Directly from a former Oxford Admissions Officers

Discover what happens behind the scene and learn what it takes to become a top applicant of Oxbridge.

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Lucy B.

Lucy B.

Former Oxford Admissions Officer

Lucy supports students applying to top UK universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, and leading Russell Group institutions, guiding them from early planning through to acceptance. Currently completing her DPhil in Anthropology at the University of Oxford as a Clarendon Scholar, Lucy brings deep academic knowledge and years of firsthand Oxbridge experience to helping students navigate the toughest UK entrance requirements and interviews.

What Happens After You Submit Your Oxbridge Application?

Applying to Oxford, Cambridge, and top UK universities is highly competitive. But most students don’t actually understand how admissions officers evaluate applications.

In this exclusive on-demand session, Lucy Baehren, former Oxford admissions officer, reveals what really happens behind the scenes when Oxbridge applications are reviewed and what separates successful applicants from the rest.

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Understand what admissions officers notice when they only have minutes to review each application

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Discover the academic qualities, subject passion, and intellectual curiosity that help successful applicants stand out.

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Learn why strong students are rejected by going through the common mistakes they often make

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Learn how you can prepare a strong application by demonstrating subject depth, supercurricular engagement, and genuine academic interest.

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Why Crimson?

A Team of Specialists—Not Just One Counselor

At Crimson, you don’t rely on a single advisor for every aspect of your application. Instead, you get a dedicated team—from essay mentors and extracurricular strategists to interview coaches—each a specialist in their field, all working together to maximize your success.

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The Knowledge Network

Meet Our Experts

Crimson’s admissions counselors include an impressive lineup of Former Admissions Officers from the Ivy League and several other Top 10 and 20 universities, including Stanford, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, and more.

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Devery D.

Devery D.

Former Harvard Admissions Officer

Devery studied higher education management at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and served as a Harvard admissions officer, UC Berkeley application reader, and an application reader for a top liberal arts college. Applying a strategic, data-driven approach, Devery helps students make informed choices as they tailor applications to Ivy League institutions.

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Dana C.

Dana C.

Former Princeton Admissions Officer

Dana C. is a Princeton graduate, former application reader in Princeton University's Office of Undergraduate Admission, and a seasoned admissions consultant with a decade of success guiding domestic and international students into top US, UK, and Canadian universities. Dana's students have earned offers from Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Caltech, the University of Chicago, Oxford, Imperial, UCL, and leading Canadian institutions.

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Kimberley L.

Kimberley L.

Former Stanford Admissions Officer

Kimberley brings over a decade of expertise in undergraduate admissions from her roles at Stanford University and Northwestern University. At Northwestern, she spent seven years leading the evaluation of all undergraduate applications, crafting the reader handbook, training staff and application readers, and even managing the music admissions process!

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