[retired_cherylweston]

Originally posted by ajw2255:
plus the application deadline for oxbridge is earlier than for other unis. Although that could've been my college being arses. :/

I know quite a few people who got the grades for oxbridge but didnt bother applying. (like me, 3 A's ftw)

medicine, vet and oxbridge are october 15th.

twice applied on exactly that date after having opened my application on the 14th \o/

[retired_kimmymarlo]

Originally posted by Hell Hath No Fury:
i'd imagine a greater proportion of applicants to universities in america apply to the top universities, compared to the number of applicants in britain applying to oxbridge.

aha.

yes, that's a fair assessment. you're restricted to 4 schools, right?

I applied to 8.

[retired_Angela Adams]

Originally posted by Rohan:
Lakeside and Heronbank are miles better than any of those options LCP.

Heronbank is not for first year UG's and Lakeside seems to be the other side of the country and the destination for international students. I want to boogie down not have a picnic by the lake.

[retired_kimmymarlo]

Originally posted by theis:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Andy Jordan:
and wp on your acceptance, 11% :cool:

Not that good tbh, the college I applied to had an acceptance rate of 1 in 4 for E&M the main reason I applied to the college I did. </BLOCKQUOTE>25% nothing to sneeze at imo.

[retired_kevh16]

Originally posted by ajw2255:
plus the application deadline for oxbridge is earlier than for other unis. Although that could've been my college being arses. :/

I know quite a few people who got the grades for oxbridge but didnt bother applying. (like me, 3 A's ftw)

A lot of perfectly capable kids from state schools don't apply which i think is one of Oxbridges biggest problems. Its also why the ratio of public school kids is so high. Everyone who goes to a public school who is remotely clever will be pushed into applying to Oxbridge.

From state schools however often only those who are extremely clever will be given the opportunity/advice needed to apply. I was lucky in that my sixth form college gave everyone who achieved 6 A's-A*'s (the bare minimum required to apply) the talks on applying to Oxbridge. I would tell anyone on course to get 3 A's to apply and do their best.

[retired_tanya1967]

If you're going to do Oxbridge, go to Oxford, nothing happens in Cambridge and it's in the middle of nowhere. At least you can escape to London if you're at Oxford.

[DebSchiff]

Applying for Oxbridge is a bit of a gamble. The deadline is around October and you apply to six universities. If you apply to one of the two, chances are you'll also be applying to second tier universities like Durham, Edinburgh and so on, who, in a fit of jealousy will reject you if they think you've applied to Oxbridge. So if you miss Oxbridge you'll have nothing to fall back on. At least that's what they told us when we were doing this.

Which is why a lot of people don't bother, certainly the case at my school.

[retired_srini_aug1]

Originally posted by Andy Jordan:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Hell Hath No Fury:
i'd imagine a greater proportion of applicants to universities in america apply to the top universities, compared to the number of applicants in britain applying to oxbridge.

aha.

yes, that's a fair assessment. you're restricted to 4 schools, right?

I applied to 8. </BLOCKQUOTE>

you can apply for 6 maximum

Although iirc you can only apply to one of oxford or cambridge. Also if applying for medicine you can only apply to 4 places, and have to use the remaining 2 for other subjects (or leave them blank i suppose)

[retired_kevh16]

whilst there are definitly some cases of oxbridge applicants getting rejected from some good unis (almost all my friends at Oxford were rejected from at least one good uni, I was rejected from Bristol) you should still get offers from most of the unis you apply to.

[retired_srini_aug1]

Originally posted by super_imps:
Applying for Oxbridge is a bit of a gamble. The deadline is around October and you apply to six universities. If you apply to one of the two, chances are you'll also be applying to second tier universities like Durham, Edinburgh and so on, who, in a fit of jealousy will reject you if they think you've applied to Oxbridge. So if you miss Oxbridge you'll have nothing to fall back on. At least that's what they told us when we were doing this.

Which is why a lot of people don't bother, certainly the case at my school.

Thats a good point. Unis arent supposed to know where else you've applied to, but if they get your application early chances are you've applied to oxbridge.