About four to eight weeks after you have submitted your application, a letter will drop through your door. At this stage you will find out whether you have been called for interview.
If you haven’t, don’t despair. There’s always next year or another university. It’s really not the end of the world.
If you have been called for interview – congratulations! Now make the most of the opportunity presented to you and do your preparation to make the experience a positive one.
Prepare properly: the practicalities
Leave plenty of time to get to your first appointment
Arrive at least half an hour earlier than you planned to. You do not want to turn up stressed and sweating. It’s always worth assuming the worst case scenario and arriving with plenty of time to spare.
Know where your interview is taking place
When you arrive and are given the location of your interview room, go and find out exactly where it is.
Dress as if you’ve made an effort
You don’t have to wear a suit but you should look clean and not crumpled. This is not the occasion for girls to show off their cleavage, wear very short skirts or shorts, and it’s probably best for both sexes to leave the football strip in the drawer. Brushing your hair is usually a good thing too.
To save yourself the trouble, just wear your normal school uniforms (assuming they are clean, neat and ironed).
Don’t relax too much!
If you meet up with friends, please don’t go out and party. You will not do well at your interview the next morning and tutors will be predictably unsympathetic if you turn up the worse for wear.
[Date] 1 Getting into Oxford & Cambridge 2014 Entry by Jenny Blaiklock Prepare properly: the interview
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