The 'Alternative Guide' to the Rhodes Scholarship Application from Indian Rhodes Scholars

In your academic statement of study, you are requested to detail the reasons you are applying to Oxford, the subject you wish to study, your course choices, why you wish to pursue them and to also demonstrate that you are able to meet the entry and application requirements of the specific course(s) you have chosen. [...] Does the age at which one decides to apply for the Scholarship have a bearing on one’s chances of being chosen as a Rhodes Scholar? Does the fact that you were unsuccessful in a previous attempt to get the Scholarship negatively impact one’s chances? Your age (as long as it falls within the bounds set out by the memorandum) is not a deterrent to your chances of winning the scholarship. [...] The program at Oxford is the best of its kind in the world inasmuch as the program is a fusion of people from diverse backgrounds who are associated with ministries, the United Nations and with research and development. [...] I have however, yet to explore the philosophy and ontology of film itself—the languages in and through which it is articulated, the activation of the past through the present, the imposition of the present’s politics on the past, and how films are constantly being created—not just through processes of production, but those of consumption. [...] The Bacterial Physiology module introduced me to the immense diversity, functional variability and adaptability of bacteria, emphasising overarching principles of how bacteria sense and respond to changes in their environment while the Advanced Bacterial and Eukaryotic Cellular Biology module showed me the fascinating complexity of life at the cellular level, focusing on the organization and contr.