Hello to all this year Oxbridge applicants! Even though Oxford has not finalised the decisions for R4, the stages for 2010 admissions are already up. They seem to eliminate R4 and also moved the deadlines almost a month earlier – interesting. Cambridge have not changed their major admission schedule - they will have five rounds this year as well - but there is mentioning of introducing an online application system (similar to the Oxford one, I guess). Also, note that Cambridge did not give the deadlines for interview decisions - only the dates of the interview events. Good luck! Last year Oxbridge applicants thread Separating Oxford from Cambridge Oxford – Said Business School sbs.jpg Requirements : GMAT - average given for reference is 680 TOEFL 109 or IELTS 7.5 (note – this is compulsory, not reference!) Experience: usually 3+ years GPA: usually equivalent of no less than good UK 2.1 degree or 3.5 GPA 2009 Rankings : Financial Times – 20, Business Week non-US MBA - 10 Application cost : 125 GBP Official site: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/mba/ Admissions on Facebook Admissions on Twitter Our Oxford Said information thread R1 Application deadline 9 October 2009 Interview decision by 30 October 2009 Final decision by 11 December 2009 R2 Application deadline 15 January 2010 Interview decision by 5 February 2010 Final decision by 12 March 2010 R3 Application deadline 2 April 2010 Interview decision by 30 April 2010 Final decision by 28 May 2010 Cambridge – Judge Business School JBS.jpg Requirements: GMAT – average given for reference is 690 (balanced score is required) TOEFL 100 with min 25 in writing or IELTS 7.0 (don’t know if they will change this) Experience: usually 3+ years GPA: usually equivalent of no less than UK 2.1 degree or 3.3 GPA 2009 Rankings : Financial Times – 17 Application cost : 100 GBP Official site: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/mba/index.html Unofficial, but not uninteresting pages by their MBA Coordinator: Twitter , Blog . Note that the blog is mainly not about admissions, but about life in Cambridge. R1 Application deadline 12 Oct 2009 Interview day 23 or 30 Nov 2009 Decision 27 Nov or 4 Dec R2 Application deadline 23 Nov 2009 Interview day 18 or 25 Jan 2010 Decision 22 or 29 Jan 2010 R3 Application deadline 11 Jan 2010 Interview day 26 Feb or 1 or 8 Mar 2010 Decision 5 Mar or 12 Mar 2010 R4 Application deadline 8 Mar 2010 Interview day 23 or 26 Apr 2010 Decision 30 Apr 2010 R5 Application deadline 26 Apr 2010 Interview day 24 May 2010 Decision 28 May 2010

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annae

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05 Feb 2010, 03:30

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nor here...

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05 Feb 2010, 04:19

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ding. All the best to everyone else.

annae

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05 Feb 2010, 04:31

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Interview! :-D

My goodness, I really thought I was an underdog. Oh well, interviews are no admits by far.

My true sympathy for all those who received dings, and congratulations to other interview admits.

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05 Feb 2010, 05:26

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Good luck to all

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05 Feb 2010, 06:40

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Good luck to all

Ding for me again.

I need to definetely improve my gmat and reapply.

annae

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ding

Good luck to all

Ding for me again.

I need to definetely improve my gmat and reapply.

So sorry to hear.

Do you think retaking your GMAT will help? Perhaps it will, but I myself have a GMAT of (only) 640 (only took the test once), so perhaps there could be easier ways to get interview invites? Other ways to stand out?

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05 Feb 2010, 07:28

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Oxford interview invite just popped through.

Sorry to anybody without good news.

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05 Feb 2010, 07:33

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Oxford ding for me too.

Here's cheering for you who did get interview invites - best to you!!

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05 Feb 2010, 08:14

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Sorry to those who didn't make it to the interview...
looks like less than 50% invite for club members so far; fingers crossed for a better post-interview acceptance rate

lastmanstanding

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05 Feb 2010, 08:17

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I am newbie to this forum as far as my posts are concerned but have been following posts for quite some time now.

I have an interview from Oxford. Would appreciate if someone can share any interview experiences.

Sorry for those who didnt make it and GL to those with invites...

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I have an interview from Oxford. Would appreciate if someone can share any interview experiences.

Just two posts here, but still good to have a look I think:
https://www.clearadmit.com/wiki/index.ph ... dInterview

I also asked an alumni about his experience and here is the response (looks general, but I still find it useful):
it is quite a relaxed affair.. be prepared to talk about what u want out of the MBA.. your application and essays and what you bring to the class.
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Would appreciate to see more inputs from current students/alumni.

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05 Feb 2010, 08:47

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basically just make sure you understand exactly why you're doing an mba at this point in your career, and why oxford in particular. know your resume and essays and be prepared to speak to any weaknesses in your profile.

also they threw a completely oddball question at me, and i've heard from some others they got different weird questions. so maybe you'll get one too. my advice in that case is to be calm, collected, and logical in your response - no matter how weird the question is. you can take a moment to collect your thoughts - the interviewer knows it's an odd question and they're not going to expect an answer right away.

otherwise, good luck to all those who got invites.

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05 Feb 2010, 09:31

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Hi everyone

im a newbie here but have been following the thread for quite a while

i was on the waitlist of JBS R2 and just got the ding email from them :cry:

good luck to everyone who got the interview invitation!

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I would also appreciate info on the Oxford interview. How long will it be? Will there be other program during the same day, like in Cambridge?

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05 Feb 2010, 10:09

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mine was 30 minutes on site at the SBS. i was there for the mba open day, so i got a whole bunch of other programs - tour, meeting current students, presentations, etc.

if you're just there on a random day, you might be able to talk to them to get a sit in session on a class. or maybe meet some students. or get a tour of the school. or you can always just walk around the oxford campus, which is quite amazing from what i saw.

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Thanks for the info! I'd really like to meet current students, and as I will be spending a night in Oxford and another in Cambridge (on the same trip, if the SBS adcom agrees to my schedule), I will surely take a look around.

What about scholarships? Will they send out scholarships together with the admission letter, or will scholarships have to be applied for later? How about JBS - same deal?