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Thinking Of A Future In Performing Arts?

When considering a future in the arts - there are a lot of options to consider.
At GCSE and A level a lot of the exam is writing essays about performance and collecting research material. If students are looking to become professional actors but also wanting to finish their academic life by going to university - whilst the subject may be [...]

Oxbridge interview – Biological science

The Oxbridge trial – the expectation, the compromised nervous system, the loss of your own body weight in sweat, and, oooooo look! the Harry Potter buildings, the fact you think the trajectory of your entire life hangs in the balance of a performance of a lifetime. The nonsense talked about it. The misinformation. First of all, well done you. You have [...]

Surviving Medical School Exams

Getting into medical school is the equivalent of winning a golden ticket to many – all the hard work organising work shadowing and volunteering, and gaining straight A*s at A Level finally paid off. The summer before I started medical school, I spent endless hours imagining how much fun I would have going to parties, playing sports and meeting interesting [...]

English Interviews at Oxford

From Formal Hall to the Boat Race, from graduation ceremonies conducted in Latin to the Time Ceremony - an annual event in which students from Merton College walk backwards around a quad drinking port in order (supposedly) to repair the damage to the spacetime continuum caused by the clocks going back – Oxford loves its traditions. As an institution, it [...]

The Politics of Subject Choice: A Classical Apology

.I have always found my choice to study Classics at University to be reliably greeted by one of two responses: that of my parents’ (older, more conservative) generation - a respectful, reverent and appreciative awe, and that of my friends’ (younger, more left-leaning) generation - a bemused, vaguely mocking sense of surprise and confusion What happened to Classics? Why does [...]

A Formula for Success in Physics: More Letters, Fewer Numbers.

One of the worst habits a student can develop in his first year of physics is to fill his worksheet with line after line of numbers. I think this approach is a big mistake; it may work for the simple problems one sees in the first few weeks or months of physics, but when the questions start [...]

Studying Economics

In the last few years Economics’ credibility as a subject has been somewhat undermined. The financial crisis and the global recession that followed have lead many to question the validity of its methodology - why did nobody notice what was happening? What is the point in economics if we can’t foresee events such as these? To me, though, this is [...]

Is Oxbridge For Me?

Looking back on my first memories of Cambridge, walking through the grandiose stone archways, along pathways bordered by perfectly manicured lawns (not to be walked upon!), dwarfed by the looming shadow of King’s magnificent chapel, my initial impression was of a historic attraction to be gawped at, not a place where students lived and worked. Certainly not students like me [...]

5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Uni

For me, applying for university felt like a long and often confusing process. Many of the open days blurred into one and there were so many questions I was told to think about; campus or non-campus, 3-year or 4-year course, catered or self-catered halls, the list goes on. No matter how much information and advice you are bombarded with, whether [...]

10 Tips For The SAT

Are you applying to university in America? 10 tips concerning the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) The SAT is a standardised test that claims to assess a pupil’s readiness to entire university studies. The three main sections of the test are, critical reading, mathematics, and writing. There are ten subsections of the test, however, only nine sections will be marked. The unmarked [...]

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Thinking Of A Future In Performing Arts?

Oxbridge interview – Biological science

Surviving Medical School Exams

English Interviews at Oxford

The Politics of Subject Choice: A Classical Apology

A Formula for Success in Physics: More Letters, Fewer Numbers.

Studying Economics

Is Oxbridge For Me?

5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Uni

10 Tips For The SAT

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Tavistock Tutors Blog

Some helpful blog pieces and articles for our students and tutors.

Thinking Of A Future In Performing Arts?

Oxbridge interview – Biological science

Surviving Medical School Exams

English Interviews at Oxford

The Politics of Subject Choice: A Classical Apology

A Formula for Success in Physics: More Letters, Fewer Numbers.

Studying Economics

Is Oxbridge For Me?

5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Uni

10 Tips For The SAT