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The Oxford PPL course is highly competitive. Students will be expected to be on course for at least A*AA at A Level. Candidates ought to have at least one science subject (including Psychology) to A Level – this can also include Maths. Studying Philosophy or RS to A Level is typically not seen as being advantageous. Instead, analytical disciplines in general are seen as being helpful. If you’re looking to be invited to interview, you’ll need to be able to demonstrate a track record of academic success – including excellent A Level predictions – have a great reference from your school, and score a high mark in the pre-interview admissions test, the TSA. The school will make an effort to take into account any individual circumstances which could have resulted in your pre-interview assessments failing to provide a fair overview of your true academic potential. College Tutors and Subject Tutors will work together to shortlist candidates using all relevant information, before inviting them to interview.
In the most recent data, the university had 745 applications, of whom they shortlisted 243 and invited them for interview. Of that 243, a little more than 100 offers were made.
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You will have two interviews, which will take around the middle of December – typically at the beginning of the third week. Interviews will ideally be on consecutive days.
The interview for Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics is designed to assess how much potential an applicant has to develop as a student, and whether they will be able to cope with the demands of the course. All applicants are first interviewed at their college of preference, and then allocated to a second college to be interviewed. This allows two independent assessments, making the process as fair as it can be. For PPL, tutors are looking for the student to be able to demonstrate and evidence their track record of academic achievement, for them to show that they can evaluate evidence and consider issues from multiple perspectives, show a capacity for logical thinking, an ability to be creative, an appreciation of the importance of empirical evidence, and clear motivation which shows they will be able to cope with the course.
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All applicants must sit the TSA, which requires separate registration – which is your responsibility as a candidate. The Thinking Skills Assessment is a computer-based test which is divided into two parts. The first is a 90-minute, multiple-choice section, the Thinking Skills Assessment, and the second is a 30-minute writing task. Section 1 consists of 50 multiple-choice questions, through which the University of Oxford aims to assess the following attributes: Problem-solving skills, including numerical reasoning, critical thinking skills, including understanding arguments, and reasoning using normal, everyday language. Section 2, which is the writing task, tests your ability to organise ideas coherently and succinctly, and to show that you can write effectively. Remember that questions are not subject specific – instead they are general, as students from any discipline have to be able to answer them. In Section 2, candidates answer one question from a choice of four – questions are again general.
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