Oxford asks prospective students : ` ` Would you rather be a novel or a poem ? '' Watch people on the street react to some brainteasers » . ` Cambridge asks students : ` ` What would you do if you were a poet ? '' Administrators at prestigious schools say it is to get people to read . Observer on the BBC describe questions as ` ` totally out there really ''
Oxford asks prospective students : ` ` Would you rather be a novel or a poem ? '' Cambridge asks students : ` ` What would you do if you were a poet ? '' Administrators at prestigious schools say it is to get people to read . Observer on the BBC describe questions as ` ` totally out there really ''