Do I still have a chance for Physics at Imperial, or should I just accept defeat now?

Hello everyone, I sat the ESAT in October and I've scored horrendously (3.4 in Maths 1, 3.3 in Maths 2 and 2.7 in Physics) <- I'm 99% sure this is why I got rejected without an interview at Cambridge for natural sciences :frown:

I'm wondering if I have any hope for Physics at Imperial, as after emailing them, they told me to "wait and see how my application gets on."

I just feel so hopeless and have tried scavenging the internet to see if there's any advice online on what I should do. I'm predicted 4A*s (Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Further Maths), but I know that it means nothing to them as that's what they'll expect everyone to have been predicted/achieved. I'd like to think my personal statement is good, but then again I feel that universities that claim to be "hollistic" only really consider how well you did on the entrance exam and not much more. (I could be VERY wrong though)

If anyone has any advice it'd be highly appreciated and thank you so much for reading this rant.

Reply 1

Anonymous #2

Original post by Anonymous

I'm wondering if I have any hope for Physics at Imperial, as after emailing them, they told me to "wait and see how my application gets on."
I just feel so hopeless and have tried scavenging the internet to see if there's any advice online on what I should do. I'm predicted 4A*s (Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Further Maths), but I know that it means nothing to them as that's what they'll expect everyone to have been predicted/achieved. I'd like to think my personal statement is good, but then again I feel that universities that claim to be "hollistic" only really consider how well you did on the entrance exam and not much more. (I could be VERY wrong though)
If anyone has any advice it'd be highly appreciated and thank you so much for reading this rant.

Hi! I also applied to Imperial physics and Cambridge natsci. I would say to just wait and see. The ESAT was sat for engineering as well and so the average imperial physics applicant may have a different score to that of engineering/natsci at cambridge for example. I don't think Imperial will only look at ESAT score since it was the first year it was used and I personally found it much worse than NSAA/ENGAA/imperial PAT. Also don't deep it- you seem to be very hard working so you will def thrive academically at any uni. Good luck!!!

Reply 2

sound-famous-

Original post by Anonymous

I'm wondering if I have any hope for Physics at Imperial, as after emailing them, they told me to "wait and see how my application gets on."
I just feel so hopeless and have tried scavenging the internet to see if there's any advice online on what I should do. I'm predicted 4A*s (Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Further Maths), but I know that it means nothing to them as that's what they'll expect everyone to have been predicted/achieved. I'd like to think my personal statement is good, but then again I feel that universities that claim to be "hollistic" only really consider how well you did on the entrance exam and not much more. (I could be VERY wrong though)
If anyone has any advice it'd be highly appreciated and thank you so much for reading this rant.

If you've already applied, then don't think too hard about it because what are you going to do about it now?

Reply 3

yra.70

I'm in the same boat as you: rejected pre-interview from Cambridge, haven't heard from ICL. However, I've looked at Imperial's admissions statistics and I'm hopeful about my application, as Physics doesn't seem to be quite as competitive as something like engineering. This links to what anon 2 said about the ESAT being used for loads of courses.
Here's the spreadsheet of stats:
Undergraduate Admissions Statistics

Imperial College London
https://www.imperial.ac.uk › apply › public › 20...

At this point there's really nothing we can do about our applications, we'll just have to wait and see. Good luck!

Reply 4

rubenenenen

I'm in the same boat at you man... I am applying for Physics and I just took the ESAT today and I know I didn't prepare properly. The stress got to me. I think I will have A*A*A* predicted (maths fm and physics) when I apply in a couple of days and I have done alot of self study which I talk about in my personal statement but I don't know how bad that grade will reflect on me... I think I got a 2 or 3 tbh...