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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Congratulations to all new admits! Well done! :-D

Regarding JBS vs SBS, jhere are a few of my thoughts:

JBS extends until September, too, not July. Summer term allows lots of options, but the deadline for submission of your individual project (thesis?) is in August-September, as far as I've understood.

Cambridge core program includes a global consulting project, which to me sounds pretty much like the Oxford summer option "strategic consulting project". This project takes you all over the world, depending on which company you choose to work for.

For someone like me, with an academic background, core courses are a good thing. If you know the basics, you might benefit from more electives. For me, the health concentration option is an important focus point.

Regarding career service, why do you think the one in Oxford is better? Where did you find out about their funding? I would really like to hear more, since I haven't really paid much attention to any differences there.

My personal pros for Oxford were larger class size for better networking and course options, slightly higher ranking, cooperation together with the Institute for Science, Innovation, and Society. Cambridge had the health concentration, the science/medical sphere around the university, a smaller, perhaps more intimate class size, and a more appealing city and school atmosphere. As you can see, all these differences were minor and neither school stood out. The choice was difficult but I went with my gut feeling.

You have to come back in Oxford for a two week Capstone project while in Cambridge you can do a short project and be done with the course by end July, while leaving the school in end June.

The endowments (mainly the Said family) of SBS are far bigger than Judge and this reflects in the admin help the school provides in career services in terms of sector consultants and career service experts and orgainsed treks.

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Congrats to all SBS R3 admits!

Don't forget to check the iSBS forum.

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And I chose Cambridge over Oxford.

Hi I just got both Cambridge and Oxford. I now haved to decide between them. Its a tough decision. I was wondering what pushed you to Cambridge. I had made a list. What do you think.

Pros of Oxford:

1. Larger class size: This attracts more recruiters as it gives it a critical mass.
2. better career service: more orgainsed, much more money (endowment) than Cambridge
3. sector consultants: can use them at Oxford
4. official career treks: company treks to different parts of world. (not at Cambridge)
5. longer program till September as opposed to July (Cambridge). This gives more time to find a job.
6. more electives - Cambridge has lots of core courses.

Cons of Oxford:
1. newer program
2. class profile seems less strong than Cambridge
3. more stress of social entreprenaurship and starting you own business
4. no bank financing unlike Cambridge

The class profile is irrelevant. I have friends who are top 99th percentile in GMAT scores and 4.0 students (in the US, that's a perfect grade point average) who amount to nothing spectacular. I know grads from oxford, cambridge, wharton, harvard and what distinguishes them is what they DO with their education/opportunities/talents not which university they graduated from. Pick the school that meets your criteria whether it's location, resources/funding or simply the one you feel most comfortable in so that you can thrive there. Rankings, student profiles...these things change from year to year

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Congrats to all SBS R3 admits!

Don't forget to check the iSBS forum.

How do I acess this forum. Is there a weblink to this?

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Congrats to all SBS R3 admits!

Don't forget to check the iSBS forum.

How do I acess this forum. Is there a weblink to this?

You'll receive in few days a separate mail with the access details for the prospective students intranet. The forum link is on the main web-page.

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Hey oxford admits from round 2, has anyone received his/her college admissions and accomodations yet? I still haven't heard back from my second choice college....seems like a really long time. My paperwork had been submitted on april 1st.

Mars, do join the FB and Google groups (verification through iSBS), community's thriving there!
exeter is wonderful. Congrats! I'm in GTC - happening place for Oxonion MBAs

Good idea gmattokyo. I signed up for the fb group!

can someone share the link to the FB group please?

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can someone share the link to the FB group please?

It's in the iSBS forum; you'll have to wait until you get an iSBS login anyway, because the group admins use the thread there to verify that people are actually admitted students. The upside is that this ensures there are no spammers/fakes infiltrating the FB and GG groups.

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All R3 SBS admits -

you can join the R1 and R2 admits at the google group - Oxford SBS 2011.

THanks

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Did any R3 admits apply for scholarships?

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Did any R3 admits apply for scholarships?

yes I applied for the Skoll but unfortunately just received a rejection this morning

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Is anyone paying full tuition for Oxford? It seems like a lot of money.

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Is anyone paying full tuition for Oxford? It seems like a lot of money.

It's all relative, I suppose. There are plenty of models of new car that cost as much or more. But, yes, there are those who pay the tuition to go to school

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Is anyone paying full tuition for Oxford? It seems like a lot of money.

It's all relative, I suppose. There are plenty of models of new car that cost as much or more. But, yes, there are those who pay the tuition to go to school

has anyone receives further details since the admit decisions went out on Friday?

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All R3 SBS admits -

you can join the R1 and R2 admits at the google group - Oxford SBS 2011.

THanks

It seems that the google group too requires iSBS details which I have not got yet. (R3)

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Is anyone paying full tuition for Oxford? It seems like a lot of money.

It's all relative, I suppose. There are plenty of models of new car that cost as much or more. But, yes, there are those who pay the tuition to go to school

has anyone receives further details since the admit decisions went out on Friday?

No further news. Except, I got an email from Charlene saying I didn't get any scholarship.

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No further news. Except, I got an email from Charlene saying I didn't get any scholarship.

Same here.

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hmm just took a look at their Intranet page ... I'm really not impressed.

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hmm just took a look at their Intranet page ... I'm really not impressed.

are you definitely accepting the offer?

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ADMIT!!!

now idk how i'm going to get work done at work all day. :roll:

Hi I am an admit for Round 3 and have also been admitted at INSEAD, I just wondered whether you ended up choosing Oxford over INSEAD and what your reasons are for doing so?

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hmm just took a look at their Intranet page ... I'm really not impressed.

are you definitely accepting the offer?

I hate having gone through the whole application process just to change my mind, but I'm really concerned by the fact that they have not posted a 2009 career report. Their 2008 report tells us nothing about how current graduates are doing in this economy. Full tuition seems like a big chunk of money to spend just to end up going back to your old job, if it's still there by the time you graduate.