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Your support makes all the difference.The announcement that prospective Cambridge University students will be asked to sit a written test in their subject area from this autumn has caused a considerable stir.
The University reportedly fought against the shake-up, arguing that the AS-level would only provide them with a glimpse of a student’s ability before they had to decide on whether to offer them a place.
Yet a spokesman said he wished to stress that these new assessments will not be used to “deselect” pupils before the infamous interview process: "We will be using the information gleaned alongside what we learn from the interview."
Critics of the Oxbridge interviews have said independent schools are given an unfair advantage because teachers are more likely to be able to coach their students in how to deal with some of the more unusual questions.
Budding lawyers have been asked in past interviews: "If a wife had expressed distaste for it previously, would her husband’s habit of putting marmalade on his egg at breakfast be grounds for divorce?"
Another prospective student reported being asked “what is courage?” to which they said “this” and left the room. (He was given a place for sheer nerve.)
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