How to get into Oxford if you are from the 'wrong' postcode! - University and Everything in Between
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- čas přidán 14. 01. 2021
- Rosie tells me all about an Oxford University program designed to give prospective students a taster of what life is like at the uni and boost their confidence should they wish to apply.
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I would suggest that there are three key entry factors : first, smash whatever entrance exam is put in front of you. Candidates with high marks in that have everything to play for come the interview . In that interview, the second and third factors can come into their own.
Every 'A'-Level has a tricky, tedious bit that nobody likes. Be effortlessly good at that bit, to a point *where you're having fun*. Thirdly, you have to be prepared to put in the hours on your very best bust-a-gut effort, only to see it torpedoed and have to return to the drawing board.
Tutors will want to see how you proceed when things get dicey for you, when you aren't sure. If you're not struggling enough, they'll make things harder, until you are. You'll need sound abilities in logical deduction and the ability to step back and work out what you do not know.
I would wager that most Tutors are going to like the interviewee who can use what they know, hopefully to get quite far into the problem they are given, but is then able to identify where they're out of their depth and ask an intelligent question, to get a helping hand.
Being sussed enough in what you *do* know, to have good instincts, good hunches, about taking a leap in the dark, is key here - as it is likely that the Tutor will - impishly - throw the interviewee's question back at them ! I'll wager that being good in this bit is a real offer-magnet.
I'll finish optimistically : working-class people tend to be resilient and self-sufficient, by virtue of the 'mean streets' they grew up on - and that bit of grit can work in their favour.
These are great tips!!
All coming from real life, Rosie, if a little Vintage : my Tutor (R.I.P.) got me in on the interview helpers as my reassuringly scruffy-yet-matter-of-fact approach got everyone to :
(a) Have a Hobnob and a cuppa, and
(b) Drop the airs-and-graces and 'tell it like it is' .
@@ffibnogab7644 aaaaah I miss helping at interviews
I got a couple of guys in - dude and his mate - they knew me as 'bloke' and when they duly showed up in the bar in October, as freshers, their greeting was 'Ello, bloke'. Priceless !