"In 2016 there were a total of 1333 applicants contesting around 200 places, well over 6 applicants per place...
In the short-listing, we used the results of our Physics Aptitude Test to guide us in reducing the number of applicants to around 2.5 per place...
All applicants scoring 60 and above were short-listed. Roughly 65 applicants below this cut-off whose application forms showed other evidence of excellence or had been ill during the test were added, to arrive at a final short-list of 506 candidates who were invited to Oxford for interview..."
MatSci 係較冷門科,entry requirement 比Physics 低(A*AA vs A*A*A), 我響The Student Room 見佢哋話相對Physics, EngSci 同MatSci 無咁rely on PAT 去決定interview shortlist, 會全面啲睇overall application include PG, PS, reference.