ELAT Basics: The Complete Guide
This comprehensive ELAT guide aims to help you better understand what the ELAT is and how you can ensure you score highly on the Admissions Test.
Successful Personal Statement For English At Cambridge
Read through a successful English Personal Statement for Cambridge with a full analysis by Oxbridge Tutors. Find out why the Personal Statement helped the candidate to receive a Cambridge offer.
Successful Personal Statement For Oxford English Language And Literature
Read through a successful English Personal Statement for Oxford with a full analysis by Oxbridge Tutors. Find out why the Personal Statement helped the candidate to receive an Oxford offer.
ELAT Tips: What your child needs to know to prepare
ELAT Tips: What your child needs to know to prepare for the ELAT. We’ve put together our top ELAT tips on what your child needs to know before taking the test. From the format to how your child should prepare, we’ve got all the information you need to know to help you through this first step of the application process.
Preparing for the Unknown: Oxbridge Interviews (English)
Reparing for the unknown: Oxbridge Interviews (English). When Harry Potter and his friends realise that dark and dangerous times are coming, they organise a group – Dumbledore’s Army – where they can practice defensive magic to prepare for battle. However, as Hermione reminds Hermione, the most important advice Harry offers the DA is that no amount of rote learning can protect you from the unexpected.
The English Interview: Close Reading
Interviews for English Literature often ask for the ‘close reading’ of a passage or text. I share some thoughts on how to do this well, and how to move beyond the methods learnt at school.