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Need advice for my Target Oxbridge Interview

Haii so I applied to Target Oxbridge for Law and I got an email saying I got an interview. It's all booked an ready for mid-January. Any Year 13s or older that did this, what can I expect? I'm really nervous about it and really know whether I have a chance of getting in. I am a Black African first gen immigrant who's also a Free School Meal recipient and has gone to state schools all my life. I got 7 A*s (8/9 grades) at GCSE and did 13 GCSEs total. Do you have any advice, particularly for the 'article' bit, on what would make me stand out and hopefully get in?

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i’m in year 13 doing target oxbridge for law! my biggest piece of advice for the article is just to make sure you know the main points of the article and can communicate it clearly. What I did to help me with this was to summarise each para/case mentioned in a few sentences. Also whilst reading it’s good to annotate what you personally think about what’s being mentioned e.g. any questions you have while reading it/problems that arise. A big thing in law is definitions and the interpretation of these definitions so if it’s smth mentioned in your article implicitly or explicitly it’s a good idea to bring it up. They also asked me if i’ve read/listened to anything abt law so it’s a good idea to have done some supercurriculars to talk abt in case they ask. Also brush up on the answers you mentioned in ur application cuz they might ask you general qs like why do u wanna be on TO ans why oxbridge, and if they ask this you don’t want to repeat what’s on ur application but rather expand on it.

also you’re defo a competitive applicant ik people who got in with no 9s.

hope this helps! if u have any other qs u can dm me or reply.
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by laive4567
i’m in year 13 doing target oxbridge for law! my biggest piece of advice for the article is just to make sure you know the main points of the article and can communicate it clearly. What I did to help me with this was to summarise each para/case mentioned in a few sentences. Also whilst reading it’s good to annotate what you personally think about what’s being mentioned e.g. any questions you have while reading it/problems that arise. A big thing in law is definitions and the interpretation of these definitions so if it’s smth mentioned in your article implicitly or explicitly it’s a good idea to bring it up. They also asked me if i’ve read/listened to anything abt law so it’s a good idea to have done some supercurriculars to talk abt in case they ask. Also brush up on the answers you mentioned in ur application cuz they might ask you general qs like why do u wanna be on TO ans why oxbridge, and if they ask this you don’t want to repeat what’s on ur application but rather expand on it.
also you’re defo a competitive applicant ik people who got in with no 9s.
hope this helps! if u have any other qs u can dm me or reply.

Thank so much. This was super helpful

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