Oxford PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Students and Applicants

But for other subjects, like History, A-level studies are more relevant to degree level, whereas for PPE they stress that none of the subjects are necessary. So perhaps the essays would give more of an insight into the candidate's suitability for the subject in History etc?

Also in history you don't have a written test, only written work, whereas with ppe, you have a test. maube they saw that they were too many differences between the written work and the test? like the people who performed best were not those whose written work was best?

The HAT?

HAT = History Aptitude Test
It's part of the application process for history at Oxford (and possibly other universities?)

Oh right, well no. not at oxford, at least for History and Politics you didn't have an entrance test (thats partly why i hesitated so long between history and politics, and ppe...)

Applicants in History or any joint courses involving it take the HAT. History and English applicants can choose whether they want to do the HAT or the ELAT.

Well, here's the site for the test as currently used.

I already put this into the guide when I updated it a few days back.