2023 Engineering applicants
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Original post by rfrost
Does UCL do Aerospace Engineering? I couldn't find the course on their website?
No UCL only does mechanical so it’s mechanical for UCL and Engineering in general for Cam, other than those it’s all Aerospace
Original post by CallumD_25
Hi, I was trying to look for courses which start of general and specialise later. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Thanks
the university of Leicester generalises in the first year of engineering then specialise in 2nd year but they don't have a wide range. They have mechanical, aerospace, general engineering/mechatronics, software engineering. You can apply for any and do the same classes then specialise in the second year.
Original post by lucasmd______
What discipline(s)/areas of engineering are you applying for: Aerospace (why tf do so many people who don't like planes/cars/space apply for it?!)
What universities are you thinking of: Cambridge, Imperial, Durham, Manchester, Bristol
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: IB All 7s HL AA Phys Phil SL Music English German
GCSE grades: 12 9
Extra curriculars: **** ton of music, RAFAC
What universities are you thinking of: Cambridge, Imperial, Durham, Manchester, Bristol
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: IB All 7s HL AA Phys Phil SL Music English German
GCSE grades: 12 9
Extra curriculars: **** ton of music, RAFAC
What's your first choice? Imperial or Cambridge?
Original post by sonic_speedbird
What discipline(s)/areas of engineering are you applying for:
Aerospace(preferably) or Mechanical Engineering
What universities are you thinking of: Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL, Bristol, Bath
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: A Level A*A*A*A (Maths, FM, Physics, CompSci)
GCSE grades: 999988877A
Extra curriculars: EPQ about commercial supersonic aircraft, leading team of nearby school in Greenpower Challenge, Virtual Work Experience with Airbus
Aerospace(preferably) or Mechanical Engineering
What universities are you thinking of: Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL, Bristol, Bath
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: A Level A*A*A*A (Maths, FM, Physics, CompSci)
GCSE grades: 999988877A
Extra curriculars: EPQ about commercial supersonic aircraft, leading team of nearby school in Greenpower Challenge, Virtual Work Experience with Airbus
What's your first choice? Imperial or Cambridge?
Original post by mnot
This is a thread for all engineering applicants on the 2022-23 UCAS cycle (general/mechanical/aero/electrical/civil/chemical/bio/other)
Introduce yourself and tell us where you're applying
Application details ice-breaker questions
What discipline(s)/areas of engineering are you applying for:
What universities are you thinking of:
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades:
GCSE grades:
Extra curriculars:
Share as much detail as you're comfortable with
Introduce yourself and tell us where you're applying
Application details ice-breaker questions
What discipline(s)/areas of engineering are you applying for:
What universities are you thinking of:
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades:
GCSE grades:
Extra curriculars:
Share as much detail as you're comfortable with
So I can't decide between 2 courses, but I can get the other through clearing if I change my mind, so:
What discipline(s)/areas of engineering are you applying for: Biomedical/Medical Engineering / Bioengineering
What universities are you thinking of: Sheffield, Leeds, Aston, maybe a London like King's or QMUL or Imperial, Southampton, York
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: Maths, Biology, Chemistry, A*AA
GCSE grades: 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 6 L2D* L2D*
Extra curricular: Quite a bit of volunteering, maths and science tutoring
Original post by Timpani
What's your first choice? Imperial or Cambridge?
I don't really know. It doesn't really matter what my first choice is. Those two are aspirational, so it's kind of pointless to have a first choice.
Discipline: either civil eng w/ architecture or w/ environmental eng
Unis: Southampton, Leeds, UCL (I’m applying to 2 courses each at soton and Leeds)
A level achieved grades: 3A*s (bio, chem, maths)
GCSE grades: 9998888887
Extra curriculars: lots of voluntary work w/ charities for children and dogs, peer mentoring, digital & fine art, maths tutoring, & I’m soon gonna start my digital art business kinda thing online lol (hopefully it will work out or this will be embarrassing)
Unis: Southampton, Leeds, UCL (I’m applying to 2 courses each at soton and Leeds)
A level achieved grades: 3A*s (bio, chem, maths)
GCSE grades: 9998888887
Extra curriculars: lots of voluntary work w/ charities for children and dogs, peer mentoring, digital & fine art, maths tutoring, & I’m soon gonna start my digital art business kinda thing online lol (hopefully it will work out or this will be embarrassing)
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What discipline(s)/areas of engineering are you applying for: Architectural Engineering
What universities are you thinking of: Bath, Loughborough, Sheffield, Nottingham, Cardiff (already applied)
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: A*AB + EPQ (Maths, Product Design, FM)
GCSE grades: 887766554 (so mid compared to others lol)
Extra curriculars: I don’t really have any besides working :/
What universities are you thinking of: Bath, Loughborough, Sheffield, Nottingham, Cardiff (already applied)
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: A*AB + EPQ (Maths, Product Design, FM)
GCSE grades: 887766554 (so mid compared to others lol)
Extra curriculars: I don’t really have any besides working :/
(edited 1 year ago)
What discipline(s)/areas of engineering are you applying for: Aerospace Engineering
What universities are you thinking of: Southampton, Sheffield, Loughborough, Nottingham, Glasgow
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: A*AB (Maths, Physics, Chem) + EPQ (Grade not received, still doing it)
GCSE grades: 9888777765
Extra curriculars: F1 in schools (world finalist) Extra reading, Courses (yea that's it not too much 😬)
What universities are you thinking of: Southampton, Sheffield, Loughborough, Nottingham, Glasgow
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades: A*AB (Maths, Physics, Chem) + EPQ (Grade not received, still doing it)
GCSE grades: 9888777765
Extra curriculars: F1 in schools (world finalist) Extra reading, Courses (yea that's it not too much 😬)
Original post by hera5
What aerospace offers have people received so far for 2023? Anyone heard from Southampton?
