tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533088422235002789.post3350317521801142717..comments2024-03-18T21:26:23.450+00:00Comments on oxblogster: Awe-inspiring or inspiring? The Oxford interview deconstructedMike Nicholsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938814910134597389noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533088422235002789.post-81279178481409056592018-12-04T04:36:13.716+00:002018-12-04T04:36:13.716+00:00I’m not that much of a internet reader to be hones...I’m not that much of a internet reader to be honest but your blogs really nice, keep it up! I'll go ahead and bookmark your site to come back later. All the best <a href="https://mediaonemarketing.com.sg/digital-marketing-jobs/" rel="nofollow">project management jobs</a><br />BroddyAdamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406565356841813318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533088422235002789.post-64622532951565967072011-10-14T03:20:10.357+00:002011-10-14T03:20:10.357+00:00Well it's more than just inspiring Mike.Well it's more than just inspiring Mike.Graduate Diploma of Sports Administration Coursehttp://www.acpe.edu.au/courses/graduate-diploma-of-sports-administration-course.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533088422235002789.post-4936689408249430382007-02-25T23:21:00.000+00:002007-02-25T23:21:00.000+00:00I was interviewed to read english at Oxford in Dec...I was interviewed to read english at Oxford in December last year but didn't get in. I, however, had three half hour interviews with each of the tutors and was only actually asked about one book I'd read. I had to analyse two pieces of poetry on separate occasions and they didn't ask very much about my personal statement - the work I'd submitted wasn't even mentioned. It's strange how much they differ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533088422235002789.post-73806238881489203722007-01-29T17:33:00.000+00:002007-01-29T17:33:00.000+00:00I am an English admissions tutor at Oxford - and w...I am an English admissions tutor at Oxford - and would just like to add that our interview pattern is not quite like this one. Perhaps as a result, we welcome line-by-line readings of the unseen poem, because it occupies a whole 20 minute interview by itself. I would also add that we expect candiates to have read more challenging works than the Booker shortlist. <br /><br />The blog is a good idea, but candidates should recognise that the picture it presents is partial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533088422235002789.post-63185703566573101542006-12-13T09:21:00.000+00:002006-12-13T09:21:00.000+00:00To pick up on dr hiding pup: Oxford English tutors...To pick up on dr hiding pup: Oxford English tutors were once English students, and thus applicants -- often at Oxford. Perhaps I was too close to see it, but at my college, I can't remember anyone who'd been coached in.<br /><br />Other subjects? I couldn't possibly comment.<br /><br />(One tutor told me much later that colleges differed in the <i>kind</i> of English students they'd choose, and would pass on applicants to other colleges if they appeared a better fit -- I was one of those applicants. She also said that she could generally tell which college a particular student was from. It's not that tutors select applicants in their own image, but there are definite semi-conscious tendencies.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533088422235002789.post-11482362092733069742006-12-11T11:57:00.000+00:002006-12-11T11:57:00.000+00:00My Oxford-English interview was a decade ago now. ...My Oxford-English interview was a decade ago now. The private school I attended had a high success rate in "coaching", in some subjects. Fortunately, English was not one of them.<br /><br />The interview was going well. I'd gotten to talk about my favourite poet, even though she'd not been in print for some time. Great! We turned to the essays I'd submitted. One of them involved a bit of psychoanalytical theory that I'd been grappling with. My very approachable tutors-to-be suddenly stopped being approachable. Their voices changed, turned harsh, cold and unnervingly direct: 'Who's been teaching you about literary theory?'<br /><br />I'd bought a book, I explained, from a little junk shop down the road at home, for 50p...<br /><br />"Who was it written by?" No idea - but it had a grey cover. The tutor reached over her shoulder, and pulled a book off the shelf. "This one?"<br /><br />I nodded, half-worried I'd been expected to remember the author because, you know, English undergrads do that, remember authors. "And your teacher at school didn't recommend it?"<br /><br />"Oh no, he doesn't like theory one bit!" I replied. And then we continued chatting - and giggling - about Tennyson and lyric poetry...<br /><br />All I can say is, that although many private school kids do get coached, I strongly suspect the tutors at Oxford are clever enough to see through it in an instant. At least, that's the impression they gave me.Dr Hiding Puphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642975145787807304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533088422235002789.post-71454014282723871262006-12-07T17:19:00.000+00:002006-12-07T17:19:00.000+00:00Our English team were very interested in these com...Our English team were very interested in these comments - they all have printed copies. The most significant comment was 'we could be encouraging students to apply to Oxford rather than Cambridge'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com