well I had completed the application by 31 December. I am not sure if I will be considered for the gathered field application or not..

well I had completed the application by 31 December. I am not sure if I will be considered for the gathered field application or not..

I've applied to both, and I've heard from Cambridge, which takes about 95% of the waiting-related anxiety off the table. Even if Oxford takes two months to respond, or never does, at least now I know what I'm doing in September.

And does Oxford really only mail out acceptances by actual post? Like with stamps and everything?

Hi everyone. I actually applied (and got accepted) to Oxford last year. I had to apply this year again as they wouldn't let me defer. What happens is that they really don't ever send out offers before the date they specify (here 14 March 08) and they send paper letters not emails to notify you of acceptance, so depending on where you live it may take a while from the 14th to let you know. It shouldn't take two months unless they give you an offer late after some people already reject their offers (as with Cambridge I suspect the 15 April deadline is the deadline to see if anyone rejects the offer early so they can give some more offers). Hope this helps.

Thanks Sydneycat.. Thats a big help!!

Thank you SydneyCat.