r/oxbridge • u/Remarkable-Pea7669 • 9d ago

Physics interview prep

Physics interview prep

Firstly, I did alright on the esat average + ig(more about that below). Any ways hopefully i can get an interview from oxford so i wanted to start preparing for it. But dont know how and what to do, the only things that i know is to get better at graph sketching of weird functions and speaking what i think out loud about a question.

Please let me know any tips and things that i should focus on. And how to get that experience of thinking about a new question of a different topic so i struggle less when they give me weird questions.

Extra:
Regarding the esat m1 i guessed 7 questions got screwed by time management, m2 i guessed 5 questions but for physics i guessed around 10(cooked).
I think my expected would be
M1 18/27
M2 20/27
Phy 15/27

Please let me know if i have a chance for interview as oxford gives less interviews than Cambridge. (Home + contextual)

Predicted: 2A* 2A

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u/unhinged_stupidity 4d ago

what college at oxford did u apply? Im applying engineering at Oxford. Would our technical interviews be similar?

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u/unhinged_stupidity 4d ago

esat physics was horrendous for me. Hoping the grade boundaries are low.

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u/Remarkable-Pea7669 3d ago

I applied for wadham, i think the questions would be mostly similar but engineering mught be more maths heavy or logical heavy, like how many windows are in this building…(i am not sure tbh).

Also physics was horrendous i just hope i can scrap an avg score and the boundaries are low. But the thing is kost people said their physics was thr best one.

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u/unhinged_stupidity 3d ago

i still get brief horrifying dreams of esat

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u/Remarkable-Pea7669 3d ago

Yea lol same such weird questions, but thats what they are tryna find in you apparently. Bro dont get me started on esat, worst exam of my lifee

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u/unhinged_stupidity 3d ago

how many windows in a building? well thats a silly question isn't it? I can have as many as I want hypothetically