Oxbridge 2010 Applicants

Be prepared to part with almost $8000. ug, the exchange rate is painful. Glad to hear packages are slowly making their way here. Did I miss something or does Oxford not have an admit weekend?

I have a friend who applied in R3 last year and he felt like there was plenty of space. In fact, in his opinion, the third round is not necessarily a difficult round to get admitted b/c additional space opens up due to ppl not accepting the R1 or R2 offer. Granted, he was also an olympic rower AND rowed for Oxford during his time there. But there is hope!

I'm actually feeling good about the exchange rate - it wasn't too long ago that 5,000 GBP was $10,000.

Yesterday I confirmed via email that I'll be part of the SBS class (and told my grandma... so it's official )! Everything else after I get the acceptance package.

I just paid my deposit by bank transfer - what irks me most is the surcharge !

That's true, hopefully GBP will keep moving in the "right" direction. Maybe before we have to pay remaining tuition in August. Congrats! Doesn't it feel great to be officially done?

My bank transfer bounced. The clerk at the bank directed it to the wrong address, I think. Argh. I waited a whole week, I could've just checked my balance earlier. Now I have to wait 2-6 days more, all time off from attempts to score a college seat before all nice colleges are full!

That's ridiculous. make sure the bank reimburses you for any fees.

I will. Just sent my account manager a mail. Hope it goes through this time though. Naturally all banks are closed until Tuesday...

Congratulations to all who have successfully paid SBS deposit... I'm glad to be in R2 and having all this time for processing as everything seems to be moving at snails pace. Maybe coz its easter...

I have paid the deposit too, wouldn't know until this week whether it has been received.

Current Oxford SBS students had a trek to Japan and it seems that it was the biggest trek this year, 30 students came over (lucky me )... it was awesome to be able to meet with the current students and alumni. People included a parliamentarian, law-partner, bankers, doctors, entrepreneurs, and a geisha! I could talk to people from at least 6 different nationalities in that small gathering. And let me tell you that our seniors rock!
Many feature in this photo-clips from a dinner gala in their batch... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anDBUmvz2Tw
(guyz! we'll need a tuxedo... don't know if I ever would have got the chance to wear one.. or even a sub-fusc )

Also, as it was already posted here, select your college wisely. It is lot of fun and people relate strongly with their college. 'Heard stories of turtle races, deer parks within the premises and such...

The opportunities some are getting on strategy projects, on funding from VCs sounds almost unbelievable in this economy. On the downside, placement feedback was that the job market still is tight in Europe (many of them go back to their own/previous company and for others the search is yet to begin).

I'm so much more pepped up for later this year after attending this reception...

And my condolences towards those who chose judge over sbs
I've been told that animosity needs to be mentioned between the two even if it is not meant

^no need for animosity from my side, since Cambridge won the boat race yesterday.
Your stories regarding SBS sound good. I also heard from buffdaddy that there was a trek planned to visit a Google founder in Silicon valley, if I'm not mistaken. Sounds awesome.

oops! badly timed comment and cheers to the win, annae!
hope next yr is going to be us

We will win next year. period.

Ok random bit of info I found on the oxford intranet. Looks like Oxford offers trampolining and windsurfing as sports to participate in. Guess I'll be looking to pack a trampoline and spandex clothing for my year there!

A general question to Oxford admits....
Did you strictly stick to the word limits given for the 2 essays?
My first essay is shooting by a 100 words? Is this OK?:shock:
Thanks!

If i remember correctly, the word limits for both essays were pretty big compared to other schools. In my opinion, there's no reason to exceed those large limits. It's definitely ok to come in less.

One of my reccomenders asked me if he could submit his recommendation a couple of days late. Is anyone aware of SBS' polcy regarding that.