Chemical engineering 2016 entry
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Original post by mgill17
same here. They were set to be my strongest papers too and now I probably won't even get an A...oops...
I was on A*\A predictions for core 3/4 /chem4 Abd I honestly think I've just scraped Cs, unfortunate for me this year
Original post by Mo Tayee
I was on A*\A predictions for core 3/4 /chem4 Abd I honestly think I've just scraped Cs, unfortunate for me this year
Pretty much same here. Except admittedly my core 4 was lower than my core 3, so I was heavily relying on core 3.
I performed averagely in yesterday's core 4 paper, it was much better than core 3 but the last question killed me, so rather than core 4 bringing my core 3 down, it's the other way around...I'm probably going to be in clearing thanks to two papers in two different subjects...
Hey guys, im just doing my a levels in maths, physics and chemistry and last year i took as further. I got AAAB last year (totally messed up m1 which brought down my further). My top two unis are bath and nottingham 
others i looked at were leeds, birmingham and surrey.
others i looked at were leeds, birmingham and surrey.Anyone firmed manchester? (and now thinks they wont get in after the **** chem4 paper)
Original post by Owensmith16
Anyone firmed manchester? (and now thinks they wont get in after the **** chem4 paper)
Me
But I don't think I'll get in because of OCR biology F214 paper
What makes it worse is that it wasn't even that hard. Soo F*****.
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Original post by ImNervous
Me
But I don't think I'll get in because of OCR biology F214 paper
What makes it worse is that it wasn't even that hard. Soo F*****.
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But I don't think I'll get in because of OCR biology F214 paper
What makes it worse is that it wasn't even that hard. Soo F*****.
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I say that paper and thought it was okay the only one I was confident with and I forgot to put two letters instead of one on the action potential graph question the question never specified!!! Lost 3 marks
Original post by Mo Tayee
I say that paper and thought it was okay the only one I was confident with and I forgot to put two letters instead of one on the action potential graph question the question never specified!!! Lost 3 marks
It was but I know I dropped at least 16 marks
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Original post by ImNervous
I guess it's inevitable to drop marks on an exam but it is only biology atleast it's not as bad as messing up on maths and chem the basis of the degree
Original post by Mo Tayee
I guess it's inevitable to drop marks on an exam but it is only biology atleast it's not as bad as messing up on maths and chem the basis of the degree
True. But I need an A to get in. Soo worried.
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Original post by Owensmith16
Anyone firmed manchester? (and now thinks they wont get in after the **** chem4 paper)
yep and the worst thing is that maths was meant to be my most likely A/A* its just ridiculous
Got an offer the other day for Chemical Engineering at Nottingham, anyone else?
Firmed Nottingham for chem eng for AAA ( Math,Bio and Chem ) but I may have messed up one of my chem exams and may end up getting A*AB or AAB. Anyone know how lenient notts are or have been in the past years for missing the offer by a grade?
Original post by Daniel9998
Firmed Nottingham for chem eng for AAA ( Math,Bio and Chem ) but I may have messed up one of my chem exams and may end up getting A*AB or AAB. Anyone know how lenient notts are or have been in the past years for missing the offer by a grade?
On my gap year with A*AB and they gave me an unconditional, you'll be fine mate
Original post by Ned Stark
On my gap year with A*AB and they gave me an unconditional, you'll be fine mate
thats a relief
cheershey, my offer is 3As for chem eng at ucl, (A for maths and chemistry and third A can be anything), my third subject is physics which ive mucked up, do you think UCL would let me in with A* A B
Original post by username1997mk
hey, my offer is 3As for chem eng at ucl, (A for maths and chemistry and third A can be anything), my third subject is physics which ive mucked up, do you think UCL would let me in with A* A B
Only time will tell but I I know that UCL offered AAA to people last year and they went on to get A*AB and AAB - both were rej.
Original post by username1997mk
hey, my offer is 3As for chem eng at ucl, (A for maths and chemistry and third A can be anything), my third subject is physics which ive mucked up, do you think UCL would let me in with A* A B
the course is oversubscribed.
Guys, bit of a negative title I'll admit but I'm doing this as what could be called a public service.
I've been working as a chemical engineer for 15 years, and a few facts to paint the picture: a British graduate with a first class degree from a Russell Group uni, I'm a person of colour, worked these years in oil and gas and I'm writing this post while the industry is going through the worst downturn in a generation.
I was made redundant last year. Since then, I got to know a side of chemical engineering I wish I hadn't. And that's why I'm warning you against the subject. This post may well get a lot of replies rebutting what I say, no matter ... this is the reality of my experience.
Once you come off the treadmill in chemical engineering, there is very little else you can do. Doors close in your face everywhere. At first you think, how can this possibly be? It's a numerate, intelligent subject. Not only do other places (finance, banking) close their doors to you, even other chem eng employers close their doors to you (water, nuclear, pharma etc) You're treated as persona nongrata because 'you don't have experience'.
