This upload button mystery is very perplexing. 
I’ve read the student forum also and there seems to be no definitive view on what the button means... waiting for two more days is insane. 

[Edited by The Magic Button on Mar 17, 2021]

The waiting game is always very stressful. 
Especially we know that it’ll be these two days or so. 

I use a gmail and I’m continuously refreshing...
and also trying to look at other forums to see if they have an idea. 

Out of curiosity, is Oxford everyone’s first choice? 

Out of curiosity, is Oxford everyone’s first choice? 

I have to choose between Oxford and Cambridge as well and think, that Cambridge is a bit more exclusive and has a better reputation.

Still so anxious about release of the results today/in the next days. Never read about the disappearing button thing before.

Decisions might actually come in really soon...
I suspect the admin team have a decision ready and the faculty is supposed to communicate them soon 

Out of curiosity, is Oxford everyone’s first choice? 

Cambridge sends rejections first.

Oxford on the other hand sends offers first.

A friend applied to BCL two years ago and didn’t get it. Apparently there were a lot of offers going around from the forum but he heard nothing until a week later when he received a rejection from the faculty. 

Cambridge sends rejections first.

Oxford on the other hand sends offers first.

A friend applied to BCL two years ago and didn’t get it. Apparently there were a lot of offers going around from the forum but he heard nothing until a week later when he received a rejection from the faculty. 

I have to choose between Oxford and Cambridge as well and think, that Cambridge is a bit more exclusive and has a better reputation.

Actually I’m not 
But yes: My answer was a bit short. Indeed the BCL is the “best” programme if one wants to join the bar. I was comparing MLF and MCL and believe that the Cambridge LLM comes close after the BCL. I would love to elaborate further on that topic but have the feeling that people might be annoyed as we're all waiting on results this week. Let’s come back to this later!

Good luck to all of us!

The wait and feeling of anticipation can be debilitating. Oxford is a life changing experience  

On the Self-Service page it notes that "Once a decision has been made on your application, no further documents can be uploaded." 

Has anyone emailed the office about the disappearing upload button?

If that helps, I am a current Oxford student and I just logged onto the grad application portal and my button is not there, but I wouldn't pay too much attention to that. This portal is super old and it's probably full of glitches. Normally, the only thing that changes on the app portal is that there will appear a new button called "criminal conviction declaration" once you get an offer.

To those rejected this year, 

Don't feel discouraged from pursuing your dreams. Depending on your individual circumstances, there are always things that can be improved in your future application (different referees, better essays, maybe you will have done an LLM degree by then, etc.) Myself, I applied for the MLF programme at the end of my UG degree and was subsequently rejected. I revised every part of my app and reapplied again last year and ended up with an offer. Try to see what you could have done better and try your luck next (hopefully better) year. All in all, the Oxford's application process is super competetive and sometimes even really good candidates end up rejected, so don't take these bad news too personal and try your luck again!

Agreed! Do you mind sharing what you did after the initial rejection that improved your application? Did you go on to do another postgraduate etc?

Looking at the Oxford Postgrad thread in the Student Room forum and a person (non-law) has received offers with their upload button disappearing around yesterday. So it should be trickling in - whether offers or rejections 

[to add, it’s always a wave of offers first then rejections follow thereafter...]

I follow this thread (maybe lurk is a better word) daily to see if there’s any update on my BCL application, but I honestly think the whole upload button theories are absurdly amazing. It is as though we are descending into a mad people who haven’t eaten or slept in days and we’re starting to see visions and hear voices! I think it would probably find a better audience on Monty Python than on this thread. For all our sanities, I think it is best to park the speculation about what it means and just sit pretty until those emails start coming in. Let’s hope the luck of the Irish is with us all today and that they’re eventually sent out. Best of luck to everybody!

MJUR applicant here
My button is still there, don't know what to expect.
I agree that when the button is gone, a decision has been made and someone manually ticked your application. In the TSR thread, I've seen people who got both acceptances and rejections after the button was gone.
But, in this case that some applicants still have it and some don't, I don't know what to see into this...

As I previously posted here, I've been rejected for the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice, which is within the Faculty of Law, and the rejections were released first than the acceptances/waitlisting, although last year it was the other way around.
Therefore, I am not so sure about the order this year (for MJUR/BCL), but I agree that it is an Oxford pattern to release offers and rejections in different days.