Overall, approximately 27.3% of applicants who made complete applications were shortlisted (25.7% in 2021). Every short-listed candidate has two interviews given by a first-choice college and one given by a randomly allocated second-choice college. The marks achieved by applicants who sat the main PAT test ranged from 3% to 97%, with a mean mark of 51.2% (43.1% in 2021 and 49.5% in 2020) and a standard deviation of 16.9% (17.7% in 2021, 15.9% in 2020). All shortlisted Merton candidates had two interviews in the college, one focusing on the Management aspect of the course and the other on the Economics aspect. TSA results were released in early January 2023. (For further information please consult the relevant Modern Languages section.). DPhil (PhD) Information, Communication and the Soc DPhil (PhD) Sustainable Urban Development, DPhil (PhD) Medieval and Modern Languages, DPhil (PhD) Classical Languages and Literature, DPhil (PhD) Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, DPhil (PhD) Women's and Reproductive Health. The results were released on 10 January 2022 and you can find more information about this at: https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/admissions-tests/elat. Candidates were selected usingstandard selection criteria for History and the relevant joint schools. Reallocation is carried out on the faculty MLAD database. Ultimately, 200 offers were made for entry in 2023. Interviews are academic in nature. 12.6% of applicants taking A-levels were studying Chemistry plus just one more science or maths subject. 0000025813 00000 n
The test is set to a defined syllabus and both the content and draft questions are checked by school teachers to ensure that the level is appropriate. Web1543 (96.7%) successfully registered to sit the Mathematics Admissions Test (MAT) by the registration deadline, which was at 18:00 GMT on 15 October 2020. You may also wish to consult thepages on specific subjects. Approximately 1% of interviews are scored as 10. Colleges are set deselection targets so that across all colleges at least 2.75 applicants per place are shortlisted. The applicants performance in each interview is judged according to the admissions criteria, codified on a numeric scale against agreed descriptors, and shared among all tutors involved in admissions, together with the applicants UCAS forms and their test results. The score and any comments are added to the shared web-based database. 62.1% of shortlisted applicants were domiciled in the UK; 5.7% were domiciled in the EU; 32.2% were domiciled outside the EU or UK. ANNUAL ADMISSIONS STATISTICAL REPORT They are intended to inform those planning applications in the future and also to provide to unsuccessful candidates, their referees, schools and families with an indication as to the most likely reasons they were not selected in this round. It is aimed primarily at assessing the candidates potential for future development. Following interviews, colleges ranked all the candidates they had seen, on the basis of all information available to them at that time. WebSummary of the 2021/22 University of Oxford Admissions Process for the subjects; Mathematics, Mathematics & Statistics, Mathematics & Philosophy, and Mathematics & It is one consequence of that process that some candidates may receive an offer of a place from another college instead of their first-choice college. The vast majority of our applicants are very talented, with exemplary academic backgrounds. 29 shortlisted female applicants were offered places, making up 21.5% of the total offers. Interview performance is judged according to the following criteria: Evidence of independent thinking about literature, Readiness and commitment to read widely with discrimination. Maths and physics elements are mixed together into a single two-hour paper. //-->Oxford Annual Admissions Report Released | New College The coordinators manually reallocated a few candidates in those languages before running the automated reallocation system. Many interviews will focus on an unseen passage that a candidate receives shortly before the start of the interview. As a result of this process, 80 additional applicants were added to the shortlist. Candidates were selected using standard selection criteria and admissions procedures. In applying these criteria, the main concern is to identify proven competence in the language(s) along with future promise and aptitude in literary and cultural studies. The top 50% of applicants are automatically shortlisted for interview. 0000015885 00000 n
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gc[c:w- c1q8l_AX."d>w ; Js`(SO />i`{yK?8x\|M=Y'zIL:idxW Grades form part of shortlisting discussions and also final decision meetings, alongside a range of other data (including personal statements, references, academic track record and predicted grades where applicable). More details are shown in the graph above (this only includes marks on the main PAT test). The majority of candidates who applied were called for interview. Following shortlisting, which is conducted in line with the quota imposed on the Medical School by the UK Government for the available international places, 36 of these applicants were shortlisted and 8 applicants received an offer for 2023. These were taken into account in making shortlisting and offer decisions. These include complete transparency of all information gained about each applicant, supported by an online information system, and a final meeting where the strongest unplaced applicants are identified and open offers are agreed. These decisions are then communicated to the respective College offices for dissemination to shortlisted applicants. The Physics Departments Report on the Physics Admissions Exercise 2022, available below or as published on the Departments website, provides details of the shortlisting procedure, including statistics from the Physics Aptitude Test (PAT). In recent years, a contextualised GCSE(cGCSE) score produced by the University has also been used as part of the shortlisting. The most common A-Level subjects studied by interviewees were English Literature, History, and Mathematics. The Faculty additionally operated a coordinated reallocation procedure, in accordance with the Universitys Common Framework for Admissions, designed to ensure that the best candidates stood an equitable chance of being offered an academic place at Oxford, irrespective of their college preference. Reallocation has been practised by the University for many years, assuring that all strong applicants have the same chance of obtaining places at Oxford, although possibly not at their first-choice college. 164 (68.9%) offered A-level Computer Science or Computing. Other (including unknown): 37 (18%), The gender breakdown of those given offers is as follows: 0000012965 00000 n
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Oxford University is pleased to publish its fifth Annual Admissions Statistical Report. This gives information on the students who have applied to our undergraduate courses, received offers and been admitted, over the last five admissions years between 2017 and 2021. The assessment of candidates at the pre-interview stage is based on the following six criteria: It is important to note that weakness in one of these areas may be compensated by exceptional strength elsewhere, as well as by extenuating circumstances (medical conditions, recent bereavements, etc.). Where an applicant for a joint honours degree has performed strongly in one of their subjects but will not be made an offer for the joint degree, tutors may consider offering them a place for a relevant single honours degree. In light of the competition for places, the purpose of shortlisting is to provide time, during the December interview window, to guarantee that all shortlisted applicants receive at least two interviews. In total 1015 (894 last year) applications were received in 2022 for Chemistry. Communication: willingness and ability to express ideas clearly and effectively both in writing and orally; ability to listen and to give considered responses. Successful offer holders averaged a result of 49.5. These are designed to cover the anticipated withdrawal rate of applicants who are made an offer and subsequently either decline the offer or fail to make the offer conditions. Oxford, OX1 4JD This was the Languages and Literature interview outlined above. College tutors seek advice from Admissions tutors or the Admissions Office in making other offers. The average score for Oxford applicants answering questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 was: 65.2 (69.5) amongst shortlisted applicants; 71.5 (73.5) amongst successful applicants. They were assessed against the published criteria on their overall communication skills and, where appropriate, on their oral competence in the relevant language(s). In 2022, weightings were: section 1=40%, section 2=40%, and section 3=20%.