MLAT Oxford Applicants 2025

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Hello everyone!

I was just revising furiously for my MLAT exam tomorrow for German and was wondering if there were any others in the same boat as me who are also applying for Modern Languages this year at Oxford. There doesn't seem to be much representation online for us linguists and I wanted to make an official chat for all of us!
I've applied for English and German at Somerville and I wanted to hear from anyone else doing any language course similar and if so, at what college?!

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Reply 1

MrGullible

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Original post by avaquaver250

Hello everyone!
I was just revising furiously for my MLAT exam tomorrow for German and was wondering if there were any others in the same boat as me who are also applying for Modern Languages this year at Oxford. There doesn't seem to be much representation online for us linguists and I wanted to make an official chat for all of us!
I've applied for English and German at Somerville and I wanted to hear from anyone else doing any language course similar and if so, at what college?!

Not super similar but I'm applying for Spanish and Linguistics at Hertford (very jealous that you're doing German tho). I feel like I've not met anyone going for MFL irl so I'm very eager to chat about application stuff. So stressed for tomorrow as I have no idea what a good mark is or how many people there will be lol. How are you feeling about it?

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tig42

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Original post by avaquaver250

Hello everyone!
I was just revising furiously for my MLAT exam tomorrow for German and was wondering if there were any others in the same boat as me who are also applying for Modern Languages this year at Oxford. There doesn't seem to be much representation online for us linguists and I wanted to make an official chat for all of us!
I've applied for English and German at Somerville and I wanted to hear from anyone else doing any language course similar and if so, at what college?!

Hi I'm applying for Philosophy and Spanish at Exeter College - leaving for my MLAT in about 30 mins - terrified.

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eveningprimrose

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Original post by tig42

Hi I'm applying for Philosophy and Spanish at Exeter College - leaving for my MLAT in about 30 mins - terrified.

same here with leaving for it in about 30 minutes — good luck you will do great!!

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eveningprimrose

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Original post by avaquaver250

Hello everyone!
I was just revising furiously for my MLAT exam tomorrow for German and was wondering if there were any others in the same boat as me who are also applying for Modern Languages this year at Oxford. There doesn't seem to be much representation online for us linguists and I wanted to make an official chat for all of us!
I've applied for English and German at Somerville and I wanted to hear from anyone else doing any language course similar and if so, at what college?!

hi again!!

i’m applying for French and English at Queen’s and i’m so nervous for the mlat… good luck!!

Reply 5

SeanONeill77

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Hey! Applicant for German and Beginners' Russian at St Edmund Hall here. Done my MLAT - German section was pretty good. First page of LAT was okay I think, second page was pure damage control ☹️ Does anyone know if there's a pass mark for the LAT?

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Anonymous #1

hi just did my mlat for Spanish at hertford, how did you guys feel like it went?

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avaquaver250

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Original post by MrGullible

Not super similar but I'm applying for Spanish and Linguistics at Hertford (very jealous that you're doing German tho). I feel like I've not met anyone going for MFL irl so I'm very eager to chat about application stuff. So stressed for tomorrow as I have no idea what a good mark is or how many people there will be lol. How are you feeling about it?

I'm feeling ok.... I think. I fell into a rabbit hole yesterday of looking at statistics for admissions for Language students and the MLAT is a very minor part of the application process. Although it is important to do well in everything, it seems to me that your MLAT score does not have to be incredible to get an interview (thank god!) Unlike other courses at Oxford, there's a very high chance that you will get an interview for languages in relation to other subjects such as physics or maths (which again is great). Although languages are a dying art in England, we're the very few who are still keeping it alive which is an achievement in and of itself! GOOD LUCKK!!😃

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avaquaver250

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Original post by SeanONeill77

Hey! Applicant for German and Beginners' Russian at St Edmund Hall here. Done my MLAT - German section was pretty good. First page of LAT was okay I think, second page was pure damage control ☹️ Does anyone know if there's a pass mark for the LAT?

Yay! another German applicant. I have my MLAT at 1:15 for German. Im glad you found it ok!! hopefully there aren't too many god forsaken adjective endings 😩

Reply 9

MrGullible

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Original post by Anonymous

hi just did my mlat for Spanish at hertford, how did you guys feel like it went?

Yeesh there was so much vocab I didn't know! Just crossing my fingers that everyone else found it tricky too. How did you feel about it?

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Anonymous #1

The multiple choice was low-key more difficult than past papers, I know for a fact I already have one wrong and 2-3 im unsure of, just trusted my gut and intuition. Translation was much easier for me just one vocab i didnt know so i just said something that I thought it could be. I'm going a bit crazy looking at mlat stuff and overthinking my answers

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bakxdiosjxs

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Original post by MrGullible

Yeesh there was so much vocab I didn't know! Just crossing my fingers that everyone else found it tricky too. How did you feel about it?

but I agree with you it was a tricky test, im scared because they changed the format ppl will do much better than past years

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eveningprimrose

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how did people find the french one?? i thought a couple of the translations were slightly rough

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Anonymous #2

Original post by eveningprimrose

how did people find the french one?? i thought a couple of the translations were slightly rough

Same!! I found a few of the translations tricky!!

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Anonymous #3

Original post by Anonymous

Same!! I found a few of the translations tricky!!

Was it grammar or vocab which you found harder?

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Anonymous #2

Original post by Anonymous

Was it grammar or vocab which you found harder?

Vocab

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Anonymous #1

any other spanish mlat students? who thought it was hard?

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SeanONeill77

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Original post by avaquaver250

I'm feeling ok.... I think. I fell into a rabbit hole yesterday of looking at statistics for admissions for Language students and the MLAT is a very minor part of the application process. Although it is important to do well in everything, it seems to me that your MLAT score does not have to be incredible to get an interview (thank god!) Unlike other courses at Oxford, there's a very high chance that you will get an interview for languages in relation to other subjects such as physics or maths (which again is great). Although languages are a dying art in England, we're the very few who are still keeping it alive which is an achievement in and of itself! GOOD LUCKK!!😃

You're right! I'll try not to overthink the LAT score..

Reply 18

Anonymous #3

Original post by Anonymous

Vocab

oh really, I found the vocab fine (the grammar was hard for me). which ones did you struggle with?

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Anonymous #4

Original post by avaquaver250

Yay! another German applicant. I have my MLAT at 1:15 for German. Im glad you found it ok!! hopefully there aren't too many god forsaken adjective endings 😩

my thoughts exactly

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