I vaguely remember some universities getting into trouble with allegations that they were divvying up choice applicants rather than competing for them.
This is explicitly the policy in the UK, and (I would guess) almost entirely eliminates offer acceptance uncertainty for Oxford and the other place:
… you can’t apply to Oxford and Cambridge in the same year.
This is explicitly the policy in the UK, and (I would guess) almost entirely eliminates offer acceptance uncertainty for Oxford and the other place: