I am in a bit of a dilemma at the moment, and was wondering if anyone here can weigh in.
For certain programs at Oxbridge, applicants need to write exams. However, to write the exams, I need to fly around 5 hours to get to a testing centre, since I live nowhere near one.
The testing occurs in the middle of the week during the school year as well.
Just like most students, I don’t have high hopes of getting into these schools, and half of it is luck. However, if I don’t write the exam, I would virtually have no opportunity or chance to even apply and try.
It is possible that your school can become a test centre. You need somebody at your school to do the paperwork. We did it- with a pretty grumpy school administrator, which wasn’t much fun- but it takes a while so you need to start right now- but it is possible. Also, sometimes international schools are already testing centres- we did that also. The admin person at our school contacted the admin person at the international school, and they let collegekid take the exam there.