As a result of revised BMAT scores and fee status queries received after shortlisting had been completed, 3 candidates were added to the shortlist. 0000005018 00000 n In light of the competition for places, the purpose of shortlisting is to provide time during the December interview window to interview all shortlisted applicants. Candidates for Classics from other colleges who received a second interview were seen by a combined panel of tutors for a single interview. All of these numbers include only applicants taking more than 5 GCSEs. In the very few cases in which technical issues did occur, candidates were given additional time or the interview was rescheduled. Most of these reports have been prepared by the College but they incorporate or refer to departmental and faculty reports where these are available. This may especially be the case if there is a sharp difference from year to year. 24 applicants applied for deferred entry in 2024. In the light of the problems with the assignment of GCSE grades in 2021, and ongoing uncertainty about the rebalancing of A-level grade boundaries in 2023, colleagues were advised to be more than usually cautious about desummoning on the basis of poor results in official examinations, especially GCSEs or poor results predicted for A level. ]]> The scale is such that a mark of 6 broadly corresponds to acceptable; 7 corresponds to good; and an average interview mark of 8 or higher will almost certainly result in an offer. Selection criteria: Candidates were assessed against the selection criteria published on the Classics Faculty website at https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/admissions-criteria-classical-archaeology-ancient-history. Of these, 357 received an overall grade of 4.5 or better out of 7 (with 4 being worth careful consideration and 5 being worth a place if one is available) and 334 received an overall grade above 5, so being made an offer of a place is a very considerable achievement. After initial shortlisting, two candidates who had applied to Merton were reallocated to different colleges for interview, to ensure that each college had approximately the same number of candidates per place, and hence that an applicants chance of obtaining a place was as far as possible independent of the college handling the application. 0000006698 00000 n For other candidates, the third subject included Economics, English Literature, French, Latin, Music, Sociology, Geography, History, Psychology, Art & Design, Computer Science and Spanish. These are designed to cover the anticipated withdrawal rate of applicants who are made an offer and subsequently either decline the offer or fail to make the offer conditions. Selection process: Candidates could be recommended for de-summoning if their first-choice college believed beyond reasonable doubt that candidates are not qualified to undertake a course in Oxford on the basis of one or more of the following specific grounds: poor results in official examinations; poor results predicted for A level or other impending examinations; negative school report; poor quality of written work; failure to demonstrate an interest in, and commitment to Classical Archaeology and Ancient History. For the Management interview, candidates were set a brief pre-interview reading from a broadsheet that assessed interest in Management and the ability to identify and discuss issues from a general management perspective. When making shortlisting decisions admissions tutors give the following weighting to the various elements of each application. The number of applicants per place was7.0. Candidates were selected usingstandard selection criteria for History and the relevant joint schools. A number of candidates above the three were also interviewed in second colleges. There were 127 open applications for Biology, which means that 17% of applicants did not choose a college when they applied. Prior to shortlisting, a team of Biology tutors reviewed the applications as a gathered field and made interview recommendations to all other Biology tutors involved in admissions. As well as the interviews themselves, we consider a candidates predicted grading, their academic achievements to date (and subjects covered), the personal statement and reference on the UCAS form, the pre-submitted written work, the results of the test scores, and (where appropriate) the feedback from other colleges where candidates are interviewed. In December 2021 all interviews were carried out remotely. Reallocation has been practised by the University for many years, assuring that all strong applicants have the same chance of obtaining places at Oxford, although possibly not at their first-choice college. All candidates are assessed on a broad range of criteria. 'e]Q@C4@R)A V+ We were interested in ascertaining how candidates engaged with and thought about the literary texts, rather than in testing factual recall. Please note that colleges interviewed blind of college of choice (or allocation) and BMAT score. The longer part of the interview involved more detailed discussion of the historical periods and problems that candidates were currently studying, or had recently studied. This year the number of applicants was1864. BB Summoning for interview: All candidates summoned for interview were notified by their colleges by Thursday 25 November. 