My hands shook as I waited outside the tutor’s door. Another applicant was currently in there. I could hear two older male voices and one timid female voice. There was a long pause and the door opened. A young girl with big glasses came out, clutching her book bag to her chest. Her head was […]

When I arrived at Oxford University, ready to start my first year, I knew almost nothing about the place. I knew the university was prestigious and that the city was beautiful but my knowledge of the institution was close to zero. This is not normal for most people turning up to study at Oxford. Most of […]

My interview process for Oxford lasted two days and presented me with a strong mixture of exhilaration, exhaustion, and fear. Those two days were the culmination of a year’s work and I want to share with you here the preparation I did and what worked for me.  These tips will be for before and during […]

How much are you really gonna learn by staring at a bunch of books, sitting in a lecture hall, and getting drunk on a Thursday night for 3 years? Been there, done that. I’ll give you the answer: not that much. Sure, you get what you put in, yada yada. I went to Oxford and […]

If you are the proud parent of an Oxford or Cambridge applicant, I’m here to help you do everything that you can to get them through. I went through the process to get into Oxford and was accepted. I’m able to write this because I observed what my parents did to help me get in. […]