I simply cannot thank you enough for how much of a great help you have been! You are an absolute saviour to International students such as me who do not really have access to any references or help for these tests. Thank you again!

This was immensely helpful! Your logic with spatial reasoning is a gamechanger for me ( like you, I find visualising shapes difficult too). Thank you so much, Dr. Williams.

This is exactly what I need as i am still struggling with TSA. Thank you so much!!

Thank you for investing your time in making these videos. They are marvellously helpful.

Just took the exam, your tips were very helpful mate! Thanks a lot for investing your time for people who don't have the advantages some applicants have!

Just what I need - thank you KZfaq recommendations!!

Thank you so much for making time for these videos. They're a gamechanger

Thank you so much for making these videos! They are incredibly helpful

Thanks, that's excatly what I need rn!

Yet another very helpful video Dr. Williams, thank you!!

Once again another great video. Thank you

Thank you so much for this video, i was just going to look up tips and tricks and this video popped up in my dash. Thanks! :)

Thank you so much for teaching me these new tips! They have been very useful to me. Keep it up!

Great Video, I Love watching your videos. You add so much to my life. I love Learning. A lot of the time I have to watch a video more then once to really get it. That is part of the enjoyment. Thank You, Matt. Jeff

just found out ive been shortlisted for a PPE interview with Pembroke College, i genuinely cant thank you enough for your fantastic guidance with these videos, especially the 2nd writing task which was extremely difficult for me as i hadn't taken any linguistic subjects for my A levels

I have the assessment in an hour but just wanted to thank you for all your help! It's been very useful.

Thank you so much! The time saving tips of reading the prompts first and eliminating unnecessary information was really useful. I cannot thank you enough!

Thank you so much, this was a super helpful video! I'm taking my TSA tomorrow and this really changed my perspective on how to tackle the questions. Thank you so much :)

Thank you so much for your videos! I was struggling with practice papers and kept getting questions wrong. After watching a few of your videos I have tried other papers and been getting the answers correct! You're really teaching me how to look at these questions and understand what they are looking for!

Brilliant video, thank you 😊

Thanks for such powerful explanation!!!!!!!! I really like the way to read questions first and that saves me lots of time.

Thank you so much for these videos, I found them so helpful. One of the reasons I'd love to go to Oxford is that in every outreach video I've watched, the tutors seem so brilliant: friendly, and explaining the questions in such an understandable way. I hope that anybody reading this found the exam alright today! I was wondering if I could ask you about today's test - I had some pretty bad technical difficulties which made the test far more difficult. My screen kept freezing and things like selecting new questions or clicking on answers were very slow. There were more than a few occasions when the timer was still going whilst the screen was frozen and I couldn't see the question, which was of course very stressful and isn't what you want in such a time pressured test. I was really disappointed by this: I've put a huge amount of time into practicing the test over the last few months and trying different methods/time-saving tips, so much so that in practice, my scores have gone from the low 60s to the 80s, and once even the 90s. I was aiming for at least 80 today but unfortunately ran out of time quite badly and so didn't get to attempt all of the questions, and I had to rush a lot of them in order to answer a decent number in the time. I've emailed Worcester College, which is where I'm applying, and explained the difficulties in the hopes that they will be considered extenuating circumstances, but can I ask you what this means? Will my score be considered contextually, or just as a smaller part of my application, so my grades and references will be considered more? Will a low score impact me as negatively as it would have in a normal year, when the exam was on paper? Thanks again for this video!

Thank you very much for all your videos! I've found them extremely helpful even though I need to sit MLAT including the Philosophy section

Please can you go through the 2020 TSA Question Paper on here? I've seen the Oxford Maths Department have done it for the 2020 MAT. It would be really helpful if you could do the same.

Thank you for making this!

For the third essay prompt, wouldn't there be a difference between "change their race" vs. "choose to change their race"? Love all of your content!

Thank you for making this video. I am applying for Philosophy at Cambridge however the two addmisons assessments are very similar to one another so your tips are extremely useful!

Hi, thank you so much for making this video! Would you recommend answering one type of questions first and then do the next one e.g. if I’m more comfortable with critical thinking I would do all critical thinking first and then move on to problem solving? Or is it better to do the questions in the chronological order as they are?

Hi Mr Williams, thank you for all your TSA related videos I’ve found them immensely helpful in my preparation! I started my TSA prep last week (due to difficult family circumstances) and I’ve been getting a score of around mid 60s in the Section 1. However there’s two main problems I’ve been facing: 1) understanding all the information given in a problem solving question (eg I didn’t know what a cheque was until I asked my family about it!) 2) getting tired towards the end of a paper and missing key details in questions that help you reach the answer I was wondering, do you have any advice in countering these two problems? Thank you so much! - Batool

Fantastic video as always! Thank you! Could someone please explain the reasoning behind the 90° turns between figures on the cube net around 17:30? I don't follow at all 😪

Thank you for making this video! For the spatial reasoning question at 18:54, could you please explain how you got the angles 100, 270 and 360?

