no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 oxbridge applications type privately held company genre education company founded 1999 founders james uffindell headquarters london england website www.oxbridgeapplications.com oxbridge applications is a for profit tutoring agency that sells students help in their applications to the university of oxford the university of cambridge and medical and law schools . contents 1 history and services 2 reception 3 similar services 4 references 5 external links history and services edit the company was formed in 1999 by university of oxford graduate james uffindell and originally named application research . 1 the company is headquartered in waterloo place london having been formerly located on new bond street london . it has been a part of the dukes education group since 2013 alongside english summer school company summer boarding courses and acorn house college an independent college in southall west london . oxbridge applications claims that students on their premier service that costs upwards of 5 000 have a success rate that is twice the average 2 although self selection is likely to contribute to this statistic . citation needed reception edit the company has no links to either university . oxford university is keen to distance itself from the organisation telling students the best advice is to work hard and make full use of the many free and authoritative sources of guidance and information the university itself provides . college admission tutors and elected student union representatives of the universities have made more critical comments suggesting that the company misleads applicants . 2 similar services edit there are a number of other organisations with similar business models including uniadmissions insight education s oxbridge mentoring scheme and gabbitas educational consultants . 3 by 2008 such for profit university entrance coaching was already widely in use in the united states ; 3 kaplan inc for example has been in existence since 1938 . 4 references edit taylor ros 23 august 2002 . money talks . the guardian . retrieved 14 august 2013 . a b collins anthony 10 june 2011 . one in six oxbridge applicants use company for help . the cherwell . retrieved 27 july 2013 . a b baker said stephanie 6 january 2008 . alan bennett was right about getting into oxford coaches show . bloomberg . retrieved 14 august 2013 . bell madeleine 21 february 2013 . how much would you pay to get into oxbridge . the cambridge student . retrieved 14 august 2013 . external links edit www.oxbridgeapplications.com www.dukeseducation.com this article about an english company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oxbridge applications & oldid 702151548 categories educational organisations in englandprivately held companies of englandcompanies based in london1999 establishments in englandeducation companies established in 1999english company stubshidden categories engvarb from april 2013use dmy dates from april 2013orphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 january 2016 at 19 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view