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Transfer from Chemistry to Natural Sciences at UCL

I'm going to study Chemistry at UCL, I was thinking is it possible to change courses from Chemistry to Natural Sciences?
I got AAA in Maths, Physics and Chemistry
From my experience, yeah, you can. I switched in the middle of Jan during my gap year though. The woman I spoke to implied a few people do switch and that they do so in the first week of term, although you can switch now over the phone or by email. This all depends if they have the capacity, talk to them ASAP.
I switched from biochem to natsci. :h:
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Original post by Getting_Started
From my experience, yeah, you can. I switched in the middle of Jan during my gap year though. The woman I spoke to implied a few people do switch and that they do so in the first week of term, although you can switch now over the phone or by email. This all depends if they have the capacity, talk to them ASAP.
I switched from biochem to natsci. :h:



How are you finding NatSci by the way??

I'm gonna be concentrating on Chemistry and Physics, but worried i won't be able to get 'in depth' into either:/
Original post by physicso
How are you finding NatSci by the way??

I'm gonna be concentrating on Chemistry and Physics, but worried i won't be able to get 'in depth' into either:/

Looking forward to starting! :smile:

It's degree-level, it'll be pretty in depth imo. I see what you mean though as we're not specialising immediately. Why did you pick natsci over straight chem or physics? That should put your worries at ease.

Also, how did you find those chem Qs? Some of them are really odd. :confused:
Original post by Getting_Started
Looking forward to starting! :smile:

It's degree-level, it'll be pretty in depth imo. I see what you mean though as we're not specialising immediately. Why did you pick natsci over straight chem or physics? That should put your worries at ease.

Also, how did you find those chem Qs? Some of them are really odd. :confused:




Oh sorry, thought that you had already started! What are you wanting to do after, research?

Some of them look dead hard (i HATE organic chem) but i haven't actually started them yet!
Original post by physicso
Oh sorry, thought that you had already started! What are you wanting to do after, research?

Some of them look dead hard (i HATE organic chem) but i haven't actually started them yet!


If you don't mind me asking, did you switch from another course to Natural Sciences? If so how was the procedure, are the admissions tutor happy to do it or fussy? Also, since Natural Sciences entry requirements are A*AA - AAA? would it be harder for someone with AAA to switch?
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Original post by Getting_Started
From my experience, yeah, you can. I switched in the middle of Jan during my gap year though. The woman I spoke to implied a few people do switch and that they do so in the first week of term, although you can switch now over the phone or by email. This all depends if they have the capacity, talk to them ASAP.
I switched from biochem to natsci. :h:


Are they happy for you to switch courses or fussy about it? Also, considering Natural Sciences entry requirements are A*AA - AAA, would it be less likely for someone with AAA to be able to switch?
Original post by queenofdisastxr
If you don't mind me asking, did you switch from another course to Natural Sciences? If so how was the procedure, are the admissions tutor happy to do it or fussy? Also, since Natural Sciences entry requirements are A*AA - AAA? would it be harder for someone with AAA to switch?



I have AAA - i was originally on another pretty unrelated program, i just emailed a few weeks back and they changed me on the hour!
Original post by physicso
I have AAA - i was originally on another pretty unrelated program, i just emailed a few weeks back and they changed me on the hour!


who did you email? the admissions tutor for the previous course or the new course i.e. natural sciences
Original post by queenofdisastxr
who did you email? the admissions tutor for the previous course or the new course i.e. natural sciences



NatSci admissions tutor
Original post by physicso
NatSci admissions tutor


so you didn't even have to notify the admissions tutor from the previous course?

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