Geology & Earth Sciences 2015

I agree 100%. Part of geology means studying how we used to think the Earth worked. Any physicist that doesn't know about the plum-pudding model is clearly doing something wrong. The fact you're able to grasp difficult concepts and analyse them is what they're looking for. I'd recommend reading Supercontinent by Ted Nield. He describes the various theories of lost super-continents that "sunk" to explain the distribution of fossils (Lemuria, Atlantis and Mu are 3 that I remember from the top of my head).

Funny you should mention that! I literally just finished reading and would recommend it to anyone else looking for some further reading that is not too heavy.

Also has anyone got an offer for an interview at Southampton? I just got it now and looks like I have to prepare a 5 minute informal presentation.

I agree 100%. Part of geology means studying how we used to think the Earth worked. Any physicist that doesn't know about the plum-pudding model is clearly doing something wrong. The fact you're able to grasp difficult concepts and analyse them is what they're looking for. I'd recommend reading Supercontinent by Ted Nield. He describes the various theories of lost super-continents that "sunk" to explain the distribution of fossils (Lemuria, Atlantis and Mu are 3 that I remember from the top of my head).

I've been invited to interview at Oxford! Didn't expect a response this early. Very exciting, even more terrifying.



Well done, when is your interview?

After all knowing why something cannot work is equally as important as knowing why something works. Who, knows, maybe even in our generation some theories would make an unexpected turn (I am still awaiting for the Rosetta mission to bring some information backing up the primordial soup!)

After all knowing why something cannot work is equally as important as knowing why something works. Who, knows, maybe even in our generation some theories would make an unexpected turn (I am still awaiting for the Rosetta mission to bring some information backing up the primordial soup!)

I've been invited to interview at Oxford! Didn't expect a response this early. Very exciting, even more terrifying.

Well done! I got invited to interview at oxford too. I am very scared! Which college dod you apply for?

Which interviews? At least at Imperial, I'd say at least half of people took their parents with.

Time will tell!

Yay! St. Anne's. Which one did you apply to?

Word of the devil- organic substances found on the comet- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30097648

"the results are likely to provide insights into the possible role of comets in contributing some of the chemical building blocks to the primordial mix from which life evolved on the early Earth."

St Edmunds. I didn't really put much thought into which college I put down as I got told most people don't end up there anyway

Teddy Hall is the only Earth Sciences college I haven't seen!

Pretty cool, everybody just hangs out in an old graveyard and the library is a church which was exciting! I only looked round teddy hall and Univ. what is ST Annes like?

Got an offer from Imperial which is great! I went to Southampton on an applicant's visit/interview day and really didn't like it...