Since the first inquiries are rolling in, perhaps it is time for a new thread for yet another year of Oxbridge applications. Oxford seems to have kept the stages for 2010-11 admissions similar to those last year. Cambridge has added a couple of interview dates for R3, stretching the interview process to a month-long, compared to the usual week-long process. They are probably expecting a big swell of applications in R3, which could perhaps reflect last year's high demand after R1 dings from other schools were out. This means also thar R4 and R5 dates are pushed forward with about a month. Below is a modified version of Greenoak's information package from last year's thread. Good luck! Last year's Oxbridge applicants thread Oxbridge applicants thread from two years ago Separating Oxford from Cambridge Oxford – Said Business School 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 – 16, 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 8 October 2010 Interview decision by 29 October 2010 Final decision by 10 December 2010 R2 Application deadline 14 January 20101 Interview decision by 4 February 2011 Final decision by 11 March 2011 R3 Application deadline 1 April 2011 Interview decision by 29 April 2011 Final decision by 27 May 2011 Cambridge – Judge Business School Requirements: GMAT – average given for reference is 690 (balanced score is required) TOEFL: *Requirements for entry in 2011:TOEFL 100 with min 25 in writing or IELTS 7.0 *Requirements for entry in 2012 onwards: TOEFL 110 with min 25 in each section or IELTS 7.5 with no element below 7.0 Experience: usually 3+ years GPA: usually equivalent of no less than UK 2.1 degree or 3.3 GPA One recommendation from a supervisor and one from a peer 2009 Rankings : Financial Times – 21, Business Week non-US MBA - second tier Application cost : 100 GBP Official site: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/mba/index.html Admissions on Facebook Unofficial informational tweets by an MBA Coordinator: Twitter Blog . Note that the blog is mainly not about admissions, but about life in Cambridge. R1 Application deadline 4 Oct 2010 Interview day 5 and 8 Nov 2010 Decision 11 Nov 2010 R2 Application deadline 6 Dec 2010 Interview day 14 and 17 Jan 2011 Decision 20 Jan 2011 R3 Application deadline 10 Jan 2011 Interview day 7 Feb, 14 Feb, 21 Feb, and 7 Mar 2011 Decision 24 Feb, 3 Mar or 10 Mar 2011 R4 Application deadline 14 Mar 2010 Interview day 29 or 16 May 2011 Decision 19 May 2011 R5 Application deadline 16 Apr 2011 Interview day 10 Jun and 13 Jun 2011 Decision 16 Jun 2011

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Just got the offer from Cambridge....woohoo!

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Just got the offer from Cambridge....woohoo!

Congratulations! Not jealous in the slightest... Nope, not at all ;-)

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Thanks SeniorFlunky...this is my first offer, so naturally a bit more excited knowing that I can quit my job soon!

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Just got the offer from Cambridge....woohoo!

Congratulations!!!
Let us begin the show...
or, Let the show begin

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Why are Cambridge and Oxford lumped together in the same thread?

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My Interview Experience: Mon 8th Nov Scheduled 10:50 am

There were 7 of us in total with interview times from 9:30 t0 11:40 am and then we all met for lunch, attended selection of MBA class and final discussion with Adcom before finishing at 3:45 pm

The interview was generic. Before going to the interviewer my transcript copies were checked and photocopies were taken for Admin purposes.

Interview Qs:
1. Why MBA?
2. Why Oxford?
3. Tell me about your current job and what are your responsibilities?
4. What is your definition of a leader?
5. How do you work best in team or as an individual?
6. Have you faced any challenging experience dealing with customers? What was the situation, my role and outcome?
7. Anything else that I felt she should have asked , or I feel would add to my candidacy.

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I asked:
1. Oxford's 10 year plan and reliance on rankings?
2. Why very few scholarships for us Brits?
3. Specific question on Vodafone Technology Management fund.

Hope this is descriptive enough. If you want any more details please pm me.

All the best!
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@cpandya14 ....thanks dude....

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anybody in delhi with an oxford invite for i/v

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Besides cpandya14's questions, be prepared for:
If no MBA, then what?
If unable to get into your desired job after MBA, then which path, what route?

Stick to some plan for these two questions. Rest is what cpandya14 said, generic and pretty straightforward.
And the current students were really amazing, they came to talk when I was waiting for the interview and reassured me (I was nervous).
It was an open day too, so met other applicants. And lastly, don't forget to take your transcripts with you, and if you are planning for other schools in later rounds where a certified copy is required(if an official transcript is unavailable), now is the time, you might be asked to submit your original transcript to the school.
Good luck!!

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Thank you so much.

Again in the last year's forums I did see that a few of students worrying about college to pick. Do we need to expect any such questions this time? I mean do we need to pick some Oxford colleges that we would want to stay during the course? Does anyone know if such questions will be part of the interview process.

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ajitsah

I would say, don't worry about the college selection at this point. This question might not draw much merit now. If you do want, prepare for 'Other schools you are applying for and a short Why'. I heard someone was enquired about this too.
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college selection is not that difficult and once you are offered a place SBS staff help you. Most people from SVS choose Green Templeton , but that bridge only needs to be crossed when we come to that point. At the mo.. fingers crossed for 10th Dec....

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makes sense....cannot agree more with you. I heard these questions are asked in the interview, so I wanted to check if such questions are indeed asked. Thank you for the clarification.

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i am on the fence... i am not from finance background so is the 1 year programme gonna hurt me?

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i am on the fence... i am not from finance background so is the 1 year programme gonna hurt me?

No. Unless you want to switch career into financial services. Even then Oxbridge both have good placement record for career switchers.

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Would the results be published only on 10th? Anyone started thinking about financing? Heard HSBC UK has stopped study loans?

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Heard HSBC UK has stopped study loans?

Can someone confirm this?

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this might be a dumb question, but does oxford have social clubs? I haven't found anything on their website and it's usually very easy to find club information for most schools.

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this might be a dumb question, but does oxford have social clubs? I haven't found anything on their website and it's usually very easy to find club information for most schools.

Oxford's version is called Oxford Business Networks (Check the brochure for some info on that) and they exist for areas like consulting, finance, entrepreneuship, etc..

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Here's an interesting dilemma. I scanned my transcripts into a pdf document, but the file is too large (right now it's 1.4 MB, they allow up to 500 KB). Any suggestions on how to compress a pdf document? Or how to change the resolution so the document scans at a lower resolution?