University Admission tests
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That sounds really odd as both Cambridge and Oxford ask questions to see your line of thought, not just an answer. You can practise to speak confidently and try out questions to speed your thought process, but being given an interview which has been rehearsed for over a year is a bit far fetched!Daogroupie wrote:A private school student I know of had a mock interview every week through the whole of the year before applying and told me the actual Cambridge interview was exactly the same as the one she had been rehearsing all that time! DG
I thought most courses in Oxbridge had an entrance exam.
Re: University Admission tests
That must have been more down to luck, unless the student knew the college and course they were applying for as the interview tends to vary from college to college and course to course.vas wrote:That sounds really odd as both Cambridge and Oxford ask questions to see your line of thought, not just an answer. You can practise to speak confidently and try out questions to speed your thought process, but being given an interview which has been rehearsed for over a year is a bit far fetched!Daogroupie wrote:A private school student I know of had a mock interview every week through the whole of the year before applying and told me the actual Cambridge interview was exactly the same as the one she had been rehearsing all that time! DG
I thought most courses in Oxbridge had an entrance exam.
My DD's interview at Cambridge was totally different to all the practice ones she'd had at school etc. Basically her's were (there were 2, on the same day, with a written test in the middle) effectively just verbal tests on what they assumed she knew, although one of the questions on big G, totally threw her as she hadn't yet covered that in school.
For most courses at Cambridge entrance is handled entirely by the colleges, some will have a test or expect you to have done a TSA but each college is different.. and sometimes their requirements may determine which is best to apply to.
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Re: University Admission tests
Cambridge is currently focused on AS/UMS results and interviews and Oxford on entrance tests and interviews.
This article was about the option of Cambridge moving to entrance tests as AS exams start to disappear. DG
This article was about the option of Cambridge moving to entrance tests as AS exams start to disappear. DG