PAT and ESAT

Hi, I would like to apply to Oxford and Imperial to study Engineering. I have a preference for Oxford over Cambridge because I read that Oxford is slightly less competitive.
The problem is that, in order to apply to Oxford and Imperial, I would need to do both PAT and ESAT. Alternatively I could do only ESAT and apply to Cambridge and Imperial.
Do you think that Oxford’s higher success rate justifies the extra effort required to sit both tests?

Nobody in the same situation or having any thoughts on that?
Thanks

Which branch of engineering are you most interested in?

Have u been to open days for these 3 unis?

Mechanical

Nope

I would strongly recommend attending the ones in Sept to get a feel for them - u may then know which one of ox or cam u prefer?

Hi, I would like to apply to Oxford and Imperial to study Engineering. I have a preference for Oxford over Cambridge because I read that Oxford is slightly less competitive.
The problem is that, in order to apply to Oxford and Imperial, I would need to do both PAT and ESAT. Alternatively I could do only ESAT and apply to Cambridge and Imperial.
Do you think that Oxford’s higher success rate justifies the extra effort required to sit both tests?

Suppose that I (slightly because they are fairly equivalent) prefer Oxford over Cambridge and we’re back to my original question

Hi, I would like to apply to Oxford and Imperial to study Engineering. I have a preference for Oxford over Cambridge because I read that Oxford is slightly less competitive.
The problem is that, in order to apply to Oxford and Imperial, I would need to do both PAT and ESAT. Alternatively I could do only ESAT and apply to Cambridge and Imperial.
Do you think that Oxford’s higher success rate justifies the extra effort required to sit both tests?

Girl what did you do because I'm thinking of it now, like I'm in the exact same boat. I wanna do chem eng at oxford and imperial but i dont know if its worth it doing 2 tests or just do the esat and try do really good

If you want to study chem eng, why wouldn't you apply to cambridge? Oxford only offers chemical engineering as a part of the engineering science course, wheras Cambridge actually has a chemical engineering course by itself. Also that way you only have to do the ESAT for both.

i dont do fm and i heard oxford is more forgiving for that

This is wrong. I assume, then, that you are doing Maths, Physics, Chemistry?
Your subject choice (due to lack of FM) is a lot weaker for applying to Oxford Engineering than it is for applying to Cambridge Chemical Engineering.

Ooo I see what you're saying, and it makes a lot of sense. Tysm I'll remember that when the application process starts