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[quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=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[/quote]

22:13 from above here. I appreciate your suggestion. Thank you. Have looked at the Oxford site. [b]Any specific book you recommend? Asking BECAUSE there are many books out there. I was hoping I would piggyback on someone who has successfully navigated a process unfamiliar to many American students. You have obviously done that. Using a competent consultant removes a need to do spend your energy on research I suppose. Fair point.[/quote][/b]

Parent with Oxford student back:

1) There is this book, but DS went straight to the consultant when he felt he was running into problems with his essays.  https://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Into-Oxbridge-Comprehensive/dp/0749463279/ref=sr_1_2?crid=E775SJ2IX6HC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IAc1f39XCQC9y6xRdYMMnfBJg-k42ReX9ZBY1uGfd9HhI2F6TkLFiLhD27IiX1BcXuhecZyYABX_a-kA-zlL8hZ1nSbOApsjgvj6kpZkPtXhhpHRToMXHISgdcB_PyQtHazA6zdrdfmgxBdS6qXilqP35ayz2kcqVctza-CEOj3iYRBAn0_CN0FhzXP-0iD5aFmkSIPb2qEgmrrjJOuD0zTfL6PRLBWU68hjgrTLbeY.yLxIc_s_J0AP-1WfYrNJHfYoSfEwM5bq2E2ZClllTF4&dib_tag=se&keywords=oxford+how+to+get+in&qid=1762038098&sprefix=oxford+how+to+get%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-2.

2) He still recommends his consultant, who is by the hour and reasonably priced. RichardMontauk.com.  Richard didn't write the essays but provided advice and strategy as to the essays, application and interview.

3) PPE is a great choice.  It's what Rhodes Scholars typically choose, but at the graduate level.  Because the educational program at Oxford is very narrow in your student's proposed field of study, your student won't get the broader American liberal arts core experience.  PPE is the closest to that because it covers politics, philosophy and econ. FWIW, UVA offers PPL (& Law).

4) As you may know, the Oxford undergrad program is very academic and rigorous, and not at all like the American classroom experience where students can fudge doing the reading and hide in the back of a large lecture room and not participate.  Once in (after the long, substantive interview during which your kid has to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in a particular field and provide good reason for continuing in it, but at a specified level - think master's defense), they will have tutorials once a week with one or more tutors.  There may be another student in the tutorial.  It is assumed you have done all of the reading and you must submit a weekly paper, which you will defend, and the tutor and other students will criticize.  You can't hide.  It's a very hands-on experience. If your student isn't a self-motivator, mature or a good writer, Oxbridge isn't for them. Also, they are very tough on colonials (Americans). He has two American friends who were "rusticated" (sent down).  And others who outright failed but didn't learn until very late in their second year.
 
5) You need to reassess your views on cost.  Oxford is no longer the deal it was just a few years ago.  I just looked it up - Tuition only for "overseas" students is $37k to $63k pounds, which comes out to roughly  $45 - 78K for tuition only (that doesn't include room, board, "medicine fee", books, etc.)  ... so you are looking at top private fees in the U.S. at top ivies, SLACs.  Sorry.  Yes, it's only three years compared to four, but still as expensive as here.  He snagged a scholarship but only after he was over there and proved his mettle.

6) He thinks there is a career center (someone above says their kid used it), but be aware that your American student will not be able to get an internship over there because the VISA requirements will limit them to only 20 hours of paid work a week.   He doesn't know about how well the career center does with American internships because he did all of his own submissions.

7) he adds it's very bleak from now through March, which can be tough on some overseas students.  Rain, overcast, dark every day.  Get a SADD lamp.

Hope that helps.  If it interests you further, there is a Facebook page for parents of Oxford students.  It's mostly British parents, but it goes into all of the adjustment problems, depression, etc., that "freshers" experience.

good luck!

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DP  thank you.  extremely helpful[/quote]

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