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What separates Oxbridge personal statements from other university applications?

Oxbridge seek to admit people that will do well in an environment that is extremely stressful, academically intense (a LOT of reading), and driven by competition (you need to be passionate about and good at ...
LB
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What sort of questions do they ask in Oxbridge interviews?

Beyond the 'typical medical school interview questions' that are still fair game, oxbridge interviews are infamous for employing an array of unconventional questions that can be intimidating for the unprepar...
MG
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Example Oxbridge interview question: Discuss why you think certain medications (e.g Statins) are given at specific times during the day.

Whilst it is unlikely that an A-level student would be able to give the 'expected' answer to this question, as this would require knowledge of the biological phenomena of circadian rhythms, this question wou...
MG
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How closely is music linked to a linear progression of time?

Performance of music clearly takes place within a window of time, but different composers have experimented with different approahces to temporality in music. Some composers use time as a way of building tow...
FC
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Draw a pressure-volume graph

This is a classic example of a question that may be asked in an oxbridge interview. Getting to the correct answer is certainly not the concern, but the student should think logically of the processes involve...
JL
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