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Any Chinese undergraduates? I want to know if this college is friendly toward admitting Chinese students. Also, for physics undergrads, how's the tutoring? I'd also like to know more about the college. Any information/advice will be well appreciated. Thanks!

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by Woof_()_
Any Chinese undergraduates? I want to know if this college is friendly toward admitting Chinese students. Also, for physics undergrads, how's the tutoring? I'd also like to know more about the college. Any information/advice will be well appreciated. Thanks!

All colleges admit international students and I don't see any reason why Somerville will be an exception in this regard. They are probably no more friendly (or unfriendly) to internationals than any other college.

You can check the list of undergraduate matriculants for every year in Sommerville's College Report (https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni-2/publications/somerville-publications/). In the most recent College Report, I counted 4 mainland Chinese students (including 1 for Physics). You can also reach out to the Sommerville JCR Access team on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/somervilleaccessjcr/) and ask to chat with a Physics student ambassador.

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by mishieru07
All colleges admit international students and I don't see any reason why Somerville will be an exception in this regard. They are probably no more friendly (or unfriendly) to internationals than any other college.
You can check the list of undergraduate matriculants for every year in Sommerville's College Report (https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni-2/publications/somerville-publications/). In the most recent College Report, I counted 4 mainland Chinese students (including 1 for Physics). You can also reach out to the Sommerville JCR Access team on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/somervilleaccessjcr/) and ask to chat with a Physics student ambassador.

Thank you so much!😀

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by Woof_()_
Any Chinese undergraduates? I want to know if this college is friendly toward admitting Chinese students. Also, for physics undergrads, how's the tutoring? I'd also like to know more about the college. Any information/advice will be well appreciated. Thanks!
Look at this thread: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7602432

Maryam Qureshi taught herself A-Levels in Maths, French and Arabic and now is studying French and Arabic at Somerville College, Oxford. Maryam is on Linkedln as well. But you could meet her on an Open Day perhaps? 😉

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by thegeek888
Look at this thread: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7602432
Maryam Qureshi taught herself A-Levels in Maths, French and Arabic and now is studying French and Arabic at Somerville College, Oxford. Maryam is on Linkedln as well. But you could meet her on an Open Day perhaps? 😉

Wow, thanks! Tho I can't go to open days because I'm an international student and plane tickets are expensive

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by Woof_()_
Wow, thanks! Tho I can't go to open days because I'm an international student and plane tickets are expensive
You can take a Virtual Tour of Somerville College, Oxford here: Somerville College virtual tour | University of Oxford

More importantly, you should start practicing for the PAT admissions test by using past papers:

PAT past papers | University of Oxford Department of Physics

Good luck!!! 🙂

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by thegeek888
You can take a Virtual Tour of Somerville College, Oxford here: Somerville College virtual tour | University of Oxford
More importantly, you should start practicing for the PAT admissions test by using past papers:
PAT past papers | University of Oxford Department of Physics
Good luck!!! 🙂

Thank you for the resources! I will 😊

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