Applying for Oxford chemistry

I am in Year 13, studying a level biology, chemistry, maths. is 3 A* in those subjects enough, or am I at a disadvantage without further maths or physics? I applied last year for Natsci at cam but got rejected post interview coz my esat was so bad lol, considering taking a gap year and reapplying, or reapplying while i'm at uni. I'm realised i'm now more interested in the physical side of chem rather than the biochem side of it, and ive got a natsci offer at UCL rn. Should I reapply to oxford for chem or natsci at cam again?

I am in Year 13, studying a level biology, chemistry, maths. is 3 A* in those subjects enough, or am I at a disadvantage without further maths or physics? I applied last year for Natsci at cam but got rejected post interview coz my esat was so bad lol, considering taking a gap year and reapplying, or reapplying while i'm at uni. I'm realised i'm now more interested in the physical side of chem rather than the biochem side of it, and ive got a natsci offer at UCL rn. Should I reapply to oxford for chem or natsci at cam again?

I am in Year 13, studying a level biology, chemistry, maths. is 3 A* in those subjects enough, or am I at a disadvantage without further maths or physics? I applied last year for Natsci at cam but got rejected post interview coz my esat was so bad lol, considering taking a gap year and reapplying, or reapplying while i'm at uni. I'm realised i'm now more interested in the physical side of chem rather than the biochem side of it, and ive got a natsci offer at UCL rn. Should I reapply to oxford for chem or natsci at cam again?

I was wondering if anyone had some advice for applying to Oxford for chemistry in terms of writing my personal statement and things I could look into for my supracurricular exploration

I was wondering if anyone had some advice for applying to Oxford for chemistry in terms of writing my personal statement and things I could look into for my supracurricular exploration

If memory serves, I have already replied to a post of yours on the main Oxford applicants thread and pointed you in the direction of some earlier advice I had.
It’s a bit late to do C3L6 or the UKChO now, but there are always plenty of good books you can find on each field of chemistry (though I’d maybe stick to just one or two books) and it’s well worth focusing on the areas that interest you most.
That said, is it inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry or physical chemistry that interests you most? And which exam board are you with for A level chemistry as I might be able to think of things for you to challenge and explore in more depth.

I am also interested in bioorthogonal chemistry but I couldn’t seem to understand the actual chemistry past a certain point in the lecture that I was listening to

I am also thinking of an EPQ on why life on earth is carbon based and not silicon. Do you think that’s a good topic or have you got others that I could consider?
I had a look at the organic chemistry book by Clayden about the chemistry behind antiretroviral drugs
Are there any other books that you would recommend me reading?

I am also thinking of an EPQ on why life on earth is carbon based and not silicon. Do you think that’s a good topic or have you got others that I could consider?
I had a look at the organic chemistry book by Clayden about the chemistry behind antiretroviral drugs
Are there any other books that you would recommend me reading?

I am most interested in organic chemistry. Are there any topics you would recommend me exploring? I am also quite interested in materials as well as I have just made a poster on the chemistry behind screen film radiography and how the scintillating material works with the emulsion to form the latent image

I’d personally say find a way of challenging something you’ve learned so far. Instead of simply accepting what you’ve learned so far as fact, question at least some aspect of it and make an attempt to answer your own question with the books you read and supercurriculars you use.
On the main Oxford thread, I suggested to another user they might want to ask themselves how one knows the mechanisms so far are valid and what evidence is used to support them. I also suggested that certain aspects of A level are just plain wrong - for example, some A level exam boards state that nucleophilic substitution isn’t possible on tertiary haloalkanes and that halogenated arenes cannot undergo nucleophilic substitution. Why are these statements wrong and are the nucleophilic substitution mechanisms followed by these substrates the same as those you’ve encountered at A level?

I’d personally say find a way of challenging something you’ve learned so far. Instead of simply accepting what you’ve learned so far as fact, question at least some aspect of it and make an attempt to answer your own question with the books you read and supercurriculars you use.
On the main Oxford thread, I suggested to another user they might want to ask themselves how one knows the mechanisms so far are valid and what evidence is used to support them. I also suggested that certain aspects of A level are just plain wrong - for example, some A level exam boards state that nucleophilic substitution isn’t possible on tertiary haloalkanes and that halogenated arenes cannot undergo nucleophilic substitution. Why are these statements wrong and are the nucleophilic substitution mechanisms followed by these substrates the same as those you’ve encountered at A level?

I see that you're now at Oxford studying chemistry - i.e. you met your offer. I'm very pleased

Thank you very much for the help. I was slightly worried about this last minute decision to do chemistry.

No problem. I hope that the advice so far proves to be helpful.
If you have any further questions, by all means ask away.
On another note, have you started looking into what college you would like to apply to?