Written work for Oxford

Hi! I am an Italian sudent and I would like to study History at Oxford. I am supposed to send them a written work, which is a historical essay about a topic of A2 level, but, since italian school system is really different from the english one, I have no idea of what "A2" means and what kind of essay they want, I mean, I am used ot write essays in a different way that maybe is completely wrong. Could somebody help me?

Hi! I am an Italian sudent and I would like to study History at Oxford. I am supposed to send them a written work, which is a historical essay about a topic of A2 level, but, since italian school system is really different from the english one, I have no idea of what "A2" means and what kind of essay they want, I mean, I am used ot write essays in a different way that maybe is completely wrong. Could somebody help me?

Hello leo1999rome,

Although if you are not sure you can (and should!) contact your College to ask them what to submit (it is always best to suggest a few different examples so that they know what you have to choose from), we can give you a little bit of guidance!

'A2' refers to the second half of the two year period preceding University for UK students taking A-levels (ie the second half of the A-level). You don't need to worry about the specifics, but should try to submit work from as recently as possible (UK students should submit work from their current academic year).

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Ok but I don’t know if your A2 history is my last year history programme, I just started WW1, is it A2? Thank you anyway

The subject matter doesn't matter - if you have work from this year on WW1 that is fine. If you only have work from last year, that would also be fine.