Your PAT score can make the difference between whether you reach your Oxford interview or not. Though this is intimidating, as with all exams, practice and preparation can make a real difference to your performance.
General information about the PAT can be found from the University here and from the PAT homepage here. More information on the PAT syllabus can be found here. However, to give you a hand, we’ve condensed everything you need to know into this page of crucial facts and figures.
The Physics Aptitude Test is a hand-written test where calculators and tables are not allowed.
The paper contains a mixture of multiple choice questions and free-form questions on Physics and Maths.
Oxford applicants only for the following subjects:
Don’t forget that you need to register to sit the PAT through your school or test centre. Make sure you check that your school is on top of this – or find a test centre through Cambridge Assessment.
The University of Oxford’s Department of Physics says there is no specific pass mark. However, there is a threshold mark which candidates need to reach in order to be placed on the interview shortlist.
The threshold mark varies from year to year and is only set after all the results of the tests are available. Typically, though, it falls between 45% and 52%.
If you’re applying to read English Literature and Language, or English as part of a combined course at Oxford or Cambridge, you’ll need to get pretty good at analysing texts that you have never seen before on the spot. This is a big part of what the ELAT is about.
Our English Literature Aptitude Mini Mock Test is a great chance for you to have a go at this, and also to give those going for Oxford, who will need to sit it in November, a practice. For further practice, you can use our full ELAT mock test packs, combined with detailed answers suggesting how you can approach the texts, here:
Are you a Maths-maestro? If you’re planning on applying to read Maths at Oxford you’ll need to be. The Maths Aptitude Test or ‘MAT’ is no mean feat, even for Mathematicians who regularly perform at the top of the class. Have no fear – we’ve put together a mini-mock paper for you to try out so that you can practice having a go.
The paper includes a set of answers to enable you to mark your own work. If you would like further practice, we have MAT mock test packs available here:
Any legal eagles leaning towards Oxford, or indeed many of the other top Law courses in the UK, will need to start eyeing up the LNAT. Slightly different from many of the other tests, it is sat earlier so it’s not a bad idea to get your skates on.
To help you make a start on your prep, we’ve put together a mini-LNAT paper, along with an answer sheet so you can mark your own work. Just click the download button on the right. If you would like more practice, we also have full mock tests available, with detailed answer packs taking you through every element of the exam.
Your LNAT score can make the difference between whether you reach your Oxford interview or not. Though this is intimidating, as with all exams, practice and preparation can make a real difference to your performance. 
General information about the LNAT can be found on the LNAT homepage here. However, we’ve summarised everything you need to know below.
The LNAT is a 2¼ hour test in two sections.
Section A consists of 42 multiple choice questions.
For Section B, candidates have 40 minutes to answer one of three essay questions on a range of subjects and demonstrate their ability to argue economically to a conclusion with a good command of written English.
Oxford applicants only for the following subjects:
5th October – last date for entries
20th October – last date to sit the LNAT
Don’t forget that you need to register to sit the LNAT online here.
You will be emailed the results, and as with many other admissions tests, there is no fixed threshold that you must exceed in order to be invited to interview.
If you’re applying for Law at Cambridge, you will have to sit the Cambridge Law Test when you go up for interview. Your Cambridge Law Test score will be one of the factors Admissions Tutors consider when it comes to deciding the outcome of your application. Though this is intimidating, as with all exams, practice and preparation can make a real difference to your performance.
General information about the Cambridge Law Test can be found on the homepage here. However, we’ve summarised everything you need to know below.
The Cambridge Law Test is a one-hour test, which requires candidates to answer one question in one hour.
Cambridge applicants only for Law at all colleges.
The following colleges also require written work to be submitted:
Students sit the Cambridge Law Test at their college when they go up for interview.
Colleges will make the necessary arrangements if you are invited to interview.
Unfortunately, there are no publicly available statistics on the average marks of successful candidates.
Many Cambridge colleges will require you to sit the a Cambridge Language Test if you are applying to read Modern Languages. This mini-mock gives you a chance to experience the exam and tests your essay writing skills in the language of your choice. It also includes a detailed answer sheet to help you assess the standard of your own work, giving you approaches to the best ways of answering the question.
For further practice, you might like to try our Oxford Modern Language Aptitude Test mini-mocks:
Your Cambridge Language Test score can make the difference between whether you receive an offer from Cambridge or not. Though this is intimidating, as with all exams, practice and preparation can make a real difference to your performance.
General information about the test can be found on the MML page here. However, we’ve summarised everything you need to know below.
This year, all colleges require the test for Modern and Medieval Languages
This is a 60-minute test, in which candidates answer two questions on a passage which is written in English. Candidates write the first answer in a target language that they are studying at A2, and the second section in English. They are advised to spend 40 minutes on the first question, and 20 minutes on the second. The questions combine both comprehension and free composition.
Cambridge applicants only for Modern and Medieval Languages.
The test will taken by applicants in their Colleges when they attend their interview.
There is no need to register separately for the test, as candidates will be given the test if they are asked to interview.
The Biomedical Admissions Test is a big deal in the Medicine applicant world. It’s now the case that under 30% of Oxford Medics even reach the interview stage, as this exam cuts much of the competition out. You want to be among the top performers, so we’ve put together this brilliant little mini-mock to help you.
Full answers are provides below. If you would like further practice, our BMAT expert Rohan has put together full packs of up-to-date, unique mocks with detailed answer packs, available here:
BMAT answersDownload the answers here so you can assess your own work. The main thing to take from these answers is the way in which it is advised that you approach finding the answers, rather than whether you were ultimately right or wrong.
To understand how the real BMAT test is marked, check out our resource that explains the whole thing…
***Please note that the BMAT has now been suspended and will not be used as an admissions test by either Oxford or Cambridge Universities for any courses. They will instead require the UCAT (University Clinical Aptitude Test) for their clinical courses. Click here to read our guide to the UCAT.***
Your BMAT score can make the difference between whether you reach your Oxford or Cambridge interview or not. Though this is intimidating, as with all exams, practice and preparation can make a real difference to your performance.
General information about the BMAT can be found on the BMAT homepage here. However, we’ve summarised everything you need to know below.
A two-hour test, which requires candidates to complete three sections:
Oxford applicants for the following subjects:
Cambridge applicants for the following subjects:
15th October – last date for entries
5th November – date of BMAT (9am in schools)
Don’t forget that you need to register to sit the BMAT through your school or test centre. Make sure you check that your school is on top of this – or find a test centre through Cambridge Assessment.
Average score of shortlisted candidates: 63/100
Average score of successful candidates: 64/100
– Statistics from 2012 entry
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