If it's so bad, how about re-training? I contacted the IChemE. There are no credible training programmes for a chem enger to convert into anything else, not even to go from oil&petroleum to water, for instance. For years training providers have chased the corporate pound, making training programmes extortionately expensive (say GBP 900 for a 3 day course).
Within the oil&gas sector, those managers in a position to make hiring decisions walk around with a 1970s mindset laced with implicit sexism and racism. I used to find it unbelieveable that in a modern company that does so much business with the Middle East, female engineers are quietly told there is no point in them applying for Middle East jobs - allegedly because the Arab client will not have them, but actually because the white British managers don't have to the backbone to stick up for their female staff. Indian and Chinese engineers are hired at lower cost using the excuse that the Arab client company wishes to pay less for them. Now in the middle of the downturn, I am hearing the few jobs that are available are going to surprise, surprise, old white men in their 50s, using the admittedly half-truth pretext that 'they were hired because of their experience'.
While I was in work, I was able to get international assignments, but only because I was younger and therefore cheaper to employ than these men in their 50s .... and even then I did so to get away from toxic office politics in the British head office.
As I say, when the downturn comes, no-one tells you that your chemical engineering degree is good for nothing. I am re-training at my own cost in a different subject and with no guarantee that it will get me a job.
To those of you who don't know, this is the worst oil price downturn post WWII, worse than 1974, worse than 1986, worse than 1998 - but proof positive that these crises happen cyclically, so you too will experience it if you become a chemical engineer in oil&gas. It has gone on for 2 years at the time of this post, and face it, I am looking at a period of unemployment lasting a total of 4-5 years. In a job world, where people are increasingly have to chop and change careers through their working lifetime, you are going into a dead end from which it will be hard to come out. My simple advice, don't do it.
I've been working as a chemical engineer for 15 years, and a few facts to paint the picture: a British graduate with a first class degree from a Russell Group uni, I'm a person of colour, worked these years in oil and gas and I'm writing this post while the industry is going through the worst downturn in a generation.
I was made redundant last year. Since then, I got to know a side of chemical engineering I wish I hadn't. And that's why I'm warning you against the subject. This post may well get a lot of replies rebutting what I say, no matter ... this is the reality of my experience.
Once you come off the treadmill in chemical engineering, there is very little else you can do. Doors close in your face everywhere. At first you think, how can this possibly be? It's a numerate, intelligent subject. Not only do other places (finance, banking) close their doors to you, even other chem eng employers close their doors to you (water, nuclear, pharma etc) You're treated as persona nongrata because 'you don't have experience'.
If it's so bad, how about re-training? I contacted the IChemE. There are no credible training programmes for a chem enger to convert into anything else, not even to go from oil&petroleum to water, for instance. For years training providers have chased the corporate pound, making training programmes extortionately expensive (say GBP 900 for a 3 day course).
Within the oil&gas sector, those managers in a position to make hiring decisions walk around with a 1970s mindset laced with implicit sexism and racism. I used to find it unbelieveable that in a modern company that does so much business with the Middle East, female engineers are quietly told there is no point in them applying for Middle East jobs - allegedly because the Arab client will not have them, but actually because the white British managers don't have to the backbone to stick up for their female staff. Indian and Chinese engineers are hired at lower cost using the excuse that the Arab client company wishes to pay less for them. Now in the middle of the downturn, I am hearing the few jobs that are available are going to surprise, surprise, old white men in their 50s, using the admittedly half-truth pretext that 'they were hired because of their experience'.
While I was in work, I was able to get international assignments, but only because I was younger and therefore cheaper to employ than these men in their 50s .... and even then I did so to get away from toxic office politics in the British head office.
As I say, when the downturn comes, no-one tells you that your chemical engineering degree is good for nothing. I am re-training at my own cost in a different subject and with no guarantee that it will get me a job.
To those of you who don't know, this is the worst oil price downturn post WWII, worse than 1974, worse than 1986, worse than 1998 - but proof positive that these crises happen cyclically, so you too will experience it if you become a chemical engineer in oil&gas. It has gone on for 2 years at the time of this post, and face it, I am looking at a period of unemployment lasting a total of 4-5 years. In a job world, where people are increasingly have to chop and change careers through their working lifetime, you are going into a dead end from which it will be hard to come out. My simple advice, don't do it.
Original post by Anon20160630
Guys, bit of a negative title I'll admit but I'm doing this as what could be called a public service.
I've been working as a chemical engineer for 15 years, and a few facts to paint the picture: a British graduate with a first class degree from a Russell Group uni, I'm a person of colour, worked these years in oil and gas and I'm writing this post while the industry is going through the worst downturn in a generation.
I was made redundant last year. Since then, I got to know a side of chemical engineering I wish I hadn't. And that's why I'm warning you against the subject. This post may well get a lot of replies rebutting what I say, no matter ... this is the reality of my experience.
