Making a Competitive Application to Oxford with Q&A

With Academic Director, Nancy Braithwaite 0:00 – 18:12 Presentation 18:12 – How do you make a college choice? 20:02 – What makes a personal statement memorable? 22:09 – How should you prepare for your interview? 24:56 – Do you need to talk about work experience on your personal statement? 27:02 – How do Open College applications work? 28:34 – How does Oxford colleges assess applications? 30:59 – Why does Pembroke have a large cohorts for some subjects? 32:22 – Are there quotas for different kinds of students? 32:54 – How does Pembroke use contextual data?