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  @Alessandro...Limoncello4 сағат бұрын

  Q: Do people ever perform really badly in interviews? I have seen that the average score is between 6 and 8 (shortlisted Shortlisted 6.46 Placed 7.72). Are there instances in which people score 3-4? What would cause a person to receive such a low score? Is this common and could a person get such a low score throughout successive interviews? Thank you for publishing these videos; they are a brilliant example of high-quality content. Also: have you read Harold Wilson by Ben Pimlott?

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  @abhimanyusinghanand183416 сағат бұрын

  I wish to get into Oxford for Artificial intelligence masters in 2026. I've just began preparing to study there. However, my college grade is 8.32/10 from tier 2/3 college and from what I see entry grade is 8.5, so should I give up having no hope, or I might still have a chance if I strengthen my other academic pillar in AI like winning competition, publishing papers, etc.?

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  @moonroy8393Күн бұрын

  Does oxford offer ux design course?

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  @popshaines5492Күн бұрын

  Karl Marx is to academic achievement what the baked bean is to haute cuisine.

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  @LarsJohanssenКүн бұрын

  Hi Matt Williams! Do you know whether the format of the next year's Oxford entrance exams, i.e TSA is staying identical to previous years?

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  @moonroy8393Күн бұрын

  Sir i wanted to ask a question Does oxford offer courses for ux design?

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  @moonroy839319 сағат бұрын

  Sir atleast answer?

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  @alisultan14512 күн бұрын

  My politics interview with you was one of the most enjoyable parts of the application process

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  @roscoemarshall73072 күн бұрын

  Same here! Loved my interview at cambridge and it really made me want to study there.

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  @alisultan1451Күн бұрын

  @@roscoemarshall7307 I’m glad you found a place you liked!

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  @carolinekelly34154 күн бұрын

  Thanks for sharing the Personal Statement preparation.

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15712 күн бұрын

  My pleasure!

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  @elize_krav4 күн бұрын

  I would try to transfer there, so sad that they don't accept transfers

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  @ngairewilliams23904 күн бұрын

  That was fascinating Matthew. I had no idea Ngaire

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15714 күн бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @butiknowimissyou4 күн бұрын

  Oxford, i'll be there!

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  @jasmincarter92335 күн бұрын

  thanks Mrs. Williams' for so much, watch your videos is a combustible to be better and help me to believe more in myself and in society

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15714 күн бұрын

  Great -- thanks!

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  @fnrijufnficnf1825 күн бұрын

  In the essay would it be considered inconsistent if your first body paragraph talks about an opposing argument but then points out the problem with this argument and then you argue your main points or should you keep counter arguments to the end?

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15714 күн бұрын

  I would usually recommend setting out your stall before giving space to your opponents. You don't have much time in the test, and don't want to rush your rebuttal.

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  @ketankbi123235 күн бұрын

  clearly, the west has no idea about iit entrance in India. Also, I would like to know if this is the world’s toughest exam for the top college in the world, why don’t we have microsoft, ibm and google being led by the graduates from this college, and why still indian colleges are producing the top ceos? “Its an art to maintain a low profile so that the West doesn’t panic about the Indians”. Sometimes we learnt and mastered during 250 years of British Raj in India.

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  @user-lh8lk5wk5g6 күн бұрын

  Is Cambridge the same?

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15715 күн бұрын

  I imagine so. I don't have their stats. But I would be amazed if they are any different.

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  @user-lh8lk5wk5g6 күн бұрын

  Thank you! As a privately educated student who has been scared by a bunch of recent news articles, it’s great to see that I have as good a shot as others

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15715 күн бұрын

  Absolutely. Thanks for your comment.

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  @Oxfordapplicant6 күн бұрын

  Hey, thanks so much for this! It's really helpful to get some clarification on the matter. I know of quite a few people from private schools who move to state schools for 6th form to try and increase their chances of getting in. Is it true that you've started looking at Y11 school instead of Y13 to see if anyone's tried to do this?

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15715 күн бұрын

  We do have some data on pre-16 and post-16 education on UCAS. But, as I say in the video, this all gets taken alongside all other data, and ultimately we're just gauging academic ability and potential.

