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15 Mar 2009, 04:29
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Hello Greenoak
I am preparing for oxford r3. It's my first business school application. I am finding it damn hard to choose a topic for 2nd essay and write 2000 words.
Any advice from fellow applicants who have already applied and got interview calls?
I am preparing for oxford r3. It's my first business school application. I am finding it damn hard to choose a topic for 2nd essay and write 2000 words.
Any advice from fellow applicants who have already applied and got interview calls?
15 Mar 2009, 11:56
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Hi Gati,
And welcome to the boards
. Yes, Oxford second essay is quite a challenge. Though there’s a positive side to it: this essay, if used properly, indeed can make your personality shine (IMHO, of course). And also, you needn’t worry how to squeeze your thoughts and ideas into very tiny word limit, as in Cambridge essays.
From my experience, there’s no preference on topic. I believe the adcom aren’t after your achievements here, but rather try to understand your life values and the way of thinking. Some people who have interesting hobbies or community involvement, told about that. Quite a few wrote about the book. I personally wrote about an event – not exactly recent itself, but as it influenced my thoughts only in the last few years, I decided it was suitable.
And this 2000-word limit you should take as merely ‘don’t go over’. It is quite all right to have only 1000-word essay, if that’s all you need to tell the good story. I heard of people who wrote 1000-word essays, about 1500-word essays and precisely 2000-word one (myself), and subsequently got admits.
However, I must add that in later rounds, the probability of your getting an invite starts to depend more on the profile of the class that has formed during the previous rounds, and less on the other parts of your app. So, if you’re from highly competitive demographic, it may become tough for you to get in even with brilliant essays. From what I saw on forums – and, to some extent, on Said Intranet – in R1 they admitted quite a lot of Indians and North Americans (both demographics among which Oxford is a particularly popular choice). But then again, maybe other admits just keep quiet.
Anyways, good luck to you with your first app – and with the second one too (it’s for Cambridge, right?
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And welcome to the boards
. Yes, Oxford second essay is quite a challenge. Though there’s a positive side to it: this essay, if used properly, indeed can make your personality shine (IMHO, of course). And also, you needn’t worry how to squeeze your thoughts and ideas into very tiny word limit, as in Cambridge essays.From my experience, there’s no preference on topic. I believe the adcom aren’t after your achievements here, but rather try to understand your life values and the way of thinking. Some people who have interesting hobbies or community involvement, told about that. Quite a few wrote about the book. I personally wrote about an event – not exactly recent itself, but as it influenced my thoughts only in the last few years, I decided it was suitable.
And this 2000-word limit you should take as merely ‘don’t go over’. It is quite all right to have only 1000-word essay, if that’s all you need to tell the good story. I heard of people who wrote 1000-word essays, about 1500-word essays and precisely 2000-word one (myself), and subsequently got admits.
However, I must add that in later rounds, the probability of your getting an invite starts to depend more on the profile of the class that has formed during the previous rounds, and less on the other parts of your app. So, if you’re from highly competitive demographic, it may become tough for you to get in even with brilliant essays. From what I saw on forums – and, to some extent, on Said Intranet – in R1 they admitted quite a lot of Indians and North Americans (both demographics among which Oxford is a particularly popular choice). But then again, maybe other admits just keep quiet.
Anyways, good luck to you with your first app – and with the second one too (it’s for Cambridge, right?
) 15 Mar 2009, 14:56
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Thanks Greenoak for your detailed reply. I am not sure about cambridge because I dnt think I will have enough energy left to apply in cambridge R4.
Any way, regarding 2nd essay for Oxford, you said that "Some people who have interesting hobbies or community involvement, told about that.". I am not sure if it is good idea, because essay asks you to mention a world event or a book -- not your community/hobbies.
Any way, regarding 2nd essay for Oxford, you said that "Some people who have interesting hobbies or community involvement, told about that.". I am not sure if it is good idea, because essay asks you to mention a world event or a book -- not your community/hobbies.
- and really hope to do so this week. So, I didn't think about colleges much on this stage. And I got no schollie either - but I never thought I would get anything from Said: just wrong type of profile.
Haven't received any confirmation from Oxford yet, but I hope that everything will be fine.
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