Received email 5am ET with interview invite.

Interview invite for Jan 13th!

Informal interview with faculty.

Won a first place presentation award in a world congress in my field (about 500 presenters), 2 papers in review, 1 paper in preparation, full-ride scholarship undergrad, graduated cum laude undergrad (5%), full-ride exchange program last year undergrad, full-ride master's, found two willing advisers for this program and talked to them both via Zoom in October. No GRE.

Applied late Jan. Received partial funding.

Strong LORs, UG in Jewish Studies & IR, previous study of Hebrew, 2yrs+ work experience

Interviewed in mid-March. UK student, predicted 1st class honours

322 GRE (162 Q, 160 V), 8.5 IELTS, 9.4/10 GPA, 2 papers, 2 years of research experience. Interviewed on March 17, Accepted on April 11.

I never thought I would get an offer from Oxford, especially after how much I screwed up in my undergrad. But I put all my soul in correcting it- got good grades in my next degree- MPP and worked in evaluation research for 2 years. For the ones out there thinking they are not good enough, dream big and try. Trying never hurts.