Augy is a good friend of mine and a student at Oxford University, studying classics at Corpus Christi College. In this video he answers various questions about his degree and Oxford, including questions collected from in my Instagram: / ilyacambridge
Augy also offers tutoring in classics, Latin, and Greek. Contact: augyallain@gmail.com
Oxford classics course: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/under...
Cambridge classics course: www.undergraduate.study.cam.a...
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:29 Tell us about your classics course at Oxford
1:46 Which A-levels did you do?
2:00 Which A-levels do you need/recommend for classics?
4:44 Is Latin or Greek GCSE needed?
6:02 Self-teaching Latin/Greek A-level or GCSE: good idea?
6:51 What was your personal statement about? Tips?
11:47 What was your Oxford interview like? Preparation tips?
23:00 What was your offer?
23:47 What is your college (Corpus Christi) like?
27:26 How to prepare for your course after you've got an offer/what to do in gap year?
29:59 Recommended reading?
32:02 Did you consider Cambridge? Why did you make the mistake of applying to Oxf*rd?
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