Oxford from the Inside

In this episode, Jurin(she/her) joined us to talk about her study experience from a student with low grades in high school to a masters at Oxford! The talk includes her experience of moving to different countries when growing up, how it influenced her study, her choice of learning Economics, and her suggestions for Economics applicants.

Timestamps

00:11 Introduction

00:56 Family and education backgroud

01:27 How moving to different countries when growing up influenced Jurin’s study

05:13 Gap year experience

08:36 Why chose to learn Economics

10:54 Applying for a Master at Oxford

14:00 A typical day in Jurin’s current study phase

15:41 Suggestions for Economics applicants

In this episode, Juan (he/him) is joined by Rachel (she/her) to talk about her experience as a law student from a South Asian background. What does a typical day look like? Are Oxford’s stereotypes really true? Plus a few tips for law applicants!

It's the start of a new year and a new term at Oxford, and we're back welcoming new interviewers to our team! In the first part of our "Meet the Interviewers" episode this term, meet Rose (4th year Law student) and Juan (2nd year Geographer), interviewed by Junaid.

In the latest episode, Siam (he/him) is joined by Sam (he/him) and Abishek (he/him) to talk about the Maths Admissions Test (MAT). How can you prepare? How is it different for each subject? Tune in to find out!

Timestamps:

0:45 - What is the MAT?

1:35 - What is the structure of the MAT?

6:15 - How similar are the questions to the Oxford course?

8:45 - How does the MAT compare to A-Level?

16:05 - How did you prepare?

23:15 - Do you have any advice to people taking the MAT?

26:00 - How does the MAT compare to the STEP?

In this episode, Olviya (any pronouns) speaks to Clarissa (she/her) about tackling university with chronic illnesses. Tune in to listen to Clarissa speak on navigating university and new diagnoses, dealing with doctors and prescriptions in the middle of a pandemic, and missing her cat!

[NB: Clarissa's experiences with her chronic illnesses are not meant to be assumptive of all chronic illnesses. There is a large range of chronic illnesses, all varying in severity and impact on quality of life - Clarissa speaks for her own experiences, which we ask you to respect!]

For more help and support as a disabled student in Oxford, do check out Oxford DisCam here: https://www.oxfordsu.org/campaigns/disabilities/

TIMESTAMPS:

00:40 - Clarissa’s chronic illnesses

01:49 - Initial concerns about moving 

03:19 - Applying to university + open days

06:43 - Experiences with college

09:41 - Experiences with department 

12:09 - Impacts of the pandemic 

14:11 - Isolation food….

15:58 - Advice to incoming students with a chronic illness

In todays episode Siam is joined with Alice to talk about how to tackle your personal statement if you're applying for Law? Stay tuned for some great tips and personal anecdotes if you're interested in applying to Law at Uni! 

In this episode, Aidan, Emily and Riya join us to talk about freshers' week. Find out about their work and role as JCR (Junior Common Room) reps during that week. As welfare, access and equalities and "enter" (entertainment) reps, they are in charge of many of the events taking place. 

Introductions: 0:10

What events are you going to organise during freshers' week as JCR reps? 2:28

What are college families? 9:53

What is your favourite or least favourite memory of your freshers' week? 12:00

What's your advice to freshers? 20:30

On a specifically requested episode today, hear about a day in the life of a biochemist! Leah talks about the structure of the course, her workload, and extracurricular activities. 

In today's episode Siam discusses with Freya all about how to go about writing your personal statement for Classics. Stay tuned for some very interesting insights, potential topic choices and Freya's own story of how she wrote her Classics personal statement.

In today's episode, Olviya (any pronouns) is joined by Sam (he/him), the treasurer of the Doctor Who Society. Join us as they discuss the society field trips, Sam's favourite doctor, and the creepiness of the Weeping Angels!

Link to the society website: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~whosoc/index.html

Doctor Who Society Discord sign-up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBoz4t1uukUcCTlE-HEm0L5tpLyJ1NBzVhBx1DCsNbOx0Tiw/viewform

TIMESTAMPS:

00:37 - What is Doctor Who Soc?

01:42 - Society field trips

02:45 - Sam's role in the society

03:00 - How soc decides on episode (feat. a memory with an iconic guest speaker!)

04:40 - How Sam got into Doctor Who

07:26 - Classic Who vs New Who

9:33 - Sam's controversial opinion

9:54 - Favourite Doctor?

11:10 - Memories of the show, featuring terrifying Weeping Angels and very strange Oods

15:00 - Favourite episode

15:51 - Where to find Doctor Who Soc (links in caption)

16:46 - Where to sign up!

17:20 - Final words for budding enthusiasts!