Every university has its own personality, I've noticed... what would you tell me to look out for first? Like what could I *really* mess up with if I hadn't been warned ahead of time?

I'd love to know this as well. I'm not as scared as katharina but at the same time I don't want to have any horrible surprises if I get accepted and find out that I'd have a hard time with the culture or anything.

Can Oxford natives help us out here?

R1986 wrote:
I'd love to know this as well. I'm not as scared as katharina but at the same time I don't want to have any horrible surprises if I get accepted and find out that I'd have a hard time with the culture or anything.
Can Oxford natives help us out here?

Scared? I'm not scared! It's just a lot easier to know all the "quirks" a school has before showing up and making blunders, isn't it? And since a lot of new students will probably be looking in this forum for tips. Scared? Hmmmph!

Post edited by: katharina, at: 2008/01/28 19:56

The school is just like a normal school. There won't be any nasty surprises waiting for you unless you count the different names for sports and other things. I guess since coming to oxford I found people to be more well-mannered then what I was used to

I think that this is just a normal thing. I guess that most of us are just new here. The best thing we can do is help out one another. Be friendly and have lot of friends.

You guys may want to check out the article at - http://www.oxfordtribe.com/index.php/The-University/Studying-at-Oxford-University.html

Hope this helps...

Haha, sorry katharina I shouldn't have implied that you were scared. I knew what you meant but for some reason I misinterpreted. Thanks for the article as well Richard, even just a brief article like that goes a long way when we're unfamiliar with everything.

R1986 wrote:
Haha, sorry katharina I shouldn't have implied that you were scared. I knew what you meant but for some reason I misinterpreted. Thanks for the article as well Richard, even just a brief article like that goes a long way when we're unfamiliar with everything.

It wasn't your fault... I just noticed that I *did* choose to use the word "panic" and shoudn't have. Just more of a "what do I do next" kind of thing than a "scared panic."

I enjoyed the article, too. I hope they'll be able to get the funding to keep the tutorial system running!

I have heard Oxford is a nice place to go to school, with no horrible first day experiences. I have always hated first days of school, especially my first day of college. I have always heard horror experiences about the older classmates playing pranks on the younger students. Needless to say, on my first day of college I carried around a little thing of mace....