[Oxford University 2017 Entry MPP Applicants?]

On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 4:27 PM, VTT777 said:

Hey @Erudite, just got an email from Graduate Admissions and Funding Team asking for 2017-2018 Application Survey. I think it's an email sent to all applicants, but do you think this means anything? 

I got it too. Can't say if it means anything. Guess we'll still have to wait it out. 

[The sub-3.0 GPAs ACCEPTANCE thread]

On Monday, December 05, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Simeon said:

My name is Simeon.

I hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

For my undergraduate degree I finished with a third class (CGPA = 2.36/5). WES converted that to 2.79/4

In my final year, I carried out an award-winning project in low-cost robotics where a robotic arm was designed using locally sourced materials. An IEEE paper from the project can be found here. Other fields in which I have interests and have made contributions including conference papers and a poster are Strategic Foresight/Future Studies (paper at the ATPS 2012), the African Maker Movement( poster at FAB 10 2014  , paper at ICCIG 2015 ) and Climate Change.

I scored 332/340(V165,Q167,AW3.5) in GRE and 114/120 in TOEFL last year.

I was primarily interested in a multidisciplinary masters like Robotics

However it seems my poor grade has prevented me from being admitted for a research Masters.

Last year I applied to seven US schools(Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Worcester, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern and St Louis) but got no admission offer.

I am currently open to other Western countries in addition to the US.

Is there anything I can do? Do I stand any chance this year?

Wooooooaaaaahhhhhh!!! Your GRE scores are crazy! Please try considering applying to B-list schools. You're very unlikely to be considered in those schools you mentioned. Consider Texas A and M or Tennesse Tech University. You could also check Dubai's Masdar Technological Institute. I also finished from OAU by the way. All the best!

[Oxford University 2017 Entry MPP Applicants?]

I also applied. Comparative Government (MPhil). Heard nothing yet. I completed my application in December.