Toby

With over 15 years of university admissions experience, and teacher training from Oxford, Toby helps his students secure superb outcomes in their university applications.

As a former admissions officer for the University of Oxford, Toby has helped hundreds of students over the years with applications to leading universities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, and maintains a network of close friends and companions throughout the university admissions industry.

Toby's experience as an examiner for Oxford's rigorous History Aptitude Test, gained while completing his DPhil at the University of Oxford in the History of Science, allows him to provide in-depth expert support for all aspects of a student's university application journey, including entrance examination preparation, essay writing, course and university shortlisting, references, extracurricular profiles, and more. This experience has culminated in the publication of several bestselling textbooks on UK Admissions, including The Ultimate Oxbridge Collection and The Ultimate History Aptitude Test Guide, among many others.

Toby has completed three degrees at a range of UK universities in the Global top-10 and has also worked as a college counsellor for selective independent schools in the UK and Dubai. He combines this experience with his expertise in university admissions, to provide counsel to his students with a compassionate and supportive approach. He's intimately familiar with the challenges of building a superb university application with rigorous school environments and high expectations, and always helps of his students to overcome them.

Toby's methods provide superb and consistent results, with a more than 500% increase in admissions chances for his Oxford and Cambridge applicants in 2023 compared to the overall average, and his expertise, professionalism, and confidence ensures a rock-solid, calm, and consistent source of inspiration and advice for students and parents alike throughout their time with Interface. 

Notable University Offers Secured in the Last 3 Years:

MIT, Stanford, Duke, Johns Hopkins, UNC-Chapel Hill, NYU, Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, Imperial, LSE, King’s College London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Warwick, Sciences Po, Sorbonne, ETH Zurich, Humanitas.

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