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

Hi Aztec, I never stated that the course fee is 100K GBP - I agree with you that this would be crazy: even LBS is cheaper The only time I used '100' (I think) was when mentioning the application fee - it's 100 GBP for Cambridge and 125 GBP for Oxford. Hi Blueyan - your GPA doesn't seem that low... Anyways, I don't think that those 3.5 and 3.3 that Oxford and Cambridge gave are compulsory; I'd take them as reference. So, if the rest of your profile is strong, the schools will forgive the low GPA. As for GMAT - try to get something in the upper half of the school's 80% range (at least) - I'd say 720-740 will be OK as a compensation for a low GPA. Hi Humblewinner Interesting question Technically, not all colleges will offer you an accommodation - even in R1 (for example, this year Christ Church didn't). For those colleges that do offer acco, prices could be different, but I can't say how much different. Regarding the proximity to SBS - Green Templeton is known to offer some nice options... they also usually take a good number of MBAs. As for the others - colleges usually mention on their sites where their graduate acco is situated. SBS also can provide this info after you get admitted. In fact, you could change your college preference at that stage - quite a lot of people do so. So no need to worry!

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greenoak/buffdaddy,

Does the cost of living differ from college to college ?
Which is the nearest to business school.

As you know, we need to select two colleges in the application..

thank you

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I have really bad undergrad GPA: around 71-72% (B to B-). I know it falls below the minimum, but they said the overall profile will be looked at.

Is it next to impossible to get in with this GPA?

If other factors can compensate for it (ie. professional qualification, work experience, and GMAT score),
1) how high of a GMAT score should I be aiming at?

Are these factors enough to compensate for my low GPA?
a) 5+ years of work experience by sept2010 (I'd say I have good career progression)
had 2 promotions in the past 4 years and currently at managerial level
b) working in a big international firm
c) have a professional designation
d) had some special extracurricular activities / achievements during undergrad

Please advice. Thanks!

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Hello,

The oxford application has two upload buttons for transcripts for undergraduate degree and one upload button for graduate degree.

I have 8 transcripts for my undergraduate degree (for 8 semesters) and I am not able to upload beyond 2 transcripts. Using the first two buttons after uploading 2 transcripts simply replaces the existing transcript. How can i upload more than two ? Is anyelse facing the same problem ?

Thank you

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Scan all your transcripts into one pdf file.

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Scan all your transcripts into one pdf file.

Thank you. I thought of that but they allow only 500 kb !! 8 documents combined into one will be way more than 500 kb even if I choose the lowest resolution.

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humblewinner

Scan all your transcripts into one pdf file.

Thank you. I thought of that but they allow only 500 kb !! 8 documents combined into one will be way more than 500 kb even if I choose the lowest resolution.

Darn, ok did you try compressing ? zip or bz2 or something like that ?

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Regarding the issue of scanning and uploading the transcripts, I also face the same problems.

Even if we choose the lowest resolution for a scanned document, it wud still take up around 150 to 200 kb of space.. But we can reduce it further to around 50kb per scanned copy by 'squeezing' it in Microsoft Paint.

So, I guess we can actually compress everything in then?

Im still working on Essay 1... My mate's comments on it aren't too great

So wud hav 2 review it..

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Greeoak,
How have you arrived at the course fee here - £100K + ?
Taking Oxford as an example the actual fee is £33 + expenses - https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/MBA/Fees.htm/

Cheers,

Aztec

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Greeoak,
How have you arrived at the course fee here - £100K + ?
Taking Oxford as an example the actual fee is £33 + expenses - https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/MBA/Fees.htm/

Hi Aztec,
I never stated that the course fee is 100K GBP - I agree with you that this would be crazy: even LBS is cheaper 8-)

The only time I used '100' (I think) was when mentioning the application fee - it's 100 GBP for Cambridge and 125 GBP for Oxford.

blueyan

I have really bad undergrad GPA: around 71-72% (B to B-). I know it falls below the minimum, but they said the overall profile will be looked at.

Is it next to impossible to get in with this GPA?

Hi Blueyan - your GPA doesn't seem that low... Anyways, I don't think that those 3.5 and 3.3 that Oxford and Cambridge gave are compulsory; I'd take them as reference. So, if the rest of your profile is strong, the schools will forgive the low GPA. As for GMAT - try to get something in the upper half of the school's 80% range (at least) - I'd say 720-740 will be OK as a compensation for a low GPA.

humblewinner

greenoak/buffdaddy,

Does the cost of living differ from college to college ?
Which is the nearest to business school.

Hi Humblewinner
Interesting question

Technically, not all colleges will offer you an accommodation - even in R1 (for example, this year Christ Church didn't). For those colleges that do offer acco, prices could be different, but I can't say how much different.
Regarding the proximity to SBS - Green Templeton is known to offer some nice options... they also usually take a good number of MBAs.
As for the others - colleges usually mention on their sites where their graduate acco is situated. SBS also can provide this info after you get admitted. In fact, you could change your college preference at that stage - quite a lot of people do so. So no need to worry!

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Aggh!

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Just in case somebody missed it: Cambridge online application is up -

https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/mba/apply/how.html

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blueyan

I think it is possible to get in with a low GPA, but it would help if you had an extenuating circumstance that explained it. For example, I was admitted and my GPA was around 3.0/4.0, and I talked about my situation in the first essay (I was advised to do this since there was no optional essay in the application).

The GMAT score is one factor that will also help mitigate this -- probably 700+ will be a strong counterweight to the GPA. As you mentioned, I also stressed my work experience and promotions, and showed an alternative transcript from when I took university courses in high school. My extracurriculars were OK in undergrad, and were almost nonexistent post-undergrad, so I wouldn't stress too much about it if you can show academic achievement in other areas and have strong extracurriculars/work experience.

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greenoak

I never stated that the course fee is 100K GBP - I agree with you that this would be crazy: even LBS is cheaper 8-)

Add in London living costs for two years, and it's not that far off (I'm still reeling today from paying £720 for an Underground pass).

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Anyone know how many electives Oxford offers? I know they're offered in the second and third terms, but I can't find mention of how many exactly you can/are required to take. Thanks for any help!

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Anyone know how many electives Oxford offers? I know they're offered in the second and third terms, but I can't find mention of how many exactly you can/are required to take. Thanks for any help!

You can find it here:
https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1F ... cation.pdf

You can take 6 + 2optional electives.

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I will be applying for Judge in R1.
Is there any format for writing the recos for Judge ? Is it some kind of questionnaire or an essay ? How do i know ? Need to ask referees to prepare for it.

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Hi,

I am reapplying to the Oxford MBA this year. Got interviewed last year but failed to get in. Can any reapplicants help me in identifying the admission process?

Do i submit a whole new application with essays and rec letters?

bye

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greenoak/buffdaddy,

Does the cost of living differ from college to college ?
Which is the nearest to business school.

As you know, we need to select two colleges in the application..

thank you

I suggest pick two colleges relatively randomly. You can change these when you get accepted. That's what I did. Don't fret on colleges until the admit. Not worth the time for the moment.

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Hi,

not entirely sure, but I do believe that an entirely new app should be submitted. Best get in touch with the admissions office and they will let you know.

goodluck!

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nyinbxl

Anyone know how many electives Oxford offers? I know they're offered in the second and third terms, but I can't find mention of how many exactly you can/are required to take. Thanks for any help!

You can find it here:
https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1F ... cation.pdf

You can take 6 + 2optional electives.

the list of electives is very student driven at Oxford. We have been asked recently for that electives we'd like to see in and which ones we are not interested in. Classic supply demand.