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she did get in, this is a mock interview, she was a current student at the time this was filmed. They act out this scenario to give prospective students an idea of what to expect from interview.

​​@@bubbacalling yes, but i think what the original commentor inquired about is whether or not someone (with a performance similar to the sample candidate in the video) would get into the program.

@@chemicalnamesargon Fair enough, apologies. I think the College is perhaps more likely to put out videos showing successful interviews rather than unsuccessful in the hope of giving tips on what mindset to bring to interview.

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oxbridge acknowledge that many classics applicants havent been able to study the classical languages up to alevel because they arent really offered outside of private schools. also, if she had taken latin or classical greek up to a-level, they def wouldve tested her in that language, but for the sake of the video, they've likely left it in english so that viewers can get a grasp of the format of interviewing without being confused by their lack of understanding of latin. ive seen a similar thing done with mock interviews for modern languages posted online where they have spoken english in sections which they would usually attempt to interview in the target language for the sake of viewers.

@@cat.oii23 yhh I had 2 acc

@@cat.oii23 I already got an offer from Exeter.. but my interview with Cambridge went alright

read the description!

@@ggbjhijgghj YES you are quite right to be censorious of my comment. I had omitted to ' read more ' above. That said, the suspicions I professed turned out to be on the mark. That now being out in the open so to speak, I'm left with the question as to why the college would go to such trouble in order to prove ..... what ? Amongst the material I failed to read is the statement : *Interviews do vary from year to year, and from college to college. Usually there would be two interviewers for Chemistry at Jesus, to give a gender-balanced panel." I'm trying to understand what ' gender balance ' has to do with chemistry.

As someone who just finished a level chem with no desire to continue chemistry I don’t think this is too out the ordinary I followed everything they were talking about comfortably

@@sjsnnsndxdnendnndd5939 Perhaps on a personal level I have bad memories of my time studying Chemistry at Grammar School 1952-54. The Chemistry teacher was one of the worst teachers I have ever encountered. He had the unique quality of confusing the straightforward and emphasizing the obscure. At no point was I ever able to discern any king of pattern anywhere, with the possible exception of homologous series in Organic chemistry. In 1953 I got 55% on the A level, the following year I got 50% at A-level and a miserable failure at S-level the same year. This experience at least was beneficial in that it killed off any residual interest I might have had in the subject. By contrast one of my fellow students at Grammar School went on the read chemistry at a redbrick university where he took a First, and a PhD three years later. After a brief period in industry he went on to eventually a full professorship at an Australian university. Having such a bad teacher in his case motivated him to private study which I am certain is the key to his success.

This is not an unrealistic level of knowledge, especially if you’re a chemistry student with Oxford as an aspiration. I’m only half way through my A-levels and followed it perfectly fine.

Did you get in?

let us know what uni you studied Classics at

well, firstly, this is a mock interview posted to inform prospective applicants about the form of classics interviews, what to expect etc, so it wouldn't be fair to use a latin or greek text as many viewers will have limited knowledge on the languages. secondly, this is an interview to get into university to STUDY classics. oxford and cambridge acknowledge that not everyone has access to classical languages and their study as they generally aren't taught outside of private schools. if this was a real interview and she had taken latin and/or classical greek at alevel, they would have tested her on that, but for the sake of the many viewers without knowledge of the languages and the fact that many have not been able to study them, they didnt.

Undergraduates

sad state of the world we live in, an intelligent young lady who loves the ancient world and all people can do is cut her down. If she had a million followers on tiktok or had an onlyfans she'd be revered. Ridiculous clown world we live in.

lol

a level

i’m not a oxbridge student so take this advice with a grain of salt, i’m currently writing my personal statement for oxbridge and i am including my additional langauges that i’ve studied to show that despite being interested in the specific langauges i’m also interested in the act of learning langauges and linguistics, i think it also shows good time management that you’re able to study other language outside of your school curriculum !!

Yes you can include them.

I'm sure my answer is of little use now, but as a current MML offer-holder at Cambridge, I briefly mentioned in my PS that I have also dabbled in other languages apart from those I have applied for. I did this as it further demonstrates a linguistic interest and that I've done an array of language-related things outside of my school curriculum. However, due to the word limit, I kept it short and simple so that I still focused on the languages I was applying for.

really? I graduated 24 years ago (UK) and the skeletal formula was standard then for organic chemistry, and I believe a few years before that

@@hungryhog1 hi, did you watch this whole video. If this skeletal formula expression was popular for long time in the UK, why the professor needed to ask the student that did she happy with this expression? Also when they discussed the mechanism, they also switched to carbon symbols expression sometime instead of the skeletal form. My point was that professors/education department in the UK tried to teach/use skeletal formula in the early stage such as in A level not from university level in the recent decade I found.