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  @davidc44086 күн бұрын

  I read an article in the FT sometime ago that showed there were more 1st class degrees from state school undergrads than private students at Russell group universities. The reason is for someone to get high A levels from some state schools may require more determination and self study. Ie they may have more drive and higher IQ than someone from a private school who is spoon fed the answers. Then at university many lack the independent study ability. Although unlike maths, other stem, medicine, dentistry etc that see and wide variety of candidates from state school with high grades, classics degrees are often seen as upper class and many in private schools. Simply because its not an obvious career choice and A levels such as greek and latin are not usually taught at state schools. Languages like A level Mandarin would be more useful in the modern world.

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  @Gary-el7jy6 күн бұрын

  Once again a well thought out and beautifully presented video

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15715 күн бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @cloudy1606 күн бұрын

  Thank you boss

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15715 күн бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @universalmind75496 күн бұрын

  Thank you for your service sir!

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15715 күн бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @gabrielamcb91577 күн бұрын

  Omg that library is amazing ❤

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  @alistairheys9387 күн бұрын

  I've never met an "original" thinker from Oxford. Your interviewees come gift-wrapped. If not carefully dressed, then you won't strike. And if they progress up the academic ladder they won't get published unless they parrot what everyone else is a generally saying but from within their own suitably detailed research niche. Genius is always slightly beyond us. Derrida's differing deferring idea nicely captures our attempts to define Shakespeare; library shelves keep filling on the topic. The main problem are limiting beliefs. I would propose that Darwin and Marx constitute severely limiting blocks on contemporary thought. On a good day, I would throw in Nietzsche as well. Meditate on Coleridge's maxim on the symbol; there is wisdom there. It's just unfortunate the idea of organic unity he borrowed from German contemporaries leads in a craniometric direction. Weirdly, Shakespeare and Coleridge are used by you chaps to instil a sense of national unity. My own thoughts take us in an entirely different direction. Can't put it better than Walt, whose poems are not organic per se: Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.

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  @alistairheys9387 күн бұрын

  Coleridge and Wordsworth invented the organic metaphor of seeing and hearing -my favourite example being in Keats who cannot see what perfumed flowers lie at his feet. All individual things are pervaded by the One; hence Coleridge writes: "a Symbol is characterized by a translucence of the Special in the Individual or of the General in the Especial or of the Universal in the General. . . . It always partakes of the Reality which it renders intelligible; and while it enunciates the whole, abides itself as a living part in that Unity, of which it is the representative." As children experience is undifferentiated insofar as by regaining this amalgamating confusion poets can creatively recapture the wonder of childhood for the object world. As a child Wordsworth felt closer to God. Drugs cut Coleridge off from his feelings for nature.

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  @alistairheys9387 күн бұрын

  Another intriguing example would seem the Kabbalah of Isaac Luria, which drew heavily upon his reading of Proclus. You might think the description of God's throne in the Bible as being sapphire blue as relating to a precious stone called sapphire. But it is actually a poor English translation of lapis lazuli. And hence Lurianic sephirah or the stages of God's emanatory presence derives in the same mineral Renaissance painters employed to depict a translucent nitrogenous magnitude.

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  @alistairheys9387 күн бұрын

  Originality happens when two cultures clash or perhaps two geniuses. A recursive example would be Jewish Deity meeting Greek Zeus, or Genesis versus Timaeus. Because this example led to the philosophy of Plotinian Neo-Platonism. When Wordsworth met Coleridge he appropriated his friend's reading of Iamblichus and Proclus and the aforesaid, together with the rest of Coleridge's damaged archangel reading and abstruse musings. The result was "Tintern Abbey" and "The Prelude", etc. Not that Wordsworth wasn't a strong reader for himself, but Coleridge's greatest creation was in fact his brother poet William.

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  @alistairheys9387 күн бұрын

  you should read my book: "The Anatomy of Bloom" Bloomsbury 2014

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  @alistairheys9387 күн бұрын

  all words toil to weariness...

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  @nimbo65768 күн бұрын

  I just wanna say thank you so much for your videos. You inspired me and gave me the courage to apply and then helped me attain success in my admissions test through your other videos. You are doing great work, thanks to you I have received an unconditional offer for the new year (: exited to start in October (not for Jesus but it’ll be great nevertheless) 😊 keep on posting!

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15717 күн бұрын

  Fantastic - congratulations! Thank you!

