Oxbridge Specific Information
Key Points:
All Oxbridge Applications are due in Early October, usually October 15th.
You may only apply to either Oxford or Cambridge-- not both!
You will apply to a College on the campuses -- so make sure that you do your research.
Exams are needed for most courses but not all, and if there is an exam, to have a chance at admissions you will need to do very well on the exam-- so do past papers and be prepared.
Extra curricular or Super Curricular reading, action, or exploration is critical to being able to show your independent interest in the subject. Below are resources that might help this process.
This Super Curricular work will assist your personal statement and your interview.
This type of University system is a good fit for students who are intellectually curious, who will read a book just because it is interesting and then read another book that is related and follow that to a next as your thinking and understanding deepens.
General resources
Chat to our students | Undergraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)
Chat to our international student ambassadors and find out what they have to say about their experience of Cambridge.International qualifications | Undergraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)
Check out our national and regional pages to see which qualifications we accept and what our typical entry requirements are.International events | Undergraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)
Opportunities to engage with us are posted regularly on our International events page. You and your students may be particularly interested in our upcoming series of recorded webinars and podcasts, which will focus on different aspects of applying to and studying at Cambridge. A recording of each session will be uploaded to our International events page.
Cambridge Colleges
Accommodation | Undergraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)
Information about how student accommodation is provided at CambridgeCollege contacts | Undergraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)
Contact details and website links for all 29 undergraduate Colleges
Interview resources
Interviews | Undergraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)
An introduction to admissions interviews at Cambridge, including videos on preparing for interview and Cambridge interview myths, plus excerpts from four mock interviews.Online interviews | Undergraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)
Information about the online interviews that took place in 2020, including video guides to the platforms that were used.Overseas interviews | Undergraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)
Check this page regularly for updates on our overseas interview arrangements for 2021.Interviews – Trinity College Cambridge
Interview guidance and three mock interviews, including one via ZoomPreparing for your interview | Downing College Cambridge
Interview guidance and four ‘Meet the Interviewer’ videosUndergraduate study | Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
Scroll down to watch two current students talk about their interviews.Interviews | BA Law (cam.ac.uk)
On the right-hand side of the page, four current students reflect on their interviews.Interviews - InsideUni
A database of first-hand interview experiences, collated by students for students
Cambridge University Web Undergraduate: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/igcc2021-resources