@@dyiu38 Thats simply because students first learn non skeletal formular up to the age of 16 in the uk as it's simpler, as you only learn to draw things like methanol, ethanol. Then at 17 you start to learn skeletal formula, at the time of the interview, a typical candidate would have only first learnt about it in the last 6-8 months and only one simple organic module, therefore, not guaranteed to be properly fluent with it. However, for undergraduate degree skeletal is the only formula in use as this is the case for the whole scientific community, nothing to do with the UK starting to adopt it.

@@CP-lh2mn Are you familiar with the UK chemistry education in A level (age 17-18) in a longer period? Please check the past exam papers (such as edexel and AQA) in 2008 or before. They primarily used carbon symbols not the skeletal formula in the exam questions. In addition, are you sure the skeletal formula is the only one used in undergraduate level in the whole world?? Please check some organic college text books (such as Solomons and Fryhle Organic chemistry Eight edition), it is very common to see those carbon symbols for the mechanism demonstrations etc...in it. Of course I am pretty sure this skeletal formula that is used conveniently in the organic chemistry publications though and later undergraduate teaching after familiar with the basic carbon symbols expression.

Yes, it is for UG. Obviously one would expect a PG level candidateto be quizzed a lot more more rigorously than this.

why do you say that?

Yeh I thought that 😂 maybe I should consider applying for oxbridge

@@alecneate76 exactly!

Any university will accept you if you have the money. Its all politics and money now.

@@laqueefasteinberg4981 is it heck

@@laqueefasteinberg4981 no way your name is laqueefa

yes, I think so. maybe before the interview, you have like 10 min to go over the material, but I think it depends because for some subjects you get sent the document like the evening before or something

I completely agree, she could’ve said something like the archeological experience reminds her of the fact that these people, despite being studied in school on pages of an exercise book, were truly human and lived just like us. Therefore the literature and their experiences can be compared to the modern day.

she got into Jesus college so your comment is a waste of time

Well I'm a student at Oxford not for language though, but prepare for your interview 2-3 years in advance and try and work on fluent speak with no stuttering of questions about a subject you think you will be picking. I took 10-15 seconds brake in between the questions I was asked to properly conduct myself to answer the questions perfectly. Last tip would be to act like devil's advocate and calmly propose 2 answers to a question, saying why that is the answer and the background and alternative to other answers.

hey! when preparing to apply for a beginners language, the most important thing you can do is look at and practice MLAT/language aptitude admissions tests - the focus will be more on grammar as a whole, rather than the beginners language you're applying for. For more information, please visit our JCR website (there are contact details for our access rep, and tons of resources to help with applying): www.jesusoxfordjcr.com/admissions-tests

At school, you don't read books in French just passages during exams, for example. Of course he has read French in general. I think he may have meant that he hadn't had to interpret French at that high of a level before.

Mikey is a current student at Jesus College!

@@jesuscollegejcroxford9646 wow, he must have been nervous. i was surprised at how basic the interview was, particularly the french part of the interview.

@@hemikiwi817 It's just a basic mock interview, he was acting to be honest.

Obviously this relies on prior knowledge, this is common sense. The interview tests how solid your a level knowledge is and how you can apply it to abstract problems. Extra reading may help, and if you're applying to Oxbridge without doing extra reading then maybe you shouldn't be applying.

Everyone in France knows about 'untouchables', so I can't believe said that😂. And then she continues to pretend that she's learning about the film for the first time hahaha, scandaleusement hilarante!!

It's actually a very funny movie so he was right

Haydnz that’s because they are doing a mock and just showing the interview structure for modern languages, in a real interview they may do much more French like the interviewer said later, they just wanted to make the video accessible to more people eg German students or joint degrees with languages

You can't just base everything on conversational ability - otherwise bilingual students would take all of the places. Not to mention speaking in a foreign language can be really nerve-wracking, even when not under interview. It is much fairer to assess his reading comprehension and to ensure he has the necessary level to start with - and they're probably looking for indications that he is around upper B1, lower B2.

The Oxford modern languages degree is heavily focused on literature. There are other measures of linguistic ability used: Oxford's language test, A Level, etc.

@Carl Yelland umm the erasmus scheme means students studying at university spend one year abroad in that country speaking the language so most people are pretty fluent in the end

@@glowy303 do you know if a translation degree has a similar interview structure. Do they ask similar questions?

Probably not

al ex Hey I would recommend contacting student support via email and asking this, they can tell you in more detail what you need

No, UK universities (Oxford especially) will not give offers based on sports or extracurricular - your academic aptitude trumps all.

Daisy The Dinosaur ICHO means International Chemistry Olympiad

no. fuck off

Vihan Jain did you have to speak French at all in the interview?

Destinee May yeah a few questions like “why do you want to study French?” and some translation work I think

You can study one language at beginners level and one language at normal university level?

Kirsty yes, at least at Oxbridge!

What were you asked about in your beginner's language interview?