Oxford Chemistry Students and Applicants

I've heard that pure Chemistry is becoming less popular (ppl tend to do combined), is this true, and is it one of the reasons why the ration is more favourable?

Reply 22

acolyte

Chemistry has been slowly dying for years. The mixed/related courses are harder to get into than Chemistry. However, they are more likely to lead to a fulfilling career and not just a job as a Chemistry teacher in a school.
The brighter applicants tend to go into courses with a future like:
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular
Percentage of successful applications over last three years: 36.8%
http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/bioc.shtml

In contrast:
Chemistry
Percentage of successful applications over last three years average: 47.6%
http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/chem.shtml

I would suggest that you consider Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular instead of Chemistry. Unless you really want to become a mere school teacher.

That is a COMPLETE assertion. The pure Chemistry degree from Oxford prepares you for nearly anything - industry, research, academia, management consultancy, accounting and finance, the city, teaching, and Chemistry graduates are amoung the most favourably viewed by post grad medicine, vetinary medicine and civil service programs.

Margaret Thatcher, arguably our most successful prime minister, was a graduate of the Oxford Chemistry department.

So please have a clue about what you're talking about before you post complete rubbish. kthanxbi xx :biggrin:

Reply 23

OP

acolyte

Chemistry has been slowly dying for years. The mixed/related courses are harder to get into than Chemistry. However, they are more likely to lead to a fulfilling career and not just a job as a Chemistry teacher in a school.
The brighter applicants tend to go into courses with a future like:
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular
Percentage of successful applications over last three years: 36.8%
http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/bioc.shtml

In contrast:
Chemistry
Percentage of successful applications over last three years average: 47.6%
http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/chem.shtml

I would suggest that you consider Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular instead of Chemistry. Unless you really want to become a mere school teacher.

Omg... I don't even want to start arguing with you.

You are completely misleading people...

Reply 24

sweet_fluffy_nuke

DumberChild

That is a COMPLETE assertion. The pure Chemistry degree from Oxford prepares you for nearly anything - industry, research, academia, management consultancy, accounting and finance, the city, teaching, and

You havent even started at university, have you ?
The stuff you are mouthing is straight off the promotional web site. :rolleyes:

Reply 25

OP

acolyte

You havent even started at university, have you ?
The stuff you are mouthing is straight off the promotional web site. :rolleyes:

What - you have? Which university? What course?

Reply 26

dancingqueen

11

acolyte

You havent even started at university, have you ?
The stuff you are mouthing is straight off the promotional web site. :rolleyes:

They might not have started, but I'm in my 4th year here, so I think I know what I'm talking about. Only one person I know wants to be a school teacher out of all the people I know on the course. Also, she's top of the year :rolleyes:

. Most people go into fulfilling, highly-paid jobs with prospects, and many go on to do PhDs.

Reply 27

acolyte

You havent even started at university, have you ?
The stuff you are mouthing is straight off the promotional web site. :rolleyes:

No, I haven't started, but I chose to apply for this course after long, serious, extensive thought and research. So I think I know what I'm talking about. I know you don't, because you make such ignorant claims like "doing a Chemistry degree will only qualify you to be a schoolteacher".

Out of interest, what degree are you studying for?

Reply 28

OP

DumberChild

No, I haven't started, but I chose to apply for this course after long, serious, extensive thought and research. So I think I know what I'm talking about. I know you don't, because you make such ignorant claims like "doing a Chemistry degree will only qualify you to be a schoolteacher".

Out of interest, what degree are you studying for?

I am betting - not chemistry.

Reply 29

stepheh

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acolyte

Chemistry has been slowly dying for years. The mixed/related courses are harder to get into than Chemistry. However, they are more likely to lead to a fulfilling career and not just a job as a Chemistry teacher in a school.
The brighter applicants tend to go into courses with a future like:
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular
Percentage of successful applications over last three years: 36.8%
http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/bioc.shtml

In contrast:
Chemistry
Percentage of successful applications over last three years average: 47.6%
http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/chem.shtml

I would suggest that you consider Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular instead of Chemistry. Unless you really want to become a mere school teacher.

You obviously have no idea what you're on about. Especially quoting statistics off a website.

OP, it changes every year, and from college to college.
This year was quite bad, apparantly. There was a surge of Chemistry applicants [about time really]. In St. Hilda's it was 15 for 4 places [a lot of those were telephone interviews], I think, but then lots of people turned up on the second day from other colleges.

Reply 30

tinypony

Jurisprudence

Typically lawyers, full of lies :P

I would say it might depend on which college you apply to. The people at Merton seemed quite smart...

Reply 31

tinypony

I would like to say, that I had been considering doing a degree in nanotechnology at the university of Copenhagen, but was adviced against doing so by the researchers I worked along with during the summer at the university of Lund. They told me not to do highly specialized undergraduate degrees since research might change direction in a few years and you will be stuck with a more or less useless degree. They told me, do but do either chemistry, physics or a combination. You need the fundaments first.

With a degree in chemistry you can do research in many different areas, such as nanochemistry (yay!) spectroscopy, quantum chemistry (I don't know the specifics, but it is theoretical chemistry with computational chemistry) and so on. Chemistry is an excellent choice of degree (as compared to jurisprudence :P)

Reply 32

acolyte

Jurisprudence

Oh, recalling facts then? Unless of course you do it at an institution like Oxford or Cambridge, but I doubt that.

Reply 33

sweet_fluffy_nuke

DumberChild

Oh, recalling facts then? Unless of course you do it at an institution like Oxford or Cambridge, but I doubt that.

I dont believe that law anywhere is "just recalling facts".
In any case, BA Jurisprudence is Oxford's law degree.

Reply 34

OP

acolyte

I dont believe that law anywhere is "just recalling facts".
In any case, BA Jurisprudence is Oxford's law degree.

Does it even matter? It's the person that counts, not the degree.

Your words are corrosive.

Reply 35