Oxford Applicants 2016 Entry & Interview chat

At first I was happy for people when they found out they got an interview.



The stress is killing me and every time I see someone else got an interview I just want to scream.


(although Im still super happy for them)

Has anyone heard from Keble for law? Seems like most of the colleges have sent out a few decisions so far but nothing from Keble yet

Hey I just received an email from Keble inviting me for an interview for Law. The wait will probably be over soon! All the best to you x

when did you receive the email?

Well congratulations!! I'm waiting for a Comp Sci and Phil decision. I didn't think that they would have begun giving till next week. But now I'm a bit anxious :P

I applied to the same course and surely messed MAT up a little bit.

Hey I just received an email from Keble inviting me for an interview for Law. The wait will probably be over soon! All the best to you x

Oh wow well done! Do you mind telling me your stats? x

same here, not expecting anything more than 40-42ish, you?

I got an email from Balliol college today saying that I will be invited to interview for Law, but the invitation will come from St Hugh's college because I've been re-allocated.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Thank you

I'm studying the IB, and I'm predicted 44 out of 45.

Same here!

cool which college are you applying to?

Did some simple counting stuff wrong which frustrated me annoyingly. I'm expecting 50ish. I haven't lost hope cuz the requirement of mat seems to be not that harsh for ComPhil applicants.


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Myself and a friend of mine were both reallocated for Law. It's not necessarily a determination of your potential as an applicant or anything, just to redistribute an even spread of applicants to all the colleges. Good luck and congratulations!

BMAT is an exception. Most subjects the top 5% scorers are almost always accepted. Medicine is hard to get in, it is not that they did not do good on interview, it is that they did not do good enough. While other subjects, I get 75 plus on the tests, I can just do okay on interview and still get in due to less competition.

Medicine is just so competitve that you need an excellent interview and excellent score. Where in most subjects, one of the two above component would be sufficient.

Maybe, but I don't buy it.

Firstly, yes the acceptance rate is different, but not that significantly (with a couple of exceptions). 10 to 1 vs 5-6 to 1 generally.

Secondly, there is probably a correlation between BMAT score and interview performance. So even if 0% weight was attached to BMAT, we would still expect a similar correlation to the one seen. Meaning that the effect I brought up above probably under-estimates the interview's importance if anything.

And lastly: money. Organising your own entrance exams is costly but not extravagant. Having senior academics interviewing such a high proportion of candidates, over multiple interviews, over multiple days (all whilst providing free accommodation that can often could have been rented out for >£100 per night per room)... that's an extraordinary expense. Other universities interview a much smaller proportion, if they interview anyone at all. That kind of investment strongly suggests that the tutors believe the interviews to be vitally important for everyone (no one is exempt from interview no matter their academics, even though that would save Oxbridge thousands of pounds).