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Applying to Oxbridge
Gareth Duxbury
Student Recruitment Officer
[email protected]
Contents
 Learning at Oxbridge
 Life at Oxbridge – College?
 Application
 Finance
Academic Life
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Tutorials / Supervisions
Lectures
Classes
Laboratory work and fieldwork
• Experienced Tutors
• Independent learning
• Provision of world-class resources
College Life
• 29 at Oxford - 25 at Cambridge
• College is primarily where students live
Student rooms
Tutors’ studies
Library
Computer Facilities
Dining Hall
Common room
Sports facilities
Music facilities
College Students’ Union
• Base for the core tutorial teaching
• Most colleges offer places for most subjects
Choosing a College
•Specify a College or make an ‘Open’ application
•Colleges have more similarities than differences
• Roughly 24% of successful applicants are made offers by a
different College to the one that they originally applied (Ox).
•Factors to consider:
Check the college offers your subject
•Size
•Style
•Location
•Accommodation
•Specific facilities
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Entrance Requirements
•Typical offer:
•A-level – AAA (Ox) A*AA (Cam) (2010 TBC)
•IB 38-40 (7s & 6s at HL)
•Entry criteria are purely academic
•Emphasis is on potential
•Between 1/5 and 1/6 success rate
Tutors Consider
•Predicted A level grades
•UMS Scores (Cam only)
•GCSE results
•UCAS personal statement
•UCAS reference
•Written tests
(where required)
•Written work
(where required)
•Interviews
An Oxbridge Personal Statement
Content:
•Two-thirds – academic
•One-third – all other aspects of student
Style:
•Concise
•Honest
•Clear
•Simple
Admissions Tests
Pre interview tests
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BMAT – Medicine & Biomedical Sciences(Ox)
Medicine and Veterinary Science (Cam)
LNAT – Law (Ox)
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Examples of Oxford specific tests
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ELAT – English
HAT – History
PPE and Economics and Management
Physics
Mathematics & Computer Science
Experimental Psychology / PPP
•Some subjects require written work to be submitted
•Written tests at interview for other subjects (Ox & Cam)
Interviews
•Last between 20-40 minutes normally
•2-3 tutors can be present
•More than one interview
•May have interviews at other Colleges (Ox)
•Nearly entirely academic in focus
•Students should be prepared to:
Engage with new and challenging ideas
Display intellectual flexibility and curiosity
Be pushed to the edge of their ‘comfort zone’
What Are Tutors Looking For?
•Academic ability
•Academic potential
•Independent thought
•Interest in your subject
•Commitment to study
•Selection criteria on the web
www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/criteria
How to Apply
•Complete a UCAS form
15 October
•Admissions Tests
By 4 November
•Written work
Mid - November
(Written tests at interview for other subjects)
•Interviews
Early - Mid December
•Decisions and Offers
Late Dec - Early Jan
Oxford Opportunity Bursary
Residual Household Income
Bursary
Start-up (First year only)
£0 – £17,999
£3,225
£875
£18,00 – £25,000
£3,225
£0
£0
£25,001 - £49,999
£3,225 - £200
That’s up to £13,675 for a 4 year course
Financial benefits of studying at Oxbridge
• University-owned accommodation
• College scholarships, prizes and awards
• Subsidised College meals
• Cheap College entertainment
• Availability of course materials
• Cheap transport
Repaying the Student Loan
• Don’t have to pay university fees upfront
• Tuition Fee and Maintenance Student Loans combined
• Repay 9% of your salary over £15,000
Salary per annum
Repay per week
£15,000
£ 0.00
£20,000
£ 8.65
£25,000
£17.30
• Loans cancelled after 25 years
• Part-time work during term time
Want to know more?
 Check our websites
www.admissions.ox.ac.uk
www.cam.ac.uk
 Oxbridge Regional Conferences
March 2010
 Open Days
June & September 2010
Any Questions?