Once you come off the treadmill in chemical engineering, there is very little else you can do. Doors close in your face everywhere. At first you think, how can this possibly be? It's a numerate, intelligent subject. Not only do other places (finance, banking) close their doors to you, even other chem eng employers close their doors to you (water, nuclear, pharma etc) You're treated as persona nongrata because 'you don't have experience'.
If it's so bad, how about re-training? I contacted the IChemE. There are no credible training programmes for a chem enger to convert into anything else, not even to go from oil&petroleum to water, for instance. For years training providers have chased the corporate pound, making training programmes extortionately expensive (say GBP 900 for a 3 day course).
Within the oil&gas sector, those managers in a position to make hiring decisions walk around with a 1970s mindset laced with implicit sexism and racism. I used to find it unbelieveable that in a modern company that does so much business with the Middle East, female engineers are quietly told there is no point in them applying for Middle East jobs - allegedly because the Arab client will not have them, but actually because the white British managers don't have to the backbone to stick up for their female staff. Indian and Chinese engineers are hired at lower cost using the excuse that the Arab client company wishes to pay less for them. Now in the middle of the downturn, I am hearing the few jobs that are available are going to surprise, surprise, old white men in their 50s, using the admittedly half-truth pretext that 'they were hired because of their experience'.
While I was in work, I was able to get international assignments, but only because I was younger and therefore cheaper to employ than these men in their 50s .... and even then I did so to get away from toxic office politics in the British head office.
As I say, when the downturn comes, no-one tells you that your chemical engineering degree is good for nothing. I am re-training at my own cost in a different subject and with no guarantee that it will get me a job.
To those of you who don't know, this is the worst oil price downturn post WWII, worse than 1974, worse than 1986, worse than 1998 - but proof positive that these crises happen cyclically, so you too will experience it if you become a chemical engineer in oil&gas. It has gone on for 2 years at the time of this post, and face it, I am looking at a period of unemployment lasting a total of 4-5 years. In a job world, where people are increasingly have to chop and change careers through their working lifetime, you are going into a dead end from which it will be hard to come out. My simple advice, don't do it.
I've been working as a chemical engineer for 15 years, and a few facts to paint the picture: a British graduate with a first class degree from a Russell Group uni, I'm a person of colour, worked these years in oil and gas and I'm writing this post while the industry is going through the worst downturn in a generation.
I was made redundant last year. Since then, I got to know a side of chemical engineering I wish I hadn't. And that's why I'm warning you against the subject. This post may well get a lot of replies rebutting what I say, no matter ... this is the reality of my experience.
Once you come off the treadmill in chemical engineering, there is very little else you can do. Doors close in your face everywhere. At first you think, how can this possibly be? It's a numerate, intelligent subject. Not only do other places (finance, banking) close their doors to you, even other chem eng employers close their doors to you (water, nuclear, pharma etc) You're treated as persona nongrata because 'you don't have experience'.
If it's so bad, how about re-training? I contacted the IChemE. There are no credible training programmes for a chem enger to convert into anything else, not even to go from oil&petroleum to water, for instance. For years training providers have chased the corporate pound, making training programmes extortionately expensive (say GBP 900 for a 3 day course).
Within the oil&gas sector, those managers in a position to make hiring decisions walk around with a 1970s mindset laced with implicit sexism and racism. I used to find it unbelieveable that in a modern company that does so much business with the Middle East, female engineers are quietly told there is no point in them applying for Middle East jobs - allegedly because the Arab client will not have them, but actually because the white British managers don't have to the backbone to stick up for their female staff. Indian and Chinese engineers are hired at lower cost using the excuse that the Arab client company wishes to pay less for them. Now in the middle of the downturn, I am hearing the few jobs that are available are going to surprise, surprise, old white men in their 50s, using the admittedly half-truth pretext that 'they were hired because of their experience'.
While I was in work, I was able to get international assignments, but only because I was younger and therefore cheaper to employ than these men in their 50s .... and even then I did so to get away from toxic office politics in the British head office.
As I say, when the downturn comes, no-one tells you that your chemical engineering degree is good for nothing. I am re-training at my own cost in a different subject and with no guarantee that it will get me a job.
To those of you who don't know, this is the worst oil price downturn post WWII, worse than 1974, worse than 1986, worse than 1998 - but proof positive that these crises happen cyclically, so you too will experience it if you become a chemical engineer in oil&gas. It has gone on for 2 years at the time of this post, and face it, I am looking at a period of unemployment lasting a total of 4-5 years. In a job world, where people are increasingly have to chop and change careers through their working lifetime, you are going into a dead end from which it will be hard to come out. My simple advice, don't do it.
Well, this is depressing.
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Original post by Azzer11
Nah this is only his experience, I know many chemical engineers in my family who work in O&G and most of them are loaded and happy with their jobs. Also O&G is only one of the many many different career paths open for chem eng students.
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