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1. Economist
   d7da
   

   I wish I was joking but this is a real thing that just happened.

   Earlier today I went to the application portal to check the status, and it said my application was incomplete. Very puzzled. Called the graduate admissions people asap.

   They told me because my writing sample was over the word limit, graduate admissions removed it from my application. This also made my application incomplete by the deadline. So my application never actually made it to the department.

   What's more mind-boggling is that I didn't even receive an email telling me about all this. Only found out after I manually checked the portal and then called them. For some odd reason, the person answering the phone felt very righteous about what they did.

   Maybe I dodged a bullet by being disqualified?

   4 months ago # QUOTE 5 Volod 0 Vlad !

2. Economist
   7064
   

   Certainly dogded the bullet of living in the UK

   4 months ago # QUOTE 10 Volod 0 Vlad !

3. Economist
   f578
   

   Simple filter: you cannot read instructions, so you better don’t study at Oxford.

   Good luck with your future career.

   4 months ago # QUOTE 17 Volod 0 Vlad !

4. Economist
   7bd3
   

   RTFM.

   4 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

5. Economist
   d7af
   

   Why would you need to submit a "writing sample" for an Econ PhD?

   4 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

6. Economist
   35c9
   

   Simple filter: you cannot read instructions, so you better don’t study at Oxford.
   Good luck with your future career.

   I’m torn, because on the one hand this is very insightful and accurate, but on the other hand your English is atrocious.

   4 months ago # QUOTE 2 Volod 1 Vlad !

7. Economist
   35c9
   

   I wish I was joking but this is a real thing that just happened.
   Earlier today I went to the application portal to check the status, and it said my application was incomplete. Very puzzled. Called the graduate admissions people asap.
   They told me because my writing sample was over the word limit, graduate admissions removed it from my application. This also made my application incomplete by the deadline. So my application never actually made it to the department.
   What's more mind-boggling is that I didn't even receive an email telling me about all this. Only found out after I manually checked the portal and then called them. For some odd reason, the person answering the phone felt very righteous about what they did.
   Maybe I dodged a bullet by being disqualified?

   Maybe you bugger pigs.

   4 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

8. Economist
   400e
   

   why on earth would you ignore the word limit?

   4 months ago # QUOTE 5 Volod 0 Vlad !

9. Economist
   f6e9
   

   I wish I was joking but this is a real thing that just happened.
   Earlier today I went to the application portal to check the status, and it said my application was incomplete. Very puzzled. Called the graduate admissions people asap.
   They told me because my writing sample was over the word limit, graduate admissions removed it from my application. This also made my application incomplete by the deadline. So my application never actually made it to the department.
   What's more mind-boggling is that I didn't even receive an email telling me about all this. Only found out after I manually checked the portal and then called them. For some odd reason, the person answering the phone felt very righteous about what they did.
   Maybe I dodged a bullet by being disqualified?

   Maybe you bugger pigs.

   Not necessarily a problem at Oxford - look up David Cameron and pigs at Oxford.

   4 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

10. Economist
    35c9
    

    why on earth would you ignore the word limit?

    Probably distracted because he was buggering pigs

    4 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

11. Economist
    c22d
    

    Sounds like Oxford.

    4 months ago # QUOTE 2 Volod 0 Vlad !

12. Economist
    8cb8
    

    Simple filter: you cannot read instructions, so you better don’t study at Oxford.
    Good luck with your future career.

    Imagine thinking following instructions is an important quality for an academic.

    4 months ago # QUOTE 4 Volod 3 Vlad !

13. Economist
    0a61
    

    OP gets rejected for not following instructions and is looking for sympathy on EJMR despite obvious error on his part.

    Anyway, GTFO undergrad.

    4 months ago # QUOTE 3 Volod 4 Vlad !

14. Economist
    1372
    

    World limits made Britain what she is

    4 months ago # QUOTE 4 Volod 0 Vlad !

15. Economist
    0777
    

    It's a blessing in disguise because now you won't do a PhD

    4 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

16. Economist
    e419
    

    Surprised to hear that though. But to be honest, if you apply to the DPhil directly, they are just looking for any excuse to drop your application. This pathway is a lot more competitive than the MPhil/DPhil way, which they encourage a lot more.

    4 months ago # QUOTE 4 Volod 0 Vlad !

17. Economist
    9457
    

    Simple filter: you cannot read instructions, so you better don’t study at Oxford.
    Good luck with your future career.

    Imagine thinking following instructions is an important quality for an academic.
    

    good luck with your grant applications, Free Spirit Bro

    4 months ago # QUOTE 3 Volod 1 Vlad !

18. Economist
    1c65
    

    Same thing happened to me, but you’ll be considered for the march (second) round, you haven’t been entirely disqualified

    4 months ago # QUOTE 2 Volod 0 Vlad !

19. Economist
    d7af
    

    Do they even accept students straight to the DPhil? I find it difficult to believe they would take external candidates over their own students who just went through a 2-year masters.

    4 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

20. Economist
    e487
    

    Lol at entitled Americans

    4 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

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