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  @fionascott-dawe96059 күн бұрын

  Thank you, as a mature student at Oxford I’m always being asked what am I going to “do “with my degree, it’s difficult sometimes because I’m doing because I love studying Theology

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  @aaabbb-py5xd9 күн бұрын

  Lol, with a class size of 3 or less in politics, are there any guardrails against group think or coersion from the tutor? After all, one's grades or recommendation letters are controlled by the tutor.

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15716 күн бұрын

  Of course. We don't teach what to know by how to think. Given there are two tutorials per week and different tutors each term, a student will be taught by ~10 different tutorial tutors and >20 lecturers. There's no chance of group think.

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  @aaabbb-py5xd6 күн бұрын

  @@JesusCollegeOxford1571 And if push comes to shove, I suppose successful students are quite capable of faking content to get what they need 😁 Anyways, I'm glad to have learned a bit more about the school

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  @eleanormcn39624 күн бұрын

  on the grading being controlled by one tutor, the grades come from submitted work that is anonymised and then divided among different members of the whole faculty, so there's no risk of a tutor giving you a low grade because they dislike you personally

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  @aaabbb-py5xd4 күн бұрын

  @@eleanormcn3962 That's nice, but even Chinese schools do that, and I think your opinion of China would immediately suggest to you that the risk is not 0. And judging by how uniform British media is from one outfit to the next, especially on global issues, there's probably some room for me to remain cynical. I think people have figured out that, as with casino operations, only a slight advantage or bias is required to achieve great results. Finally, as a disclaimer, I'm not throwing China under the bus to make any points. There's already enough freedom garbage against China out there. There is a vast universe of distance between me and that kind of practice, which results from not a lack of access to truth but a sick desire to manipulate and exploit it

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  @janetrowland37499 күн бұрын

  Jesus collage

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  @muhammadnaumanbashir30759 күн бұрын

  Thankyou for motivating the struggling students. This means a lot.

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  @JesusCollegeOxford15719 күн бұрын

  Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate it.

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  @Peterlowecato3411 күн бұрын

  Matt, I sincerely thank you for all your videos, which have been incredibly helpful as I return to graduate education after 35 years. Recently, I applied to Oxford, likely for all the wrong "brand" reasons. I worked really hard on the application and supporting statement and made it through to the interview stage. However, it was evident that although I knew my subject matter, I struggled to articulate why I wanted the specific course and why Oxford. Consequently, I was unsuccessful. After the initial disappointment, I took the time to reflect on what truly mattered to me, what I genuinely loved about the subject, where I wanted to study, and, most importantly, why. As a result, I have now been accepted onto an MSt programme at Cambridge, starting in October 2024. I applied all the points you mentioned in your videos, so thank you immensely. The key lesson I learned is to be clear on why you want to study at a particular place. For my Cambridge application, it was the unique teaching style of the faculty and the hands-on nature of the course that made it stand out in the UK. My advice to others is to be yourself and don’t be discouraged by the myths surrounding Oxbridge. Yes, it’s competitive, but entirely possible. I gained valuable insights from my Oxford rejection and turned it into a learning opportunity .

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157110 күн бұрын

  Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your story. All best wishes, M

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  @PrettyKawaii11 күн бұрын

  Thank you for the lecture. I would suggest answering the title questing at the end of the video. :)

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  @multida12 күн бұрын

  Hey Dr. Matt! I'm a year off applying to uni but your output has really convinced me that even just for the fun of it, I should apply to Oxford. Given that no other college produces (to my knowledge) such a wealth of resources, Jesus seems like the obvious choice when it comes to it, but I have one concern... the colours! Light green does not work well with my skin tone, and I worry that in the unlikely situation I am accepted, I wouldn't be able to confidently represent Jesus! Is this a valid concern, or are there more important factors to consider, facilities aside?!

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157111 күн бұрын

  Hi there, thanks for your comment! Jesus College has dark green as its colours, but we almost never need to wear those colours. The only time you might 'need' to wear green is if you represented the college at sports. So, I wouldn't let that be a reason not to apply!

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  @KJ7JHN12 күн бұрын

  Does the UK have scholarships dedicated towards American citizens? Or better yet, are you familiar with American scholarships that are international and work in the UK? Thanks for the video and your response.

