Oxford Colleges
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:37 pm
How does one decide on which Oxford College to apply to? There are so many and they all look wonderful. Where do we start?
Any advice most welcome.
Any advice most welcome.
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But be aware that not everyone who is offered a place will actually get the college to which they originally applied.doodles wrote:The open day is tomorrow and Thursday if your dc can get there.
Once dc has identified their subject look at the professors for that subject in each college and see what they are researching / their particular field of interest.
Apart from the academic side there's all the other things like staying in college for all years, style.of catering, a gym, 24hr library. etc. Write a list of things that are important to your dc. It soon whittles down the list.
True but I suppose you have to start somewhereToadMum wrote:But be aware that not everyone who is offered a place will actually get the college to which they originally applied.doodles wrote:The open day is tomorrow and Thursday if your dc can get there.
Once dc has identified their subject look at the professors for that subject in each college and see what they are researching / their particular field of interest.
Apart from the academic side there's all the other things like staying in college for all years, style.of catering, a gym, 24hr library. etc. Write a list of things that are important to your dc. It soon whittles down the list.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergr ... ge?wssl=1#
Here_goes wrote:My step-ds applied to a particular college but with hindsight he wished he had just done an open application (he felt that applying to a particular college that it narrowed his application). Whether that bears any truth, we'll never know. However, he was turned down by Oxford and ended up at another uni. All's well that ends well though as he is at Oxford doing his PhD.
Well our.day out has certainly helped ds and it is such a beautiful day.Pumpkin Pie wrote:Thanks everyone. She is there now at the open day in the sunshine, so Oxford at its best. Hopefully she'll get a feel for the place and enjoy her visit.
I thought pooling was there so you wouldn't loose out by applying to an oversubscribed college. Not sure how well it works though.Here_goes wrote:My step-ds applied to a particular college but with hindsight he wished he had just done an open application (he felt that applying to a particular college that it narrowed his application). Whether that bears any truth, we'll never know. However, he was turned down by Oxford and ended up at another uni. All's well that ends well though as he is at Oxford doing his PhD.