Journal
Notes from the admissions year
Guides and plain advice, written by our advisors. No email wall, no download form.
Guides
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How to build a university shortlist that holds
Five reaches, five targets and no safeties is not a list. Here is how we balance one, and why the order you write it in matters.
Personal statements
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The personal statement is not a list of achievements
What admissions readers actually look for in the first hundred words.
Interviews
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Six questions every Oxbridge interviewer asks
And why the right answer matters less than how you get there.
School entry
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Choosing between day and boarding at 13+
The questions that matter more than the league tables.
US admissions
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The Common App essay, without the clichés
Why the strongest essays are about small things.
Guides
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What to do on results day
A calm plan for the morning the grades arrive.