I want to apply to study English at Oxford University when the time comes (I'm currently in year 11), and I've looked into Oxford admissions advice, and it all follows the same narrative- show your interest in the subject, which is best done through wider reading. However, I feel that wider reading is already a given for English, so I doubt reading a lot will do much to separate me from other candidates. I am not sure what else there is to do- right now my extra/super curriculars are:
Grade 8 viola, attended a physics summer school for 3 days, I'm in the middle of an application process for a physics work experience, I've done an economics work experience, and I am going to attend a philosophy course over the summer.
I feel like the majority of this has nothing to do with English, and I can't think of anything of a similar style for English either. Any suggestions?? I'm willing to do anything to improve my chances of getting in.
I think there is an English summer school at UCL over the summer, so I'll look into that...