I was rejected by Oxford University (Offer Decision Day) 

I just want to send some hope to those who are sad today after being rejected from Oxbridge! I got rejected from Cambridge at 17 (I was devasted and felt everything Sam has described), I went to Durham (and got First-Class Honours) and now I'm at Cambridge on a fully-funded scholarship for my MA as a working-class girl from a low-income family and as a first-generation student. Don't give up!

I needed this today, thank you. On to better things I hope!

rejected today and having mixed feelings :/ I did well on my admissions tests and generally thought my interviews were good so I've been feeling like a 'failure'. this really helped- the more I think about it, I've always felt that if I went to Oxford, it should be for a masters and not a ba, and I think deep down I knew that. hopefully now I just get an offer from Edinburgh aha . Thanks for this video, really lifted me out of the 'post rejection slump' :)

just wanted to say thanks so much for this. got rejected today and am feeling pretty shitty about the whole thing. this video helped a lot, thank you

Got rejected today. Did not cry or wasn't very sad in school. But as I reached home now I kinda feel disappointed in myself. I know I'll be studying physics the most amazing subject at any university so I'm happy about that.

Rejected by queens earlier. Requested feedback, so maybe it might help. Otherwise, just need some time to figure out next steps. Videos are still very informative, thanks!

I got an offer for Geography at St Catz!!! I really can’t believe it haha. I applied in year 13 and got rejected pre interview so I actually can’t believe i’ve done it 😭

Hi Sam. I just wanna tell you that I got rejected from ChCh and I’ve never felt worse. I was a reapplicant and put my all into the application. I worked super hard in my A levels just to get into Oxford and all of it just seems to have gone to waste. Thanks for all your help over the past few months though!

Sam this is a brilliant video - I did exactly the same as you (rejection/feedback/gap year/acceptance) and you sum up the thoughts and nuances around this tricky topic perfectly for those in a difficult / uncertain position 👍

Hi Sam! Not sure if you still remember me commenting on your previous videos but I managed to secure an offer for Law! In that sense we kind of took a similar path of rejection -> gap year -> acceptance, just that I applied for different subjects in the 2 cycles. Just wanted to pop by and thank you for your videos - they are really interesting and insightful! :D

Laughed out loud at the denial bit. I did the exact same :)

Thanks for the video, this is the first one I have seen. RU-vid must have known I got rejected from PPE today. For PPE do you think it is worth putting in a freedom of information form, does it provide extra information as I have already asked for feedback? Thanks

So the day has come.... I'll update this comment to let u know how I do today- thanks for the kind words on other videos Sam!

Thank you so much. I definitely feel better after watching this. Got rejected for engineering at Oxford. What do you think about reapplying to Oxford or Changing it to Cambridge

Got rejected for PPE at LMH with a 73.9 on the TSA (+ special consideration request bc of a migraine), 44/45 predicted IB, 3 9’s 6A*’s 1A IGCSE from two diff schools (moved country after yr10) :((( tbh i wasn’t feeling great about any of my interviews tho, my phil & econ ones were 100% problem-solving based when i’m so so so much better at the argumentation side😭 my mock interviews were 100% argumentation and i got told i had good chances but then i messed up the real ones i was so fucking nervous during them i couldn’t think worst part is i already requested feedback and got sent a form to fill out where it said that in most cases there will be no individualised feedback due to high volume of requests, only cohort-level feedback :( when i need all the feedback i can get for a potential reapplication

What approximate percentage of those who reapply are admitted ? Is it easier or harder to get into the other Oxbridge uni the next year, rather than reapplying to the same one ?

Thank you so much for this video I found it super helpful ! May I ask how you worded your emails so that you can sound polite but enough detail to get what you want out of them? Thanks

What's the inspiration for the haircut sam....

Hi man, this video was really useful for me and i cant say enough how the fast half related to me so much, I dedicated an entire year for it. Can i ask how did you manage to improve even further your admission test scores? you said that u basically had done as much practice and papers as possible before u sat the test the first time, what did u do next?

I got rejected for History and Politics today... I feel like I should wait for feedback in order to ensure that reapplying would be a realistic thing to do. If I do decide to reapply... what do you think is best, go to a uni first or take a gap year? im not sure I want to be a year behind everyone anyway (does that affect the dynamic?).

Hi my heart is on Oxford and Cambridge the problem was when I was in year 9 I was working very hard but then in year 11 I started feeling mentally ill and I had really bad anxiety and depression and my GCSEs were really bad I could not do Alevels and I do BTECS I want to go to Oxford to study Music they said they do accept BTECs for that course do you think I might have a chance

just got rejected from e&m at st edmunds, feeling really salty towards the interviewers, especially since im already at university and cannot apply again unless its for a masters any advice on what to do from here?

did you send the FOI alongside requesting for the normal feedback, or was the FOI instead of the feedback if you get what im saying aha

I have a question : who do you put as your referee if you want to reapply to oxford whilst doing first year at another University ? And also does your personal statement need to be changed or not ? Thanks

Does anyone have any practical source (web, youtube...) concerning applying to Oxbridge for graduate courses?

Hello, I am going to fill out the freedom of information request form for my CS course I have got shortlisted but I didn't manage to make it to the next step. Can you please tell me what information you have requested where you found useful when you reapplied so I could ask for the same data? Thank you

What time of day do decision typically come out?

What is there response window, from what time to what time

Just got rejected for history & econ :( super gutted and lowkey wanna reapply

Im so nervous

See you at trinity this October:)

I got rejected for law but i definitely expected it . My interview was sooo bad ,i just didn’t understand any of the pre reading and couldn’t answer the questions. I’m definitely not going to reapply and hopefully go to UCL or LSE instead.

I just got rejected by LSE for law. I'm so scared for my other options (UCL, KCL, Cambridge) I also applied for Durham but my father won't allow me to go to Durham for certain reasons.

cambridge decisions come out in 2 weeks and i'm the only oxbridge applicant in my sixth form, i'm so nervous😬😬😬😬

Rejected today dont understans why otherwise no problem at all but dont know what went wrong with 2 good interviews and a 74 from the tsa

I was also never got accepted by Oxford University….because I never applied

you r in oxford please i donot undersand

Reeeejected.

Hey Sam! I just wanted to ask whether you decided to choose another college in your second application and why. Furthermore, your link to ur insta dosent work? If possible I'd like to dm you more about reapplying :)