Timothy Lingel

Timothy Lingel is a former Oxford admissions officer who has spent 18 years coaching applicants to success at both Oxford and Cambridge. An alumnus of Trinity College, Cambridge (BA) and St John’s College, Oxford (MSc), he has read more than 12,000 UCAS forms, sat on MAT, LNAT and TSA marking panels, and trained college tutors in fair-selection interviewing. Timothy’s private advisees hold a 76 % offer rate—three times the average—while his free webinars for state-school students attract audiences from 40 countries. A frequent contributor to The Times Higher Education supplement, he also speaks at UCAS and Sutton Trust conferences on widening access. At OxbridgeAdmissions.ac he distils insider criteria, test-prep tactics and interview psychology into clear, actionable steps that help every motivated candidate present their strongest case.