Engineering super curriculars

Hey I’m in year 12 and I want to chemical engineering in university. What do you recommend I should apply to to boost my personal statement. I’m also aiming to apply oxbridge as well.

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HappyToes

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by aaabiruns

Hey I’m in year 12 and I want to chemical engineering in university. What do you recommend I should apply to to boost my personal statement. I’m also aiming to apply oxbridge as well.

Since I’m currently waiting to hear back from unis (applied for electrical engineering - not oxbridge), I might not be the best person to advise, but I remember asking a petrol pump company if I could shadow/do a student placement for 3 days. I got to tour the factory, 3D print stuff, use CAD and for the most part just watch them work and attend meetings (it was very unorganised, pretty sure they forgot the dates we agreed on lol). Despite this, it still gave me something to add to my personal statement.

Good luck

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Coventry University Student Ambassadors

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by aaabiruns

Hey I’m in year 12 and I want to chemical engineering in university. What do you recommend I should apply to to boost my personal statement. I’m also aiming to apply oxbridge as well.

Hi there,

if you're applying for highly competitive universities then your grades will always be the most important thing to keep up however of course super curriculars can really boost your chances too.

I would suggest looking at the institute of chemical engineering website as they have some great looking virtual work experience, and their potential to become student ambassadors neither of those require huge amount of time each week I will be a great addition to the CV especially due to their links with the IChemE. If you're looking for something that doesn't take much time at all they also have some talks and events that you could pop into and then mention on your CV as well.

Here's the link below hope this helps
https://www.icheme.org/education-career/discoverchemeng/

Amber
Coventry university student ambassador

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by aaabiruns

Hey I’m in year 12 and I want to chemical engineering in university. What do you recommend I should apply to to boost my personal statement. I’m also aiming to apply oxbridge as well.