Craig Barton interviews guests from the wonderful world of education about their approaches to teaching, educational research and more. All show notes, resources and videos here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/
On this episode I interviewed four Year 13 students about their experience in their recent Oxford and Cambridge interviews, which should be useful for anyone thinking of applying or helping a student prepare.
For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/4-oxbridge-interview-special/
On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast I spoke to four of our Year 13 students from Thornleigh Saleisan College, Bolton, who have recently had interviews for Oxford or Cambridge University. I thought it might be useful if you have students thinking about applying to Oxbridge, or if you just want to hear some of the tricky questions maths they got asked!
We spoke for about half an hour, on the last day before the Christmas holidays, covering questions such as:
- What should you include in your personal statement?
- What was the most useful thing you did in preparation for your interview?
- What actually happens on the day of the interview?
- What questions did you get asked, and what happens if you don’t know the answer?
- If you could go back in time, what would you do differently?
The students involved and their subjects were: Ben Norris – Physics, Joe Middleton – History and Economics, Nushaiba Mohammed – Experiential Psychology, and Rob Singlehurst – Economics.
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