full funding

Good that I was rejected after being made an offer by Cambridge, still heartbroken though.

Received a formal offer last night. Honestly, I still can't believe it, I thought I didn't even have a shot, my GPA was barely 3.5, I guess it's more about experience and personal statement. It's gonna be a good weekend.

To all ODID applicants (Development Studies, Dev Econs, Migration Studies, Forced Migration, GGD), I have been told by the admissions office that we should expect to hear decisions "on or before the 16th/March". So this will be the most challenging weekend to sleep through ;D

To Dphil EngSci poster below. Thanks for info. Wrote to dept few days back, no response. I was told in Jan that decision wud be given after Jan pool is also assessed. No interview notification as yet (don't hope so now :p). What 'bout you?

To the DPhil EngSci poster below I was told that the deadline for getting applicant assessment outcomes to the applicants is the end of next week. It might be handy to contact the department to check your application status. No change on my eVision portal.

To DPhil Engg Science poster below. Could you pls clarify end of this or next week? Also do u see any update on evision portal? I am sick of waiting.... Damn! :/

Has anyone heard from them and been interviewed

Rejected by form email today. Canadian applicant. Good luck to those still waiting!

Received an acceptance letter from Somerville College. Contacted the department to confirm, they said they'd be releasing acceptance letters by the end of the week. No word on funding yet.

To the poster below asking about PhD admissions process. I didn't apply to the Physics Department, but I believe it's similar for all DPhil programs: each department/graduate school has its own graduate admissions committee, and they are the people interviewing you and making the final decision. However, one of the factors influencing the final decision is whether you have a suitable supervisor or not, i.e. you cannot usually be admitted to the program without a supervisor having approved you to work in their lab. So the supervisors will likely feedback to your first interview panel and then the panel makes the final decision. Good luck!

Not surprised... still, a bit disappointed!

Can anyone please explain how the PhD selections are made? My first interview was with admissions and then the rest of them with potential supervisors, the supervisors didn't know how I did in the first interview but from what I understand the decision is mostly made based on your first interview. This is so strange to me, in other places the supervisors make the decisions. Maybe I understood all wrong?

To the poster below, the only 'sure rejection' is a letter of rejection. The fact that some have received informal offers and you haven't does not necessarily mean you are out of the running. It's possible they submitted their application before you, or that they are being considered first for funding, or even some other banal administrative reason.

to the poster below from humanities describing the admissions process... you are a gift from heaven... NOW, ANYONE FROM MATH DEPT/STATISTICS DEPT WHO CAN DO THE SAME?? Lol, i assume it's almost the same for maths. thanks again!

To the anxious posters below from English/History/Philosophy/MML, as someone who is very familiar with Oxford's admissions process, I can tell you that: a) The reasons acceptances and rejections 'trickle' is because those with no hope of a place/funding are immediately rejected, those that make it through the first cull are then roughly ranked in terms of strength of application with those at the top being considered first for funding. Different SUB-FACULTIES (i.e. French, German) within the same FACULTY (MML) send out answers at the different times. And, occasionally, more offers are made than there are places, which is why other applicants hear only when stronger applicants have already rejected a place. b) Mst, Mphil and Dphil applications have different application timelines, so it is pointless to glean any information on the progress of decisions for an Mst in Modern History, for example, from another poster who is posting about a Dphil acceptance. c) Funding in the humanities is allocated by DIVISION, which is why it can take an extremely long time to hear about. The decisions require a meeting of those across the FACULTIES to negotiate over their various pots of money and try to fund as many students as possible. It is even possible (although rare) that you will be told no funding is available and then, come August, receive a funding because a funded student has turned down their place. d) Lastly, some subjects send out offer letters separate of funding offers, other subjects send them out together. It depends on the department, but is nothing to fret about.