Oxbridge 2011 applicants

Many thanks for the prompt response.

How do international applicants handle the interviews. I am an Indian applicant thinking about applying to Oxbridge. For those lucky enough to be invited, does everyone have to interview on-campus or do Oxbridge schools conduct in-person interviews in India?

I am assuming not all international applicants might be able to travel to Europe for interviews.

No idea about Cambridge but Oxford conducts interviews in Delhi and Mumbai on selection of dates.. Also opportunities for telephonic interviews ..

Anyone else travelling to Oxford on Monday 8th Nov for an interview???

Best of luck mate!!
I am for 12th

And to you too ajitsah...

Hope to see you at Oxford in Sep 11. What's ur profile. Mine is M/730/4.0/31/manufacturing 9 yrs WE

I'm applying R2 to both Cambridge and Oxford, so this is a bit off the application/interview topic.

I received an e-mail that Oxford is going to be doing one-on-one consultations near me in a couple of weeks. The time offered to me is incredibly inconvenient; it would require me to miss 1/2 a day of work and would require a 3-hour round trip (probably more with traffic).

How informative or important are these one-on-one sessions? I would definitely like to know more about Oxford and I have questions, but can they be just as easily answered via the phone? Or, since I might not get to visit the college before I submit my application, does that make any in-person contact more important?

I would appreciate any advice!

Did anyone have the telephonic interview yesterday for Cambridge? Appreciate any thoughts about the interview.

Thanks!

I don't know how important the contact is but I did attend one of these sessions as part of an open day a few months back. As part of the full open day experience I'm not sure how much it added except we were talking specifically about my application. I was able to ask very precise questions and was offered advice on what I needed to focus on when completing my application.

You'll probably be able to get the same info over the phone but personally I'd suggest you keep the appointment if you can make it work, particularly if you've known about the date for a while where I think you need to consider the impression canceling may leave.

All just IMHO obviously

Agree with SF.

I got a lot of useful info specifically with my application for R1 at the consultation. Very very useful indeed.

But, if you are coming to Oxford for an open day, you would have chance to do the same when here also. MBA open day has 1-2-1 sessions also.

All the best,

Definitely!!
Mine is M/680/4.5/31/12yrs Merchant Navy.
Once again, All the very best.

cpandya14,

How was the interview and the lecture? could you please share your experience? Thanks!

I am scheduled for an interview on 29th Nov at Mumbai... Anyone else interviewing at the same place?

Same day same place...whats your profile like? where are you from?

28/Indian/Telecom R&D/700/ 6 yrs of work-ex

My interview is at 2:30 PM ...when is yours?

Mine is at 11:30am..

28/Indian/M/700/3 yrs family business in India + 2.5 yrs IT in USA

Best of luck to all! Maybe see you both on Friday for the open day - my profile Female/28/5 hrs investment mgt

cpandya,

Now that you finished your interview, do you mind posting your interview experience.

Hopefully I may bump into some of you tomorrow too, good luck to all of us who are running the gauntlet tomorrow