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Design an experiment that determines whether rats can see in colour.

An experiment should enable the rat to respond to colour and any response to be measured.  A good answer may involve food as a link between the colour stimulus and behaviour.  A set-up may involve placing...

Answered by Katy A. Oxbridge Preparation tutor
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What would be your best advice for someone going to interview at Oxford or Cambridge?

First of all, be happy with yourself that you've got this far! If they want to take the time to interview you, it means that you've impressed them and they want to get to know what you're like as a person...

Answered by Alec M. Oxbridge Preparation tutor
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What is the difference between lying and misleading?

A lie involves literally stating what you believe to be false, so that the liar is insincere about the semantic content of its utterance. By contrast, misleading involves implicating...

Answered by Neri M. Oxbridge Preparation tutor
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What's the most difficult question you were asked during your interview for Cambridge?

During my second interview, the interviewer asked me to compare language with a city, meaning I had to use components of a city or town in order to describe how the structures of a language worked. I told...

Answered by Gabrielle R. Oxbridge Preparation tutor
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Will Oxbridge interviewers purposefully try and trip me up by asking hard questions?

A lot of the horror stories about Oxbridge interviews are exaggerations, but interviewers are likely to throw in a few difficult curve-ball questions. The tutors ... [book session to see more!]

Answered by Jem B. Oxbridge Preparation tutor
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