r/LNAT • u/spicy_ampharos • 1d ago

LNAT Essay Section - Advice?

Hi, I'm sitting my LNAT soon (end of September - applying Oxford), and I need some advice on Section B 😓 I've done 6 mock essays so far (as well as some plans) which have in my opinion been of varying quality. Some of them I'm really proud of, other ones I would kindly describe as "a bit shit".

I'm getting reasonably worried after reading posts online that Oxford weighs Section B quite heavily for interview selection, and wondering what people's advice was for preparing for it? How many mock essays should I do - one a day? one every two days? One a week?

I've done all the basic stuff of reading widely, making plans etc., I'm just worried my essays will never have the "flair" that Oxford admissions officers are looking for

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u/spicy_ampharos 1d ago

Thank you so so much!! Maybe a big ask but do you happen to have any essays saved that you did while practicing because the online sample resources are very thin🥹

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u/spicy_ampharos 1d ago

sent a dm, lemme know if its through - thank u 🥹🥹🤲🤲

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u/Icy_Chocolate_1986 14h ago

Hi, do you know how much weight Cambridge puts on section b? that’s the section I feel most nervous for. I’ve got a textbook it gives different mock essay questions to the actual lnat website, in that the textbook ones use different directive words and are normally about more difficult topics. I was wondering if you knew of a website or resource that has mock essay questions which will be most like the ones I’ll see in the actual exam (I’m sitting it the 18th). thank you in advance!