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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rishiphadke

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Hi there -

I am a current 2009-2010 MBA student for Oxford SAID and am happy to take any questions from prospective and admitted SAID (welcome!) candidates.

Keep in mind - I am not an official representative of the admissions department. I want to give informal feedback to the website/s which supported me through my application process.

-sumidi

Sumidi, thanks for your help! I am an R2 admit - can you give us any idea of how the recruitment scene is looking this year? For the SCP/summer internship as well as the final placements? I'm sure many of us have this question top of mind!

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09 Apr 2010, 03:50

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I submitted my Oxford application yesterday..any more R3 applicants here?

annae

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09 Apr 2010, 04:23

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Everyone attending Oxbridge schools in the fall:

gmattokyo and I have thought of arranging a GMATclub meet-up before classes begin. Anyone interested to get together?

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Everyone attending Oxbridge schools in the fall:

gmattokyo and I have thought of arranging a GMATclub meet-up before classes begin. Anyone interested to get together?

Count me on!

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12 Apr 2010, 03:07

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And now it's official: my deposit money went to Oxford.

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I submitted my Oxford application yesterday..any more R3 applicants here?

I submitted early R3. Hoping that they start releasing interview decisions before the deadline.

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12 Apr 2010, 10:43

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^I'm pretty certain they won't. At least I've never heard they have been anything else than punctual.

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12 Apr 2010, 10:46

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and my money arrived! Woohoo! I received the admit "only" a rough month ago. :roll:

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good info annae, thanks !

sumidi

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12 Apr 2010, 15:47

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Sorry for the delay -

@ramanathanblue - I really don't think the number of seats should be your biggest concern since the schools don’t have any set number of offers to give per round. Each school (IMO&E) decides by the quality of candidates which apply per round. The general consensus is that with each round it tends to get more competitive as each school starts to look for MBA candidates which are unique to round the class. In regards to our last year's MBA graduating class, I am not a 100% sure. With Oxford's one year MBA program we never really get an opportunity to have a "handover" time. When we start our classes, they are all almost gone to bigger and better things. In regards to exact employment numbers, I have neither really asked nor had any time to do the research. It has been a FULL-ON year thus far ...

@marlow4 - Two most important things you need to start reading in my opinion:- The Economist and FT. Quant isn't really that important as you will pick up what is necessary in classes and among your class mates however it’s good to know what's going on in the general business world... More so since certain discussions will take up place in class and if you come from a non-standard background you may find it completely over your head.

@alnasl - I am not familiar with that particular text book but if you feel quite anxious drop me a PM and I'll send you the textbooks which we used for Mich term.

@rishiphadke - Recruitment is on everyone's mind and it is definitely significantly better than previous years (and not as good as the golden age, of course). As mentioned earlier, I have not yet seen any final number for placements for the previous year. I do know that for Internships/SCPs wise we almost always have MORE SCPs then groups. Internships-wise - for at least the folks who are interested in internships... they have been successful whether with Ralph Lauren, Google, Shell etc.

Recruitment-wise I can only really speak from my mates' experiences and my gut feeling tells me it’s on the way up. I myself am currently in the recruitment process for three companies in 3 different industries but I am currently leaning towards starting my own venture rather than hitting the rat race immediately.

One thing people keep forgetting is that in most top b-schools you tend to have some amazing brains and personalities in your class and most often than not, it’s these people, who help you talk to the right people from their past lives which might get you your dream job.

Something which might shock some of you is that I know of IBs/consultant from Goldman Sachs and Mckinseys at Said who have no intention of going back to their old jobs but will gladly share contacts with their classmates and obviously make them wary of their lifestyles.

-sumidi

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Hi,

First of all, congratulations to the people who have been admitted to Oxbridge 2010/2011 program.

Has anyone managed to secure loan via Natwest MBA loan thus far? if so, can you share how long the process takes.

Thanks.

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anbdy applyn for R5 at Cambridge...or is there no point in entering the application race so late..!!!

annae

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I just got a newsletter from Cambridge, probably directed to admitted students, that stated they have now more than 100 admits. Given that the class will most likely be around 160 people and not all admits will enroll, I would say the class is not yet full by far. However, if you're a typical, cookie-cutter applicant with goals very common to an average MBA aspirant, perhaps next fall would be a safer bet?

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19 Apr 2010, 14:49

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anybody was admitted to cambridge but renounced to his seat for another school?

annae

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I think Salisaaaa and planettelex did just that...

arisra

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I'll submit my application to Judge in round 5. Could you please tell me if they do phone interview? Because due to a lot of work load I dont think that I'll be able to fly to UK.

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They do conduct phone interviews, but they strongly advise you to come to the school. They will organize interview days with lots of other program, and naturally getting to know the adcom will probably influence your chances. That said, several people here and elsewhere have been admitted with phone interview.

arisra

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Annae great thanks for the feedback. Let me see what they will say after submission of application.

rishiphadke

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So by when does everyone plan to submit the financial guarantee? I understand there's no deadline set by SBS, but to apply for the visa, what is an advisable timeline?