Chemistry Olympiad

You mean you applied?

Yeah sorry. I'm petrified

What super curriculars did you do? like wider reading, documentaries, etc..

Reading: Marvelous materials, and neutrinos.
I did a course on everyday chemistry by york uni.
Did work experience at a STEM week.
Olympiad ( this time) -
Lab work (gap year).
Hope this helps

I am currently in year 12 and I want to apply for chemistry at Oxford next year. I’m looking into sitting the chemistry olympiad and just wondered what score would look impressive on my application? I know the competition is designed for second year A-level students so I’m assuming even bronze looks good - is this the case?

current ox chem student here- i got a bronze in both the rsc olympiad and c3cl6 in year 12, and silver in year 13. honestly oxford don't read your personal statement except perhaps to shortlist for interview (basically everyone gets interviewed for chem anyway). i know my tutors didn't even see my personal statement before or after my interviews so it really isn't a deciding factor.

Thanks for your input!
I'm so worried, but I am glad I got gold (just). Will this increase my chances any bit in post-interview decisions?

Haha yeah I know - I’ve loved doing the past paper questions so far and I’m definitely going to sit it either way. I was just curious about the awards and how much of an achievement a bronze/silver/gold actually would be for a year 12

I got a silver in Year 12, and apparently that's pretty good - not as good as a gold obviously, but the benefits is more what you learnt from it, and what you take from it rather than the colour of your award - unless you get to Round 2 and then to the British team camp.
Something that you may want to look at is the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge - because it's geared towards Year 12s, and then a good target would be to achieve the Roentgenium award, because about 30 people in the country score that highly - if you want to impress Oxford, that should probably be on your radar.

Hii, congrats on silver that is amazing. I was wondering how could I prepare for it, if you have any advice I’d love to know, Thanks