Official 2008 Oxford Thread!

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<p>Bands A-C are fine, imo. There's really no difference between the furniture in Band A rooms to the furniture in Band D rooms - just that Band Ds have an en suite bathroom. All the rooms have warbrdobes, desks, a couple of comfy chairs, coffee table etc. </p>

<p>I personally had a Band D room so didn't have a shared bathroom while I lived in college, but when I was living with friends we shared a bathroom and it wasn't that bad. At least in college there's a cleaner who cleans the bathroom for you everyday! Btw, the bathrooms are shared between around 5-6 people max, not a million, so it shouldn't be too bad!</p>

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<p>Decisions in 2-3 weeks, guys! Eek. :).</p>

<p>I've just been accepted to St Andrews w/ an Unconditional offer...here's hoping Oxford will show me some love. ;). </p>

<p>Haha, speaking of disorganisation, I interviewed in Vancouver, and then a week ago, was sent a letter saying that I wasn't needed for interview. Sigh. After emailing the Corpus admissions tutor, I learned that it was 'cos the <em>college</em> didn't specifically need me for interview, but they had all of my materials regardless. Sigh.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all your help laylah, much much MUCH appreciated.</p>

<p>Congrats on your offer wizard! I loved St. Andrews, just didn't know if I could handle it for three years though. I just got into UCL and SOAS so I'm fairly excited now for the next 2 weeks. Good luck!</p>

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<p>No probs alexkay! :) And congratulations on your offer too wizard!</p>

<p>warblersrule: re Cuneiform Studies, I've had a poke around the Oriental Institute, and I couldn't actually find anyone doing the course (I suspect they take on very few people). However, I did manage to dig up the graduate handbook for Cuneiform Studies, which will hopefully be of use to you. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/nme/cunei-mphil.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/nme/cunei-mphil.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks. :)</p>

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<p>Ooh, congrats, alexkay! Now here's crossing fingers for Oxford :D</p>

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<p>warblersrule - I found someone who does Cuneiform Studies :) I sent you an email.</p>

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<p>Apparently they're going to have finished up all UK interviews by a week from today, so they'll start sending letters on the Friday!!! Eeek.</p>

<p>Hey Laylah, do you know anyone who's doing PPE?</p>

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<p>wizard: I know a couple of people doing PPE - do you have specific questions you want me to ask them? :)</p>

<p>Oooh, and good luck guys! :D</p>

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<p>My college, Pembroke, is dispatching the letters tomorrow.
Wee bit of nerves setting in.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I was wondering about comparative politics - specifically, do nuclear studies come up at all?</p>

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<p>I'm applying to read the PPE too!
University.
I'm pretty sure I didn't get in though... I failed that PPE admissions test.</p>

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<p>I got in! Has anyone else heard yet?</p>

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<p>Congratulations!</p>

<p>I'm waiting with baited breath!</p>

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<p>Good luck! We'd both be doing PPE, right?</p>

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<p>WOW congrats AnnieRose!!!!!!</p>

<p>and this may be a stupid question, but what does PPE mean?</p>

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<p>philosophy, politics, and economics.</p>

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<p>i wonder why pakistan is the place with the lowest app success ratio. I mean, THE only country with admit rate of 7.6%, where all others are 16% or higher..</p>

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<p>oh my god congratulations AnnieRose!!!!!!!
which college??
I have no idea when Univ sends their decisions. I'm in another country so I hope they email me. I haven't met a single other person who's applied or gotten in univ PPE, not even on The Student Room.
I pretty much know it's a rejection but I hate waiting. the more I wait the more I start to think there's an inkling of hope...</p>

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<p>haha oops I just read your prev post about Hertford. :)</p>