Thank you very much

Could you explain what you mean by there being four right angles (on the dice question). I wasn't quite sure of your reasoning. Thank you for the excellent video - just what I needed.

Another great video Dr Williams! What sort of score would you say gives you a good chance at an interview? Would high 60’s give you a good chance? Or do I need 70 minimum to be assured of an interview?

I just took it yesterday, why am I watching this. Gahhh I just wanna get my results!!!

day before the test squad

Please make more more like this video, thanks

Thank you so much for this video, it was very helpful! Just did the TSA and I’m a bit worried as I don’t think I did as good as I should’ve. Have people who have been interviewed received a relatively bad TSA score but had very good other elements?

Hi Prof! For me, I find annotating the question to be very helpful for the critical thinking, and especially for some problem solving questions when dealing with graphs. I am slightly worried about how having the test done online would affect this ability. Do you think that the average score for this years test may be lowered due to the fact that it will be sat online? And if so, would what is considered a 'good' score also be lowered as a result and relativised? Thank you very much!

Thank you for the video, you really are an angel! One question, how would use suggest to prepare for the Problem Solving part? It looks like I am never improving!

Hi Dr Williams, As with your other insightful videos, thank you so so much for taking the time and effort to help students with their application! Tomorrow is the day of the TSA assessment, and while I probably shouldn't be too fixated on this question, I can't help but wonder whether Oxford colleges shortlist candidates based on country averages or global averages (the TSA average for Singaporean candidates is one of the highest in the world - does that put me at a massive disadvantage?). Also, since this year's TSA is computer-based, will be get our results immediately after the test? Thank you!

How should BMAT section 3 questions be deconstructed? They are statements rather than questions, so it is difficult to determine a hook word.

Can you please explain how to answer assumption, concludono and flaw questions

Great advice, thank you for this! In the TSA section 2, would you suggest picking the essay title that is 'best suited' to your degree? It seems as though there is always an economics related question, a philosophy one and a political one. So for instance would it be preferable for an E&M applicant to pick the economics question or does it not really matter?

Thanks for your video, it’s great ; and I was wondering, does anyone know if we’re aloud to go back on questions we skipped earlier in the test and if we’ll have any scratch paper? Thanks!

Thanks for this very helpful video! Just a quick stylistic question, is the use of 'I' acceptable in the essay?

Hey, I want to ask you. How can I prepare for this Critical Thinking section, maybe some books, websites or what?

Thank you so much! This video is immensely helpful. One question, when writing the essay task should I avoid only partially agreeing or disagreeing with the prompt, in favour of fully agreeing/disagreeing to improve my arguments? For example should I avoid saying that I agree with X to an extent, but Y should also be considered.

Thank you so much! The video was immensely informative and helpful. Also, how many words do you recommend we write in section two? I normally can’t write more than 400-450 within the given time. And is directly defining verbs like “should” and “could” acceptable?

Thank u so much for this helpful video Dr Williams! I have a question tho, due to the change of the test form this year, i was interrupted abruptly due to my computer's techinical problems, and i think i didnt do it well. So if i want to write to profs and beg them reconsider about my application, who should i write the email to? Just the college ive be arranged to or i should ask the college about E&M profs' email address and write to them directly?

Hi thank for your video it was super useful - I just wanted to ask for the TSA section two - is it worth having an entire paragraph evaluating your like judgement or do you think say for the restrictions in AI question only the 3 paragraphs on the different types of restriction is what is needed

thanks king

Thank you Matt for your useful videoes as always. Currently I am preparing myself for the BMAT test and the Section 1 of it covers the TSA questions. I am struggling to understand them to give the correct answer as English is my second language. Any useful resources with simple and clear explanation on how to prepare successfully for it will be great appropriation. Have a good day 🌞🌞😃😃 All best wishes, Roman

These videos are really helpful and amazing! Also, excluding exceptional circumstances, what would you consider a competitive score on the TSA for Economics and Management?

For section 2, my general plan for the essay is point 1 (for), point 2 (against) and point 3 (for). Within each paragraph should I include objections for the main argument within the paragraph? Or combine these into one balance paragraph to have a more focused essay, with one point per paragraph? Many thanks!

for question 48, to find the day to have 550g sourdough, what I did was only look at sourdough ignoring water content, because no matter how much water I have, what I have been asked is 550g of sourdough so it's simply 50g sourdough each day * 10 = 500g so that's 10 days which makes it a Thursday but with an additional 50g it will be one more day which is the next day which happens to be a Friday. I hope my reasoning was valid and indeed true.

Hi Prof. Williams. Great helpfull video. To start the preparation Could you please recommend books we students need to refer for further practice or we should just focus on past papers only.

Hi, I don't understand why you specifically chose those corners to be marked with the 90 degree symbol? (at 18.06). Thanks!

John Park Hi great video really helpful. Regarding the exam, will we be given paper to do working out on ? Also how would you go about defining ‘should’

Do you need to take the TSA for the foundation course for PPE? I know this is a new course and wanted to check if it was required/. Thanks for any advice Becky

i know this is super late in terms of when i am posting this comment, but i was wondering if the TSA is the tipping point when applying for oxford? for example, if i did exceptionally well in other areas i.e grades or section 2 (i struggle with section 1 much more), would i still be considered?

