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Oxbridge Admissions Consultancy The people from the other sideof the interview table — now on yours.

Founded by an Oxford admissions interviewer and a Cambridge fellow.

Dr. Nikita MakarchevArts
Humanities & Social Sciences

Dr. Nikita Makarchev

Cambridge · HSPS (Politics)
PS-01 · Co-founder · named
  • Former Cambridge HSPS admissions interviewer
  • Former Postdoctoral By-Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge · Cambridge Best Undergraduate Supervisor
  • Harvard BA · Oxford MSc · Cambridge PhD
  • President’s Postdoctoral Scholar, Ohio State University
Named, and open to checking→
Dr. DamrySciences
Sciences & Engineering

Dr. Damry

Former Assistant Dean · Corpus Christi College · Oxford
P-01 · Co-founder · founding tutor
  • Former Oxford Physics lecturer and admissions interviewer
  • BA, MSc and DPhil at Oxford, fully funded
  • Former optical / AI scientist at Microsoft
Teaches and assesses in person→

Sixteen Oxford and Cambridge undergraduate admissions interviewers across fifteen subjects, arts and sciences alike. Apart from the two named founders, members appear by subject code.

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3 – 5students per seminar — everyone gets probed
15subjects, arts and sciences — each with its own interview syllabus
100 %of mock interviews and scoring done by Oxbridge interviewers themselves
Chapter IWhy the interview decides

Grades get a student to the table. The interview decides whether they sit down.

Almost every Oxbridge applicant has a beautiful transcript. What separates them is 25 minutes: the interviewer isn’t checking how much you've memorised, but watching how you think when the question is new, how you take a challenge, and how you correct yourself.

The 10-point grading key Oxbridge college interviewers use · tap a score
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Weighted highestAcademic potential
Dimension IIWider academic interest
Dimension IIIMotivation & enthusiasm
Dimension IVFit for the course
Chapter IIProgrammes & Services

From interview seminars to the full application — an interviewer in the room at every stage.

I.

Oxbridge Interview Seminar

Interviewer-led seminars, one-to-one mocks and a written final assessment. Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Economics, PBS and Law each have their own interview syllabus; students train in their own subject group.

Details → II.

2027 Oxbridge Full Application

15–18 months: academic mentoring, supercurricular planning, 24 admissions-test lessons, personal statement, UCAS and college choice, and 30 interview sessions. Standard or Intensive.

Details → III.

Cambridge College Strategy

Official Cambridge data, published college data and verifiable FOI disclosures, matched to the applicant's profile, into a three-tier shortlist with the reasoning for each college.

Details → IV.

Admissions Tests & Tuition

ESAT summer intensive, LNAT sprint, UK Chemistry Olympiad one-to-one, and Mathematics / Computer Science tutors — taught by Oxbridge or Imperial tutors who scored highly in the same test.

Details → V.

Oxbridge Postgraduate Applications

MSc, MPhil and PhD support in three tiers, with one mentor standard: an Oxford or Cambridge doctorate and real admissions experience. Research direction, documents and application forms, interview and ongoing support — itemised.

Details →

Not sure which tier to start with? Start from where your child is.

Where to start→
Chapter IIIThe faculty at a glance

Everyone who teaches here has made Oxbridge admissions decisions themselves.

Beyond the two named founders, whether to be named publicly is each member’s own decision and most prefer not to be, so they appear by subject and code; names and university profiles are shared by subject, with the tutor’s permission, for parents to verify.

M-01Oxford · Maths & StatisticsSix admissions cycles · sets the questions and the marking N-01Cambridge · Natural SciencesSetter of the NatSci interview question bank E-03Cambridge · EngineeringFormer Director of Studies in Engineering P-02Oxford · PhysicsPAT question setter · Physics interviewer CS-01Cambridge · Computer ScienceAssociate Professor, Computer Laboratory L-03Oxford · LawLNAT marker · Law admissions interviewer MD-01Oxford · MedicineOxford professor for 47 years · founded the modern medical school Browse the full roster→
Chapter IVThree promises you can check

Whoever is named in the brochure is who sits in the seminar room.

I.

Taught by the interviewer

Live probing, live feedback, live model answers — not relayed by an assistant, not a recording.

II.

Deliverables you can verify

Every student finishes with a one-to-one mock and a structured written report: current level, strengths, gaps, next steps.

III.

Credentials stated before you enrol

Every teaching interviewer's record is stated before enrolment; the named founders can be checked independently.

Enquiries · Entry Assessment

Interview day should not be the first time your child sits across from an interviewer.

Talk it through first, decide afterwards. We look at the course, current preparation and timeline, then suggest a class and a starting point.

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