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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

23 Sep 2016, 07:09

Hey everyone. Just got the interview invitation by email.

Any good website offering interview tips? This will be my first school interview.

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23 Sep 2016, 09:45

Hi. I've got a call for the MFE program. How do you plan to prepare for the interview?

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

23 Sep 2016, 10:47

ozzie123 wrote:

Hey everyone. Just got the interview invitation by email.

Any good website offering interview tips? This will be my first school interview.

Congratulations Ozzie123.

Checkout Poets and Quant !!

Good-luck !!

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

28 Sep 2016, 21:42

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Kudos

Hi all,

I am Henry, from Indonesia
27 y.o
GMAT 680
GPA 3.48
5 y. works experience

I just had an interview with Mr Roger Howgego, a senior consultant for Oxford Said Business School
The interview itself was on skype, and lasted for 30 minutes..
The interview was pretty basic, about why MBA, why now, career progression, career plan, backup plan and so on..
and at the end, make sure you have some question to ask the interview.. but make sure your question is reliable and not easily answered by looking into the oxford website..

As for my performance, I think I was not doing pretty well. I was a bit nervous and with some technical difficulties, it made me struggling to focus on the content of my answers. Also the admission officer told me to sent my official transcript to Oxford with other necessary documents. I think it is a good news?
well, i really hope so..

Good luck for other oxford applicants...

Cheers

Henry

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

28 Sep 2016, 23:10

henry12345 wrote:

Hi all,

I am Henry, from Indonesia
27 y.o
GMAT 680
GPA 3.48
5 y. works experience

I just had an interview with Mr Roger Howgego, a senior consultant for Oxford Said Business School
The interview itself was on skype, and lasted for 30 minutes..
The interview was pretty basic, about why MBA, why now, career progression, career plan, backup plan and so on..
and at the end, make sure you have some question to ask the interview.. but make sure your question is reliable and not easily answered by looking into the oxford website..

As for my performance, I think I was not doing pretty well. I was a bit nervous and with some technical difficulties, it made me struggling to focus on the content of my answers. Also the admission officer told me to sent my official transcript to Oxford with other necessary documents. I think it is a good news?
well, i really hope so..

Good luck for other oxford applicants...

Cheers

Henry

Thanks henry12345 for sharing your experience with the SAID admission consultant in the forum.

Goodluck for your admit.

Keep sharing !!

Best,

Anurodh

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

29 Sep 2016, 20:27

Anurodh2017 wrote:

Congratulations Ozzie123.

Checkout Poets and Quant !!

Good-luck !!

Hi Anurodh, just saw your post. Thank you! You have a good luck for the application process yourself.

henry12345 wrote:

I am Henry, from Indonesia
27 y.o
GMAT 680
GPA 3.48
5 y. works experience

Hi there my Indonesian fellow.

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

29 Sep 2016, 21:54

ozzie123 wrote:

Anurodh2017 wrote:

Congratulations Ozzie123.

Checkout Poets and Quant !!

Good-luck !!

Hi Anurodh, just saw your post. Thank you! You have a good luck for the application process yourself.

henry12345 wrote:

I am Henry, from Indonesia
27 y.o
GMAT 680
GPA 3.48
5 y. works experience

Hi there my Indonesian fellow.

Hi ozzie123 !
How was the interview?

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

03 Oct 2016, 23:42

Donik wrote:

Hi ozzie123 !
How was the interview?

Hi Donik. It's pretty standard. It was why MBA why Now why Oxford trifecta. It's not a blind interview, the interviewer ask questions about some stuff from my resume. She also asked about whether I have ever been to Oxford. I told her I was there when I was 10 or something and the b-school isn't around. She replied "so never?". Yep never. I think it started strong but finished with a whimp :lol:

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

10 Oct 2016, 12:14

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Can anybody help me out?
Are recommendations also due by the application deadline (My recommender needs more time to fill out the reco)? Planning to apply by Oct 28th.

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

10 Oct 2016, 20:48

ss20tali wrote:

Can anybody help me out?
Are recommendations also due by the application deadline (My recommender needs more time to fill out the reco)? Planning to apply by Oct 28th.

