2020 Oxbridge Admissions Test Feedback

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By our founder, Paarul   Over 200 students wrote to me to let me know how their Oxbridge admissions tests went. I thought it would be useful to put their thoughts together to try to make an initial consensus opinion on the 2020 tests. A couple of...

Oxford TSA Past Papers

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Thinking Skills Assessment past papers for Oxford PPE, Oxford PPL, Oxford Experimental Psychology, Oxford Human Sciences, and Cambridge Land Economy degrees. These TSA past papers include both Section 1 (Problem Solving questions and Critical Thinking questions) and...

TSA Section 1: What’s It About?

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For degrees like PPE and Chemistry at Oxford, you have to complete Section 1 of the TSA (Thinking Skills Assessment). Let’s have a look at what it’s about. What is the TSA? Section 1 of the TSA is a 90 minute test, consisting of 50 multiple-choice thinking...

What’s Studying PPE at Oxford in First Year Actually Like?

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My (terribly messy) desk…Once you pick your options in years 2 and 3, no two Oxford PPE degrees are the same. Your degree can be highly mathematical, exclusively essay-based, or filled to the brim with statistical analysis and computing. There simply is no way...

Oxford PPE Essays and 6 Ways they Differ from A-Level Ones

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An artistic shot of one of my Oxford essays1. Oxford Essay Rule One: There Are No RulesWriting a good university essay begins with changing your mindset from, "how do I write a good essay?" to "how do I write this good essay?" I remember getting my...

A Day in the Life of an Oxford Human Sciences Student

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Human Scientists, or HumSci’s as we’re commonly known, lead very exciting and exotic lives. I’ll show you what a typical day is like in the life of a 2nd year Oxford Human Sciences student at Keble College. Port Meadow Nature Reserve Rise and Shine!...