Is the problem solving and critical thinking score also calculated separately? If so, are interview decisions based on how people perform overall or also on how they performed in the individual sections within section 1?

Is it best to argue for both sides of the argument when it comes to the essay? Or should we follow the structure you outlined in your previous video on essay writing: 1) Intro - where you define your hookword 2) Point 1 3) Point 2 4) Balance - But still insist on your initial stance and why 5) Conclusion

Thank you Sir for these amazing videos! I am a student from Pakistan and I have applied to Cambridge University for a Law degree this year, I would be grateful to you if you take out some time to go through my personal statement. I tried to email you my essay before; however, an error popped up. I know I'm late and I've already submitted my UCAS application but I would still love to hear your comments about my personal statement.

Hi, can you give more information on how many marks are there for section 2 and the 'mark scheme' if there is one? Thank you for the helpful videos!

thanks so much，it’s really helpful for me. Could you explain more exercise about TSA? Like not only the last four questions in the video. It’s very struggling me to difference between different types of questions.

thank you for this! I was wondering how to score myself on Section 1 after doing a Test given that it is out of 50... I'm confused how to check if I'm reaching 70 or not

Thank you for your advice! Are mini whiteboards permitted in the exam and how are the TSA essays used, do they hold a certain weight in comparison to section 1? THANK YOU!

15:55 the largest possible peanut content is 40% not 50% the chart says peanuts can only make up 30-40% so it is impossible for there to be more than 40% peanuts.

Thank you very much for keeping up with questions a year after this video was posted, with section 2 - in deconstructing should, are deontological/utilitarian the only ways to do so, what other methods could you use? Also, do you have to do 2 separate paragraphs if you were to use those 2 categories. For example, capitalism creates helpful innovation (utilitarian), capitalism rewards hard work (deontological) as two separate points

6:14 for question 46: option c, suppose, psi= damage in hearing, phi= listening to loud music. this clearly shows that phi implies psi, and the next statement shows that not psi implies not phi. this same logic can be applied above, phi=cake will be tasty, psi= fresh ingredients from market. here also, not psi implies not phi. thus option c is correct.

Thank you so much for making these videos! I had a question regarding the introduction. So essentially the introduction should have three things: 1) Very clearly answer the question in your opening sentence. 2) Define the hook word and other key words 3) Provide an outline of the essay (possibly by dissecting the hook word into its components) Is there anything else that a "good" introduction has?

Hi, anyone applying for PPL currently preparing for the TSA? :)

I am worried that I am at a disadvantage for section 2 because I am a very slow typer and I feel like I won’t be able to convey my argue in the time give. Do you have any tips for that?

Does the E&M course only acquire the 50 multiple choice quiz - not the essay but - just wanted to clarify

This year TSA being online, regarding working out on paper, do we bring in our own scrap paper or is it something the school should provide? And would I need to submit any scrap paper that I have written my workings on ? I am asking as If I don’t need to hand in the scribbled workings then I don’t have to worry about it being tidy or legible as it is just workings for me. Kindly advise. Thank you so much. Can I also ask (if its ok to ask )are TSA section 1 question generally same style questions year to year or can they change fundamentally from year to year? Much appreciate your help. Thank you

Do you think that in the essay, its okay to give two arguments in favour of a point, and one argument against? I find that this is as much as I can write in an essay, but I'm worried that it makes my essays unbalanced?

do you think you would be able to do a video like this on the mlat if possible? :)

In the computer-based exam, can I start doing the later questions first?

Do you have any tips for time management?

Hello sir, to what extent is the TSA used to give interviews and offers? I am applying for Experimental Psychology, but I am not doing that well (around 50-60) in section 1... However, I have extremely high IB predicted grades (45/45) and also what I believe to be a strong personal statement, so could you please tell me how badly the TSA could affect my chances of getting an interview in this context?

Just wanted to ask whether you think something similar to what the mathematics department has done with the MAT answers for this year (they've published them on youtube) will happen for the TSA before the official results day?

Can you make a video helping us being better at doing any test?

Also, are there any time management tips for doing section 1? When I go through papers after doing them I realize that my score would have been much higher if I had enough time to do some questions, but the time constraint just ruins it for me

The video is good. However, I am really struggling with your parallel reasoning method. This does not seem to work for passages which are very wordy and don't share similar patterns whatsoever. HELP

7:49 How do we know it wont be a trick question?

Hi sorry but I get the bag of nuts question different from you..you say ' the peanut content is the largest possible', but how do you know that? It only says 'What is the largest possible peanut content' which then must be 40%? Help me?

Thanks for your video, it’s great ; and I was wondering, does anyone know if we’re aloud to go back on questions we skipped earlier in the test and if we’ll have any scratch paper? Thanks!

Great video! Thanks a lot. I have a question though: will we be able to write on a piece of paper during section 1, even though we're taking the exam on a computer? I sure do hope so.