ELAT Results

If it follows the same schedule as the PPE test, then the results will be released on the 31st January.

Edit: A quick google shows this to be the case: http://www.elat.org.uk/keyDates-overview.html

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dreamqueen

I know that my boyfriend got a score in the highest band (band 1 out of 5) - that's what it said on the rejection feedback that got sent to his referee

Feedback already? That's strange - I thought most tutors wouldn't really have had time to send it out yet.

The ELAT's significance ends once people have been selected for interview, so I suppose you can score highly but still get rejected.

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Naranoc

The ELAT's significance ends once people have been selected for interview, so I suppose you can score highly but still get rejected.

Are you sure of that? I'm far from an expert on English applications, but I would imagine that it would be the same as for many other subjects; the test is considered along with GCSEs, ASs, references, and written work when deciding whether or not to make an offer.

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Budgie

Are you sure of that? I'm far from an expert on English applications, but I would imagine that it would be the same as for many other subjects; the test is considered along with GCSEs, ASs, references, and written work when deciding whether or not to make an offer.

Well, at the end of one my English interviews at Magdalen, I asked a tutor about the significance of the ELAT, and he answered that this year it would only be used in selecting which applicants to interview.

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Naranoc

Well, at the end of one my English interviews at Magdalen, I asked a tutor about the significance of the ELAT, and he answered that this year it would only be used in selecting which applicants to interview.

How strange; that's the opposite of how the PPE test was used.

Maybe that answer was specific to Magdalen / the tutor, because the English department's list of selection criteria includes ELAT performance.

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Budgie

How strange; that's the opposite of how the PPE test was used.

Maybe that answer was specific to Magdalen / the tutor, because the English department's list of selection criteria includes ELAT performance.

Possibly, although selection criteria can still mean those who are considered good enough to be invited for interview. In the marking scheme for the ELAT, the different bands all include a comment about whether such a mark means a candidate should be invited for interview, unlike say, the BMAT, which apparently isn't used for such decision making. If a candidate scores in the hightest band, it says they should definitely be invited for interview (unless other evidence strongly suggests otherwise), vice versa for the lowest band, etc.

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dreamqueen

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Naranoc

Feedback already? That's strange - I thought most tutors wouldn't really have had time to send it out yet.

The ELAT's significance ends once people have been selected for interview, so I suppose you can score highly but still get rejected.

Well he wasn't applying from school, he was an independent candidate, and his referee was an Oxford Tutor, so I guess it was much easier to give than, say, fifteen lots of feedback to the same school

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t.w.

OP

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Budgie

If it follows the same schedule as the PPE test, then the results will be released on the 31st January.

Edit: A quick google shows this to be the case: http://www.elat.org.uk/keyDates-overview.html

Cheers. I had a leaflet that said they were released on November 31st, which conflicted with other sources saying 31st January, which was my reason for pestering you all rather than googling myself.

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t.w.

Cheers. I had a leaflet that said they were released on November 31st, which conflicted with other sources saying 31st January, which was my reason for pestering you all rather than googling myself.

Fair doos

I think they were given to the colleges on November 31st if I recall correctly.

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thomasjtl

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It's a new test this year, so it won't have a huge impact while they're still 'trying it out' so to speak, i imagine.

Reply 12

MSB

I got my results today...

And you got...?

Out of curiosity, that's all :P

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