Past admissions interview questions for Natural Sciences
What would you do if I were a Magpie? (Bright Knowledge)
How many animals did Moses take on the arc? (Oxbridge Applications)
On a hot day, what should you do with a fridge? (Oxbridge Applications)
If a carrot can grow form one carrot cell, why not a human? (Oxbridge Applications)
Discuss ways in which plants are adapted to dry conditions. (Oxbridge Applications)
Why are big, fierce animals so rare? (Oxbridge Applications)
How does the immune system recognise invading pathogens as foreign cells? (Oxbridge Applications)
Write down an organic reaction you have studied at school and explain its mechanism. (Oxbridge Applications)
What makes some chemicals explosive? (Oxbridge Applications)
When an ice cube melts in a glass of water, does the water level increase, decrease or stay the same? (Oxbridge Applications)
Describe a potato and then compare it to an onion. (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
Why don't animals have wheels? (Scribd)
do you think Neanderthals understood the concept of death (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
if you were a rat what would be the most important thing to you? (I think he wanted me to say food!)(Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
is it an advantage for a virus to kill its host? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
is there blood in your brain (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
how does an electric guitar work? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
how would you cope if you weren't getting top grades if you were studying here?(Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
if I wanted to create a new strain of potatoes that were purple, how would I go about doing this? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
if you had to look back on 2005 in ten years' time, what would you tell people about it? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
which way is the earth spinning? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
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