Oxbridge-Aspirants-2021-New-Thread-3

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@Knotanothername

But some scholarship students sat the entrance tests much earlier and have already had their interviews and places confirmed, so guess anything is possible!

Only just joining this thread, but I'm intrigued by this comment; what scholarships do you mean?

We are waiting to hear about interviews along with you all!

So today DS has received a notification from Cambridge for a pre-interview assessment that would mean he needs to apply for a leave of absence next Wednesday (the assessment needs to be done at home due to the technology requirements).

It says it is NOT confirmation of an interview, rather it's a "pencil in the date" notification.

Somewhat oddly however, the date they have given to confirm if he has an interview or not (and thus if he even needs to do the assessment) is 2 days after the date they have told him to book off....

@BilberryBaggins I wonder if Knotanothername is referring to applicants who are applying as Organ or Choral scholars - I believe their interviews are earlier

[quote HuaShan]**@BilberryBaggins* I wonder if Knotanothername* is referring to applicants who are applying as Organ or Choral scholars - I believe their interviews are earlier[/quote]
That's not the case for choral scholars; their auditions are earlier but they go through the same application process as everyone else. Not sure about organ scholars, they might be earlier?

Organ scholars have already had their offers- I can't recall if places are confirmed or subject to AL results

I think they are subject to A Levels according to the website.

Interesting that organ and choral awards are treated very differently.

NatSci hasn't yet been called for interview from the Cambridge college Ds has applied to but I'd rather not say which college it is.

Two thirds of subjects are listed as being called already but Ds is computer science and his results from his test are not out until 30th November (despite being online so no marking required) but there may be adjustments for those who had horrific technical difficulties or were unable to sit it. The interview slot for computer science is over a 5 day period in early December.

I take what I read in TSR with a pinch of salt, I looked at it all last year in preparation but it seemed to be quite a toxic atmosphere so I stopped.

Yes referring to organ scholars

Who already have confirmed places

@DeRigueurMortis I’m sure they’ll let him know sooner than that, but that will be the deadline for letting everyone know including the unsuccessful applicants. Bit of an odd situation though!

It seems to me that the whole process is taking longer than they’d imagined.

Indeed - it's all getting a bit "real" in that I imagine we will know by Monday latest if he's got an interview or even possibly by the end of this week.

Yes I would think you will. Eeeeeeek.

@Knotanothername

Who already have confirmed places

Presumably still A Level dependent though.

Dd has just heard from Warwick and an offer of AAB . She doesn't think she'll hear from Oxford till the end of the month.

Offers here for Bath and Southampton but these are insurance , waiting for LSE as the back up to Ox

@BilberryBaggins yes A level dependent but A* AA which isn’t as tough as some!

[quote Knotanothername]**@BilberryBaggins* yes A level dependent but A AA which isn’t as tough as some![/quote]
What course would that be for? I thought most Oxford offers were AAA? But could well be course dependent, I only know the ones we've looked it iyswim.

@BilberryBaggins - AAA is typical for humanities at Oxford. DS1 (STEM) had to get A star A star A.

That makes sense, we've only looked at arts/humanities.

Good luck to everyone waiting for news of interviews.

Yes, good luck to everyone.

@Baaaahhhhh

Have any DC received interview invites or rejections yet?

No, but DD did just receive the now infamous heart attack inducing email from her college, setting out the interview instructions. Big notice at the top of the email verbage, but NOT on the subject line. This is not an invitation to interview

My dd had this yesterday too and jumped a mile she seems to think she'll hear by the 27th if she will be offered an interview...still waiting to hear from UCL . Does anyone here have a ds\dd applying to UCL?

Hi Eastisup (love your name, dd is a big twenty one pilots fan) - DS is applying to UCL, we've heard nothing from them.

My dd is still waiting to hear from UCL and applied on the 24th September.

Yes Dd applying to UCL, is anxious to know if she will need to sit another TSA as it says “ may be required” so far hadn’t heard anything except to select her language choice. Is applying for ispe

Another one waiting on UCL here - DS applied end of Sept.

Just to give us all encouragement, I was looking at the Times university guide this morning and it reckons there will be better opportunities at UCL this year as they normally have loads of EU applicants (likely many will be put off by the hike in tuition).