Oxford Applicants 2016 Entry & Interview chat

Someone still waiting for Exeter?

hi hi. If it comes to it and that's what you end up doing, would you mind posting what they say? history at wadham here too!

You're not changing my mind haha I think they do and they are known to do that.


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Anyone heard from Wadham?

I have, they emailed at 2pm so you should hear soon

why did i choose merton goddamnit :/

Okay, good to hear. What have you applied for?

English. Sorry I'm getting my forums mixed up, I thought I was on the ELAT one and assumed you were applying for English too haha

Haha, no problem. Have you got an interview?

Hey!

So I think that the intensity of your interviews completely depends on how you approach them - it's funny, because for my French interview, for example, I had three tutors all listening closely to what I said, but because I'd gone in thinking "Ah well, just enjoy it whilst you're here", I didn't find that this put me off or made me more nervous. I actually thought it was amazing to have three incredibly intelligent people taking what I said seriously! Both interviews were conversational in the fact that they took more of a discussion format rather than an interrogation, and again, I think that it helps if you're relaxed, because this means that the tutors are able to develop a conversation with you rather than just ask you a bunch of disjointed questions. Of course, it's totally normal to feel nervous, so don't be thinking "Oh no, I don't feel relaxed, I'm going to find this hard" or anything like that - it's absolutely fine (and ordinary) to be anxious, but just try to go in thinking "Yeah, this is going to be a great academic experience!". Enjoying the interviews as an end in themselves really helped me Hope this helps

Best of luck!

Extra point: in my Philosophy interview, I actually ended up asking one of the tutors "Hmm...what do you think?" - I felt silly once I'd said it, but looking back, I think it was a sign that my interview did end up feeling like more of a discussion than a Q&A session!