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Nice! Hope you get in! Good luck



Ahhhh, where shall I start? My school was supposed allocate us to work experience placements - specific to the field we want to study at uni - to help us with our PS but it was a total flop and the whole scheme was in a shambles such that they gave most of us year 10 placements instead! It was a promise as well; they "guaranteed" we will have placements specific to what we want to do in uni! For this reason, I didn't apply to any through June/July and now I feel it is too late to apply - one physics lab said I was a few days too late in my application :/ Idk if I should start applying now, idk where to apply though.

Hey, if you want some info on physics competitions/ summer schools (you're a bit late for most/ all of them now though )/ taster days etc. have a look at my website - link's on my profile Things coming up include the National Science and Engineering Competition (deadline end of October), AstroCamp (a long weekend in September, and some lectures at Imperial College London - they would all help your personal statement You can also visit places like the Science Museum in London (or a local one), the National Space Centre (Leicester? Leeds? Somewhere else starting with an L...?), etc.
Other things you could think about are volunteering to help younger students at physics lunchtime workshops/ homework clubs/ classes if your school will allow that

Most universities know how hard it is for students to get work experience without any contacts within companies - so there is definitely no requirement to have any! I know quite a few people at Oxbridge who never did any work experience before they applied.

If you are still keen to get some experience, perhaps try contacting your local university's Physics department - some of them don't mind a student shadowing someone just for a couple of days

Thank you very much. This is really helpful. I'm looking into the National Science and Engineering Challenge. It seems really interesting

No problem The website's looking rather empty at the moment, exam term didn't help Definitely look into the competition - it's pretty competitive but would be great to take part in, and even if you don't win a prize just doing a project/ writing an essay etc. is worth mentioning as something you have done to further your knowledge of physics outside of lessons Depending on what you do, your entry could also qualify you for a Crest Award which would be great to put in your personal statement (google British Science Association Crest Awards for info - you preferably need to sign up for the programme before starting your entry since applying for the award retrospectively is a bit of a pain to do)

Oh. I'm looking into that right now. I'll email a CREST coordinator soon to find out more. Thanks a lot!

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