37.7% of offers were made by colleges other than the college of preference (or allocation). 787 applicants were from the UK, 43 from the EU, and 140 from overseas. Colleges were allowed to enter into consortia (i.e. Candidates called for interview will have an application which includes: an excellent or promising academic record; a compelling personal statement; a strong reference; good written work; and an Oxford ELAT paper of a high standard. Some candidates were unable to sit the test in schools, and sat it at home with remote invigilation. The marks achieved by applicants who sat the main PAT test ranged from 3% to 97%, with a mean mark of 51.2% (43.1% in 2021 and 49.5% in 2020) and a standard deviation of 16.9% (17.7% in 2021, 15.9% in 2020). Selection is competitive and it may well be that a candidate is able to demonstrate these qualities and nonetheless is edged out of contention by a candidate with stronger all-round claims. 0000002561 00000 n 630 applicants were shortlisted and invited to interview. Their paper, published today [Thurs] in the journal Antiquity, reports the discovery may be evidence of a probable undocumented military campaign across south east Jordan into Saudi Arabia. We were very impressed by the overall calibre of our applicants this year. WebDenys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH Tel: +44(0)1865 273333 Fax: +44(0)1865 273418 www.physics.ox.ac.uk From the Physics Admissions Coordinator Report on the Physics Admissions Exercise 2016 Oxford Physics receives a large number of applications for places on both the Physics and Physics and Philosophy courses. Of the 371 female applicants, 77 were shortlisted and invited to interview, comprising 22.1% of the total shortlisted applicants. Each applicant was also assigned a second College by an algorithm in order to equalise across Colleges the interview load per place ratio. Provisional shortlisting decisions become final by an agreed deadline unless appealed by another college or the Admissions Coordinator. They can be accessed viaCambridge Assessments Results Online system. They were assessed against the published criteria on their overall communication skills and, where appropriate, on their oral competence in the relevant language(s). Final decisions were made after we had carefully taken into account all the information available to us, not just interview performance. Around 28% of offers (24%) made in this cycle were either open offers or made by a college other than the first college considering the applicant. Today the University of Oxford has published its Annual Admissions Statistical Report detailing the University's undergraduate admissions figures five years. The selection criteria for PPE are onthe course website. Colleges may make offers conditional on theOpportunity Oxfordbridging programme to eligible students who would not otherwise have been admitted. 224 (64.4%) had taken five or more GCSEs. %%EOF Note that this will be generally lower the acceptances rates (acceptances divided by applicants) published by many other sources. Every year, there are applicants who are excellent physicists who underperform on the PAT and so we do not get a chance to see their excellence at interview. WebAnnual Admissions Statistical Report, May 2022. 2.2.3. All figures in brackets relate to the previous admissions cycle, 2021/22. Similarly, the Computer Science department will send out MAT scores to Maths & Computer Science applicants. They are intended to inform those planning applications in the future and also to provide to unsuccessful candidates, their referees, schools and families with an indication as to the most likely reasons they were not selected in this round. Colleges assign candidates up to three interview scores. It is important to remember both that Oxford makes its selection on academic criteria alone, and thatinterview performance is only one of the elements which tutors take into account when evaluating an application. This year, the automatic threshold was set at 68%. FSC collectively shortlisted approximately 2.5 applicants per place available on the Law course. Shortlisting is performed in accordance withthe stated admissions criteriaon the basis of all currently available and relevant data: in particular these data include an applicants score from the MAT, all aspects of the applicants UCAS form and any further relevant contextual data specific to the application. The interview is described on thecourse websiteas follows: The interview is not primarily a test of existing knowledge. Standard offers are stated on the Chemistry course page of the University website for those taking A-levels, the International Baccalaureate or Advanced Highers. For UK applicants, this involved school closures in summer term 2020 and the spring term of 2021 and, even when schools were open, frequent closures of year groups or classes due to self-isolation requirements. For some universities, however, it denotes the number of applicants who accepted the offer, regardless of whether they subsequently met its conditions. As in previous years the UCAS forms of all applicants were read and graded centrally, by the Biochemistry Department, prior to short-listing (we aim to shortlist approximately 3 applicants per place); all short-listed applicants were interviewed by two colleges (remotely this year); the applicants were ranked according to their UCAS and both interview grades; and the final decisions were made at a meeting of all College tutors. 