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157111 күн бұрын

  Hi there, there are famous scholarships like the Rhodes scholarship for grad students at Oxford. But there are others at the uni. Here is where to search: www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/search

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  @educatingedwardltd40612 күн бұрын

  I love your videos Matt and will be applying soon! FGS from Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157111 күн бұрын

  Great! Thanks and all best to you

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  @aarushsingh280112 күн бұрын

  Hi, Thankyou so much for making this video. I wanted to apply to an engineering course and I was just wondering, I haven't won any laurels, such as the science olympiad or competed in such competitions, so I don't have much tangible evidence to prove if I'm intelligent enough, but I have read books related to science, seen multiple lectures and feel that I am curious about it however I dont have any awards. Would that put someone such as myself at a disadvantage?

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157112 күн бұрын

  Thanks for your comment! No, you don't need competition wins to be admitted. Reading books and research papers, as well as watching university lectures, will indeed help. You'll just need to provide some self reflection on what you learnt from these in your personal statement. You will also need to perform well in the admissions test, which is worth practicing soon: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/admissions-tests/pat

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  @raymondwilson29312 күн бұрын

  this guy is awesome ❤️

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  @23PNS12O13 күн бұрын

  Do any of the Questions in the interview of this examination fit under other academic subjects?

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157112 күн бұрын

  The interview questions are tailored to the candidate, I believe, so will be relevant to their academic interests. The college only offers humanities and social sciences, however, and no natural sciences.

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  @23PNS12O10 күн бұрын

  @@JesusCollegeOxford1571 THANKS

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  @fnrijufnficnf18215 күн бұрын

  Thanos so much for these videos, just wondering is it worth applying still with an average gcse grade of 7 and a few eights

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157112 күн бұрын

  Provided you are on course to obtain the necessary A-level grades for your chosen course, and that you prep for any other admissions elements (like admissions tests and interview), then, yes, you can be competitive with those GCSEs.

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  @saraahmad622216 күн бұрын

  can I reflect on the mathematical interest I gained from a murder mystery book? does it have to be a book or research paper strictly related to the subject?

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157112 күн бұрын

  You can certainly do that, perhaps as a way to start a personal statement. We want to get to know you a bit, so telling us the true story of how you became interested in maths is fine. But we also want evidence that you are ready to study at university. which means stretching and challenging yourself. This can be with books/research papers, but can also include maths competitions and challenging maths puzzles.

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  @mzk777416 күн бұрын

  IQ scores give good general estimation of someones capabilities, they are useless maybe in your dreams... However, I do understand why they are not used to get accepted to the University.

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  @maciekj657916 күн бұрын

  Thank you so much, both this and other videos this channel provides help sooo much. I am currently in my first year of the IB diploma and Oxford is my dream target uni - however, due to naturally high expectations, stress certainly proves to be a problem! Both this video and many others on this channel help me prepare and feel confident that I'm "doing the right thing" to be competitive in applications Thank you and keep doing what you're doing!

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157116 күн бұрын

  Thank you! I'm glad the video was helpful. All best, M

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  @MikeFuller-ok6ok18 күн бұрын

  There is something very admirable about a decent person doing something good with their life.

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157117 күн бұрын

  Thank you very much!

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  @MikeFuller-ok6ok17 күн бұрын

  @@JesusCollegeOxford1571 It's a pleasure!

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  @chq225218 күн бұрын

  The most important factor!! Passion and enthusiasm indeed 😁

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  @aaabbb-py5xd11 күн бұрын

  How is this even news...

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  @aaabbb-py5xd11 күн бұрын

  How is this even news...

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  @KateBennet-do1ed19 күн бұрын

  My smart habit is watching your wonderful channel ❤

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157118 күн бұрын

  Ah.. thanks!

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  @bubb13scu8719 күн бұрын

  I have a question with your example of learning a court case at 9:54, what do you do with it once you’re done? Do you mention it in your application or do you show them?

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  @JesusCollegeOxford157118 күн бұрын

  Yes, mention it in your application along with your thoughts. It would only take a sentence: "Having read Miller v Prime Minister, I would argue that...." You can also refer to case law at interview, although this is not required, and you MUST make sure it is relevant to the questions you're asked. Don't just throw it in, and be sure to listen intently to the questions posed.