Official Oxford Applicants 2015 Entry, including Interview Chat

why did you do them all? I'm just doing the regular 4 A levels and general studies at the moment, and I'm intending to drop one next year, so my work flow is pretty standard

I didn't do Further Maths when I started, but I was doing very well in class and was finding the pace pretty slow. I was advised to do Further, but I didn't want to swap it for anything else

ha, and you just chose not to drop one?

I don't want to say it's bad because it's too much of a complex situation and process to label it anything. If you are a good, strong candidate who they want to give an offer to, they'll give it to you and won't think twice about the AS English.

General Studies was an option at my college, and it's similar at a lot of others.
I did five 'proper' AS's and even with good GCSEs I was advised to think VERY carefully before doing it (with good reason, it was a hard slog)

Really? At my school all the further mathematicians (about 40 of us) and some others take more than 4 'proper' ones.

Cambridge officially don't consider any qualification you sit early any differently from the ones you most recently did, and from what I can tell, Oxford pretty much have the same policy (although it isn't on the website as far as I can see, unlike Cambridge who do stipulate it on their website)

Cambridge officially don't consider any qualification you sit early any differently from the ones you most recently did, and from what I can tell, Oxford pretty much have the same policy (although it isn't on the website as far as I can see, unlike Cambridge who do stipulate it on their website)

You did 7 AS levels? Or am i being a dullard and is this A and AS combined...

Cambridge officially don't consider any qualification you sit early any differently from the ones you most recently did, and from what I can tell, Oxford pretty much have the same policy (although it isn't on the website as far as I can see, unlike Cambridge who do stipulate it on their website)

Question, if someone applies after they graduate (so post IB examinations/A-levels), would they need to submit anything other than their final exam results? Eg. Termly assessments, mock exam results, etc.

You have to enter all qualifications you have a result for. So if your AS exams were certificated then you would have to put them down.
This includes any exams that were ungraded. You don't need to put down mock results or assessments that don't contribute to qualifications

So basically just IB exam results (as I do IB and didn't do GCSEs)?

Course: Chemistry
College: Jesus College
GCSEs: 4 A*s, 6 As and 1 B
AS Levels: Chemistry , Maths, Physics and German (predicted 4 As)
Also I'm partially sighted - do you think I'll be disadvantaged at all during application? What about my gcse grades, are they good enough??

Not gonna lie, your GCSEs are a little below Oxford's standards, but that's not to say you don't have a chance

Good luck anyway, I have an offer for 2014 Chemistry, give me a shout if you have any questions

Do you then I might be better off applying to Cambridge? What sorts of questions were you asked at interview and what were your grades for both gcse and a level?

Not gonna lie, your GCSEs are a little below Oxford's standards, but that's not to say you don't have a chance

Good luck anyway, I have an offer for 2014 Chemistry, give me a shout if you have any questions

Course: Chemistry
College: Jesus College
GCSEs: 4 A*s, 6 As and 1 B
AS Levels: Chemistry , Maths, Physics and German (predicted 4 As)
Also I'm partially sighted - do you think I'll be disadvantaged at all during application? What about my gcse grades, are they good enough??