Oxbridge
Your child is intelligent, has great predicted grades and is thinking about Oxford or Cambridge (Oxbridge). Great grades are not enough. Everyone who applies to Oxbridge has great predicted grades.
Here’s what Cambridge’s website says, “For 2017, 2018 and 2019 entry, the majority of entrants from an A Level background achieved at least grades A*A*A (68% of entrants).”
But you say, “Wait, my son also earned awesome GCSE grades. Every grade was an 8 or a 9! Surely, he’s a cinch.”
He’s not.
Your very bright son will be competing with thousands of very bright sons and daughters for very few places.
How can you give your child a fighting chance?
Interview practice.
This is the key stage in the application process. Your daughter has been called to interview. What will Oxbridge professors ask her? They’re going to ask her about history. They’re going to evaluate just how sharp she is. They’re going to evaluate just how quick she is on her feet.
And yes, you can practice for this. I have been helping students practice for years.
How?
One-to-one online seminars.
This is how it works:
Jane is predicted A*A*A and wants to read history at Cambridge. She loves the history of Soviet Russia. I find university level books or articles we can both read. We read the material and discuss it in our seminar. Jane and I have an organic conversation. I challenge her thinking. I ask her tough questions and get her to think laterally. I may ask her questions that have nothing to do with what we read. Why? Because Oxbridge professors may do that at interview.
Practice, practice, practice.
The more your child engages in high level one-to-one tutoring with no support other than his wit, the better he will become. This will give him a better shot at Oxbridge. This is how I can help.
But…
I won’t take just anyone. Your child must:
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- Be predicted A*AA with an A* in history.
- Read widely – I mean history books!
- Be motivated.
- Love history.
- Be a good writer.
- Be curious.
- Be hardworking.
Your child mustn’t:
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- Need to be nagged to read and write.
- Need to be told what to read.
- Accept everything she reads is true.
- Fail to challenge ideas she disagrees with.
- Lack curiosity.
Does your child fit the bill?
Yes?
Contact me today to give your son or daughter the best chance to get that Oxbridge offer you both want so badly. My hourly fee is £80 per hour. If you are not satisfied with your child’s first online session, I will give you a full refund. No questions asked.
But there’s more.
Did you know that your child must write a history admissions test? This is a part of the application process. In fact, writing an excellent test is key to getting an interview! I will help your son or daughter with this process as well.
For every five one-to-ones your son or daughter has with me, I will provide written and verbal feedback on an Oxford or Cambridge past admissions test (these are all online). It will work like this: your daughter writes a past test in her own time; she sends it to me upon completion; I mark it; we then discuss it in a one-to-one feedback session.
And this is the great part for you: the feedback session is free. I won’t charge you a penny.
So, what are you waiting for? Your child wants to go to Oxbridge. Contact me now to give them that chance.
One last thing. Maybe you’re on the fence about Oxbridge. Maybe your child is too. Watch these videos below. Make sure your son or daughter watches them too. Oxford and Cambridge show you what history interviews look like. They are also showing you what history teaching looks like. At Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates are taught in one-to-one seminars. If this looks exciting and interesting and stimulating to them, contact me now.
