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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oxbridge does require interviews, but they are NOT like US interviews.  They are basically oral exams. Tutors ask questions about the subject the student has applied to study.  There is no discussion of ECs or personal background and no opportunity for the student to ask questions about the school or the program.  They are merely a different (and less coachable) kind of  test. [/quote]

Mmm, not exactly an oral exam. They asked DD about what she had read in the subject area and what she thought about it. Also why she was interested in subject. Not as wide ranging as some, but not what I would consider an oral exam.[/quote]

I think that sounds like the oral exams I took as PhD qualifiers: what do you know about this subject, how creatively do you think about it, how committed are you to being intellectually engaged with it?  There are no questions that do not pertain to the field of study. No opportunities to discuss non-intellectual contributions the student might make. The interviews are not exams based on a set curriculum, but they are evaluations of how much you know in the field and whether you are prepared for higher level study of it.  That's a test.[/quote]

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