In this episode, Jurin(she/her) joined us to talk about her study experience from a student with low grades in high school to a masters at Oxford! The talk includes her experience of moving to different countries when growing up, how it influenced her study, her choice of learning Economics, and her suggestions for Economics applicants. Timestamps 00:11 Introduction 00:56 Family and education backgroud 01:27 How moving to different countries when growing up influenced Jurin’s study 05:13 Gap year experience 08:36 Why chose to learn Economics 10:54 Applying for a Master at Oxford 14:00 A typica ..read more

In this episode, Juan (he/him) is joined by Rachel (she/her) to talk about her experience as a law student from a South Asian background. What does a typical day look like? Are Oxford’s stereotypes really true? Plus a few tips for law applicants ..read more

It's the start of a new year and a new term at Oxford, and we're back welcoming new interviewers to our team! In the first part of our "Meet the Interviewers" episode this term, meet Rose (4th year Law student) and Juan (2nd year Geographer), interviewed by Junaid ..read more

In the latest episode, Siam (he/him) is joined by Sam (he/him) and Abishek (he/him) to talk about the Maths Admissions Test (MAT). How can you prepare? How is it different for each subject? Tune in to find out! Timestamps: 0:45 - What is the MAT? 1:35 - What is the structure of the MAT? 6:15 - How similar are the questions to the Oxford course? 8:45 - How does the MAT compare to A-Level? 16:05 - How did you prepare? 23:15 - Do you have any advice to people taking the MAT? 26:00 - How does the MAT compare to the STEP ..read more

In this episode, Olviya (any pronouns) speaks to Clarissa (she/her) about tackling university with chronic illnesses. Tune in to listen to Clarissa speak on navigating university and new diagnoses, dealing with doctors and prescriptions in the middle of a pandemic, and missing her cat! [NB: Clarissa's experiences with her chronic illnesses are not meant to be assumptive of all chronic illnesses. There is a large range of chronic illnesses, all varying in severity and impact on quality of life - Clarissa speaks for her own experiences, which we ask you to respect!] For more help and support a ..read more

In todays episode Siam is joined with Alice to talk about how to tackle your personal statement if you're applying for Law? Stay tuned for some great tips and personal anecdotes if you're interested in applying to Law at Uni!  ..read more

In this episode, Aidan, Emily and Riya join us to talk about freshers' week. Find out about their work and role as JCR (Junior Common Room) reps during that week. As welfare, access and equalities and "enter" (entertainment) reps, they are in charge of many of the events taking place.  Introductions: 0:10 What events are you going to organise during freshers' week as JCR reps? 2:28 What are college families? 9:53 What is your favourite or least favourite memory of your freshers' week? 12:00 What's your advice to freshers? 20:30 ..read more

On a specifically requested episode today, hear about a day in the life of a biochemist! Leah talks about the structure of the course, her workload, and extracurricular activities.  ..read more

In this Quickfire Question episode, Jess talks about her day in the life as a music student.  00:10 Introduction 00:39 What does a day in your life at Oxford look like?  02:17 How is the music course structured ..read more

Check out our latest 'Quickfire Questions' episode where Abbie (she/her) asks Ana (2nd Year, Earth Scientist) about what a normal day in her life looks like as an Earth Scientist. How does Earth Sciences differ from other degrees? Are the days very full? Is there a lot of work involved? What sort of things do you learn about? Get all your answers and more in this short episode ..read more