Why High Achievers Fail to Get into Oxbridge Webinar

Every year, hundreds of students with perfect predicted grades are rejected by Oxford and Cambridge. If academic excellence alone isn’t enough, what’s the ‘missing ingredient’ Oxbridge is searching for? 

Speakers

The webinar featured:

• Simon Pedley, Dukes Plus Head of Product, Oxford and UCL graduate, and former Head of Sixth Form and University Admissions Advisor
• Dr Soham Bandyopadhyay, Research Associate at Oxford University Global Surgery Group, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Dr Bruno Marinic, Bye-Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Career Development Fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Content

The webinar covers:

• Why perfect grades are the baseline, not the finish line
• How conducting your own research project can enhance your application
• How to demonstrate academic curiosity and self-directed study

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