Oxbridge Admissions - Profiles

Application

University: Oxford

College (if made an open application, allocated college): Christ Church

Course: Economics and Management

Year in (not for!) which you applied: 2009

Final outcome: offer made

Applicant

Qualification: A-levels

When did you apply in terms of your qualification? post-qualification

Are you a home/EU/overseas applicant? home

What is your country of origin? N/A

What type of school/college do/did you attend? Independent - selective

6th Form: Sherborne School
Up to 6th Form: Dr Challoners

GCSE or a similar equivalent taken: yes (4 A*,6 A,1 B)

A-levels

AS: Economics (A at AS (588 UMS))

AS: Geography (A at AS (289 UMS))

AS: Mathematics (A at AS (592 UMS))

AS: Mathematics (Further) (A at AS (545 UMS))

AS: Physics (A at AS (554 UMS))

The AS scores mentioned are actually my overall scores

Details about the offer

Type of offer: unconditional

Have you accepted the offer? yes

Have you applied to other universities you consider very close, 'on par' or even better than oxbridge? (Ivies, Sorbonne, LSE..others for different subjects) yes

Have you received offer(s) from them? yes

Have you met the offer? offer met

Decisions about the application

How did you decide between Oxford and Cambridge?

Preferred the course+ the city in Oxford

Preparation

Did your school/college give you any extra tuition or help prior to your interview or application? no

Interview

Did you have to sit any pre-interview exams (LNAT/BMAT/..)? yes

TSA- got 73% overall

Did you have to submit any written work prior to the interview? no

Did you have to take any exams as part of your interview(s)? no

Please comment further on any particular aspects/topics of your interview(s).

Were some fairly basic questions about Macro in my Econ interview. In my management interview was asked to give management based advice on several case studies.

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