Chemistry 2016 Applicant

Thought I'd enter this thread

Looking to apply for chemistry (M.Chem/MSci) at: Bath, Warwick, Durham, Imperial and not sure on the other.
I think I'll be predicted A*A*A*A* (chem, maths, eng lit. and geog)

Weird choice of subjects.

Do you think it will hinder my application?

Considering York as my 5th option. Any thoughts on the university / chemistry dept. & course? I didn't get a chance to visit an open day.

Chemistry department at York is excellent, labs are top of the range, and as far as I know the course is well structured. However the university itself is pretty ugly, if you like lots of grey concrete then go for it but when I went it was very offputting despite the success of the department

Ok thanks were the buildings that bad?

Depends what you like but personally I thought the buildings were offputting and made everything just look very grey. Having visited 7 universities, it was the one that seemed to be the least social and had much less of an atmosphere than the rest. If you're entirely subject focused then it's perfect but actually there are better departments (and places!) to go to (for example I would highly recommend Bristol for the facilities, Leeds for the friendliness of the department and UCL for the structure of the courses offered)

Where are you applying?

Bristol, UCL, Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham, you?

Ayy! I'm applying to Nottingham too! And also applying to (Oxford imperial Durham)-Yolo haha and Warwick. U sent off ur ucas yet?

Really worried now, after reading all this, that WCRH is too generic for my application for natural sciences to cambridge and they'll just ignore my application? I bought that one cause it had good reviews and didn't want to be spending £20-£30 on something that wasn't going to be useful, do you think I still stand a chance?

Oh wow ok haha. I haven't visited Imperial or Durham but did go to Oxford and was disappointed to learn that there was no year in industry/study abroad option and that the undergrad labs were old (even though they're building some new ones) but obviously there's no denying it has the best course (in terms of content) in the country. I don't want to apply for it though, it doesn't suit me! Woo nottingham! And no not yet, just finished my personal statement. Sending my UCAS off before half term have you sent yours?

Hoping to get it sent off this week. Feeling nervous already

Just emailed UCL admissions tutor about why the student satisfaction appeared to be much lower than other universities and he got quite defensive about it. Doesn't sound like a good vibe - plus I've seen pictures of the department and it looks pretty ugly, plus London is expensive asf don't think I'll be applying there now, may as well replace it with Warwick, much better option.

You'll be absolutely fine! Don't be nervous, no need

Sounds like a good plan. He doesn't sound great . And Warwicks great! And haha let's hope are u applying for all msci/mchem?