<p>so who's applying-from the states, UK, and everywhere else? </p>
<p>i'm applying for PPE from PA ..not sure to what college yet-i'll have to do some more research-really excited though! </p>
<p>does anyone know what the deal is on international interviews? apparently they do them in NY but the website is so vague..and apparently it's better to fly over to the UK for them?</p>
<p>Note that you WON’T be in the class of 2014 if you’re accepted. You will be in the class of 2010. It’s the year you matriculate that’s important in the UK (because not all courses are the same length. Most are 3, some 4, medicine 5 or 6). If you say you want to be in 2014, people might assume you’re aged 13.</p>
<p>It’s very important that you understand the deadlines for Oxbridge applications are VERY EARLY. 15th October if you want to be interviewed in Oxford, and 20th September if you want to be interviewed in the US. </p>
<p>I highly recommend you visit a UK version of this board at
<a href=“http://www”>www</a>. the student room .co .uk</p>
<p>remove the spaces and the link will work.</p>
<p>thanks so much!</p>
<p>Also your course (if you apply for PPE) will be 3 years. You’ll graduate in 2013.</p>
<p>I will probably apply for PPE at Balliol or Merton (will see when I visit in a few weeks 
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Really excited and nervous, waiting for this year’s AP scores coming in a few weeks.</p>
<p>What is it about PPE? Looks awful to me, id much rather study ESPS at UCL.</p>
<p>I’m planning to apply to PPE at New College.
And cupcake, I wasn’t under the impression that Oxford offered any interviews in the US. I hadn’t heard anything about a Sept. 20 deadline.</p>
<p>Do you think I have a chance? 2290 SAT, 4.0 UW, I’ll get AP Calc, APUSH and AP English results in the summer, and I’ve got 3 700+ subject tests. What else does Oxford look at/look for?</p>
<p>Also- the PPE course requires applicants to take the TSA test. It looks like it’s only administered in three locations in the US. Is there any other way?</p>
<p>Yes, you are right. Previously there HAVE been interview dates in New York and Vancouver, but there are no dates for 2009. I wonder if the credit crunch has either reduced the number of applicants from North America, or reduced Oxford’s finances (or both)?</p>
<p>TSA test - there used to be a couple of colleges which did not require it, so if that’s still the case, apply to one of them (it may very well not be the case anymore though).</p>
<p>No interviews in the US? And TSA test as well? Ahhhhhh
I’ll have to ask when I visit…</p>
<p>Please do! I don’t want to have to fly to San Diego to take the test…</p>
<p>I interviewed in NY - and this was just last fall, since I’ll be entering this coming october.
As for the TSA - I arranged to take my subject’s exams at my school (regular private day school) with a proctor and they faxed it straight to the admissions officer at my college.</p>
<p>My D is hoping to submit an “open” application (so that the selection of a first college doesn’t diminish her chances at admission). Still unsure of major/concentration. Thinking philosophy but Oooohhhh the choices! I was confused about last year’s versus this year’s international applications too…so I e-mailed and found that, currently, international applicants will follow the same guidelines as UK/EU. UCAS application beginning September 1, deadline Oct … 15? 25? If invited for interview and cannot come, they will arrange phone interview, etc. But many would have to sit tests in December in the UK anyway, they said they’d arrange your interview at the same time. As for RFK “chance me”…of course I personally have no idea. You did ask “what else do they look for”…and they don’t look for GPAs or ECs (etc.) like colleges in the states. But I hear the interview is quite important. I was amazed to hear Cupcake say there were only perhaps 20 U.S. students in all colleges!! My D has the required “stats”…but I’m worried they’re too close to the minimum (SAT 740/740/730…and I’d heard 750 was a cut off, but, that’s what I get for listening…who knows!). Doesn’t have scores yet for 2 more A/Ps this year, and 3 SAT IIs, and took the ACT last week too. Fingers crossed for all of you who are applying.</p>
<p>I don’t know if there are any stats on the total number of US undegrads at Oxford, but it’s tiny. I meant 20 students who had studied for a year at a US school. Maybe there are 1o more who have been admitted stright from high school? I am guessing, but they are a rare breed. They are also hard to identify because </p>
<p>1)there is no specific American club or society, like there are for other nationalities (there used to be an anti-Bush socienty though!)
2)some, like my housemate, have grown up/been educated in the UK or other countries and no-longer sound obviously American
3)people who are not from North American usually cannot separate Americans from Canadians. They all sound the same to us.</p>
<p>There always seems to be millions of Americans thought because there are more than 700 US graduate students, not to mention a zillion tourists in town every single day of the year. </p>
<p>The final deadline for all applications has been 15th October for decades I think. They won’t change that. Any earlier deadlines are for special scholarships or interviews. If you apply the normal route with no special provisions, the deadline is 15th October. </p>
<p>The interview is in my opinion the MOST IMPORTANT part of the process. It’s the only part you can control. All applicants have wonderful stats so this is your chance to stand out and shine. If you look on the Cambridge website there are some videos of interviews there (Oxford is basically very similar). I believe Oxford has some podcasts of interview somewhere, or try YouTube.</p>
<p>Are most applicants granted an interview?</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Outstanding academics, awesome references and a killer personal statement aren’t a guarantee of an interview, making it to interview itself is an achievement.</p>
<p>For the mom on this thread - I am one of the American students admitted to an oxford college for the autumn, straight out of high school.
judging by facebook/what my college told me, there were perhaps 30-35 American undergraduates total admitted this year across all colleges - I believe there were no others at my college besides me. As for coming straight from HS, not all of the 35 or so come straight from HS - some did a year at an American college first.
I can tell you with some certainty that my interview in NY probably was what got me in - I had no idea how I’d done, but i guess it worked out. As for the TSA - as I said before, I arranged to take my subject’s exam at my private day school.
They told me they wanted AP scores more than SATs - I had 5 AP scores after junior year (four 5’s and one 4) and an SAT I of 2350.</p>
<p>Oh and as for open vs. first-choice college application - I would pick a college to apply to. because it doesn’t diminish your chances if you apply to a “more competitive” college, just your chances of getting your first choice are decreased since they do a sort of pooling thing, not like cambridge, but they will interview you/pass on your app to another college. But your chances of getting in overall remain the same. I didn’t visit first - I honestly picked the college that looked pretty online and had my subject!</p>
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I think it depends on the subject. If there are additional tests (such as BMAT for medicine), those who don’t make the grade sometimes don’t get an interview. I suspect that one of the reasons for implementing the tests was to cut down on the number of interviews. </p>
<p>Overall I still think a very high percentage of applicants are interviewed.</p>
<p>[Interviews</a> at Oxford - Applying to Oxford - University of Oxford](<a href=“http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/how_to_apply/interviews/interviews_at_oxford.html]Interviews”>http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/how_to_apply/interviews/interviews_at_oxford.html)</p>
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<p>“Overall I still think a very high percentage of applicants are interviewed.”</p>
<p>I dont think thats true.</p>
<p>My cousin for example, 12 people from his year applied to Oxford, they all had 4 or 5 A grade A levels but only 3 got interviews.</p>
<p>Again, information for the Americans with questions: Most of the kids who applied, at least from my area, were granted an interview - the only exceptions were those applying for Medicine/Art since you have to go to Oxford for those and it’s definitely a greater expense. But otherwise, most of the US applicants are offered one - I’d say 90%.</p>
<p>Well that’s good. For the TSA, or whatever your subject’s equivalent was, did you email someone in the department at your college to arrange it? And if so, when?</p>