OXBRIDGE ENTRANCE VIA STATS

Planning to relax as your UCAS application is sent and the interview (should you get one) still miles away? Don’t do it: you now need to interact with some figures. With the exception of Music, Languages and English Lit., almost all Oxbridge courses these days have at least a small mathematical element.

So, you might well find yourself being asked to interpret a course-related statistic at your test or interview. Students who did not take a statistics module as part of their Maths course often stumble at this point. You’ll find advice on how to handle stats questions in chapter 10 of OXBRIDGE ENTRANCE: THE REAL RULES.

However, if even the sight of a statistical graph makes your hands shake, you may also need a basic book like STATISTICS FOR DUMMIES. Medical candidates can go a step further and leaf through MEDICAL STATISTICS MADE EASY. Don’t panic if most examples go over your head: the first section is for you and will prove invaluable.