71 on the MAT, rejected for interview

Definitely a bit unlucky. However bear in mind that oxford usually only shortlist about 60% of people who get MAT scores of 70-75. So a lot of people who do well in the mat still don’t get in. Reasons for this: it depends on what school you got to. If a lot of people usually get offers from oxbridge then it may be slightly harder for you to get an offer. My friend got an interview for maths and computer science and he only got 37 in the mat (we go to a state school where normally 2 or 3 people got to oxbridge). He did get 9/10 in the second test and has good GCSEs (ten 9s). I hope this helps your confusion. It’s still crazy you didn’t get an interview with how good your application is so I would say you did get unlucky. Good luck for imperial!

I'm in a country where it is extremely rare for anyone to even apply to oxbridge.
I am in touch with all major international schools in my state and I can say with reasonable accuracy that within the recent 5-7 years, not a single person has gone to oxbridge from my state, let alone my school.
I think there is also some confusion in my question though. I was also rejected from Imperial. While getting rejected from oxford still had reasonable chances, I am confused as to why imperial would reject me for the interview.
Though its not like anything can be done about it. Thanks for your answer.

Ah ok. What country are you from?

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 about UCL? Warwick? Edinburgh?

I'm in a country where it is extremely rare for anyone to even apply to oxbridge.
I am in touch with all major international schools in my state and I can say with reasonable accuracy that within the recent 5-7 years, not a single person has gone to oxbridge from my state, let alone my school.
I think there is also some confusion in my question though. I was also rejected from Imperial. While getting rejected from oxford still had reasonable chances, I am confused as to why imperial would reject me for the interview.
Though its not like anything can be done about it. Thanks for your answer.

Imperial for computer science and maths is equally as competitive as oxbridge.

Also, did you convert your grades to a level grades from (probably HSC) or do you do GCE A levels? (it’s quite rare for someone to do 5 a levels)

I applied to UCL, Edinburgh, and Bristol. There has been no response as of now from Edinburgh and UCL. Bristol put me "on hold" around 1-2 months ago.

That actually makes sense now that I think about it. A very high majority of oxford CS applicants would also apply to imperial for CS. Reassuring to know.
No, I didn’t convert my grades, I actually do 5 GCE A levels.

You will get more news after 21 Jan as you may know that’s the deadline for equal consideration. Oxbridge go first and some unis are more confident to start offering early but quite a few wait until then. Good luck.

Exactly, imperial is world-class, and it’s in London so big up.

Fair enough man

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 GCSEs? Are these IALs ie modular?

I'm unfamiliar with what IALs are. A*A*A*A*A* are my A level predicted grades. I didn't give GCSEs. I instead studied in an Indian board until class 10. I got 94.8%. I do not see a scenario where my 10th grades would pose a problem tbh.

Do you take exams at the end of your A level course or throughtout [modular]. They may have deemed your predictions unreliable ...

It's a mix. I gave AS levels already for Maths, Physics, and Computer Science. I will be giving Further Maths and Chemistry at the end of my A level course.
They can just deem predictions unreliable? I mean my counselor wouldn't have given me those predicteds for no reason.
I got 3 As in AS levels with pretty high PUMs. I don't think they'd deem predictions unreliable, especially if they check PUMs.

Yes, schools get known if they over-predict. Perhpa it was your PS then?

Btw we say 'taking' exams not 'giving' ..