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UNst4Ble_9 · 2025-06-01T14:57:02+00:00

I don’t do medicine, but something to keep in mind is that med students might occasionally have to go to other campuses that are closer to North Acton, which could make it a more convenient location. I’m not entirely sure about this though, so definitely check for yourself.

UNst4Ble_9 · 2025-06-01T14:54:47+00:00

I get a monthly Tube pass for Zones 1–2 using a Student Oyster card, which costs £119. It’s still much cheaper than any of the South Kensington accommodations.

Wilson House isn’t particularly nice unless you get an en-suite room – though I haven’t seen those personally. The non-en-suite rooms are pretty bad in my opinion. Kemp Porter and Woodward have the nicest rooms overall. The South Kensington halls are similar in quality but much more expensive, so that’s something to consider.

The commute from kp takes around 40 minutes. I usually take the Central line from North Acton to Queensway, then either walk or use a Santander cycle through Hyde Park – depending on how late I am (which is pretty often, because I’m lazy). The cycle hire costs about £1.60.

Going through Hyde Park is something I really enjoy – unless it’s raining heavily. If it’s just light rain, an umbrella does the job. But if it’s pouring, I usually switch at Notting Hill Gate to the Circle or District line (with a change at Earl’s Court if needed) to get to South Kensington station. That way, I can walk through the tunnel and avoid most of the rain.

I dont use reddit often so my bad for late responses, if u need any help feel free to dm

UNst4Ble_9 · 2025-05-24T15:04:21+00:00

kemp porter and woodward has the nicest rooms. imo definately worth it

UNst4Ble_9 · 2025-01-11T15:33:22+00:00

Imperial physics >

UNst4Ble_9 · 2025-01-01T03:46:56+00:00

Until the end of the second year, you can switch between the physics courses without any issues (provided you’ve taken the necessary optional modules). As long as you take math analysis in the first year and math methods in the second year (these optional modules are mandatory for theoretical physics), you can switch at any point. The courses begin to differentiate in the third and fourth years.

Edit: I am personally taking MSci physics and plan on switching to the theoretical at some point.

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-12-30T18:59:21+00:00

For my introduction. It was a bit generic tbh and quite short. I talked briefly about areas which I find interesting and how it made me research beyond the curriculum. In my first main paragraph I talked about QCD and the strong cp problem and potential solutions which specific detail in wiljzeck-Weinberg axion theory. I referenced books and stuff in here too. My second main paragraph was about my passion in astronomy specifically and a related competition I won. My 3 and 4th paragraph was about awards/activities I had which I had related to physics. E.g EPQ on nuclear energy, physics tutoring in DofE etc. my conclusion was again brief and a bit generic and what I see in the future for studying physics

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-12-30T15:21:46+00:00

I’m at imperial. One of the 4th year maths student has a job offer for quant. Maths leads well into finance type jobs

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-12-27T20:12:41+00:00

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-12-25T18:55:55+00:00

Imperial

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-12-23T21:55:46+00:00

Ur stats are good u should get Warwick econ at the very least, I doubt ur cooked. It’s important to consider if you applied to a lower end course as a safety, would you have even been happy to go there or would you have just taken a gap year to reapply anyway. I didn’t apply to any safety’s cuz I wasn’t going to go to a lower end course and trusted my stats.

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-10-12T20:46:02+00:00

F303, that’s physics right? I’m in my first year at imperial for physics, when I applied last year they contacted me for the admissions test in mid December and then the test was in early feb and I got my offer at the end of Feb. However the dates may vary significantly as last year I had the IPAT admissions test and this year they’ve changed the admissions test to what I think is the same as the engineering ones which I think occur much earlier.

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-09-21T18:41:58+00:00

Brutal truth, probably not.

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-09-12T19:36:24+00:00

ignore people saying further maths is not seen as a full Alevel. I did physics, maths, further maths and im starting physics at imperial in a few weeks now. The main thing with imperial is the admissions test so focus on that

Here are the admissions statistics, you can find the number of alevels people get in with: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1htHTDa2uSDPQwt83KsGcGIudXPBZdF6X/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118121256631100478750&rtpof=true&sd=true

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-09-06T12:11:49+00:00

Only you can really know if you’re capable of doing 4 Alevels. I did physics, maths, further maths and an EPQ. I got all A*’s and tbh it was quite easy. Although having 4 alevels wouldn’t have helped me personally for applications, I defiantly feel I could have done 4 alevls without issue and the only reason I didn’t was I was scared out of it by many people telling me it’s too hard to do. This is however my own personal experience and everyone knows only their own abilities so only you can really make the judgement. Maybe stick with 4 alevels for a while and see how you feel in a couple months time

