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[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

@amcanning Lots of hints to pick up, esp paras on subject choice and extra-curricular. Also, how about summer schools? Reading up on Weber?

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

Great article http://t.co/WWKgO8s - how top 4 schools get so many pupils into #oxbridge. Don't worry if you're not at one, but good tips!

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

Hello everyone! Back to the #oxbridge scene after a brief hiatus: we were busy with our exams, and imagine you were too! Any questions??

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

@jackjhaynes But when pooled you still have a second interview to get through, and how many others are pooled there too? Safer to avoid.

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

@jackjhaynes But college choice can make a big difference to your odds of getting in, so we'd say it's worth researching.

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

Careful when planning that summer of travelling - you'll need LOADS of time for reading and college-researching.... #oxbridge

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

@Office_Zombie Yes! (If you do all the other things we suggest as well!)

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

@JackWilde Unfair...

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@Office_Zombie Correct! #Oxbridge is at most the same price as all the other unis, and possibly cheaper as they give out huge bursaries!

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

@naomittm No. It does help if you do, but if special circumstances have left you with lower grades, this will be considered. #oxbridge

[Tutor2u Geoff (FRSA) @tutor2uGeoff]

Currently reading - Royal Economic Society Essay Competition http://is.gd/hbQ2tW - eight days left until deadline #tutor2u #oxbridge #theres

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

Let's try another test! #Oxford and #Cambridge are more expensive than other universities. True or false? #oxbridge

[𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐄 @extons]

@oxbridge2011 Probably explore their opinion - why do they feel this way & opposing argument maybe

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

Great answers from @rawrrreece and @extons. Reward is a retweet! Very important to engage/discuss different viewpoints. #oxbridge

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

Quick test: at the interview the tutor disagrees with something you say. What would you do? Apologise? Ignore? Explore their opinion?

[Jack Haynes @jackjhaynes]

@oxbridge2011 Climate books (Hot Topic is ace; Ice Ages by Imbrie), T. Rex and the Crater of Doom (hilarious title, very readable).

[Jack Haynes @jackjhaynes]

@oxbridge2011 Popular science books are great - broad subject, so needn't be specialist book. Anything by Richard Fortey for palaeobiology.

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

Retweeting some useful tips from @jackjhaynes for potential Earth Scientists out there... #oxbridge

[Oxbridge Applicants @oxbridge2011]

Shiny new username for FB group http://on.fb.me/mKGV23 so you can sail straight there! It's like the Twitter account but with more meat on!