Imperial Chemical Engineering Offers?

I got one at the weekend...they want A*A*A though!! whaaaaaaa?!

I really don't understand why they're giving out A*A*A offers, tbh i think it's a bit unfair. I mean, that's higher than oxbridge! :-o i guess i'm really luckly, i got an offer for chem eng, and i need to get A*AA, the A* being in maths, like it says in the prospectus. Yeah it's weird, everyone that i've talked to has A*A*A offers... :-S i dunno if it made a difference that i chose the year abroad programme, and i said to the interviewer that i'm hopin to go to france for a year... :-S i dunno, it's weird :-D

I hope this doesn't sound rude... but if you're smart enough to hack an Imperial degree, A*A*A should be a very manageable offer... :/ I mean, as long as you've learned the material and know how to do the questions, 90UMS in your Maths and Science A2s should be well within your ability if you're off to study Imperial Chemical Engineering.

Wow, they're really turning up the heat this time round. Don't remember anyone with A*AA offers last year. ...good luck guys.


Haha, we're not THAT great, trust me. I certainly don't think I'd have managed an A* in Chemistry or Physics unless I put an unbelievable amount of time into either.

EDIT: I might as well say this somewhere. To whoever's thinking about Imperial Chemical Engineering, be VERY sure that you want to do it because of love of the subject matter alone, not just job prospects and the like. If you don't know much about ChemEng or think "OOooOOH applied chemistry", please have another look at what it actually entails.

Work tends to be quite tedious (outside of group work, anyway). Most of it so far has revolved around re-arranging differential equations etc, which, while satisfying when done right, has been quite boring to me so far. Process Analysis is also very dull ("what goes in must come out" on a ginormous scale, basically).

2nd, 3rd and 4th years might become more interesting with the introduction of electives and the like, but from I've heard the workload is phenomenal.

To give you an idea of the scale of disillusionment throughout the course, 60% of graduates go into investment banking.

I'm not trying to scare you guys or anything, I'm just trying to prevent anyone with doubts making the same mistake I made ("Chemistry+Maths+prestige yay"). ChemEng is definitely a very varied subject with a shedton of applications, but I hope to God you love your calculus because you will need it more than water.

However, despite the possibilites for ICL grads in high-end jobs such as IB, Imperial is pretty average in terms of % of engineers going into financial jobs actually. :/ Also, the general consensus of people I know at ICL is that the workload is horrendous but they think it's worth it for the good career prospects. It can be hard to know what you'll find interesting at uni, so surely if you want the good employment prospects, are competent and interested in Maths and are prepared to slog, surely an Imperial Engineering Degree is a pretty secure choice?

Out of interest, did you transfer out of ChemEng or something? Last time I checked you were doing Computer Science or something.

any malaysian students out there been callled for an interview by imperial??

From Malayisa. Applied for Aero. Got an offer. Was not called for Interview

sorry i meant for chem eng! they only have interviews for chem eng!

i know they interview in malaysia and on the website they said south east asia...

I will be interviewed on skype next week. Btw,I'm from Thailand