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How do I choose which college to apply to?

This is difficult, especially when you don't have prior knowledge of the college system - I personally had no idea what it was until I went to an open day. So before you even start considering colleges, it's...
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Differentiate x^x and sketch it

Write y = x^xln(y) = xln(x)1/y dy/dx = (1+ln(x)) by applying the chain rule to the LHS and product rule to the RHSdy/dx = y(1+ln(x)) Rearranging dy/dx = x^x (1+ln(x)) Substituting y=x^x into the equationNote...
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What sort of questions I be asked in my interview?

This is a typical question that may be asked by application to Oxbridge. The interviews are daunting and often they are open-ended questions. In my subject area of humanities (Human, Social and Political Sci...
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A source emits yellow light (λ = 589nm) uniformly in all directions and has a power of 1W. Calculate the total number of photons emitted per second and the frequency with which they impinge on a surface area of (10^−19 m2) at a distance of 1m

First, to break down this sort of question we should read each physical unit (W(atts) in this case) as its equivalent statement. ie 1W=1Js^-1, if this is not intuitive, think of the basic equation P=E/t. (Fu...
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How is an art history Oxbridge interview different to other interviews and how can I prepare?

The answer to this question is twofold as the art history interviews are practically very different as well as posing new academic challenges for a student (especially one who has not been able to study the ...
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