Classics @ Merton, Oxford in 2018

Interview format

4x 30 min interviews, each 1 day apart

Interview content

Wide-ranging discussion of classical poetry

Best preparation

Unseen practice

Advice in hindsight

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Final thoughts

Know stuff on personal statement; try to relax.

Remember this advice isn't official. There is no guarantee it will reflect your experience because university applications can change between years. Check the official Cambridge and Oxford websites for more accurate information on this year's application format and the required tests.

Also, someone else's experience may not reflect your own. Most interviews are more like conversations than tests and like, any conversation, they are quite interactive.

Interview Format

Test taken: CAT

Number of interviews: 4

Skype interview: No

Time between each interview: 1 day

Length of interviews: 30 minutes each

What happened in your interview? How did you feel?

We had a wide ranging discussion of classical love poetry, focusing on ideas originally proposed in my personal statement.

How did you prepare?

I practised analysing unseen sources.

What advice do you have for future applicants?

Looking back, what advice would you give to your past self?

Just make sure you know a lot about what’s on your personal statement and try to relax.