MSc Theoretical and Computational Chemistry - Oxford

Who's your professor lol

What do you mean?
I don’t have my official acceptance yet, just the informal email the department sent me so I’m not sure what you mean by who my professor is? Did you get accepted too?

What do you mean?
I don’t have my official acceptance yet, just the informal email the department sent me so I’m not sure what you mean by who my professor is? Did you get accepted too?

I have the offer holder whatsapp if you want to join

Oh yes please! Can you PM me the link or send it in here? I haven't got my offer yet so I don't know who my supervisor is just yet. If it's like Cambridge though, the supervisor on your offer letter doesn't mean too much and is more generic as I believe we get to choose/get assigned a supervisor later on when we figure out what we want to do the project in.

I have the offer holder whatsapp if you want to join

Hey, could you also send me the link?

Did anyone here have to interview for this course? If so, what did the interview entail? (Any detailed answer would be massively appreciated!)

Hey everyone,
I have a 15 min interview coming up with prof. Mark Wilson for this course. Does anyone know what sort of questions will be asked & what topics? It’s such a short interview but I know a lot will be covered.
Thank you!! )

Hey!
Congrats on getting an interview! I was the original poster of this thread and am now currently sat in the Radcliffe Camera (Radcam) at Oxford where I'm studying this course! How things can change in a year 🙂
Mark Wilson is a super lovely guy and the interview should be very chilled and relaxed. Yes, it will be technical, but he is super funny and should make you feel comfortable throughout the interview.
For me, he asked me questions on foundational quantum mechanics concepts (particle in a box) and then he asked foundational statistical mechanics concepts. I hadn't done any statistical mechanics in my undergrad and hardly any maths, so for those questions it wasn't so much necessarily about getting the answer right, it was more about showing him that you can be taught new concepts quickly and adjust and he wants to see the way you think so make sure to think out loud throughout the interview.
I must say, the course can be quite hard and tough since we only have 8 week terms, but it is definitely interesting and the staff are very good.
Good luck with your interview!

Heyy!
Thank you so much for replying, sorry for taking so long to reply!
“I was the originalposter of this thread and am now currently sat in theRadcliffe Camera (Radcam) at Oxford where I'm studyingthis course! How things can change in a year 🙂” woah this must feel so nostalgic for you!! well done for getting in!!
Thank you for letting me know what was asked in your interview, i did actually do some statistical mechanics in 2nd year and my degree is Chem w/ maths so I’m quite scared the questions are going to be really hard bc I haven’t revised any of this in a year🥹 But it’s good to know it’s more about learning ability rather than accuracy- putting me in an interview setting already introduces a huge error in the results 🦦
Yeah I can imagine it’s a really tough course, it covers so much as well, how do you find the teaching, do you get any personalised feedback throughout the course? (I’m coming from UCL and all our feedback tends to be very general).
Thank you so much!!

Heyy!
Thank you so much for replying, sorry for taking so long to reply!
“I was the originalposter of this thread and am now currently sat in theRadcliffe Camera (Radcam) at Oxford where I'm studyingthis course! How things can change in a year 🙂” woah this must feel so nostalgic for you!! well done for getting in!!
Thank you for letting me know what was asked in your interview, i did actually do some statistical mechanics in 2nd year and my degree is Chem w/ maths so I’m quite scared the questions are going to be really hard bc I haven’t revised any of this in a year🥹 But it’s good to know it’s more about learning ability rather than accuracy- putting me in an interview setting already introduces a huge error in the results 🦦
Yeah I can imagine it’s a really tough course, it covers so much as well, how do you find the teaching, do you get any personalised feedback throughout the course? (I’m coming from UCL and all our feedback tends to be very general).
Thank you so much!!

Aaah! I just got the email that I'll be having an interview too. I'm soooo nervous, I didn't think I'd hear back so soon. Good luck to us both!! I'm scared as well as I have a lot of work to do alongside interview prep and my course doesn't go super in depth with maths.

Hey!
Congrats on getting an interview! I was the original poster of this thread and am now currently sat in the Radcliffe Camera (Radcam) at Oxford where I'm studying this course! How things can change in a year 🙂
Mark Wilson is a super lovely guy and the interview should be very chilled and relaxed. Yes, it will be technical, but he is super funny and should make you feel comfortable throughout the interview.
For me, he asked me questions on foundational quantum mechanics concepts (particle in a box) and then he asked foundational statistical mechanics concepts. I hadn't done any statistical mechanics in my undergrad and hardly any maths, so for those questions it wasn't so much necessarily about getting the answer right, it was more about showing him that you can be taught new concepts quickly and adjust and he wants to see the way you think so make sure to think out loud throughout the interview.
I must say, the course can be quite hard and tough since we only have 8 week terms, but it is definitely interesting and the staff are very good.
Good luck with your interview!