Your guide to Oxford and Cambridge
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What makes Oxbridge interviews different?
They're tutorials, not tests
Tutors aren't looking for the right answer — they're looking for how you think. Expect to be pushed beyond what you know and to reason out loud.
Subject-specific and unpredictable
Engineers solve problems on a whiteboard. English candidates read an unseen poem. Every subject has its rhythm — practice with someone who's sat in that exact chair.
Preparation pays off
The students who do best aren't the cleverest in the room — they're the ones who've practised thinking out loud under pressure.
Life at Oxford and Cambridge
The collegiate system
Oxford has 39 colleges; Cambridge has 31. Your college is your home, dining hall, library, and the people who'll teach you. Choosing one well matters — and it's less obvious than the league tables suggest.
Tutorials and supervisions
Most teaching happens in groups of two or three. You'll hand in essays or problem sheets every week and defend them in front of a world expert. It's exhausting, exhilarating, and unlike anywhere else.
Eight-week terms
Terms are short and intense — eight weeks at Oxford, eight at Cambridge. You'll work hard, but you'll also have long vacations to read, travel, and breathe.
More than studying
Rowing at dawn, formal halls, May Balls, the Union, hundreds of societies. The application is about academics — life there is about everything else too.
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