Anyone else been waitlisted at Oxford?

[AKEgy]

Hey,

I applied in the first deadline for MPhil Egyptology and was told that my application was going to be re-evaluated with next pool of candidates i.e. January deadline. I wanted to know if anyone else is/has experienced this and what are the chances of making it after re-evaluation--does it work out or is it a soft rejection. the wait is killing me!!!!

Any feedback would be highly apreciated.

[Bukharan]

It is exactly what they say it is - reevaluation.

You application will be evaluated against all applications submitted for the second Oxford deadline. I don't remember exact dates but second-deadline decisions are delivered somewhere in late March.

It is not a soft rejection at all (they could have rejected it but they chose not to - probably they liked it but for some reason they couldn't admit it with the first-deadline admits). Basically, think of it as if you applied for the second deadline (as if you only filed your application in January). Your chances now are as equal as for those who applied in January.

All the best to you!

[MJ0911]

Yep, I had the same - applied for the Nov deadline, re-evaluated against the January cohort. I think they aim to give decisions around 17th March for January applicants, so guessing we'll be the same time.

In terms of what it means... no way of knowing really. Departments often have a limit on the number of people they can accept from the November round of applicants, and so only accept their top top choices. Everyone else gets evaluated together, but the fact you weren't rejected outright is good. It's not a 'soft rejection', it just means they have not made up their minds yet.

[AKEgy]

Thank you so much guys for your replies. I guess it now depends on the number of seats available and how good the candidates are in the january pool.. Anyways, to MJ0911: what program did you apply for?