When all applicants are outstanding on paper, what marks out those who succeed from those who fail? And what exactly are admissions tutors looking for when they ask questions about fruit?Founded by a group of Oxbridge graduates with just these questions in mind, "Oxbridge Applications" has now helped over 30,000 students apply to Oxbridge and has a success rate of twice the average. Following the great success of the first edition, "Oxbridge Applications" publishes an improved and updated second edition of the secrets of Oxbridge success: Why students consider Oxbridge in the first place; How to excel at each hurdle in the selection process - from writing a winning personal statement to planning and incorporating outside reading; What Oxbridge interviews are really like - with real past subject questions; Detailed advice on tackling the psychological and communicational aspects of the interview with numerous tips from successful applicants; The politics of Oxbridge entry; and How these two exceptional academic institutions continue to offer the most esteemed higher education in the world.The second edition is also updated to include the recent changes to the Oxbridge admission system.  Written in an engaging and humorous style, applicants, parents, teachers, graduates and undergraduates will find this compelling reading. For those who want to find out what really goes on in the Oxbridge selection process from the people who have helped thousands to get where they want to go, this book is for them.

So You Want to Go to Oxbridge?: Tell Me About a Banana

Education & Teaching

STOURTON, IVO

Oxbridge Applications

Schools & Teaching

When all applicants are outstanding on paper, what determines who is offered a place? And what exactly are admissions tutors looking for when they ask 'Tell me about a banana'? Now in its fifth edition, So you want to go to Oxbridge? Tell me about a banana...is a tour-de-application-force, packed full of over eleven years' research on how to excel in the increasingly competitive Oxbridge application process. From picking the perfect course and college to polishing your personal statement, mastering your admissions test and conquering that all important interview - this book has been written by Oxbridge graduates for Oxbridge applicants just like you!

So You Want to Go to Oxbridge?: Tell Me About a Banana.

This comprehensive guide to Oxford and Cambridge applications is packed full of research-led insights and support for applicants, parents and teachers. Written by Oxbridge-graduates and admissions experts, this guide gives students the guidance they need to excel at every stage of the Oxbridge admissions process. Since 2005 'So you want to go to Oxbridge? Tell me about a banana...' has been the leading guide to making an Oxbridge application. Now in its sixth edition, the book includes new information on written work, making a reapplication and the new courses and admissions tests available at Oxford and Cambridge.

<p>Applicants to Oxford and Cambridge are ambitious, academically-gifted, and accomplished - so how do Admissions Tutors decide who is offered that highly competitive place And when an interviewer asks you to 'tell me about a banana', what exactly are they looking for in your answer So you want to go to Oxbridge Tell me about a banana... is full of practical advice on how to make an informed application to Oxbridge at each stage of the increasingly competitive admissions process, featuring contributions from former Admissions Tutors and the team at Oxbridge Applications, the education consultancy. This edition now includes 50 brand new interview questions, and new chapters on submitting written work, reapplying to Oxbridge, and the new Oxbridge Admissions Tests. This guide draws on the experiences of thousands of successful Oxbridge graduates who provide insight into how they would approach the application process if they had to do it all over again.</p>

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So You Want to Go to Oxbridge?: Tell Me About a Banana

So You Want to Go to Oxbridge?: Tell Me About a Banana.

So You Want to Go to Oxbridge?: Tell Me About a Banana

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