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The grinds that can ace the test but can't speak are weeded out by the interview part. Just look on oxfords website for the admissions test. The TSA test for e
by meetingthrower 4y ago
The grinds that can ace the test but can't speak are weeded out by the interview part.
Just look on oxfords website for the admissions test. The TSA test for example is required on top of the math test.
Of course you can train yourself to do these better, but because they are so specific to each major, there is not a test prep industry behind them. So it is a more natural test.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/admissions-tests https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-ox...
- lordnacho 4y agoThere's no separate test prep industry, but private secondary schools will have extra classes for people based on what they intend to apply for. They also prep the kids for the interviews, for instance with mock sessions. That kind of thing is not available to ordinary kids. There's a wealth of Oxbridge application experience that is basically what such schools sell. I'm currently looking at them as a parent. Isn't this what was depicted in The History Boys? The extra class for kids who wanted to get into Oxford? Can't quite remember.
- meetingthrower 4y agoI don't know if you are from US or not, but the stuff over there cannot hold a candle to what happens in the US. I'm not saying it's totally meritocratic, but compared to US system, it is WILDLY more so for high performers.
- lordnacho 4y agoI agree on that. There's no back door in the UK system, whereas the US system seems to be a front door with 1% acceptance plus a back door with maybe 40%. Choose your door with money. In the UK system, even if you do have privilege, you still have to do the same exercises and the same work, and impress the same person to get in.