Any Access Science mature students applying for Chemistry?

Hiya

I'm applying for Chemistry at Reading, Surrey & Kingston. I certainly don't feel that the access course alone will be preparation enough so I have raided the local library for books that have any relevance to the modules listed at each uni so hopefully I will have a little working knowledge to start with. Give me a shout if you want a chat

Hello again,

thanks for responding, was getting a bit lonely haha!

I was very concerned originally about whether the access course would cover enough content to allow me to be comfortable when I start uni. I spoke to one of the chemistry admissions tutors and asked if they could recommend any preliminary reading I could do in preparation for the degree and they advised against it. They said I would only confuse myself and that, because the first year doesnt count towards your final grade, they spend the whole of the first year getting everybody up to the same standard. Apparently there is some differences in the content between Alevel exam boards as well so that was a relief!

I will probably still make sure I am up to scratch with alevel stuff anyhow!

I am sending my application off next week. Let me know how you get on with yours

I've been holding my application off as I've managed to secure a lab placement starting next week & thought it might be a good thing to add to my ps. I'm also still waiting on my copy GCSE results, had to order them as they went walkies years ago & I remember how many As,Bs etc I got in total but not which grades were related to which subjects.

The one thing I'm really hoping to get out of reading ahead is familiarity with some of the terminology cos I know it's something I sometimes struggle with.

Where have you applied to?