Oxbridge Aspirants 2021-New Thread 4

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And we are off:

Thread 3 link: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/higher_education/4070531-Oxbridge-Aspirants-2021-New-Thread-3

@MidLifeCrisis007 relieved to hear of another sole interview!

Congrats Dahlia!
Dd has 2 interviews using whereby . She’s doing them at school which I’m really thankful about because I would have been v worried about our internet connection. I think she’s getting a little nervous now.

Oh phew @DahliaMacNamara. You get the prize for stamina.

@MidLifeCrisis007 well DS’s 2nd interview is Thursday so we can sweat and be angsty for 3 nights together.

And good luck to all doing interviews tomorrow!

Congratulations @DahliaMacNamara, about time!

@Tenpastseven, you really made me laugh. You are definitely not the only one on this thread to be passing a few restless menopausal nights! . Good luck to your ds and all the other dc with interviews tomorrow. DD has interview 2, and is hoping for a better night’s sleep than last night when she dreamed the tutor was chasing her round the room ...

Well done to those who have started the interview process today. It’s always difficult doing a post analysis of interviews, quite often DC hone in on one thing which may have not been perfect. Then this takes over causing them to forget all the positives...

@Tenpastseven, your posts made me lol!!
Thank you @Unescorted, reassuring post!!
For those who have interviews tomorrow, wishing your DC all the best. DS has both his on Wednesday

@NiamCinnOir ROFL

Congratulations @DahliaMacNamara. That was a really long wait but as you say at least not much time to dwell on it.

Congratulations to your DD @DahliaMacNamara, what a huge relief, after waiting this long

Yep - menopausal sleepless night for me too! DS has his 2 interviews pretty much one after the other tomorrow. 9am read song for a 9:30 interview then a 10:30 reading for 11 an interview.

He’s doing them from home and seems to think he will make it into college for his lesson at 12! I suspect he will just collapse in a heap and need covering up and singing to!

Thankfully rugby training is back on tomorrow evening cos he really thinks ‘running about in the cold and dark’ is just what he will need after the day he’s likely to have had! 🤣

His tutor rang him at 9pm to wish him well and have a short pep talk, so that was nice.

We are now just ‘not mentioning it’ and trying to have some kind of regular evening.

DD only has one interview this week too - this is for History. She's busy speed reading the books she made reference to on her personal statement. After the initial euphoria, of getting an interview she's now getting cold feet about Oxford again....

Quick question, dd is not sure where to do her interview? In bedroom or downstairs? We do not have a office or anything, and she has posters and pictures in her room, sorry to sound doh but would a plain background be better? She has 2 interviews tomorrow one after the other. TIA

Is DD the only one with 2 interviews of only 20 minutes each (NatSci, Cambridge)?

DD also has 2 interviews of 20 mins each but at Oxford. This is for History (Ancient and Modern)

My DS had two 30 min interviews yesterday and has same again today (Oxford).

History Oxford just the one interview this week, but they may be called back for another next week. They will let us know on Monday.

So exciting to read about all the interview experiences. DD school did a run through of the tech yesterday, and will have IT standing by too. So supportive. Amazing. It's Xmas jumper day on the day if DD's interview, needless to say she will take hers off for the interview, two puddings in unfortunate places will not be a good look 😂

Morning all. @par05, I wouldn’t imagine that matters other than making sure she is clearly visible in front of the background?

How absolutely lovely of your DS’s tutor @Crikeyblimey!

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History Oxford just the one interview this week, but they may be called back for another next week. They will let us know on Monday.

So exciting to read about all the interview experiences. DD school did a run through of the tech yesterday, and will have IT standing by too. So supportive. Amazing. It's Xmas jumper day on the day if DD's interview, needless to say she will take hers off for the interview, two puddings in unfortunate places will not be a good look 😂

I don't know Baaaahhhh - a Christmas jumper might be just the thing to make your interview stand out!

@pepperaunt ...Dd has two 20-25 mins interviews with Cambridge too. They are one after the other on Thursday with 5 mins inbetween. I am (of course!) fretting about timing.

Good luck to all interviewees today! I will be glad when it’s over and there is nothing else that can be done.

DD's is today too. She's just got one interview fortunately but I am so nervous for her! Good luck for everyone today and well done to those already through it!

Is mine the only really really really laid back candidate???? He will wear his hoody, he might tidy his room, he's sure he can use the tech. he'll maybe watch an interview on youtube at sometime. The only thing he is insisting on is that I keep the cat out of the room and stop him scratching the door :)

To be honest, we were not expecting to get this far and it is so unlikely he'll get through. He's never visited Cambridge and I'm not convinced that he won't have a better time at Manchester!

Thank you @Tenpastseven was fretting about that! Funny what Little things we worry about, good luck to everyone today, @pepper dd has 2 25/30 min interviews one after the other today for english lit, with cambridge.

@Beetlesand, @par05 DD also has back-to-back interviews! This whole process is particularly confusing us as we went to university in the US - it’s all so different.

Another one joining the sweaty gang...

I wonder how they moderate between candidates at different colleges doing one interview and some doing two? Or if one person has had to do battle with a source and someone else didn’t have to do that? Or is it subject dependent? I’m jumping ahead to pooling - I think dd is a credible candidate but I saw a “rival” on the student room and that’s put the wind up me as they had 44 grade 9s, had won 15 competitions, couple of Nobel prizes etc etc....