The best way to prepare for an Oxbridge Classics interview is through mock interviews. As well as giving you general interview experience, they focus your mind on the types of questions asked at an Oxford or Cambridge Classics interview, teaching you to think in the manner required for the real thing. Below, we have collected a list of questions of the type you will be asked in your Oxbridge Classics interview. Use them to get an awareness of what's expected of you, plan out

As an aspiring Oxbridge Classicist, reading texts in your own first language (probably, although not necessarily English, if you're reading this!) as well as in Latin and possibly Greek (depending on which languages you already know or want to start) is a must. The Oxford and Cambridge Classics courses are marvellously wide-ranging, covering a plethora of Arts, Humanities and Languages strands, so having some idea of exactly where your passions lie is something that can be di