Overall offers includes candidates who applied for a Joint School, but were offered a place for History. The individual breakdown for joint school applications shortlisted and offered places in History is:
Applications
Shortlisted for History
Offers in History
History & Economics
139
9
5
History & English
104
2
4
History & Modern Languages
97
5
5
History & Politics
370
24
19
Total
1706
40
33
Scoring and ranking during admissions
Candidates are given scores and ranks at two stages in the application process: at the shortlisting stage and after the interviews at the first college. Scores in admissions tests, GCSEs, written work, and interview are combined to provide a framework for assessing candidates, but tutors also take into account the individual circumstances and potential abilities of each candidate.
Contextualised GCSE 9/8/A* score (cGCSE)
The contextualised GCSE score provides information about how well and applicant has performed at GCSE compared to other applicants, given the performance of the school at which they took their GCSEs. It can be useful for identifying applicants from low performing schools who have achieved fewer top grades than other applicants, but more than would be expected for an average applicant from that school. Candidates without a cGCSE score will be included in the ranking using the information available.
The ranking calculations for each course are given below.
History (Single Honours)
Application Stage
Contextualised GCSE score
History Aptitude Test (HAT)
History Written Work
History Interview
Shortlisting
50%
50%
Post-Interview
30%
30%
10%
30%
Ancient and Modern History
Application Stage
Contextualised GCSE score
HAT
History Written Work
History Interview
Classics Interview
Shortlisting
50%
50%
Post-Interview
30%
30%
10%
15%
15%
History and Economics
Application Stage
Contextualised GCSE score
HAT
TSA
History Written Work
History Interview
Economics Interview
Shortlisting
33%
33%
33%
Post-Interview
20%
20%
20%
10%
15%
15%
History and English
Application Stage
Contextualised GCSE score
HAT
ELAT
History Written Work
English Written Work
History Interview
English Interview
Shortlisting
33%
33%
33%
Post-Interview
18.3%
18.3%
18.3%
7.5%
7.5%
15%
15%
*Owing to disruption to the ELAT, test scores were not used in 2023-24. Candidates were ranked as below.
Application: cGCSE 37.5%; HAT 47.5%; English written work 15%
Post-interview: cGCSE 21.4% HAT 21.4% History written work 10.5%; English written work 10.5%; History interview 18.1%; English interview 18.1%
History and Modern Languages
Application stage
cGCSE
HAT
MLAT
Shortlisting
33%
33%
33%
HML candidates are given a guide score by the Modern Languages Faculty post-interview, and this is used to guide decisions on offers, in consultation with History tutors.