4 withdrew from the application process before shortlisting. These decisions are then communicated to the respective College offices for dissemination to shortlisted applicants. The proposed list of all applicants not to be shortlisted was available to all Colleges for a period of 4 days before the shortlist was finalised. 12 were invited to interview, and were invited to sit a short MAT-like paper via remote invigilation prior to their interviews. undergraduate applicants received an offer in 2021/22. In all 205 (201 last year) offers were made, including open offers. Candidates were selected usingstandard selection criteria for Classics(and for Modern Languages in the case of Joint School applicants). Interviews might also involve questions that emerge from a candidates personal statement or an extensive discussion of wider reading beyond what a candidate is studying at school. The 2020 report highlights: an improvement in our An additional 21 applicants unable to take the PAT for good cause (the vast majority from Hong Kong) were interviewed and given a back-up PAT test at the same time of the interviews. (For further information please consult the relevant subject sections.). BMAT is the only element of an application that is common to all applicants for Medicine and giving as it does a snapshot of ability and aptitude, it is an important selection tool when assessing a large number of extremely well qualified applicants. In the 2022-23 admissions round the estimated competition for places across Oxford was 2.4:1 for Classics. They will also consult with their colleagues across the University, in order to ensure that competition is fair across all colleges. While there is no requirement that candidates will have read any literature in the language(s), successful candidates will demonstrate an aptitude and commitment to the study of literature by evidence of their readiness to discuss their reading in English or in the relevant language(s) or by their response to a reading-passage at interview. The vast majority of our applicants are very talented, with exemplary academic backgrounds. The colleges use various procedures in a coordinated effort to ensure that the strongest applicants are admitted across the University irrespective of the college considering their application. acceptance rates, statistics and application numbers, BA/MCompPhil Computer Science and Philosophy, BA/MMathCompSci Mathematics and Computer Science, BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), MEng Engineering, Economics and Management (EEM), MSc Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment, MSc Mathematical and Computational Finance, PgCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Short-listing is therefore followed by a reallocation process, in which applicants are transferred from first-choice colleges with a large ratio of applicants per place, to colleges with a smaller ratio of applicants per place. After colleges have deselected their target number of applicants, some shortlisted applicants are reallocated. %PDF-1.5 % 62.1% of shortlisted applicants were domiciled in the UK; 5.7% were domiciled in the EU; 32.2% were domiciled outside the EU or UK. Applicants were interviewed by both their first and second colleges, and a small number were invited to further interviews at a third college. Each year, tests are vetted by a committee which involves secondary school teachers so that they reflect current teaching aims and practices. The spike at 0 includes applicants who withdrew, applicants who did not register for the PAT test, applicants who were unable to sit the main PAT test (including all affected by the Hong Kong typhoon), and applicants who have to do two years compulsory military service for whom acceptance has been carried over from a previous admissions round. WebKingswood Oxford School seeks an Associate Director of Admissions as a full-time, nonexempt, 12-month employee to start on August 1, 2023. Overall figures are as follows: Total number of applications: 684 A small number of applicants were brought back into contention at the request of a College. You can read more about how we shortlist applicants on the English Facultys website: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/what-we-look-for-undergraduate. WebSummary of the 2021/22 University of Oxford Admissions Process for the subjects; Mathematics, Mathematics & Statistics, Mathematics & Philosophy, and Mathematics & We are also grateful for the yearly advice we receive from schools and teachers on adapting the PAT to changes in school syllabi, and we also expect to continue to make further changes reflecting such advice in subsequent years. Independent school: 65 (32%) The target of three candidates for every place available meant that many good candidates were not shortlisted. 