rare for home schooled student to go to oxbridge unis?

just wondering, i only hear about state and private schools, but never home schooled students/self taught students

what if they get good grades? would they have a chance? or does the school they go to matter..

Reply 1

AzureCeleste

School doesn't matter.
It is possible for them to get in-I don't see why not

Reply 2

pswpsw

Original post by AzureCeleste

School doesn't matter.
It is possible for them to get in-I don't see why not

I never hear about home schooled or self taught student get in.. i wonder why, i just thought that maybe its verrrrry rare or maybe its not possible??

Reply 3

Claire461

Original post by pswpsw

I never hear about home schooled or self taught student get in.. i wonder why, i just thought that maybe its verrrrry rare or maybe its not possible??

When I was homeschooling my grandson, several home schooled children went to Oxbridge. Home schooling gets a bad press. Some of it is deserved and some isn’t. It is possible. Anything is possible.

Reply 4

kkboyk

There some home schooled students studying at Oxbridge, especially in this forum (a few do Maths at Cambridge, but forgot their username, but usually appear in the STEP threads).

Reply 5

AzureCeleste

Original post by pswpsw

I never hear about home schooled or self taught student get in.. i wonder why, i just thought that maybe its verrrrry rare or maybe its not possible??

As more than 99% of children go to a school (private or state), they will cover 99% of those gaining entrance to oxbridge. The remaining 1% (potentially even less) are so few that they probably just aren't widely reported

Reply 6

Claire461

The number of children being home educated in the UK has risen by over 40% in the last 3 years. The exact numbers are unknown as many children are not registered for school when they reach compulsory school age so those figures aren’t available.

Reply 7

Doones

Original post by pswpsw

I never hear about home schooled or self taught student get in.. i wonder why, i just thought that maybe its verrrrry rare or maybe its not possible??

It's simply because very few apply.

The colleges certainly welcome applicants. Have a look at this from King's College, Cambridge
http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/apply/home-educated.html

And this from Oxford
https://uni-of-oxford.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/546/~/does-oxford-accept-home-schooled-applicants%3F

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Reply 8

pswpsw

Original post by Doonesbury

thank you

Reply 9

Doones

Original post by kkboyk

There some home schooled students studying at Oxbridge, especially in this forum (a few do Maths at Cambridge, but forgot their username, but usually appear in the STEP threads).

Original post by pswpsw

thank you

Arran Fernandez is an, er, prime example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arran_Fernandez

Reply 10

esrever

I am homeschooled and I got an offer this year!

Reply 11

esrever

Original post by nexttime

The only home-schooled people I've ever met I met at an Oxford open day.

They were, er, quite strange :o:

>_>

Reply 12

pswpsw

Original post by esrever

I am homeschooled and I got an offer this year!

oh congratulations!

Reply 13

threeportdrift

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Original post by nexttime

The only home-schooled people I've ever met I met at an Oxford open day.

They were, er, quite strange :o:

Probably more to do with your location :wink:

Reply 14

taralqy

Original post by esrever

I am homeschooled and I got an offer this year!

Hi! Congrats on your offer, even if its a bit late. May I ask what homeschooling system you used? And how you found the homeschooling?

Reply 15

esrever

Original post by taralqy

Hi! Congrats on your offer, even if its a bit late. May I ask what homeschooling system you used? And how you found the homeschooling?

I did CIE IGCSE and A levels. My subjects were maths and sciences which are objective so the prep and revision wasn't too bad. There are great resources online like tsr, stack exchange which helped me whenever I got stuck. The most difficult thing for managing time. I usually ended up spending a lot of time on super curricular activities causing me to rush the exam prep.

Reply 16

username1060297

I know it’s not the topic but I would say home schooling probably improves your odds. If you’re being homeschooled you’re more likely to be self teaching or supported by good attention providing tutors (more likely at least theoretically).

Give it a go. You have no idea if it will work, but that’s the position near enough every other applicant is in.

Do your best, good luck.