Download - Applying to Oxbridge
Applying to OxbridgeApplying to Oxbridge
Gareth DuxburyGareth Duxbury
Student Recruitment OfficerStudent Recruitment Officer
[email protected]@admin.ox.ac.uk
ContentsContents Learning at Oxbridge
Life at Oxbridge – College?
Application
Finance
Academic LifeAcademic Life• Tutorials / Supervisions
• Lectures
• Classes
• Laboratory work and fieldwork
• Experienced Tutors
• Independent learning
• Provision of world-class resources
College LifeCollege 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
•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
Choosing a CollegeChoosing a College
Entrance RequirementsEntrance 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 ConsiderTutors 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 StatementAn Oxbridge Personal Statement
Content:
•Two-thirds – academic•One-third – all other aspects of student
Style:
•Concise•Honest•Clear•Simple
Pre interview tests
• BMAT – Medicine & Biomedical Sciences(Ox) Medicine and Veterinary Science (Cam)
•LNAT – Law (Ox)
•Examples of Oxford specific tests
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)
Admissions TestsAdmissions Tests
InterviewsInterviews•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?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 ApplyHow 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
Residual Household Income Bursary Start-up (First year only)
£0 – £17,999 £3,225£3,225 £875
£18,00 – £25,000 £3,225£3,225 £0
£25,001 - £49,999 £3,225 - £200£3,225 - £200
£0
Oxford Opportunity BursaryOxford Opportunity Bursary
That’s up to £13,675 for a 4 year course
• University-owned accommodation
• College scholarships, prizes and awards
• Subsidised College meals
• Cheap College entertainment
• Availability of course materials
• Cheap transport
Financial benefits of studying at OxbridgeFinancial benefits of studying at Oxbridge
• 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
Repaying the Student LoanRepaying the Student Loan
Want to know more?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?Any Questions?