Yes , recos need to be submitted before the deadline. If they aren't, the application is deemed incomplete and not considered until they receive the required documents/details.

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

14 Oct 2016, 03:59

If I'm not mistaken, today is the announcement day of Oxford SBS program. Good luck for everyone applying!

Edit: just got the email, didn't get the spot. Oh well. Congratulations on those who applied and get in!

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

14 Oct 2016, 06:17

Just received the email. Admitted!!

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15 Oct 2016, 07:43

People who got an offer of admission during stage 1, was any scholarship offered?

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

15 Oct 2016, 08:00

ss20tali wrote:

People who got an offer of admission during stage 1, was any scholarship offered?

Not very sure. I didn't apply for the scholarships separately too.
It seems that Said does not grant bursaries, anyone can confirm this pls?

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

15 Oct 2016, 09:01

ss20tali wrote:

People who got an offer of admission during stage 1, was any scholarship offered?

According to the e-mail I received scholarship decisions will be made by next week.

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

16 Oct 2016, 00:00

Question:
Do we have to send hard copies of our transcripts to Said for our application to be considered?

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

16 Oct 2016, 04:29

ss20tali wrote:

Question:
Do we have to send hard copies of our transcripts to Said for our application to be considered?

Yes, after being invited to the interview.

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

31 Oct 2016, 22:17

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Oxford - Admission Trends!

Hi Everyone, Here is our analysis of admission trends and acceptance chances at Oxford based on our accumulated forum data of applicants. We have analysed our forum data of Oxford applicants from 2012 to 2016 to determine acceptance chances by GMAT score, admission rounds, industry, age, country, etc.

The data used for this analysis is self-reported, so it's advised to use the findings with discretion. They are meant to give only a general idea of admission scenario at Oxford; Don't presume that these findings will hold true all the time.

We would welcome any comments, opinions, suggestions or anything else that you might have to say about the findings of this analysis.

YOY Acceptance Rate and Avg GMAT of Applicants

Sample Size: 581 Applicants

Acceptance Rate by GMAT Score

As anticipated, admission rate of Oxford is much higher than that of LBS, UK's top business school. If you score 720 or above on the GMAT, your acceptance chances reach up to 60%.
Narrow gap between lines showing interview invites and acceptance indicate that Oxford is selective in sending interview invites, and one can have better chance of acceptance after interview. This may seem obvious but we have seen certain schools who are very generous in inviting candidates for interview, but selective in making final decisions. (See Tuck, Columbia, Fuqua)
Acceptance rate of Oxford applicants after interview is close to 76%.

Sample Size: 242 Applicants

Acceptance Rate by Admission Round

Sample Size: 428 Applicants

Acceptance Rates of Applicants in Different Age Groups

Sample Size: 171 Applicants

Acceptance rates of applicants from various industries

The first chart - line chart - shows acceptance rates of applicants from various industries and the pie chart next to it shows industry-wise allocation of applicants.

Sample Size: 226 Applicants

Acceptance Rates of Applicants from Various Regions

Sample Size: 203 Applicants

As I said earlier, we welcome your views, counter-views, suggestions, etc on the analysis. Thank you!

How is SBS for somebody with 12+ years of experience and no international experience ?

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

01 Nov 2016, 03:10

ozzie123 wrote:

If I'm not mistaken, today is the announcement day of Oxford SBS program. Good luck for everyone applying!

Edit: just got the email, didn't get the spot. Oh well. Congratulations on those who applied and get in!

Hi ozzie123

Commiserations ! Good Luck for the other ones !!

I have applied on the Phase-2 Deadline. Keeping the fingers crossed !!

Cheers !!

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Re: Calling all Said (Oxford) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2018! [#permalink]

01 Nov 2016, 08:52

Anurodh2017 wrote:

ozzie123 wrote:

If I'm not mistaken, today is the announcement day of Oxford SBS program. Good luck for everyone applying!

Edit: just got the email, didn't get the spot. Oh well. Congratulations on those who applied and get in!

Hi ozzie123

Commiserations ! Good Luck for the other ones !!

I have applied on the Phase-2 Deadline. Keeping the fingers crossed !!

Cheers !!

Good luck and godspeed Anurodh!

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