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Oxford Medicine Interview Questions

One of the Bright Young Things Tutors recalls their Oxford Interview for Medicine:Oxford Medicine Lady Margeret Hall and Christ ChurchDespite applying to Christ Church I was offered accommodation in my automatically assigned second choice college...

Spanish and Portuguese Cambridge Interview

A BYT Tutor’s interview questions for Cambridge Spanish and Portuguese undergraduate course:Cambridge 2002, 2003 Trinity Hall (2002), Fitzwilliam (2003)\\“I applied to study Spanish and Portuguese at Cambridge twice, and was ‘pooled’ both times. I...

Oxford Classics Interview Questions

A BYT Tutor’s experience of applying to study classics at Oxford.This is their interview experience and questions asked:Oxford Classics New CollegeRobin Lane-Fox, Paolo Crivelli, Jane Lightfoot \\“Classics standard:Two or three interviews split: ...

PPE Oxford Interview Questions

A BYT tutor’s experience applying for PPE at Oxford .Oxford PPE, Christ Church and Somerville, interviewed by Hugh Rice,At Christ Church College, Oxford I was given a question on Sikhs being required by law to wear motorcycle helmets (individual l...

How to manage stress during exam season

A bit of stress is perfectly normal during exam season. It can trigger your ‘fight or flight response’, giving you an extra push so you perform at your best. But when your stress becomes unrelenting, where you’re constantly anxious without any sig...

Maidenhead Tuition centre Train station

Some members and prospective members may have seen the first ever 48 sheet advert of a tuition centre in the UK at the Maidenhead train station.We are proud to be pushing boundaries and are thrilled to offer high quality tuition at a affordable pr...

History Oxford interview questions

The second part of History Interview questions at Oxford by one of the BYT Tutors.Oxford History\\ St Catherines College; interview by Tom Pickles and Gervais Rosser together and by Marc Mulholland and another professor who did not teach at St Cat...

BYT tutors and The Access project

For the second time, we had the access project in our London Tuition centre with our star tutor James Weber.James gave members of the Access project an afternoon of top quality Maths lessons.James is one of a growing band of** BYT tutors** who are...

Oxford Cambridge Classics

A BYT tutor applied to both Oxford and Cambridge in Classics. This was her experience:Cambridge and Oxford 2004 and 2005 respectivelyHead of Classics at Peterhouse, Cambridge; and Head of Classics at Jesus College, OxfordAt my Cambridge interview,...

Head office jobs at Bright Young Things

BYT is hiring! Come and join the head office team. \If you are interested please contact Constance@brightyoungthings.co.uk with a short cover letter and CV.The role:Bright Young Things is seeking an engaging and enthusiastic recent graduate who is...

Maidenhead Tuition Centre - 6 months in

6 Months review of Maidenhead.Starting in Dec 2017, the Maidenhead tuition centre has developed a reputation for high quality learning in a suitably focussed learning enviroment.Ed. Webster the BYT’s operations director is thrilled with the result...

Law at Oxford

Two Bright Young Things tutors who studied Law at Oxford give their experiences at interview:1)Oxford Law Jesus College,Interviewed by: Peter Clarke and Peter MirfieldBy way of introduction, I had one interview, lasting 20 minutes. I wasn’t given ...

Beyond Shakespeare Hamlet Revision Course

We were thrilled with the A level revision course on Hamlet last week.With parents commenting on how successful the evening was.Parents testimonials included:Chris found the seminar very good (actually ‘cool’ so high praise!). He thought Charlie ...

English Oxford undergraduate interview questions

Two BYT English tutors give their experiences at the Oxford interview for their English undergraduate course:1)Cambridge English Literature \Downing College, Dr. Cathy Philips, Dr. Marcus Tomlison, Dr.Will Poole.We had a 45 minute unseen prac crit...

Oxford History undergraduate interview

Two BYT history tutors give their Oxford History undergraduate interview experiences and the questions asked of them:Oxford History, Oriel College - interviewed by Dr Cattow, Leif DixonBefore the interview I sat the History Aptitude Test and hande...

Balliol College Oxford for Classics as an undergraduate.

A tutor’s experience of being interviewed at Balliol College, Oxford for Classics as an undergraduate candidate.Balliol College interviewed by: Oliver Lyne, Osmind Murray, Rosalind Thomas, Kinch HoekstraThe Experience:Interview 1:I was not given a...

BMAT questions Tutor

Many of the BYT tutors have both passed as well as tutored for the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) and UKCAT exams. \Here is some sample questions for the BMAT that the tutors have given for the blog.Section 1:Alex scored 147 out of a total of 2...

Come and work at BYT: Revision courses and events manager job

Here at Bright Young Things Tuition we are building out our events and revision courses for throughout the year.If you are interested please send your CV and a short cover letter toWoody ‘at’ brightyoungthings.co.ukSee below for job description:\W...

Cambridge Natural Sciences undergraduate interview questions

Cambridge Natural Sciences undergraduate interview questions. \\A BYT tutor reviewing their own experience of the Natural science interview:St Johns CollegeInterview:They could tell from my personal statement that I was more interested in physics ...

Medicine undergraduate Oxford Interview questions

Medicine undergraduate Oxford Interview questions, interview experience and advice written by one of our tutors:This is the first part of the series. The second addition to Oxford medicine interview experience can be found on this link below.https...

Chinese and Geography Cambridge Trinity College Interview Questions

Chinese 2005/ Geography 2007 at Cambridge Trinity College Interview Questions:Trinity College/ Chinese - Dr Daruvala, Dr Steryx/Geography - Dr Spencer, Dr Mawdsley ,1st interview. Asked to look at a sheet of Chinese characters and pick out a sel...

Italian and French Oxford Undergraduate Course interview questions

Italian and French Oxford Undergraduate Course interview questionsOxford University, St. Peters and Lincoln College:Dr Dorigatti, Mr Southworth, Dr Conde, Dr Nitschke at Lincoln for Italian**Questions asked at Interview: **I was given a poem of a...

Cambridge English Literature undergraduate interview

Cambridge English Literature;Interviewers:Downing College, Dr. Cathy Philips, Dr. Marcus Tomlison, Dr.Will Poole.“We had a 45 minute unseen prac crit at the beginning of the interview day followed by one interview with Dr. Philips and one with Dr....

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia

1 in 5 children are born with dyslexia, but many go undiagnosed and supported for years. To spark discussion about this issue,Jessica Narowlansky presents ‘The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia’ as part of an ongoing series of talks, workshops and ...

Beyond Shakespeare - small group workshops for A Level Students | Book now

Workshop DetailsBright Young Things presents ‘Beyond Shakespeare’: a series of small group seminars for A Level students. Led by one of our leading Shakespeare tutors, these classes will cover not only the key texts, but their historical, social a...