Biochemistry without maths?

Hi,
Maybe I can help here. My son is currently 3rd year student of Biochemistry at Oxford.
He said that you don't need maths to apply for Biochem. However, everyone who didn't do A level maths really struggled with the maths course in the first year.
The good news is that after the first year you hardly ever see maths again, but if you come across it, it's pretty basic.
He said that in his final exams he only needs calculator in one out of seven exams.
He would recommend that, if at all possible, to find somewhere to learn a bit of basic calculus as a head start to first year. This will also make first year much easier.
Everyone in the first year finds maths hard, but first year of Biochem is very hard in general.
Hope this helps.

Hi,
Maybe I can help here. My son is currently 3rd year student of Biochemistry at Oxford.
He said that you don't need maths to apply for Biochem. However, everyone who didn't do A level maths really struggled with the maths course in the first year.
The good news is that after the first year you hardly ever see maths again, but if you come across it, it's pretty basic.
He said that in his final exams he only needs calculator in one out of seven exams.
He would recommend that, if at all possible, to find somewhere to learn a bit of basic calculus as a head start to first year. This will also make first year much easier.
Everyone in the first year finds maths hard, but first year of Biochem is very hard in general.
Hope this helps.

any advice on how to prepare for interviews?

Hi, I've just checked with my son. He is now in his fourth year in Biochemistry and apparently speaking to his current tutor it would appear they've changed the formatting slightly for interviews since he's done it.
All he'd say is to just be solid on your personal statement and if they give it to you, any prereading, that's really the only prep you can do.
During the interview, don't be afraid to ask clarifying questions if there's something you don't understand about what they want you to do. And most importantly, just think out loud, tutors aren't always picking the best students on paper, they're picking who they want to teach and more often than not, that's someone who can articulate what they're thinking. Trying to avoid long periods of silence in an interview is good while still taking any time you need to think.
Hope this helps and good luck with the interview!

Hi, I've just checked with my son. He is now in his fourth year in Biochemistry and apparently speaking to his current tutor it would appear they've changed the formatting slightly for interviews since he's done it.
All he'd say is to just be solid on your personal statement and if they give it to you, any prereading, that's really the only prep you can do.
During the interview, don't be afraid to ask clarifying questions if there's something you don't understand about what they want you to do. And most importantly, just think out loud, tutors aren't always picking the best students on paper, they're picking who they want to teach and more often than not, that's someone who can articulate what they're thinking. Trying to avoid long periods of silence in an interview is good while still taking any time you need to think.
Hope this helps and good luck with the interview!

Thank you so much for getting back to me! Can I just ask a little bit more: I am in my gap year so haven't touch chem/bio stuff in a while. Should I focus more on revising chem/bio from alevel or that of my personal statement?

And what does he find special about the course aside from the tutorial and the research project?