Oxbridge applications 2023 mutual support thread

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A new, friendly thread.

Original thread Applying to Oxbridge for 2023 intake www.mumsnet.com/Talk/higher_education/4493638-Applying-to-Oxbridge-for-2023-intake

Thread 2 discontinued after being derailed

Applying to Oxbridge for 2023 the offers are coming in www.mumsnet.com/Talk/higher_education/4665562-applying-to-oxbridge-for-2023-the-offers-are-coming-in

Thank goodness!

Just in case Wildehorses migrates here before seeing my post:

Wildehorses DD is taught by someone who champions that niche degree. I have the greatest admiration for anyone whose brain works in such a way to actively want to study advanced logic after logic. The fresher's reading list for phil actually tells them that they should try to read a few chapters of the Logic Manual before they start but the almost certainly won't understand any of it.

(Although is it possible for MN HQ to move this to Higher Ed before you get a flurry of people asking for advice on which prep school your DC went to to give them the best chance of applying to Oxbridge?)

I'll ask

Same as HewasH20: Wildehorses two of my DC have a friend each who read Physics and Philosophy, both were off the scale in terms of intelligence.

DD4 has dabbled in logic for her Classics Mods but I'm not sure how much further she'd have liked to push it....

I just replied to your very kind posts in the other thread 🙏🏻 which we will speak about no more 🤣

Checking in to new thread, thank-you. DS said CAT today wasn't his best but wasn't his worst. Am relieved another stage is completed, whatever the result. His friends found MAT pretty tough.

@HewasH20 thanks for the response on the PPE interview on the other thread.

Sounds like the exam today was harder than before!

Apparently DS's friends said the same too- MAT paper this year was pretty hard.

Thanks for starting the new thread.

DD submitted her essay pieces today. 24 hours before deadline but for her that is cutting it fine, she is usually a plan ahead type of girl but needed to wait to return to school after half term. Next step…find out if she is invited for an interview.

good luck all!

Glad to have moved threads. Dad said ELAT today was ok but not her best effort. What can you do? She’s got offers for other great places, I’m proud if it all ends here. Do we hear about interviews at the end of the month? Good luck to all

THank you so much for this nice new thread. Dd sending her two essays into Cambridge first thing tomorrow. 🥰

Thanks for the new thread x

De-lurking to say thanks for new thread. And it’s comforting to hear my DC was not alone in finding today’s MAT unexpectedly tough.
solidarity with all you other supportive mums - we rock!

Just de-lurking here this evening as DD's BF sat the MAT today. He is extremely bright but thought today was quite tough. Glad he wasn't alone. Gosh, can't believe the turn that previous thread took. Our medicine thread is so friendly and supportive. Not what you all need on a test day especially. Wishing all your DC all the best.

MAT feedback here was "ok but could have been better". Consistent with it being a tough paper if I read between the lines!

Thanks for the new thread 😊

You're welcome. I was disappointed by the way the other one went

Ds reports that the TSA was 'as expected', whatever that means!

Thanks for the new thread! DS was a bit despondent yesterday given how hard he found the admissions test yesterday but perked up when I told him how proud I was of him for putting in the hard work and trying his absolute best. He’s now putting his efforts into getting his two pieces of written work together to submit and then we will see if he is lucky enough to be called for interview.

Good luck to all DC’s and Mums over the
next few weeks as we all anxiously wait for news!

Thanks for the new thread

Our approach has been similar to pp. DS has amazing predicted grades so he wanted to give it a go. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that.

Dd similar to @DeliberatelyObtuse and others, feels she should give it a try so she doesn't wonder "what if" but not at all sure it's for her ultimately.
HAT yesterday went ok, gave it her best shot, happy with what she did and so feels it will be an accurate measure of whether she's Oxford material or not.