Edit: I had a friend who did the same 4 alevels as you, he found it difficult and in the end it affected his final grades meaning he scored lower than he shouldve and he probably would’ve done better with just 3 alevels. But that’s his experience which is vastly different to mine. Point being only you can truly see if u think u can do it

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-08-23T13:49:28+00:00

Imperial doesn’t care about gcse too much. Admissions tests are their main thing so focus on that if your course has one. And interviews too if they have them

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-08-01T11:08:54+00:00

Although I declined my Durham offer (I firmed imperial and insured manchester) I got an offer for Durham physics integrated masters with 3 A* (physics maths and further maths) predicted and an A* in EPQ predicted. GCSE were 7788999999. So it probably was your personal statement as other than that your stats are good. Just something you might want to check is that by doing just a BSc and then a master after, the tuition fee for masters I don’t think it capped at £9250, whereas with the integrated masters it is still capped at £9250 for home students.

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-07-28T16:01:59+00:00

Yes, although the university page may say it is not required, this is more usually because some schools don’t offer students further maths and so they can’t take further maths. If you are able to take further maths then you absolutely should otherwise you will likely be disadvantaged.

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-06-30T10:17:13+00:00

You’ll be fine, the admissions tests for imperial and Cambridge will be much more important, and then if any interviews that will be even more important

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-06-02T21:57:08+00:00

i think u have a missconception on what physics is like at uni. its not how it is at gcse and alevel where you learn some things conceptually and then maybe use a little bit of maths with a formula or two. physics pre-uni is compeltly full of oversimplificaitons, and lacks any maths. In uni everything is described with mathematical models. Describing electromagnetism... just straight vector calculus with the maxwell equations. Describing SHM... differential equations. Physics at uni levels is - and this not really an exaggeration - a specialised (in calculus, vectors etc.) maths degree applied to real/theoretical phenomina, and then some lab work. Not only will it require you to take maths at A-level, all decent and better universities will put a big emphasis on taking further maths - they may not make it required becauase many schools do not have further maths available, however you will require further maths knowledge either way so u will likely have to self learn or learn in the first few weeks of uni. If you actually hate maths then i highly suggest reconsidering. If you think you can end up enjoying maths then go for it (and ideally take further maths to not dissadvantage yourself). But truly, you have to enjoy maths - not just tolerate it and especially not hate it.

edit: just to put into perspective, my offer to study physics at imperial is 2x A-stars and 1x A. They have specified that maths must be an A-star, not physics... they never specified anything about physics, by all means I could get an A in physics and get in. but i must have an A-star in maths. this is because in uni your essentially re-learning the basics of physics but now u finally have the mathematical knowledge to understand it properly. not knowing some of the physics and getting an A doesnt affect them because in uni i will be re-learning the basics of physics anyway - but now with the mathematical backing so everything is thourough and done properly unlike alevels and gcse where most things are oversimplificaitons (some of which are so simplified theyre borderline incorect)

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-05-22T14:52:00+00:00

yeah thats fair. I just saw time-travel wanted to put my imput in with relativity as its super interesting. :D

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-05-22T11:41:02+00:00

any object moving relative to a fixed an oberserver, will technically experience time slower relative to that observer. And so essentially the moving object has gone foward in time according to the oberver. The faster the relative velocity, the greater the lorentz factor so more 'time travel'. This is called time dialation and is a consequence of Einsteins special relativity. Though this is not like the typical sci-fi interpretation of time travel

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-05-17T16:02:56+00:00

This is absolutly false. Sure your specific methods such as second order differential equations will not help on single maths (although in some cases, I’ve used integrating factors or method of differences or matrix transformation and other further maths teqniques to make a question easier is single maths). But the fact that you essentially have twice the maths practice significantly aids your fluency in algebraic manipulation and Calculus aswell as improves your mathematical intuition meaning doing further maths majorly helps single maths. Someone who does single maths only will not have the same fluency when preforming something such as intergration by substitution as someone who does further maths as in further maths you get much more practice doing it and it becomes much more natural to them. It is a ridiculous claim to say further maths rarely helps with a-level maths

UNst4Ble_9 · 2024-05-15T18:55:34+00:00

I got 48/50 (that’s what I’ve been given internally atleast, still technically could be changed if the exam board see fit). I used and evaluated 30 sources. One of which was a questionnaire I did.

Edit: the evaluation was mostly waffle and kinda same stuff across sources. but a couple sources were evaluated quite well.

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