Is it worth studying a science subject at Durham?

Oh that's good to know, thank you are you a natural sciences student? Do you know if there are optional modules, etc.?

I'll see if I can find them and copy the information below later.

I may be a Chemistry student at Durham this year, grades depending, but I have had family go through Durham before so am quite familiar with the uni to a reasonable extent. I was going to apply for the Natural Sciences, but felt it may have been too competitive. I still went to the natsci lectures on open day and have got some resources which describe the degree. I'll see if I can find them and copy the information below later.

I may be a Chemist (well Natsci but leaning heavily to Chemistry) at Durham too this year - which college are you? I am Collingwood.

Josephine Butler. Collingwood was my second choice though! Maybe we'll still end up sharing some classes anyhow.

I may be a Chemistry student at Durham this year, grades depending, but I have had family go through Durham before so am quite familiar with the uni to a reasonable extent. I was going to apply for the Natural Sciences, but felt it may have been too competitive. I still went to the natsci lectures on open day and have got some resources which describe the degree. I'll see if I can find them and copy the information below later.

hi, i'm thinking of applying to natsci at durham. i do biology chemistry and psychology, with an AS in maths. the entry requirements say A*AA but i'm not sure if i'll be predicted those - i'm thinking it's most likely going to be AAA, but it's up to my teachers :// would you say it's worth applying as i didn't realise natsci at durham was that competitive ?

Would you want to take Chemistry as part of Natsci as unfortunately you can only do Chemistry at Durham if you take A level Maths and to receive a Natsci offer to include Chemistry you need to be predicted A*A* in Maths and Chem.

Natsci is a tough course as you need to be at undergrad level in lots of subjects - most courses expect AAA/A*AA. Depending on which subjects you want to study perhaps a joint honours course might be the way to go.

ohh okay. no, i was thinking of taking biology and psychology as the joint honours degree within natural sciences, as i would only need biology to apply? which joint honours course were you suggesting?

See here https://www.dur.ac.uk/courses/info/?id=26299&code=cfg0#admissions - yes only need 1 science A level and Bio and Pschol is a Durham joint degree https://www.dur.ac.uk/natural.sciences/prospective/bscxandy/ http://www.maths.dur.ac.uk/php/natural.sciences.php?dept1=biol&dept2=psyc&programme=jh_bsc

But I was thinking of Biology and Psychology at other unis as this will give you a much wider range of offer grades which might be good if A*AA is a stretch (plus Durham appeared to want min 7 9's at GCSE this year for an offer) eg https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/c8c1/ https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bsc-psychology-with-human-biology

thank you so much!
should i still apply for natsci elsewhere if i get predicted AAA? eg lancaster's requirements are AAA-A*AA?

Kind of depends if this is the course you want to do. I have ended up changing from NatSci to Chemistry at Durham as the Durham course allows you to do several non-chemistry modules in your first and second year, this is not the same at all Universities.
Lancaster gave me an unconditional for NatSci - at the offer holder day not everyone had received one - think it might be dependent on GCSE grades (I have equivalent of 7 x 9's an 5 x 7's, A in AS chem and 4A*predicted)

thanks. if i want to do biological natsci at any uni, should i keep maths for a level? it's not required but i heard it makes your application more competitive?