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Oxbridge Applicants for 2017

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HamletsSister · 05/11/2016 15:13

DS has done his exam (Oxford, History) and written his essay. Now, the waiting begins.......

Anyone else?

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ErrolTheDragon · 17/11/2016 17:49

DD has got a Cambridge interview!

LittleHoHum · 17/11/2016 17:56

That's great Errol. Smile

HamletsSister · 17/11/2016 17:57

Well done her. Still waiting here. DS thinks by the end of next week.

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ErrolTheDragon · 17/11/2016 18:08

It varies by college, I think not many of the applicants at her school have heard yet. Glad she has, for one thing it clashes with an interview elsewhere so she'll have to sort that out.

doglover · 17/11/2016 18:43

Friends of dd have received interview offers today for medicine. She's yet to hear from Oxford about her English application ..........

toothgenie · 17/11/2016 18:50

Waiting here for English too.

doglover · 17/11/2016 19:06

Fingers crossed for both our dc, TG!

Carriemac · 17/11/2016 19:13

Waiting for law at oxford here

pericat · 17/11/2016 20:38

Waiting for Maths at Oxford here.

HardcoreLadyType · 17/11/2016 20:51

Another one waiting to hear about English, at Cambridge.

Well done to your DD Errol. Fingers crossed for her.

deelishiS0 · 17/11/2016 23:38

Waiting for physics at Oxford here

Oatsinajar · 18/11/2016 09:25

Waiting for history at Cambridge

Carriemac · 18/11/2016 14:14

Invited for interview! yay!

Carriemac · 18/11/2016 14:14

New college oxford law

HamletsSister · 18/11/2016 14:19

Someone DS "knows" from online (so not entirely reputable) says they e-mailed Oxford and (for History) interviews / rejections should be clear by the end of next week. Agh!

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HamletsSister · 18/11/2016 14:19

Well done Carriemac

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HardcoreLadyType · 18/11/2016 17:19

Fantastic, carriemac!

jeanne16 · 18/11/2016 17:51

DS heard today he has an Engineering interview at Cambridge .

Hedgehogparty · 18/11/2016 18:55

Still waiting for NatSci..........
Congratulations to those who have got interviews. :)

ErrolTheDragon · 18/11/2016 19:34

Great, carrie and jeanne.

Thats 3 eng offers so far, I think that means between us theres half a chance one will be accepted Grin. I just found www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/apply/statistics - you can generate graphs of applicants/offers for combinations of course and college (or overall, which is probably best as theres the pool thing). The ratios for some subjects aren't as high as I'd imagined.

MrsBernardBlack · 19/11/2016 17:38

Just heard DS has got an interview for Oxford. Yay!

GeorgeTheThird · 19/11/2016 18:37

So Oxford has sent out for Classics and Law. Was it post or email? Were there tests for those on the 2nd? And will it vary by college? Maths has a pool system I know...

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goodbyestranger · 19/11/2016 18:43

The law tests were earlier George but Classics may have sent invites simply because of the limited numbers applying. Aren't almost all invites by e-mail?

What subject MrsBB?

I must say those posters naming both college and subject are brave. My DC would have killed me.

goodbyestranger · 19/11/2016 18:46

Also George, I've been snooping on TSR which I tend only ever to do at interview time and I can only see an international with a Maths invite although some Computer Sciences seem to be out - do they do the MAT?

GeorgeTheThird · 19/11/2016 19:45

I don't think so. Maths with comp sci do, but I don't think straight comp sci do the MAT.

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