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University Interviews; A Window Into Interviews of the Real World

Both University interviews and job interviews are based on the same premise, to see how your mind works and how well suited you are to the task at hand. There are of course things you can do to prepare. Being knowledgeable about the area in question is certainly useful but getting the right answer is not necessarily all that matters. Broken [...]

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Tavistock Tutors want to make sure that the people of London stay smart and up to date with what is going on in the world. Our number one aim as a tutoring agency is to watch our students excel in the subjects they study, the sports they play, the instruments they play and any other activities they focus on. It is [...]

Harrow Common Entrance Exam

Harrow is one of the few remaining schools in the UK whose entire student population boards. It sits alongside Eton at the panicle of the English public school system. Harrow alumni go on to succeed in all walks of life. This is why; despite the economic climate, the number of students seeking places has increased 66% in the last decade. [...]

Eton Common Entrance Exam

Demand for places at Eton has soared by 66% in the last decade. As parents seek, the same quality teaching that produced 19 Prime Ministers and many more famous and successful individuals. With competition for places so fierce, the selection process is predictably tough and complex. Students are invited to pre-selection at the age of 11, which involves a short interview [...]

The Wandsworth Test

The fact that good schools nationwide are chronically oversubscribed is well known. Nowhere, is this more apparent than in London, where there are as many as twenty students per place. To put this into perspective, there are around eight students for every place at Oxbridge and Cambridge University. London’s answer to this problem is, is to supplement catchment areas with [...]

Degree In English

In a sleepy square near Euston there is a gathering of students, relaxed, bright-eyed, optimistic; beyond the shrubbery there is noise, and cars and talking: this is the sunny day in June spent at an open day. You may [...]

Essay Structure

The ability to produce a high quality essay is one of the most sought-after skills amongst students of all levels, and this short article aims to provide hints and tips for those trying to achieve this. Each essay should have a thesis - main argument - which will be used to answer the question posed and link all of the material [...]

Interview in Music at Oxford University

Preparing for an Interview in Music at Oxford University An interview in Music at Oxford University will invariably involve the following: a short performance on an instrument of your choice, and a forty-minute interview. The interview itself is often, although admittedly not always, configured in the following way: the first half is [...]

Revision Timetable

The Pros and Cons of a Revision Timetable Timetables, timetables, timetables. We could spend a whole day with a calculator working out the requirement of hours per topic or subject and then slot them into our lifestyle during crazy revision periods. Some students create unbelievably detailed timetables which even show the time slots of mini [...]

Studying English

In a sleepy square near Euston there is a gathering of students, relaxed, bright-eyed, optimistic; beyond the shrubbery there is noise, and cars and talking: this is the sunny day in June spent at an open day. You may even have Ted Hughes Collected Poems floating about in your bag. No doubt, the lecture theatre you and your companion(s) piled [...]

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University Interviews; A Window Into Interviews of the Real World

#SmartMind

Harrow Common Entrance Exam

Eton Common Entrance Exam

The Wandsworth Test

Degree In English

Essay Structure

Interview in Music at Oxford University

Revision Timetable

Studying English

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Tavistock Tutors Blog

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

University Interviews; A Window Into Interviews of the Real World

#SmartMind

Harrow Common Entrance Exam

Eton Common Entrance Exam

The Wandsworth Test

Degree In English

Essay Structure

Interview in Music at Oxford University

Revision Timetable

Studying English