2.1.2. Each candidate for Classics had two interviews with Merton, each lasting about 30 minutes. The 281 applicants with PAT scores equal or higher than 68% were automatically shortlisted for interview, with a further 26 applicants with slightly lower scores also automatically shortlisted after the inclusion of contextual data, giving a total of 307 automatically shortlisted applicants (298 in 2021 and 400 in 2020). To guide admitting tutors, an overall ranking was produced based on the post-interview C-score: Post-Interview C-score = (PAT mark out of 100) + 2 x (Interviews out of 100). If the data does not look right, click the "Report" button located near the top of the page. 29 shortlisted female applicants were offered places, making up 21.5% of the total offers. Detailed information on contextualisation is available,published on the University website. When the PAT is written, it is intended to be at a broadly similar difficulty level from year to year, although the actual difficulty of a paper is never known until the PAT paper has been taken. Ultimately, 200 offers were made for entry in 2023. In addition to their Classics interview, candidates for the joint school were also interviewed in their chosen Modern Language. Candidates may well be invited for a further interview at another college; as with pre-interview reallocation, this is to ensure that the best candidates gain places in the University regardless of the competition in particular colleges. This compares with 9.3% of shortlisted applicants and 8.8% of those offered places. The Faculty Admissions Database (MLAD) calculates each candidates Guide Score by double-weighting the Interview Score and single-weighting all other factors. have the same two pairs of interviewers interviewing for more than one college). Reallocation is carried out on the faculty MLAD database. In light of further information a college may reverse the default shortlisting decision, making known the reasons for their decision to the Admissions Coordinator. It is important to remember that shortlisting takes place in a highly competitive environment; virtually all candidates are predicted 'A' or 'A*' grades in all of their final examinations (or equivalent qualifications), so a strong academic record in itself does not guarantee an interview. Please see below Average Test performance of applicants in 2022: Modern Languages does not currently produce graphs of test performance as this mightenable the identification of individual students in smaller languages such as Czech andModern Greek. Candidates for Physics & Philosophy were given an additional interview by Merton on Philosophy. As part of this assessment, performance at GCSE and equivalent or other qualifications that had already been attained were evaluated, plus school type and the various measures and indicators on the UCAS forms were taken into account. In all colleges, therefore, candidates at interview will have the same chance of being offered a place. Some candidates attend additional interviews at other colleges. Of the 419 applicants offering A-Levels who were interviewed, 177 (42%) had History. Around half of the candidates between the two thresholds were shortlisted for interview, resulting in around 3 applicants per place. All shortlisted Merton candidates had two interviews in the college, one focusing on the Management aspect of the course and the other on the Economics aspect. 61.7% of applicants taking A-levels were doing/had done 3 A-levels, 32.2% were doing 4 A-levels and approx. As with last year it was therefore decided to set a relatively high automatic shortlisting threshold, to allow for a higher fraction of shortlisted applicants with PAT scores below the automatic threshold but where application forms showed other evidence of excellence or mitigating circumstances. The Admissions Group operates various procedures in a coordinated effort to ensure that the strongest applicants are admitted to the University irrespective of college choice; these include transparency of all test results, interview grades, and UCAS forms amongst all tutors involved with admissions, and a final meeting of tutors at which the strongest unplaced applicants are collectively discussed and open offers are made by the Admissions Group. In 2022, Oxford Physics received a total of 1633 applicants for places in Physics or Physics and Philosophy, a decrease of 152 (8.5%) on the 2021 figures. A candidate with interview and test marks consistently below 60 is in a weak position, Interview strongly suggests that the candidate is not suitable. As guidance, the Admissions Coordinator advises college tutors as to an upper threshold score and a lower threshold score. All decisions are taken carefully and followed strict procedural safeguards to ensure that the best candidates i.e. You may also wish to consult thepages on specific subjects. Each applicant is also associated with a second college chosen randomly with the same aim. This year there were 867 applicants across the University for direct entry (an increase of 72 on the previous year) and 8for deferred entry to study Biochemistry. Law tutors worked together across Oxford to ensure the strongest candidates in the cohort as a whole were admitted into individual colleges. Interview criteria: Interviews were intended to inform the admitting tutors about the following qualities of the candidate: candidates potential for independent thinking, ability to follow an argument, skill in communication, and adaptability for tutorial teaching. 