Official Imperial Applicants Thread (2012 Entry)

Thank you very much!

And I see that you have an offer from Southampton. Congratulations to you on that. :thumb:

And good luck for your Oxford interview.

Hai guys,

About the offers/rejections after interview...how long does that actually take? I've heard so many things from different people (my interviewer said a week or two, the website says three weeks, someone else said a month).

Hey! I applied to imperial college and am through to the second stage. I got my oversea interview form. And i cant seem to answer the second question. It is:

Is it feasible to design a human powered helicopter that can take off from a 6m by 6m square flat region?

No other info has been provided although they say that there is no right answer and we are free to interpret this question in whatever way we like.

I need help! WHAT SHOULD I WRITE IN THIS QUESTION?

U applying for aeronautical engineering?

I think theres like u said, an answer for every brain out there. But my answer would be that i dont think it would be feasible because it would use too much energy hence it would need to many people to make it fly. This then means that even if you got the people u need to make it fly, u wont have any space for it to carry passengers. And in case u need to use it to carry hEavy machinery, its useless. However, to make a human powered helicopter just for ur own personal aesthetic doesnt seem like a bad idea. I mean if it brings u closer to the engineerig world, its more than just feasible. But that being said, if it was feasible, wOuldnt the defence contractors be using HP helicopters rather than investing millions in single rotary helicopters?

thanks.... btw what are the chances of getting into ICL if u have a normal interview?

HEY about my interview question again...i should just write a sort of feasibilty study instead of physics equations
right?

Yes, but im kinda jnterested in hw u would use equations to answer this question.

Do the majority of Physics applicants get interviews, or am I allowed to feel part of a chosen few?
I'm guessing the interview is going to really challenge me. I've heard they're quite hard compared to last year..

They said they interview around half of the applicants and receive around 1300+ applications for something like 230 places.

And across all subjects about 42% of Imperial offer-holders accept the offer. So if physics is on average then they interview about 650 for 550 offers.