Student-led projects are demystifying the application process for Oxbridge hopefuls from less privileged backgrounds
Oxford University student Ellie Cassidy will never forget how unprepared and ill at ease she felt before her interview to study geography at Oxford two years ago. “I was terrified. I remember walking in, my heart racing, thinking in my head: turn it off, turn it off. I thought that I had to turn off my scouse accent, or they wouldn’t be able to understand me.”
She was conscious that no one from her Liverpool state school had managed to get into Oxbridge for years. “My school really wanted to help me. They tried their best, but they had no clue about how I should write my personal statement or how the interview worked.”
