I've got a (relatively high: 67.5) 2:1 from the University of Roehampton, and am now heading to the University of Edinburgh to do a taught masters, in which I aim to get a distinction. Bearing in mind that my UG university is not a prestigious one, accompanied by the unsatisfactory mark there, do you think I have a chance at getting into Oxbridge for my PhD? It would be in a politics-related field, as I did my UG in History, and I'll be doing my (taught) Msc in International Relations. Provided I get a distinction, I mean. I'm also keen on getting an internship, or even some volunteering done while in Edinburgh.
So if you've got any indication as to what I can do to increase my chances to get into Oxbridge, that'd be excellent. It's obviously too late to choose another university for my undergraduate degree, or increase my marks there, but I like to hope that I haven't completely ruined my chances. I do know that I've got two excellent references from my lecturers at Roehampton, though, and one of those lecturers have actually moved on to the University of Exeter.
I'm relatively certain that I can achieve a Distinction, as if anything can be said of my undergraduate career, it'd be that it was an upwards slope. I started out with getting mostly low 2:1s, but in the third year I got ~70% Firsts, including my Dissertation. The only reason I got an average 2:1, was that I screwed up badly on two essays in my second year, and one in my third year, due to entirely avoidable mistakes.