TSA Section 1: What’s It About?
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?
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
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...