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Original post by danhirons
Never is that entirely his real hair, I refuse to believe it!

My friend sitting next to me got the muffin :P The answer was in a question we'd been set by our tutor the day before and he'd already done it whereas I hadn't yet :frown:


Both of those lecturers are my tutors. SCARY TIMES :tongue:!
Chem looks pretty competitive this year at interviews at Johns. 38 applicants our tutor said today :O

pretty much 25% more than last year!
And I'm one of them, tough times ;-)
Original post by Abstractineum
And I'm one of them, tough times ;-)



Ahhhhh good luck!

If you want to know/help with something just ask :smile:

Oh and whatever you do, don't mention chipmunks to Richard!


^^^^ A little bit of an "in" joke, but we couldn't believe he'd never heard of alvin and the chipmunks and he was fascinated that we did!!!
Everything that may help me with the interview :-)
How mathematical/physical/chemical was yours? It seems some colleges are only chemistry, and others mostly mathematics/physics...
Erm, for interview I wouldn't think of the college like that because you will have a physical, inorganic and organic interview and the questions will mainly be focussed on what relevant bits you have put in your personal statement. Make sure you know the periodic table as well for interview!

Most tutors tend to work through textbooks so I don't think there is much difference really in terms of what you get taught, but chemistry is definitely very mathematical/physics based across all the colleges in Oxford.
Okay, so I take it they will be mainly chemical (the three different branches), with the mathematics and physics relevant to them?
And I haven't really mentioned specific parts of chemistry (because I'm interested in almost all aspects, so difficult to differentiate), just things like that I have read some books such as Chemistry3, so not much of a lead to where the interviews will head there :P
Guess I'll have a hell of a lot to repeat, good thing that I am reading it again as a part of ICHO-preparation.
Original post by danhirons
Erm, for interview I wouldn't think of the college like that because you will have a physical, inorganic and organic interview and the questions will mainly be focussed on what relevant bits you have put in your personal statement. Make sure you know the periodic table as well for interview!

Most tutors tend to work through textbooks so I don't think there is much difference really in terms of what you get taught, but chemistry is definitely very mathematical/physics based across all the colleges in Oxford.


Mathematical???

Its avoided like the plague in the course. Luckily.
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Even Grout tries to avoid maths as far as possible.
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Mathematical???

Its avoided like the plague in the course. Luckily.



Seriously?

There seems plenty of maths in the first year and there's plenty of applied maths in physical chem?
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:tumble:
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That would be because the main protagonists are either revising for the dreaded finals, finishing up part II, or are (in my case) elsewhere, doing a PhD.
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That would be because the main protagonists are either revising for the dreaded finals, finishing up part II, or are (in my case) elsewhere, doing a PhD.



or at Uni parks all day in my case......:colondollar:

Trying to make the most of the weather before I'm stuck inside revising for prelims :frown:
Last week of labs of the year incoming! xx
Original post by Powerhead
Last week of labs of the year incoming! xx


wahoooooooooo! :wink:
I truly love chemistry and am looking to be a future scientist. What would be the pros and cons of applying to Oxford's Chemistry course as opposed to Cambridge's NatSci course ?
If you are interested in all areas of Chemistry, you'll get more of that at Oxford. If you are particularly interested in say physical chemistry, doing Physical NatSci might be just as good as the added Physics (assuming you would choose that) will be directly beneficial. But for me, I felt that the third option besides Chemistry and Physics would be a distraction, as I have little to no experience of say Materials Science, and quite a lot of Chemistry.

Is it possible for you to visit the universities at Open Days? I was pretty much set at Cambridge before I went, but in the end I choose Oxford and am very glad I did (haven't started yet though).
On another topic; Have anyone here done the IChO?
Original post by Abstractineum
If you are interested in all areas of Chemistry, you'll get more of that at Oxford. If you are particularly interested in say physical chemistry, doing Physical NatSci might be just as good as the added Physics (assuming you would choose that) will be directly beneficial. But for me, I felt that the third option besides Chemistry and Physics would be a distraction, as I have little to no experience of say Materials Science, and quite a lot of Chemistry.

Is it possible for you to visit the universities at Open Days? I was pretty much set at Cambridge before I went, but in the end I choose Oxford and am very glad I did (haven't started yet though).


So you're saying Oxford has a greater emphasis on pure Chemistry ?

However, wouldnt the Materials Science subject (for example) in Cambridge's NatSci course teach me the actual applications of chemistry ?

No, sadly, I dont live in the UK.

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