Official Oxford Applicants 2015 Entry, including Interview Chat

I am indeed, for NatSci

Hmmmm... I think MAT is quite a lot easier, but STEP is much more fun as for mathematics, I think the Masters course at Cambridge is far superior to Oxford.

(Not a Cambridge Vs Oxford thing, it's just true for mathematics)

Come over to the Cambridge thread so I can ask which college and that

Also check out the new connect pages and connect! It's under the 'Get Started' part and is called 'University Connect'

Thanks guys! I think I know what I have to do now But regarding an internship at a law firm, I've still got a few questions:

-what did you do during your internship? To my understanding most firms only offer general clerical work (since we're just high school seniors)-- how do you relate that to law when talking about your experience? (esp. in your personal statement etc.)

-any general tips in the workplace?

Again, thank you so much!

What about Part III do you find far superior to Part C?

Not me personally, just what I've read around online and in TSR.

Can't you do like the mathematics of a black hole and stuff in the Cambridge degree

Pembroke, via St. Johns. Just waiting on my results, then hopefully going to my tutor for more prep.

I had a look around Pembroke this morning, it's lovely!

Most of the successful applications for History seem to have had at least 7 A*s, if not higher. Will this affect my application?

Funnily enough, I know someone with exactly 5A*s studying history at Christ Church (just about to go into his final year.) That said, he is an exceptional historian, so as long as you can portray a similar image you still have as good a chance as any! Just show the interviewers that you love history and hope for the best!

I don't have an offer for history, but PPE is around the same in terms of competition. I had 2A*s at GCSE. 5A*s is a much stronger position than I was in.

I think you've got to be honest to yourself and admit that having less than the average by a significant amount is going to harm your application. It means you have to work even harder at all the other areas to show what a good candidate you are. I'd guess you're in the tolerance zone of what they're expecting GCSE-wise, so you're in a pretty good position relative to me. What you've got to do now is work your socks off to compensate for any doubts that may arise because of those two missing A*s, and there'll be as good a chance as any of you getting through.

People can overvalue their GCSEs in their app. One of the profs I'll hopefully be studying under told me he was more interested in seeing if the candidate was showing improvement and development.

Can anyone give me ideas on which of the three options I should choose as my A Level - I want to do medicine in university

Option 1) - Biology , Chemistry , Maths , Computer Science

Option 2) - Biology , Chemistry , Maths , English Literature

Option 3) - Biology , Chemistry , Computer Science , English Literature

If you have any other advice I should take I'd happily take it , however i don't want to do physics at all so any ideas please , thanks guys!


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1 or 2

Which do you prefer of lit and compsci?

Both which would look better as a med student ?


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If anything maybe English Lit, just cause it's more academic/traditional. I don't think it'll matter too much though. Maybe just pick the one you'll do best in?

Both which would look better as a med student ?


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Lit is probably more well known

Can anyone give me ideas on which of the three options I should choose as my A Level - I want to do medicine in university

Option 1) - Biology , Chemistry , Maths , Computer Science

Option 2) - Biology , Chemistry , Maths , English Literature

Option 3) - Biology , Chemistry , Computer Science , English Literature

If you have any other advice I should take I'd happily take it , however i don't want to do physics at all so any ideas please , thanks guys!


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I would say option 2, probably because the skills that you get from CompSci at A level are not as good as the skills that you get from English lit, for medicine thatis. That said, as we are in the oxford thread ill take it as you will be applying there for 2016 entry. Knowing this, you'll have to take the BMAT, and having English lit could help you massively with section 3, as you'll develop essay skills in English lit.
Enjoyment wise, I'd take computer science, I haven't done it because my school did not offer it anymore, but I had my fun on codeacademy and codes hook, so if the A level is anything like that, you should go for it.
Ps. An advice? If you are thinking of Oxbridge I'd advise you to consider physics also

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Awesome I didn't really get a good look around, as I was only there for 20 mins! Apparently the quadrangle is an Oxford 'hidden gem'?

Is it weird that almost everyone knows more about Oxford and the course I'm doing than me? I've pretty much avoided all of the Oxford related websites, so as not to get my hopes up before results day