15/08/2007, 05:18 PM
While applying to a more competitive college might make it harder to get in, the admissions tutors do their best to ensure that all candidates receive fair consideration, irrespective of their college of application.
Applying to a more competitive college will make it more likely that you will have to stay for a few nights and get interviewed at various colleges. If the specific college you apply to accepts you or rejects you outright from oxford, however, you get to go home the next morning. I was very glad of this, as I found the whole experience rather unpleasant.
You also have to remember that, with an open application, you could end up at a college you would not have chosen. Even if there's only a couple of colleges you wouldn't like, you could get them.
Applying to a more competitive college will make it more likely that you will have to stay for a few nights and get interviewed at various colleges. If the specific college you apply to accepts you or rejects you outright from oxford, however, you get to go home the next morning. I was very glad of this, as I found the whole experience rather unpleasant.
You also have to remember that, with an open application, you could end up at a college you would not have chosen. Even if there's only a couple of colleges you wouldn't like, you could get them.