Where are we in the cycle, and what happens next?
Applications for 2027 entry go in during October 2026. Below are the published dates for this cycle and which part of each we are responsible for. Dates are taken from the Oxford and Cambridge websites; those pages are the authority.
- Settle on the course and a target college
- Start test preparation (ESAT / TMUA / LNAT / UCAT)
- First draft of the personal statement
Baseline assessment: one assessed mock, written scoring and a parent debrief — so you know where the answer actually sits today. Seminars run year-round.
- 15 Sep · LNAT registration closes (Law)
- 16 Sep · UCAT registration closes; sit it by 24 Sep (Medicine)
- 28 Sep · ESAT / TMUA registration closes
- Finalise the statement; references
Seminars I–III: orientation, method, then live practice — one or two a week over several weeks. It runs alongside test preparation.
- 12–16 Oct · ESAT / TMUA / TARA window; Oxford’s tests sit alongside. Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau do not get all five days — see the note below
- 15 Oct, 6pm UK · UCAS deadline
- By 15 Oct · last date to sit the LNAT
- 22 Oct, 6pm UK · My Cambridge Application closes
The weeks between the test and the invitation are the easiest to waste. Method training and one-to-one mocks go in here, rather than waiting for the invitation.
- Colleges send interview invitations
- Some courses ask for written work
You can register early for the December Sprint. Note that the course does not affect whether an invitation arrives: that turns on test scores and academic materials.
- Cambridge: most college interviews fall in the first three weeks
- Oxford: interviews online
December Sprint: one-to-one mocks with former Oxbridge interviewers, five or more, each scored in writing. The Full Programme adds an interview-week clinic.
- Oxford: decisions on Tuesday 12 January
- Cambridge: 27 January, for those interviewed in December
Nothing to do here. Everything that could be done was done in the rows above.
- Results; places confirmed
If it does not go the right way, the baseline assessment works for a reapplication too: find the gap first, then decide.
The Cambridge and Oxford pages are authoritative; dates differ by course, so check them before registering.
Candidates in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau do not get the full five-day window.
The 12–16 October window is the global one. UAT-UK restricts these regions separately: ESAT and TMUA run on two days each and TARA on one, so candidates cannot pick freely across the five days. A student sitting both ESAT and TMUA will almost certainly sit them on different days — and a wrong choice at booking means waiting for the January sitting.
Booking closes 28 September, 6pm UK; results 16 November. The UAT-UK site is the authority.
Where you are in the cycle decides where you come in.
You are not buying contact hours.
You are buying a written assessment from a former Oxbridge interviewer: where the answer stands now, how far it is from offer-level, and what to train next. The course exists to get your child into that assessment in the best shape. The fee varies by programme and by how many mocks it includes; we quote it after the entry assessment rather than publishing it here.
- One assessed mock
- Written scoring
- A parent debrief
- Credited in full against any programme
- Three interviewer-led seminars
- Three one-to-one mocks, each with written feedback
- A final assessment report
- A parent debrief
- Everything in Foundation
- Five seminars in total
- Six one-to-one mocks in total
- An interview-week clinic
- Everything in the Full Programme
- Mocks increased to twenty
- One-to-one support across the season
- Answered by a former interviewer in the same subject
Seminars run with three to five students; below three we postpone or refund in full. Fees are quoted and settled in RMB, with GBP accepted. The course does not affect whether an interview invitation arrives — that turns on test scores and academic materials.
And a few cases where we would tell you not to enrol yet.
A good fit
- Applying to Oxbridge for 2026 / 2027 entry, with the course already decided
- Grades are there; the interview has never been trained
- Can do the questions, but comes apart under follow-ups
- Wants a written assessment and a training list before the interview season
Not yet
- Anyone hoping for model answers to memorise
- The course is still undecided, so no track fits
- Anyone who cannot join the live seminars and only wants recordings