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It is an outline of the process not an indepth explanation.  \nAny KEY DIFFERENCES between Oxbridge and applications to other universities are marked as such. Any really important points – marked VIP!  \nIt is crucial that students do not obsess about Oxbridge. Anyone applying to Oxbridge will have the grades necessary to apply to other leading universities which deliver excellent teaching, a great student experience and super career prospects.  \nThe majority of Oxbridge applicants will not get an offer however, if students don’t apply to Oxbridge, they definitely won’t get an offer. It is also perfectly fine to gain an Oxbridge offer but then decide to take an Exeter or Edinburgh etc offer instead!  \nSome other leading universities are just as (if not more so) tricky to get offers from – Imperial, LSE, St Andrew’s, Durham, UCL spring to mind. Every year students who gain a place at Oxbridge are turned down by other universities.  \nStudents must be thoughtful about all five equal UCAS University choices. It would be a mistake, for example, to apply for 5 very competitive university courses in a very competitive subject such as Economics or Law.  \nIn the 2020/21 Admissions round a few universities – most notably Bristol and Exeter – are making BHASVIC students very generous offers, some 2 grades lower than‘the asking price’. Students need to investigate these matters for themselves. It is impossible to give a comprehensive guide to applications to all leading Unis.  \nApplicants can apply for a deferred place at university, thus allowing for a ‘gap year’, on the UCAS Form. A large number (several hundred) apply to Uni post A-Level from BHASVIC. This is easy and very wellsupported by BHASVIC (see ex-student section of website) .  \nStudents can apply in Yr13 (Autumn 2021) and, if circumstances change etc, re-apply in Autumn 2022.  \nUniversity choices:  \nVIP: Oxford or Cambridge is merely 1 of your 5 equal choices of university – which you apply for through UCAS.  \nVIP: Your 5 university choices are not ranked in order of preference – therefore Oxbridge is not your first choice. When your UCAS form is sent to your 5 chosen universities – the other university choices are redacted – each university does not know where else you’ve applied.  \nStudents are often somewhat prejudiced in their university choices – dismissing places which are “too faraway”(yet I know they’d probably take an offer from Harvard!) or what they perceive as ‘quiet/small’places like St A’s/Exeter/even Cambridge – failing to note that these Unis very often score the best  \n‘student satisfaction’ scores. It is important to remember that students make the university social life – not the place!  \nApplicants for Medicine may select 4 Medicine courses and 1 non-medicine course.  \nKEY DIFFERENCE: UCAS expects applications to all universities to be made by 15th January 2022 but applications to Oxford or Cambridge, to Medicine and Music Conservatories must reach the relevant institution by 15th October 2021  \nVIP: Please be aware that processing some 1200 UCAS applications is a huge task for BHASVIC staff. Therefore, although UCAS deadlines may be 15th October and 15th January (as above), BHASVIC must set much earlier internal deadlines for submission of Applications – these dates will be provided later, next term, and must be adhered to.  \nWidening Participation:  \nBHASVIC has an excellent record of securing Oxbridge and other higher tier university offers for Widening Participation students. It is important that students put this on the UCAS form – it will also be stated in the Reference.  \nYour UCAS form allows you to indicate whether you are a Widening Participation student. Oxbridge will pursue this matter further refining the broad WP data in a more targeted way. Students","cbCaitQoH3clWHnv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitQoH3clWHnv","pdf",105885,"English","# Oxbridge Admissions Round (2021-22)\n## Application purpose and key differences\n## UCAS choices, deadlines, and course selection\n## Widening Participation and deferred entry","[{\"question\":\"Can students apply to both Oxford and Cambridge in the same cycle?\",\"answer\":\"No. Students can only apply to either Cambridge or Oxford, not both.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the UCAS deadline expectations and the earlier Oxbridge deadlines?\",\"answer\":\"The note states that UCAS expects applications to all universities by 15th January 2022, but applications to Oxford or Cambridge (and also Medicine and Music Conservatories) must reach the relevant institution by 15th October 2021, with BHASVIC requiring much earlier internal deadlines.\"},{\"question\":\"How should students approach their five university choices?\",\"answer\":\"Students should treat the five equal UCAS choices thoughtfully and avoid applying to five overly competitive courses in the same subject. Oxbridge is not automatically the first choice because university options are unranked.\"}]","2021-22 OXBRIDGE ADMISSIONS ROUND - Admissions Process Guide | PDF"]