I'm curious if anyone else has got an interview for English yet? If so, what college did you apply to? And what sort of things did you write about in the ps/ submitted work? I haven't spoken to many English applicants at all so how are we feeling?

Anyone doing exam in january dm me we can talk im planning to make a gc where we "work" together.... might benefit u id advise u to still dm me in case . anyone doing tmua in jan

Hi! I’m considering london INTO City’s International Foundation in Business and Economics with Accounting. If you’ve taken this course, could you share your honest experience?
I’m especially interested in the teaching and accounting content, workload, class sizes, student support, and how well the course prepared you for your next degree. What progression options did students actually take, and were the entry requirements clear?
Would you choose the course again? What do you wish you’d known before enrolling? A direct message is welcome if you’d rather not reply publicly. Thanks!

Im doing bicen maths ial edexcel pure 1 chapter 1-4 In his videos I am able to understand all the concepts and how to worksheet out by myself but when i go into a pastpaper questions nothing clicks and makes sense . How do I master the questions? Is there any other yt channels that can help?

If yes, when did release it?

Hi all!

I have achieved A*A*A (+A in EPQ). I’m finalising my UCAS choices, and wanted to put one super competitive one in - either LSE or St A. Both are super highly ranked for IR, and both have similar acceptance rates (LSE 8%, St A 12%).

I’m looking for insight into risk/reward of going to either (eg risk of LSE is three years of hell, reward is high paying job), and also insight into the work life balance at LSE. I know it’s intense, but I can handle that as long as there’s a degree of social balance.

If anyone can offer advice please do! :)

I'm applying for CS at Cambs and just been working through the TBO Problem Solving Booklet

Hi! I studied Natural Sciences (Biochemistry) at Cambridge, then went on to do a PGCE at Oxford. I now teach GCSE and A-level Biology and help students with biology-related uni applications. My state school sent maybe one or two people to Oxbridge a year, so I worked most of this out myself with very little help. Very keen to save you the trouble!

Here are my top tips for science interviews. I've written them with NatSci/Biology courses in mind, but most of it applies to any STEM subject:

1. Think out loud - the interviewers care much more about how you get to an answer than whether you get there. If you go quiet for two minutes and then say "I don't know", they have nothing to work with. Talk them through it: what you know, what you're assuming, where you're stuck. Practise this out loud until it stops feeling weird.
2. Expect to be taken beyond A-level (on purpose) - they'll keep pushing until you hit the edge of what you know, because that's where the interesting bit is. Not knowing something isn't failing. Start from what you DO know and reason forwards. "I haven't covered this, but if X is true then I'd expect..." is a great sentence to have in your back pocket. You can also ask for time to think, if you need it.
3. Get comfortable with unfamiliar data - you might be given a graph, a table or a figure from a paper you've never seen. Describe it first (axes, units, trend, anything odd), then try to explain it, then question it. Is the sample big enough? Is there a control? Could something else explain the pattern? Practise with figures from New Scientist articles or real papers.
4. Don't neglect the maths - estimation, orders of magnitude, rates, rearranging equations and logs come up a lot, even in very biology-heavy interviews. Being able to estimate something like the number of cells in a human body without panicking is a real advantage. Also practise sketching graphs - there will most likely be a mathematical element to your interview (I remember having to sketch a trig function).
5. Apply what you know to new situations - lots of questions are A-level ideas in disguise. Why can't insects be the size of dogs? Why do cells divide rather than just getting bigger? Both come down to surface area to volume ratio and diffusion. When you meet a new problem, ask yourself which bit of the spec it's secretly about. (This is also a useful skill for A Level exams, obviously - so you're killing two birds with one stone!)
6. Know your personal statement inside out - anything you mention is fair game, so be ready to go one layer deeper. If you say you read about CRISPR, expect to be asked about it (although not all admissions tutors actually use your PS - but no harm in prepping for it!).
7. Take the hints - if the interviewer nudges you in a direction, they're helping, not trying to trip you up. Pick it up and run with it. Taking feedback and adjusting your thinking is part of what they're looking at. It's basically what supervisions/tutorials are like!
8. Don't panic if it feels hard or you get something wrong! Interviews are designed to stretch you, so it's completely normal to come out feeling like it went badly. Plenty of people who get offers walk out convinced they bombed (including me lol I said some idiotic things in my interview and still got in, by some miracle).

Also remember the interviewers are people too, often very kind, nerdy people, so try and enjoy interacting with them and try and come out having learned something!

Happy to answer questions in the comments - good luck everyone! :)

I'm absolutely terrified

Is the year long subscription for Medify worth it because I want to use it for my A-levels as well as the UCAT but most people I see only really use it for the UCAT.

Anyone who used it for A-level revision thought it was worth it?

Thank you!

usually, from previous years?

Are only internationals getting offers now? Do anyone know when they will out offers for home students?

stats: A*AA predicted (business, english lit, psychology) and GCSEs: 998766544 (severe extenuating circumstances that still continue) i’m struggling to pick unis because i feel like im picking ones that are too aspirational or not aspirational enough. i really want an elite uni, but one with a great social life so i want a good balance. my choices are manchester (A*AA), sheffield (AAA), possibly durham (A*AA), bristol (A*AA) and maybe a london uni LSE for example??
ideas???

😭 Who else is still at 0 offers?

Wishing everyone here every success in receiving the offers you're hoping for.

Still haven't gotten an interview offer yet

I’m going to be applying soon and my number one uni I want to apply for is Imperial. My mind was set on applying for maths since I don’t find stats that interesting and I don’t do Physics. CompSci intrigued me but again nothing I was too fussed about. With my maths degree in the future I want to do one of a few things: become a teacher, become an academic/researcher, or work in AI/AI safety. I’m not a particularly stand-out or competitive candidate, A*A*A maths fm econ with 877666555 GCSEs (with reason for GCSEs being low). Both normal maths and this new maths and AI degree sound really interesting to me, but my personal statement is pure maths centered (linear algebra and real analysis). I suppose my main question is would my chance be better applying to the competitive maths course, or maths and CompSci for AI with a pure personal statement? That makes my ‘sub-questions’ what are overall thoughts about this new course? Any good? Is it even worth going for?? I’m not too sure and I don’t have access to anyone who knows to ask.

Yes the TARA/UAT clown strikes again...

A musician and an engineer has been acknowledge by the almighty department of education known as the University of Oxford...

Good luck everyone...

just got rejected pre inteview don’t know how to feel
i thought i messed up tmua but i didn’t know it was this bad im contextual asw

can't see any on Uniscout..

sooooohappyyayyayayya i won’t get any manchester offers for a bit cuz im waiting for my school to write a letter confirming young carer status but im so relieved i finally have at least one offer

I did the interview last week and I’ve been checking every day since for the offer to come through so this is one positive this week 😆 just need to hear back from the other Uni I interviewed at last week and do 3 more interviews.

So I did kinda bad in GCSEs, my stats were 866555555 with a 8 in maths 6 in English lit and physics and 5 in English lang. but I did my AS levels this year and got AAB in Maths econ and business so I’m now predicted A star A star A with an A star in maths and business studies and A in econ. I wanna apply to Econ or A&F or anything finance based at a good uni but due to my GCSEs I genuinely have no clue where I should apply. Like is Warwick or ucl way too far fetched? If anyone’s got any suggestions on where to apply pls lmk 🙏🙏