1139022, Biochemistry admissions round 2022/2023 some initial statistics, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), 360 views - Conference and meeting areas, 360 views - Dining and accommodation areas, Socially Isolated - Spiritually Connected, Library & Archives: Opening hours, facilities, services, Contact the undergraduate admissions team, the University's Regional Outreach Scheme, https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/admissions-criteria-classical-archaeology-ancient-history, Details of the test and several past papers and specimen papers with solutions, https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/admissions-tests/elat, selection criteria for Economics & Management, will be available online from early January, standard selection criteria for History and the relevant joint schools, www.maths.ox.ac.uk/study-here/prospective-undergraduates/how-apply/admissions-criteria, www.maths.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate-study/maths-admissions-test, https://www.mod- langs.ox.ac.uk/faqs#faq-12, Cambridge Assessments Results Online system, standard selection criteria and admissions procedures, the suggestions on how to prepare for the admissions process available on the Physics Department website. %PDF-1.7 % 1 graduate applicant received an offer of a place (graduates compete with school-leavers for places; there is no separate quota). Candidates interviewed: 620 The standard entry requirements for Biology are set out on the University of Oxford website. Of all 1633 applicants, 1033 (63.3%) were classified as UK applicants (69.1% in 2021), 120 (7.3%) were classified as EU but not UK (7.3% in 2021), and 480 (29.4%) were classified as non-EU (23.6% in 2021). hbbd```b`` qd- L`T"VfO9 `XIXa69DV$ 2WlB3 `]4$y #&b WebEM applicants (more detail and individual results are available via Scoring and results | TSA Oxford | Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing):1 10th percentile 73.91 20th Throughout the process all UCAS forms, contextual information, application and interview grades were easily accessible to all College tutors involved via a web-based database. This year, the number of applicants for Modern Languages fell considerably: 685 as against 778 from last year. Candidates who have submitted incomplete work or the wrong file may withdraw This year28candidates were selected for second interviews. WebReport on the Physics Admissions Exercise 2020 In 2020 Oxford Physics received a total of 1805 applicants for places in Physics or Physics and Philosophy, a decrease of 23 (1.3%) on 20 applicants applied for deferred entry (33). The report After second interviews have taken place, colleges make their final decisions, based on all information available for each candidate at this stage. Although the pandemic has now eased, this applying cohort had still been the subject of substantial disruption to their education during the pandemic period. 76.2% of applicants attending school in the UK were from state schools (including sixth form and further education colleges), while 23.8% were from independent schools. ;4KL`J^`L+Rz.Rdk.wltt~7y^a9q :pwF0d:LJ@1-x|\O }]!^yJH/2P"ZZ T7o*6GuR{uuf`VY\n#~?tsG'7pMJt8~t=[!p$t^PqQO cpg?cyd>-4=Xb@,KKzN~pT. We are extremely grateful to all schools and test centres for hosting applicants for the PAT test. The overall success rate for male applicants was 11.7% (11% in 2021); the overall success rate for female applicants was 8.1% (8.5% in 2021). 0000000793 00000 n 20.1% of eligible applicants submitted an open application, meaning they did not specify a college of preference on their application and were allocated one. In the 2022-23 admissions round Merton received 62 applications for Physics and Physics & Philosophy in total, i.e. These data refer to applicants in the 2022/23 cycle who applied in 2022 for the Oxford course starting in 2023 or in 2024 (deferred entry). Along with a small number of UK students forced to miss the PAT due to circumstances beyond their control, all such students were interviewed and given an additional back-up PAT paper during the period. Of these, 95% were taking Further Mathematics as a full A-level. .c`;&Ev{de8]]rvwy3s2i2JOCLl[N+-(hz+ZR*BO8OU3:TU)"N^5O6l)b-/TVAT\)I,=R]%yp-j*"iC62;#U%>J?,RsWAbuK`zw!PeY-P*P%q#h&vlfP$A@"u\pm_)[i/N9a)@wiNO"/ K~;_^YWY!aM CZF. [Prospective candidates are reminded that the Medical School is required by the Higher Education Funding Council to limit the number of international (meaning non-UK/ROI in the most recent admissions round) medical students admitted to a maximum of 7.5% across both the standard (A100) and Graduate Entry (A101) courses - see ouradvice for international applicants]. The materials consisted of a short piece of writing on music, plus two unseen extracts of music. Each question is separately double blind-marked (markers focus on individual questions to ensure consistency of approach). 36 applicants who, due to exceptional circumstances, either failed to register for the test or could not sit the test, were invited to take a separate mathematics test after shortlisting.

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