Chemical engineering 2016 entry

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Well that escalated quickly. Mass should be identified by using Density = Mass/volume and rearranging etc (density of liquid and volume of sphere), but how would you answer the last two?

Yep, thats it.
Use a coil of wire inserting it into the spherical container. Pass a current through it. Resistance = heating effect.
To ensure that its uniformly heated. Use a stirrer.
The interviewer didn't make it clear to me that I could actually insert equipment into the container.

Reply 61

VokeA

I'm looking to apply for ChemEng in 2016 at Nottingham, Loughborough, Manchester, Bath and Imperial with A2s in Chemistry, Maths and Biology.

Would appreciate any possible interview questions too and whether i should take M1 or S2. Have asked the Unis, Manchester said it doesn't matter but the rest haven't disclosed.

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Reply 62

Cpj16

If I achieved AABB in my a-levels, Can I apply to and what are my chances of getting accepted in...

A-maths bioB- fmaths chemistry
1) Unis that require A*AA
2) Unis that require AAA

Thanks

Also what are the universities that don't do interviews? thanks

Reply 63

lai812matthew

Original post by VokeA

M1.

Reply 64

lai812matthew

Original post by Cpj16

these are your a2 grades or as grades?

unis that definitely do interviews are cambridge, imperial and manchester. others most likely doesn't.

Reply 65

Cpj16

Original post by lai812matthew

these are your a2 grades or as grades?

unis that definitely do interviews are cambridge, imperial and manchester. others most likely doesn't.

as grades

Reply 66

Muddasser_H

Hello,
Soooooo happy that someone made this thread 👊🏼
I want to apply for chemical engineering, did it go through clearing in 2015 for any russle group university's.
Also I'm not doing my A2 chemistry with my current college as they do different exam boards, how will I get my predicted grade.
Thank You

Reply 67

Doones

Original post by lai812matthew

these are your a2 grades or as grades?

unis that definitely do interviews are cambridge, imperial and manchester. others most likely doesn't.

Loughborough interviews for Chem Eng.

Reply 68

Razzamataz179

Original post by dahl786

He is obviously bull s h i t t i n g the questions ahaha

Original post by Ned Stark

Had me in a fright, I'd probably walk out there and then if they asked me that in an informal interview :colondollar:

Not really, my friend got asked to estimate the length of a water molecule without a calculator only pen and paper for his Imperial chem engineer interview. They could ask definitely ask a question on heating...wouldn't be too far fetched.

Reply 69

Ned Stark

Original post by Razzamataz179

Oh right, I guess they just want to see how you'd react to a pressure question. Did your friend get into Imperial by the way?

Reply 70

lai812matthew

Original post by Razzamataz179

I'm interested to know the answer of this.

Reply 71

Razzamataz179

Original post by Ned Stark

Oh right, I guess they just want to see how you'd react to a pressure question. Did your friend get into Imperial by the way?

Yes, he was so worried he'd failed his chemistry and maths and ended up getting all A*s...

Reply 72

Razzamataz179

Original post by lai812matthew

I'm interested to know the answer of this.

I'll give you the same hint my friend gave me what's the density of water?

Reply 73

iylianuraiman

Hi I've applied chemical engineering through ucas. My choices are :-
Cambridge : post-interview
Imperial :interview
Manchester : offer
UCL : offer
Bath : offer

I took CIE board so there's no component marks just overall ums

I got 3a1b for my AS

Mathematics - 96%
Chemistry - 92%
Physics - 89%
General Paper - 73%

I didn't do gcse, I did SPM I got 6A+2A1A-

I'm doing further mathematics for my A2
My predicted grades are 3A*1A

Still waiting for conditional offer from these universities. I hope I can get at least 4/5 offers. I'll edit this once I get offered or rejected! :smile:

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Reply 74

Daniel9998

Original post by lai812matthew

Your UMS of those 3 subjects are much higher than me. (92.3% comparing to 87.6% for me) I suggest you should definitely give a shot of those unis. noted that imperial doesn't know your AS UMS. (I have ECF btw)

My AS grades are ABBB but my predicted grades are A*A*A in math, chem and bio, despite my low AS grades do you think it's still with applying to imperial?

Reply 75

lai812matthew

Original post by Daniel9998

My AS grades are ABBB but my predicted grades are A*A*A in math, chem and bio, despite my low AS grades do you think it's still with applying to imperial?

well you are taking a risk here.

Reply 76

wordshark

Any Scottish Applicants??

Reply 77

Eddard_Stark

Original post by Razzamataz179

Here's how I would do this: Just consider 1 mole of water to start with. This weighs 18 g, and so occupies 18 cm^3 of space. Divide this by Avagadro's Number, which is about 6*10^23, and you find that one water molecule occupies 3*10^-23 cm^3 of space. If you approximate this space to be a cube, you just have to find the cube root of this to find the length of one molecule. This ends up being roughly 1.5*10^-23/3 cm, which you can see is roughly 1.5*10^-8 cm (done on a calculator this is about 3*10^-8 cm). This is the same as 1.5 Angstroms, and is of the same order of magnitude as the actual size, which is about 3 Angstroms. I would love a question like that in my interview!
Could I perhaps ask what other sorts of questions your friend got asked at his interview?

I'm applying for Chem Eng at Cambridge, Imperial, Manchester, Nottingham, and one of Bath, Birmingham or Leeds.

Reply 78

angryafrican822

Happy i found this so im gonna break it down for you guys

GCSE: 5A*, 4A, 3B (was really upset i got a few B's but whatever)

AS Level: 4A's (Maths, biology, Chemistry, Geography) Dropped Geography this year though

Im currently interested in Bath, Sheffield and nottingham, i have an open day at birmingham soon though so that might be my new favourite (Bath is my top choice atm though)

Basically i had no work experience over the summer, and im really struggling to write my PS... my school also wont predict me anything above my AS grades (AAA). does anyone think this will be a problem when applying to unis such as bath (A*AA) even though my results (Fairly high ums) are fairly good???