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Gaining admission to Oxford University

Alice Parrott talks Oxford admissions with Wigsbury

In this 32 minute video, Alice Parrott discusses Oxford University entrance with our resident expert, Jeremy Handcock. Alice worked for many years in the admissions department at Oxford University and shares her unique insights with us in this in-depth video.  Sit, back, relax and learn!

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Alice Parrott

What is collegiate system?

Yes, absolutely. So Oxford is a university. It's a very big university. How Whether the university is made up of about 30 different colleges, and each student is part of the university, so every student is a part of the University of Oxford, and everybody will come...

Alice Parrott

The formula for a good personal statement

Yeah. But I think the biggest piece of advice that that kind of from, from my experience, and if that make sure it's a personal statement, there's no formula to a good personal statement, what the tutors want to see is that it's they want to see it's true to you....

Alice Parrott

What is collegiate system?

Yes, absolutely. So Oxford is a university. It's a very big university. How Whether the university is made up of about 30 different colleges, and each student is part of the university, so every student is a part of the University of Oxford, and everybody will come...

Alice Parrott

The formula for a good personal statement

Yeah. But I think the biggest piece of advice that that kind of from, from my experience, and if that make sure it's a personal statement, there's no formula to a good personal statement, what the tutors want to see is that it's they want to see it's true to you....