Calling all Said-Oxford Applicants (2015 Intake) Class of 2016

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: Why you should launch a start-up during your EMBA

Four months into my Executive MBA I left my previous job to start an online payments business. Five months later we closed our first round of funding from Europe’s leading early stage syndicate, Seedcamp, representing investors like Fidelity Growth Partners, …

I had my interview and it was conversational but the questions were more sort of reflective in nature.

- Why MBA & Why Oxford
- Leadership example
- What are your strengths
- What will you bring to Oxford
- How good are your communication skills? (I am not sure if this is specific only to folks who are not predominantly from non-English speaking countries)
- Where would you want to go back in history if you could be there for half a day (the situation should not be related to your work, family,volunteer work)
- How did you choose the schools you have applied to?

Overall I could sense that the interviewer was not only trying to validate the contents of the essays but also to know more about why do I want to an MBA and do I have the right perspective in terms of how I will contribute to the community at Oxford.

Hope that helps - this was the season's first interview and I felt I did give it a fair shot but definitely not my best.

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: All Roads Lead to Platform 9¾

If you asked me five years ago where I thought I’d be this moment, I can bet the common room of Said Business School at the University of Oxford was rather low on that list – likely falling somewhere between …

Hi Narenn - Thank you for the update. I'll be joining the GMATClub Chat Room with Oxford on October 13th. I look forward to speaking with Raquel and all other applicants to learn more about the program.

Talk soon,
Justine

Could someone please post the questions asked for recommenders? My manager wants to know in advance. Thanks!

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: MBA Preparations

No doubt like every other pre-arrival Saïd Business School student, I spent my summer filling out financial declarations, pouring over college accommodation floorplans, tweaking my CV, and dusting off (with the intention of opening, but never quite getting around to …

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: I wanted a programme that built great leaders

If you are reading this blog, it is likely that you are considering an MBA programme in a world class university in the near future. Like you, I had always wanted an MBA as a terminating degree for two reasons. …

This will come into effect for the class of 2016 (current applicants). The idea is to tempt more companies to come to campus as there will be a larger pool of talent to recruit from. Currently we have three sections of around 80 students and this will become four next year.

I'm not sure that this will be effective in achieving the stated goal (more recruiters), at least at the short term, unless applicants pool will increase correspondingly. I mean, if this pool is the same, it will only boost acceptance rate while quality may even deteriorate as previously rejected candidates will be accepted now (to form the class of 320 students). But in longer term this maybe makes sense..

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: Baseball, The Three Stooges, Romance

When Derek Jeter, one of the greatest baseball players in history, singled in the winning run in his last game ever at Yankee Stadium (try watching this without getting the shivers), sports broadcaster Michael Kay had the perfect words …

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: Drinks with the Dinosaurs

So the OxfordMBA Launch is over. Three weeks designed to introduce us to Oxford, the staff, the course content and the city.  The launch has also taught us a lot about ourselves too. When you sign up to an MBA, …

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: Preparing for Wizard School (I mean an Oxford MBA)

Hi there and thanks for reading! I’m Rex I’m a 30 year old Australian and I’ll aim to provide you with a light-hearted and hopefully useful insight in what it is like to be a student of Oxford and an …

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: The possibilities of transformation go well beyond rhetoric into a quite possible reality.

About Me: My name is Danielle Pierson. I am an American, but have been living in the UK for almost 2 years now. I am 31 years old, married, and have a 3-year old daughter. My career to this point …

Can anybody please kindly post chat script with addmission committee?

So sad that I couldn't join.

Thank you in advance.

FROM Oxford Admissions Blog: Lift Off of a Social, Sporting MBA

I thought this year I would write about a not so academic side of the MBA. Many people know that a great benefit of an MBA is the networking that you gain access to, both with the class, with alumni …

My boss says he feels tired just by looking at the number of character required to fill in the reco. He says its 5000 but will definitely do it before the deadline. Anybody else knows anything about recommendation question?

Any Stage 1 applicants waiting for the big day tomorrow?? I feel a tinge of anxiety and nervousness!!!