Bristol, Southampton and Sheffield
Not yet for me - what about you?
Original post by hera5
What aerospace offers have people received so far for 2023? Anyone heard from Southampton?
What discipline(s)/areas of engineering are you applying for: Mechanical (UCL, Sussex, Imperial), Integrated Mechanical and Electrical (Bath), Engineering Sciences (Oxford)
What universities are you thinking of: Oxford, UCL, Imperial, Bath, Sussex
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades:
A*-Maths
A* -Physics
A - Further Maths
A- Econ
A- EPQ
GCSE grades: eight 9s (Maths, Further Maths, Chem, Bio, Physics, Eng Lit, Eng Lang, Comp Sci,), two 8s (Art, Spanish)
Extra curriculars: School Council, First Lego League (Robotics) etc
Application status:
Sussex : Got an offer (18/10/22)
Bath : Got an offer (17/11/22)
UCL: pending
Imperial : pending (took the test 4/11/22)
Oxford: pending (took the PAT 2/11/22)
What universities are you thinking of: Oxford, UCL, Imperial, Bath, Sussex
A level / BTEC/ IB / Higher predicted grades:
A*-Maths
A* -Physics
A - Further Maths
A- Econ
A- EPQ
GCSE grades: eight 9s (Maths, Further Maths, Chem, Bio, Physics, Eng Lit, Eng Lang, Comp Sci,), two 8s (Art, Spanish)
Extra curriculars: School Council, First Lego League (Robotics) etc
Application status:
Sussex : Got an offer (18/10/22)
Bath : Got an offer (17/11/22)
UCL: pending
Imperial : pending (took the test 4/11/22)
Oxford: pending (took the PAT 2/11/22)
Original post by Dhakshin G
Not yet for me - what about you?
Southampton isn't that great anyway...
Hey guys!
Discipline: aerospace/aeronautical engineering
Universities I’m thinking of: Imperial, Bath, Southampton, Bristol, Loughborough
A-Level predicted grades (I just started year 12, so these probably won’t be entirely accurate): A A A A (maths, further maths, physics, computer science)
GCSEs: 10 9s (Maths, Eng Lit, Bio, Chem, Physics, DT, Business, Computing, French, Further Maths), and 1 8 (Eng Lang)
Extra Cirriculars: EDT bronze industrial cadets award, NCS and DofE bronze, some virtual work experience, investIN young engineer’s day
This was my main question: How important are extracurriculars such as MOOCs, virtual work exp, reading books etc? It’s been hard for me to find any real life work experience related to engineering, so I also wanted to ask if things like volunteering at schools/libraries would be helpful?
Thanks
Edit: forgot to mention other things like school council, etc. I’ve also done some assistant tutoring (although that was 3 years ago now), and I’m currently in the schools team for a robotics competition. How relevant do you guys think this would be for my application?
Discipline: aerospace/aeronautical engineering
Universities I’m thinking of: Imperial, Bath, Southampton, Bristol, Loughborough
A-Level predicted grades (I just started year 12, so these probably won’t be entirely accurate): A A A A (maths, further maths, physics, computer science)
GCSEs: 10 9s (Maths, Eng Lit, Bio, Chem, Physics, DT, Business, Computing, French, Further Maths), and 1 8 (Eng Lang)
Extra Cirriculars: EDT bronze industrial cadets award, NCS and DofE bronze, some virtual work experience, investIN young engineer’s day
This was my main question: How important are extracurriculars such as MOOCs, virtual work exp, reading books etc? It’s been hard for me to find any real life work experience related to engineering, so I also wanted to ask if things like volunteering at schools/libraries would be helpful?
Thanks
Edit: forgot to mention other things like school council, etc. I’ve also done some assistant tutoring (although that was 3 years ago now), and I’m currently in the schools team for a robotics competition. How relevant do you guys think this would be for my application?
(edited 1 year ago)
Original post by short man
Hey guys!
Discipline: aerospace/aeronautical engineering
Universities I’m thinking of: Imperial, Bath, Southampton, Bristol, Loughborough
A-Level predicted grades (I just started year 12, so these probably won’t be entirely accurate): A A A A (maths, further maths, physics, computer science)
GCSEs: 10 9s (Maths, Eng Lit, Bio, Chem, Physics, DT, Business, Computing, French, Further Maths), and 1 8 (Eng Lang)
Extra Cirriculars: EDT bronze industrial cadets award, NCS and DofE bronze, some virtual work experience, investIN young engineer’s day
This was my main question: How important are extracurriculars such as MOOCs, virtual work exp, reading books etc? It’s been hard for me to find any real life work experience related to engineering, so I also wanted to ask if things like volunteering at schools/libraries would be helpful?
