GOING ON AN OXBRIDGE OPEN DAY?

What’s an Open Day for? While Oxbridge streets indeed have the wow factor, it’s worth remembering that you are not just up on a sight-seeing trip. You’ve come to suss out your course. Also, you may be allocated a college other than the stunning one you picked. So, focus on events indoors.  

            At any university or college event there will be someone who can add to your knowledge base. If you have settled on a course, ask about books that will move you on. A tutor may have favourites not on the reading list. Is there an accessible journal or feature article on your special interest? Which museum or excavation site might be worth a holiday visit?

            Scouring the course website at home may also have generated personal concerns:  will the course allow you to explore subject areas which interest you but were not mentioned? Are there related ones? If the course doesn’t sound right for you, which course might suit you better? Oxbridge students can be as informative on this as dons.

            There is lots more, fully up-to-date advice in the latest, 2012 edition of OXBRIDGE ENTRANCE: THE REAL RULES (ISBN 978-09545944-66), available from July 13^th.  Order it from Amazon now.