
INFORMATION COMPLIANCE TEAM
University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD
Ref: FOI/202412/1174
24 January 2025
Reply to request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
Your ref
Email of 27th December
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I saw that on the post-interview report form for candidates applying to Mathematics, Computer
Science, and Joint Schools, there are five criteria, each marked from 1 low to 9 high [and] that
there is a grade descriptor for each criterion for each mark from 1 to 9:
Request
1. I wish to request this grade descriptor for each criterion for each mark.
2. I am aware that the most recent version of the descriptors may not be available as the
interviews have only just taken place this year. But please send the latest version of
the grade descriptors that can be disclosed.
Dear Camille Johnson,
I write in reply to your email requesting the information detailed above.
You should note that Undergraduate admissions are administered by the individual colleges who are legal
entities in their own right for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
With respect to information held by the centrally administered University, we have confirmed with the relevant
academic departments that they hold no list of grade descriptors differentiated for each criterion.
Broad descriptors for overall interview scores are available as set out below:
9
Exceptional Accept
8
Accept
7+ Borderline (top 1/3)
7
Borderline (middle 1/3)
7− Borderline (bottom 1/3)
6+ Below Borderline (top 1/3)
6
Below Borderline
5
Probable Reject
4
Reject
3
Clear Reject
2
Clear Reject
1
Clear Reject
Yours sincerely
FOI Oxford
Information Compliance Team