Each year, tests are vetted by a committee which involves secondary school teachers so that they reflect current teaching aims and practices. The proposed list of all applicants not to be shortlisted was available to all Colleges for a period of 4 days before the shortlist was finalised. Submissions | University of Oxford 'e]Q@C4@R)A V+ During the interviews, candidates were given the opportunity to demonstrate their motivation and commitment, and their capacity for the sustained study of language and literature. 0000000793 00000 n A small number of candidates were unable to take the BMAT due to extenuating circumstances about which we were informed via the CAAT special considerations process. 32 eligible applicants applied for deferred entry (31 in 2021). The admissions process as a whole is designed to identify which candidates possess them in the greatest measure: Motivation and commitment along with capacity for sustained study of language and literature. Interviewers will be looking for evidence of the candidates potential for development in the following four areas: Understanding:this can be shown in (for example) a candidates ability to listen carefully, to analyse problems, to identify the premises and conclusions of arguments, and to express in their own words someone elses ideas. Others who failed to register or who did not sit the test and did not have exceptional circumstances were notified that their application was no longer under consideration. Some candidates were unable to sit the test in schools, and sat it at home with remote invigilation. The Chemistry Department operates various procedures in a coordinated effort to ensure that the strongest applicants are admitted to the University irrespective of College choice. Once college blinding is removed, Colleges also have the opportunity to add candidates who were not selected by the FSC to their shortlists. Although the content of interviews varies between interviewing panels, all interviewers asked detailed questions about subjects, objects, data or written/graphic material that the interviewees are not expected to recognise or have studied before. 2.1.3. Short-listing is therefore followed by a reallocation process, in which applicants are transferred from first-choice colleges with a large ratio of applicants per place, to colleges with a smaller ratio of applicants per place. It is very hard for applicants to assess their own interview performance and we know from conversations with accepted students that it is extremely common for applicants to think that interviews which have actually gone well even very well have gone badly.