Category: Admissions
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UCAS Personal Statement Changes
Starting soon, applicants for UK Universities will no longer submit a single, free-form personal statement to UCAS. Instead, they will respond to three predefined โscaffolding questions.โ These questions are designed to help candidates clearly address key points in their applications: On the surface, this change seems like a move toward providing clarity and guidance for…
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Choosing an Oxford college
Instead of listing out the traits of each college like this, which is often subject to changes, I thought itโd be more helpful to give you a framework of considerations. In general, most colleges have friendly cultures and people will be nice, though this is subject to each individual cohort of students. Learning Which professors…
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Should I study in Oxford? An International perspective
Getting an offer from Oxford might seem like a life changing experience. For international students, I hope to spur your thinking and help to make a more informed choice. Fees As an international student, you are effectively subsidising the cost of educating British students. Fees for economics and management are as follows: The reason for…
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Economics and Management Admissions process
Prep work before admissions opens You can definitely prepare for the admissions process even before the applications season starts. You should ideally be starting in March of the year you are applying in. Choose your college: I always recommend that you choose your college instead of submitting an open application, which I’ll cover in a…