in my school, plus possibly the English teacher who does debating as she is an extremely good arguer and so would certainly keep me on my feet (figuratively at least)

Although you obviously don't know these people, is this in general the best strategy, and indeed if there is an abundance of teachers (I can count 5 or 6) should I try and practice as much as possible?


And on a sidenote, sorry about the continuous questions - I just really don't want to miss a trick with regards to any preparation I can do alongside getting the grades - So thank you very much as well

-Guy

I just got rejected from Oxford, didn't even make it through to the interview ... Does anyone know if it's worth applying again? Is a second go worth it?

thegluups, how do you have an offer from Cambridge if you get rejected from Oxford for PPE this year?

I study in France, and I wanted to do the Double Maitrise at Cambridge (french uni and cambridge) so I had to apply the french way, and i couldn't apply through UCAS.
Basically, next year I'll be , on paper, a student at both Assas(french Uni) and Cambridge.

That's why I could apply to Oxford at the same time.

PS : if i could have applied to Cambridge through UCAS, i would have applied there, and not to Oxford, but since i had to apply through France, i figured i'd try oxford as well

Oh right, just curious. How come you applied for such a different subject, rather than law at oxford also?