I know it's taboo, but Oxford interviews - has your child heard yet?

[Dumbledoresgirl]

I am getting a little wound up and can't discuss this at home as we have been over it several times already and ds says it is getting to him!

Has your child heard yet re getting an interview at Oxford? My son's best friend was offered an interview yesterday but my son has not heard anything yet (different college, different subject).

I have been snooping in the student room website and am wondering if certain subjects hear before others.

So, if your child has been offered an interview, which subject are they applying for?

Thanks for indulging a nervous mother!

Ds - college with reasonable endowment - no towel provided .

(He has returned today - lying on sofa watching A Bridge Too Far dressing the dogs up in his gown.)

Ah... the flower of British Youth.

Fingers crossed for all.

will send ds with three towels. (How to turn a bone dry towel into a sopping wet sponge every single day is something I hope he will unlearn at whatever institution he ends up at.)

Blimey that's one towel intensive DS Rhoda .

Rhoda - won't happen. I have just unpacked Ds's bag with tea / coffee / mugs etc in it and nestled at the bottom completely intact was the packet of J-cloths I sent him with. "Ah - I could have done with some of those" he said.

But talking of better safe than soggy, I do recall sending Ds with a little pop up brolly in case he had to go somewhere else and it was lashing down. V. Proud. (Although I probably read it on here )

Awesome tip! Not a good look to turn up looking like a drowned rat and smelling of wet wool.

Finally, eight hours after you Hocus, the arrival home of a son. It took all of ten minutes to say hello and seek alternative entertainment in the X Box. Just the one son mind you, the older one stayed up at short (eleventh hour) notice to play in some match this afternoon and wants to be picked up....tomorrow.

Good luck all, next week and the one after.

Tomorrow? Lol! Are you driving up again?

Dd is staying up. Not back till the 17th. But coming home for the day tomorrow

Yes lol.

No.

Molio - I wasn't giving a concert priority over an interview for DD! Just wanting to know yes or no whether I should get tickets or not. I will be having a chat with her later about what she wants to do. In my view, her current first choice is more suited to her and better for the course, but it will be DD's decision about what she wants to do. I have said I am quite happy to take her and I will stay in a B&b/hotel overnight and do some Xmas shopping. I already have the time booked off work as my DM was coming to stay for a couple of days.

I was going to start a thread but saw you all gathered and thought I'd bump it for you and any other parents faking nonchalance this week

Have you heard back yet about success at interviews?

Candidates should hear on Wednesday. I don't feel very nonchalant but luckily DS appears to be. He has decided on his number 2 choice and has said he wouldn't re-apply if he doesn't get an offer as the whole process was quite draining. He feels he has given it his best and hopefully will have no regrets. Good luck to all those counting the hours.

Very happy and relieved here (albeit my stomach didn't get the 'nonchalance' memo and is still knotted).

Good luck to everyone.

Ds is supposed to hear today. I have been out all morning, just got home, he was home but with a bunch of friends. They have just left for the afternoon session at school without speaking to me.

I don't know if he knows yet or not. I don't have a good feeling about it. I asked him yesterday if he would check his emails and not keep me in suspense longer than necessary, and he was very monosyllabic about the whole thing. I think he is not expecting good news.

fidel1ne - congratulations.

Apparently some colleges use email plus post and some just use the post. (Does that sound right?)

Why can't they just use UCAS Track like everyone else? I don't know how people stand this suspense for multiple children.

I really would just wait for him to tell you, it's really obvious that your level of investment in this adds to his stress. Whatever way it falls he will be fine, Durham for example has the same collegiate set up and atmosphere as Oxford and probably a better physics dept

Oh believe me, I am playing it as cool as I know how.

Yes, Durham would be a fine substitute, in many ways better than Oxford. But they haven't been in contact either...

I was presuming it was all done via email fidel1ne. The date for being told was clearly stated as today, and the post has been delivered with, afaik, nothing for ds. I actually think it is quite a good system. You know you will know on a certain date. Much better than wondering if you will ever hear back from them at all

Nope, he didn't get in, but neither did his best friend so honours even here.

On the plus side, it turns out he had an offer from Durham in December and forgot to tell me!!

So we are now focusing on Durham.

Best of luck to everyone else.

BTW, ds's rejection came via email but his friend heard in a letter.

Imagine having an offer and forgetting to tell you!

I know. He is a complete prat. Oxford dodged a bullet there!

...alternatively he is very sharp DDG, and kept it up his sleeve to delight you with in case he didn't get the Oxford offer

Unfortunately not. He spent 5-10 mins joining in the conversation I had with 2 of his friends about what we thought Durham was doing and why they shouldn't worry that they hadn't heard from them yet. He had genuinely forgotten about his offer. I did say further down this thread, he is a very intelligent boy with the common sense (and selective memory) of a complete idiot.