UniPear

UniPear is now operating as UniReach. Please visit UniReach’s website for further details. We are trying to ensure that gifted students across the UK all receive an equal opportunity to study at Oxford, no matter their background. To do this, we match gifted students with mentors through a unique application process, and offer them support including personal statement advice; competitive application help; aptitude test support and mock interview practice. UniPear was founded with the mission of increasing the diversity of Oxford Undergraduates by seeking to address the inequality of preparation and information surrounding applications. Although neither of us claim to have come from deprived backgrounds we are both very aware of the privileges we have been granted. We were fortunate enough to scrape our way into Oxford on the back of supportive teachers, personal statement guidance, mock interviews, and information and understanding of the Oxford system from friends and family who have been before us. These are not privileges granted to all applicants, and yet they were so fundamental to our ability to get an offer. Having recognised this we set up UniPear to provide an access to this level of support for students who do not necessarily receive it in their current surroundings. With one-to-one support from a current Oxford student, there could not be a better source of guidance and information about how to get in, and what to do once you get here.