Oxbridge (UK) Admissions

[UMDAD]

<p>Does anyone know where I can find the admissions rates for American high school students to Oxbridge?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

[sonar]

<p>For Oxford</p>

<p>2004:</p>

<p>270 applications, ~ 1 in 5 successful (~20.0%), ~54 (45-67) accepted</p>

<p><a href=“http://web.archive.org/web/20051023202915/http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/int/usa/[/url]”>http://web.archive.org/web/20051023202915/http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/int/usa/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2005:</p>

<p>312 applications, ~ 1 in 6 successful (~16.6%), ~52 (45-62) accepted</p>

<p><a href=“http://web.archive.org/web/20060702023613/http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/int/usa/[/url]”>http://web.archive.org/web/20060702023613/http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/int/usa/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2006:</p>

<p>X applications, ~ X in X successful (~X%), 28 offers conditional on AP / SAT (this would not include the number of unconditional offers—though, likely, extremely few—nor those who received an IB offer. The paper includes IB conditional offers, but that number is bloated with other internationals.)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/adstats.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/adstats.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[binx]

<p>The Oxbridge title confused me - I finally figured out it must be a combination of Oxford and Cambridge. Did you mean to do that?</p>

[AdmissionsAddict]

<p>Oxbridge is English equivalent of the term HYP.</p>

[cheers]

<p>The UK has the most amazingly straightforward app system called UCAS. However–beware that Oxbridge UCAS apps must be lodged before Sept 20th.</p>

<p>There is a lengthy on-topic essay required but none of that Oprah-esque personal soft-sell business. The UCAS app requires a detailed listing of all courses taken.</p>

<p>Also, an applicant must apply to a certain college at Oxbridge–meaning that an app must research the colleges and the subjects offered and the admission rates for that college for that subject. <a href=“http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/apply/[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/apply/&lt;/a&gt; Some subjects in some colleges have a lower admit rate than the one stated above. Popular subjects in popular colleges are extremely difficult to get into–as they sometmes only take a handful of students.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/apply/howto.shtml[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/apply/howto.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>An on-site interview is required from the US.</p>

[binvolio]

<p>Interviews are done in big US regional cities. For example, academics are sent to New York by the Universities. Candidates from cities as far away as Washingon DC would be called to interview in New York City. Candidtates are not expected to travel to the UK.</p>

[cheers]

<p>

For most of our courses over 80% of our applicants are invited for interview, although some courses such as Medicine and Fine Art interview a smaller proportion of candidates. Shortlisting is based on the grades achieved at GCSE and predictions at A-level (or equivalent qualifications), the academic reference, personal statement and any written work or written tests that are required. Colleges will notify their candidates directly whether or not they are invited to interview and only those candidates who are invited for interview are required to attend. We ask you to keep the interview period allotted to your subject free of other commitments. The decision on whether to interview candidates will not normally be made until all the information on candidates is known, so you will not receive notice that you are required to come to Oxford for interview until about a week before the interview is scheduled. It is possible, if the number of people applying to your college of preference for your chosen subject is very large, that you may be called for interview by another college instead. This procedure is simply intended to distribute candidates more evenly across the colleges.</p>

<p>If you are invited to come for interview, you will be accommodated in the college that made the invitation, which will provide accommodation and food free of charge while you are staying in Oxford. The dates for each subject are available at ‘Interview timetable’.</p>

<p>Candidates will have at least one interview in their college of preference and most candidates will have at least one more interview. In some subjects there may also be a written test at interview. It is a good idea to bring some work or reading material with you, as you will only spend a relatively small amount of your time in Oxford actually in interviews or tests. There will also be plenty of opportunity to spend time with other interview candidates as well as current undergraduates. The precise nature of interviews is likely to vary from college to college, and subject to subject, but the purpose is the same. They offer an opportunity for tutors to assess candidates and to judge their suitability and potential for the course. In making this assessment, a number of other factors, such as academic history, interest in the chosen subject and related areas, are taken into account. The questions asked in interview, therefore, may cover a wide range of topics.</p>

<p>Interviews involve intellectual discussions, and you may be asked to consider some text or a problem, which you have been given to study a short time before the interview, or to explore the answers you wrote as part of a written test (where given). The subject pages tell you if you will be required to take a written/oral test (or tests) either before or during your interview. The number of interviews any one candidate may have depends on several factors, such as the number of applications particular colleges have had and the subject you have applied for. Candidates for joint schools will be seen by two subject-groups and some candidates may wish to take the opportunity to discuss the two different courses with their interviewers.

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<p>You are mistaken bin. Interviews are only done in New York in the US. As they expect candidates to be wealthy enough to afford intl tuition, they would absolutely expect candidates to make the 6 hour journey for the interview.

Singapore Tuesday 9 to Monday 15 October
Kuala Lumpur Wednesday 17 to Friday 19 October
Hong Kong Monday 22 to Tuesday 23 October
Beijing Thursday 25, Friday 26 October and Monday 29 October<br>
Delhi Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 October
Bangalore Friday 12 to Tuesday 16 October
Vancouver Friday 19 to Monday 22 October
New York Wednesday 24 October to Friday 9 November

<a href=“http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/int/interviews.shtml[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/int/interviews.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There is some value in going to Oxbridge for the the interviews as you are competing for spots in specific colleges.

Please note that you will probably be
interviewed at the college to which you applied,
or the college to which you were allocated, if
you made an open application.

<a href=“http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/interviews/interviews.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/interviews/interviews.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Laylah]

<p>“There is some value in going to Oxbridge for the the interviews as you are competing for spots in specific colleges.”</p>

<p>No, not necessarily. All that means (in the case of Oxford, anyway) is that you will be interviewed as if you were at that college, not that you actually have to be there. It would be a little unfair for international applicants otherwise!</p>

<p>They won’t ask you why you chose a particular college in the interviews, by the way. They can’t, because some people don’t have a preference and will be assigned colleges, and they can’t penalise for this.</p>

[bigbear9team]

<p>Oxbridge! an interesting name.</p>

[binvolio]

<p>Exactly, as in the case of pooled candidates.</p>

[inshallah]

<p>People in my school (in Dubai) did video link interviews or phone interviews…though others went to oxbridge.</p>

[binvolio]

<p>I did a phone interview for my university…</p>

[cheers]

<p><a href=“http://www.oxfordgossip.co.uk/new/[/url]”>http://www.oxfordgossip.co.uk/new/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Good resources for discussing Oxford and Cambridge admissions.</p>