What do you want to know about Oxford?

Thanks How old were you when you started at Mansfield, if you don't mind me asking?

You mean that saying I have a son older than you is too vague for the purposes of your query?

What do we actually do apart from being interviewed? Are we shown where to go for our second interview if it's in another college or do you basically work it out yourself?

What do we actually do apart from being interviewed? Are we shown where to go for our second interview if it's in another college or do you basically work it out yourself?

What do we actually do apart from being interviewed? Are we shown where to go for our second interview if it's in another college or do you basically work it out yourself?

When they say 'wear what you feel comfortable in to interview' do they really mean it?

I've got an interview for English at Lincoln, would a pair of smart striped trousers and a shirt be okay?

They do really mean it! People interview and get in wearing all kinds of things and with all kinds of hair colours, etc. You are being judged on your academic potential and current ability. What you've suggested would be more than OK!

Thanks for the advice! Very relieved, can I ask what your experience of interview was?

Sure, no worries My interviews started off well and got progressively worse I left Oxford certain I'd completely blown it But twas alright in the end, so that was the main thing! It was all quite fun in the end, as an experience/taster of what studying at Oxford might be like

So I suppose there really is no way of knowing! Yeah that's what I'm trying to tell myself, it'll be a good experience regardless of whether I get an offer or not! Sorry for the 20 questions but did you prepare a lot? Or just go over everything you'd mentioned in your personal statement?

No need to apologise. I did next to no preparation. Actually the week before my Oxford interviews, I was in France without a piano (nightmare when you're interviewing for a music degree), doing work experience in a French primary school. I just made sure I took paper copies of my personal statement and written work to Oxford so I could read over them and remember what I had actually written

Hahaha oh no!!! To be honest it sounds like you did it right. I mean it seems to be better than spending a week (like I'm doing) agonizing over every bit of information you've mentioned, second guessing what they'll ask. I think I need to relax a bit more :') I mean if they're analysing the way you think, there's no way you can prepare for that! Thanks for your advice, you've been really helpful

What do we actually do apart from being interviewed? Are we shown where to go for our second interview if it's in another college or do you basically work it out yourself?

What do we actually do apart from being interviewed? Are we shown where to go for our second interview if it's in another college or do you basically work it out yourself?

How is the interview for Law going to be like? I got invited by Wadham college!

Your interviews will most likely be based around an excerpt from a case or a section of a statute that you'll be given to read before you go in. You may be asked a quick and easy question about your personal statement to make you feel settled, but they probably won't ask many questions about the personal statement. Moving onto the reading, the tutors will ask you questions first of all to see how well you understood what you read. Then they may move on to slightly more difficult questions, such as changing the facts in a case and asking how that would affect the judge's conclusion, for example.

It's quite difficult to prepare for this type of interview, but I think perhaps the best way to prepare would be to read - if you haven't already - a case and a statute. There's no need to read lots of them, just maybe a couple to give you an idea of how they're structured and how they're written etc. Statutes can be read on www.legislation.gov.uk and I think the best/most accessible place for you to read cases would be www.bailii.org.

I'm a first year doing law at Brasenose so if you have any more questions about the interviews/Oxford I'd be happy to help.

Depends what college. Mine (John's) has a couple of rooms set aside with games and drinks and the big info boards of doom, and we run films and quizzes in the evening (and once charades, which was sadly unpopular). There are also three meals a day. People will walk you to second interviews if needed, but tend to prefer giving directions if possible as there are many more candidates than helpers. Generally speaking the farther away ones will get helpers, or the fiddly ones to find, or if its after dark. If (rare) you get a short notice interview at a long distance college (like 20 mins walk, and usually interviews are reasonably well pre arranged), I have seen taxis organised.

Also, if you are ever lost in Oxford, drop into the nearest porters lodge and ask for directions.