71 on the MAT, rejected for interview by both Oxford and Imperial.

Can you ask for feedback on why you got rejected?

Oh right, I can do that. Though do you think they'll give me anything actually useful or just the standard "our programs our very competitive and there were better applicants"?

My predicted grades are A*A*A*A*A*(Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science), and MAT score is 71.
I applied for mathematics and computer science at both Imperial and Oxford, but didn't get shortlisted for interview in either. I've heard Imperial tends to at least offer an interview to MAT 50-60+ scorers. What happened here? Was I just unlucky? Was it my personal statement?

Were there any other requirements you would not meet e.g. GCSE requirements (minimum grades required for GCSE English language/maths) or English language requirements otherwise? Those tend to be "hard" requirements so if they e.g. required a 6 in GCSE English language and you applied with a 5 and were not retaking, you would probably be rejected automatically.

That's really weird. Also, for Maths and Computer Science at Imperial (JMC), I don't think they accept the MAT because they have their own admissions test. Additionally, as part of the offer, they ask you to sit the STEP paper (I know because I have an offer to study Computer Science at Imperial and the requirements are A*AAA with Grade 2 in STEP II.). What Oxford college did you apply to? It must have been heavily oversubscribed and it could also be your personal statement. Any typos, grammatical mistakes etc. ?

I applied to Merton. I don't think it is heavily oversubscribed, though I could be wrong.
100% my personal statement didn't have any mistakes or typos. I reviewed it many many times and submitted the 5th draft.
Never thought the statement could turn out to be that bad.

My predicted grades are A*A*A*A*A*(Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science), and MAT score is 71.
I applied for mathematics and computer science at both Imperial and Oxford, but didn't get shortlisted for interview in either. I've heard Imperial tends to at least offer an interview to MAT 50-60+ scorers. What happened here? Was I just unlucky? Was it my personal statement?

My predicted grades are A*A*A*A*A*(Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science), and MAT score is 71.
I applied for mathematics and computer science at both Imperial and Oxford, but didn't get shortlisted for interview in either. I've heard Imperial tends to at least offer an interview to MAT 50-60+ scorers. What happened here? Was I just unlucky? Was it my personal statement?

What were your GCSE stats please esp Eng and Maths.What were your super curriculars?

Are you sure you have been rejected outright by Imperial or simply haven’t gotten an interview invite yet?? There’s still 3 interview dates that I doubt invites will have been sent out for (excl tomorrow’s) so I’d say it really depends on what your UCAS track says, i.e. ‘waiting’ or ‘unsuccessful’? Sit tight and hope for the best I suppose - good luck!

did u ask for feedback yet? whatd they say?

I have requested feedback from Oxford. They have only acknowledged my feedback request so far, but no actual feedback yet. Probably gonna receive it in the coming weeks.

Just so you know I think the policy is that they don’t give individual feedback to ppl that they didn’t interview. You’ll probably just get a pdf with the department level feedback on it. Sorry about that

I could be wrong but I think it's the combination of your qualifications which could be the problem. If you did your XII from the CBSE board then your English requirement could have been satisfied from the XII CBSE exam. Since you are doing A levels now and did gcse earlier instead of X cbse then English requirement would have been satisfied from GCSE English language 6 score.
I think all this could have been sorted if you had provided an IELTS certificate equivalent to GCSE score of 6 or emailed to the admission office first before sending in your application.


I have also found this on imperial website though not on JMC page

"International applications are often delayed because applicants do not include sufficient information on their previous qualifications or academic achievement. For A Level applicants we need to see GCSE and AS results and individual module marks for any AS/A2 modules already completed, if they are available.**

Please also make sure that your school provides predicted grades for individual examination subjects not yet completed and an overall predicted grade when applicable."

So I think it is a possibility that the mix of two different qualifications made you miss some important criteria which is a must.