Oxbridge Applications

Now in its fifth edition with new and revised content, So you want to go to Oxbridge is the compendium of applying to Oxford and Cambridge, packed full of over eleven years' research on how to excel in the increasingly competitive Oxbridge application process.

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So You Want to Go to Oxbridge?

Ivo Stourton

When all applicants are outstanding on paper, what marks out those who succeed from those who fail? And what exactly are admissions tutors looking for when they ask questions about fruit?Founded by a group of Oxbridge graduates with just these questions in mind, Oxbridge Applications has now helped over 30,000 students apply to Oxbridge and has a success rate of twice the average. Following the great success of the first edition, Oxbridge Applications publishes an improved and updated second edition of the secrets of Oxbridge success:"Why students consider Oxbridge in the first place."How to excel at each hurdle in the selection process - from writing a winning personal statement to planning and incorporating outside reading."What Oxbridge interviews are really like - with real past subject questions."Detailed advice on tackling the psychological and communicational aspects of the interview with numerous tips from successful applicants."The politics of Oxbridge entry"How these two exceptional academic institutions continue to offer the most esteemed higher education in the world.The second edition is also updated to include the recent changes to the Oxbridge admission system.Written in an engaging and humorous style, applicants, parents, teachers, graduates and undergraduates will find this compelling reading. For those who want to find out what really goes on in the Oxbridge selection process from the people who have helped thousands to get where they want to go, this book is for them.

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