Thanks
Edit: forgot to mention other things like school council, etc. I’ve also done some assistant tutoring (although that was 3 years ago now), and I’m currently in the schools team for a robotics competition. How relevant do you guys think this would be for my application?
Discipline: aerospace/aeronautical engineering
Universities I’m thinking of: Imperial, Bath, Southampton, Bristol, Loughborough
A-Level predicted grades (I just started year 12, so these probably won’t be entirely accurate): A A A A (maths, further maths, physics, computer science)
GCSEs: 10 9s (Maths, Eng Lit, Bio, Chem, Physics, DT, Business, Computing, French, Further Maths), and 1 8 (Eng Lang)
Extra Cirriculars: EDT bronze industrial cadets award, NCS and DofE bronze, some virtual work experience, investIN young engineer’s day
This was my main question: How important are extracurriculars such as MOOCs, virtual work exp, reading books etc? It’s been hard for me to find any real life work experience related to engineering, so I also wanted to ask if things like volunteering at schools/libraries would be helpful?
Thanks
Edit: forgot to mention other things like school council, etc. I’ve also done some assistant tutoring (although that was 3 years ago now), and I’m currently in the schools team for a robotics competition. How relevant do you guys think this would be for my application?
The robotics will be interesting, probably some stuff you could compare to aircraft avionics systems.
Original post by mnot
The robotics will be interesting, probably some stuff you could compare to aircraft avionics systems.
Thanks mnot! One more question: Do you think it will benefit me to find some work/volunteering at a school/library/charity shop since it shows long term commitment?
Original post by short man
Thanks mnot! One more question: Do you think it will benefit me to find some work/volunteering at a school/library/charity shop since it shows long term commitment?
It can’t hurt, I think those things would help more on a job application then a university one. Unless it’s related to engineering it’s unlikely to be that important.
With engineering the most important things are a-level subjects & grades.
Original post by mnot
It can’t hurt, I think those things would help more on a job application then a university one. Unless it’s related to engineering it’s unlikely to be that important.
With engineering the most important things are a-level subjects & grades.
With engineering the most important things are a-level subjects & grades.
I appreciate your help, thank you!
Original post by short man
Hey guys!
Discipline: aerospace/aeronautical engineering
Universities I’m thinking of: Imperial, Bath, Southampton, Bristol, Loughborough
A-Level predicted grades (I just started year 12, so these probably won’t be entirely accurate): A A A A (maths, further maths, physics, computer science)
GCSEs: 10 9s (Maths, Eng Lit, Bio, Chem, Physics, DT, Business, Computing, French, Further Maths), and 1 8 (Eng Lang)
Extra Cirriculars: EDT bronze industrial cadets award, NCS and DofE bronze, some virtual work experience, investIN young engineer’s day
This was my main question: How important are extracurriculars such as MOOCs, virtual work exp, reading books etc? It’s been hard for me to find any real life work experience related to engineering, so I also wanted to ask if things like volunteering at schools/libraries would be helpful?
Thanks
Edit: forgot to mention other things like school council, etc. I’ve also done some assistant tutoring (although that was 3 years ago now), and I’m currently in the schools team for a robotics competition. How relevant do you guys think this would be for my application?
Discipline: aerospace/aeronautical engineering
Universities I’m thinking of: Imperial, Bath, Southampton, Bristol, Loughborough
A-Level predicted grades (I just started year 12, so these probably won’t be entirely accurate): A A A A (maths, further maths, physics, computer science)
GCSEs: 10 9s (Maths, Eng Lit, Bio, Chem, Physics, DT, Business, Computing, French, Further Maths), and 1 8 (Eng Lang)
Extra Cirriculars: EDT bronze industrial cadets award, NCS and DofE bronze, some virtual work experience, investIN young engineer’s day
This was my main question: How important are extracurriculars such as MOOCs, virtual work exp, reading books etc? It’s been hard for me to find any real life work experience related to engineering, so I also wanted to ask if things like volunteering at schools/libraries would be helpful?
Thanks
Edit: forgot to mention other things like school council, etc. I’ve also done some assistant tutoring (although that was 3 years ago now), and I’m currently in the schools team for a robotics competition. How relevant do you guys think this would be for my application?
MOOCs & virtual/non-virtual work experiences are great as you can talk about what you gained from them. 1 or 2 books is fine as long as you can explain what you learnt from them and what they led you to do. The robotics competition is a fantastic thing to include since ur applying engineering knowledge, and great to link to avionics/control systems.
Stuff like tutoring and volunteering is ok, though Imperial (and the others) will likely not care too much - Engineering departments tend to only care about engineering related things. PS's tend to matter slightly less in your application than in humanities, your grades (especially in maths, further maths and physics) matter a bit more. In addition to this, there will be an admissions test for Imperial so that will count quite a bit for that.
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