Internship and career opportunities for Oxbridge students
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Anonymous
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I’ve been thinking about encouraging my kids to apply to Oxbridge because of the academic rigor and the opportunity to study alongside equally bright peers, given the emphasis on academic merit in admissions.
I’m curious about what the experience is like when it comes to finding internships back in the U.S. — can anyone share their insights? I’ve noticed on LinkedIn that many major companies do hire Oxbridge graduates, but I’d love to hear some first-hand experiences from DCUM (Please skip this thread if you’re only here to criticize those considering schools outside the U.S.) |
Anonymous
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Anything here?
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1256388.page |
Anonymous
| DC has found job hunting to be super challenging. Plus, he can’t work in the UK under the terms of his visa. |
Anonymous
He couldn't apply for the graduate visa after finishing? I thought it was open to everybody who graduated. |
Anonymous
| Internships in general are a bit less common in the uk than the us, and the support from the careers service is also weaker. The schools do have a great reputation, but you are going to have to be proactive to get your foot in the door with companies back in the states. |
Anonymous
| We have friends whose kid went to one of these schools and 18 months later, still unemployed. |
Anonymous
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I have a kid at Oxford now. He has never once mentioned a career services office. Oxford is notoriously NOT well organized - it's 44+ colleges and a hodge podge of bureaucracies. I did google and there is a career services office. I'll ask tomorrow (he's asleep) but he has never used it.
You have to be incredibly mature and independent to succeed there. He's done all of his own job searches and LSAT prep and Law School apps. I assume you have familiarized yourself with the unusual admissions requirements like the 5 in 5 APs in core subjects (that usually messes up Americans), the substantive interview (also a killer for Americans who don't understand that you are applying to read in a subject in which it is already assumed that the applicant has knowledge). You are not applying for a liberals arts experience. Happy to answer any questions. |
Anonymous
What would be the best resources you'd recommend for an 11th grader to research for applying to Oxford (PPE or similar)? YouTube, books, websites, consultants, etc for test and interview prep. Most helpful would be what worked for your DC and what not to do (unnecessary). Thanks. |
Anonymous
| Also interested in this. But from standpoint of an American student wanting to get jobs/internships back in the US, not work in the UK or EU. |
Anonymous
I’m asking, but he used a consultant. There are several books, also. There are entire books devoted just to nailing the interview. |
Anonymous
| But to start, here’s the admissions requirements for international students. https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/for-international-students/international-qualifications |
Anonymous
| They talk funny over there. |
Anonymous
A US school would have much more support, obviously. |
Anonymous
| It's funny when you can tell from a question that OP will never have the need to use the information they request. |