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It explains how tutors assess UCAS applications, tests and written work, and how shortlists and interview invitations are decided. The text outlines interview volumes and offer rates, timing of decisions, college allocation rules, and the role of pre-interview and at-interview written assessments, including typical grade offers for science and arts subjects.","| University of Oxford\u003Cbr>There are 38 independent self-governing colleges at Oxford, 35 of them offer undergraduate courses. Each college has a different atmosphere and accommodation costs.\u003Cbr>Oxford Colleges Virtual Tour\u003Cbr>Which courses are offered at which colleges Oxford College living costs\u003Cbr>Oxford College Scholarships and Bursaries\u003Cbr>The university states that the idea that some colleges are easier to get into is a myth. Most courses are offered at all the colleges but not all.\u003Cbr>Oxford state on their website that they “pick the best and brightest students purely on their academic merit and passion for their chosen course”. In order to get an interview, your UCAS form needs to suggest that you will be able to achieve the grades needed, generally between A*A*A and AAA and can demonstrate a strong interest in the course. Extended Project Qualifications may help. Many courses require applicants to take a test or submit written work as part of the application process. Around 80% of applicants are asked to take a test as part of their application. Tutors review each UCAS application, along with any test or written work, and then decide on a shortlist of candidates who will be invited to interview.\u003Cbr>Detailed information is available on the courses and the percentages of applicants being offered interviewsand places. Oxford invites circa 10,000 students to interview for 3,300 places. Where applications are around three per place, over 90% of applicants are shortlisted. For the most competitive degrees, where there may be as many as 10 applicants per place, this may be only 30%, to allow those who most closely meet the selection criteria to have multiple interviews. You will find out whether or not you have been shortlisted in late November or early December. If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a particular college in December. The college will provide free accommodation and food while you are there. You will be interviewed by tutors and a decision will be made by mid-January.\u003Cbr>Application can be to a particular college or it can bean open application where the university chooses a college for you. Either way your application can be seen by more than one college and you may receive an offer from any of them. | University of Cambridge\u003Cbr>There are 29 undergraduate colleges at Cambridge. An application, as with Oxford, may be to a specific college or may be open. If open, the application is allocated by computer to a specific college. As with Oxford you need to check whether your subject is available at a particular college. For Cambridge University check the course page to find out which Colleges offer that course.\u003Cbr>Colleges at Cambridge Finance\u003Cbr>Cambridge Bursaries\u003Cbr>Cambridge has a system of common format written assessments for applicants. Written assessments will be undertaken either pre-interview (see next page for detail) or at-interview, depending on the course applied for. They form part of a holistic assessment of applicants, rather than being a stand-alone mechanism for interview selection. Pre-interview assessments will be scheduled in early November, on the same day as the University of Oxford’s preinterview tests.\u003Cbr>Around 80% of applicants to Cambridge are interviewed. Applicants who are invited to interview in Cambridge are normally interviewed in one college often on a single day. In some cases students are invited to travel to Cambridge the day before their interview and stay overnight in the college. A college may be impressed by a student’s application but be unable to make an offer because of the strength of the competition at that college. In this case the application will be placed in the ‘Winter Pool’ and perhaps picked up by another college, who will make the applicant an offer or may ask them to attend a second interview in January.\u003Cbr>Courses with at-interview written assessment for all colleges include: Archaeology, Architecture, Classics, History and Modern Languages, H","cbCaicOagFvDUzXI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicOagFvDUzXI","pdf",1411302,1,51,"English","en",105,"# University of Oxford\n## College selection and living costs\n## Oxford interview and shortlist process\n## College allocation and interview outcomes\n# University of Cambridge\n## College allocation and course availability\n## Written assessments and assessment timing\n## Interview format and the Winter Pool\n## Course coverage for written assessments\n## Typical entry offers and offer rates","[{\"question\":\"How do Oxford tutors decide who is shortlisted for interviews?\",\"answer\":\"Oxford tutors review each UCAS application together with any required tests or written work, then build a shortlist of candidates invited to interview.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the interview and decision timeline for Oxford applicants?\",\"answer\":\"Applicants typically find out about shortlisting in late November or early December. 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