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[anna123]

anyone going for a chemistry course at strathclyde? which one do you think has better career opportunities?

[spoony2oo8]

I Was Looking At The Ones For Strathclyde
Particluraly At Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering But I Think My Lack Of Knowledge Of Physics Would Hold Me Back Or At the MSci In Just Chemistry - If I Di That I Would End Up Doin Chemistry Maths Biolgy And Something Else. I Was Just Wondering Does Anyone Know What Other Things You Can Do?

Would Like To Do Russina Just Because It Seems Weird:lol:

Would You Be Goin In 2009 If You Were Going Anna?

[anna123]

i'm going this year spoony hopefully fingers crossed but a dont know cos of maths i know i messed up. i've applied to chemistry with drug discovery and applied chemistry but i'm not sure about the career prospects. i dont even know why i'm going for these courses :S as i hate advanced chemistry!! its awful!

[spoony2oo8]

Oh Well :S Maybe You'll Be Able To Advise If Its Good Or Not

Did You Have A Conditional Offer?

[anna123]

lol am daft! i hate chemistry yet find it fascinating! lol yup i have a conditional offer for both

[spoony2oo8]

I love Chemistry And Biology They Are Just So Interestin

I Know I Sound Pure Geeky But Its True - I Even Like Maths:(

Hope You Get The Grades You Need To Get In

[anna123]

loll well in that case everyones a geek! aww thanks, and i hope you get good grades too i hope i get in. So i take it your in 5th year, are you thinking of advanced higher chemistry and biology as well?

[spoony2oo8]

Yep Fifth Year

Advanced Maths Bio And Chemsitry If Everything Goes OK That Include Passin English

Have No Idea What I Would Like As A Job But I Know Its In The Way Of Chemsitry Or Biology

[anna123]

all right klkl. i'm sure everythings going to go fine dont worry about it. and advanced chemistry and biology are really challenging. especially the organic chemistry topic OMG! it goes on forever its so boring and i find it really hard to study it...but thats just me lol so dont worry about it.

[spoony2oo8]

Thanks
I Picked The Three Advanced Highers Cos I Really Wanted A Challenge. Havent Found Doin 5 Highers That Much Work And Its Never Stressed Me Apartt From One Week When The English Teacher Gave Us Three Essays To Write. And The Same Bloomin Story:lol:

[anna123]

loll english teachers are weird

[spoony2oo8]

:S

Oh Well At Least It Will Be A New Feeling For Me - Never Felt It This Year Or At Standard Grade:lo:

[anna123]

loll yh well anyway good luck nd hope u do well in the rest of your exams!

[xpurple_starsx]

I did chemistry as one of my subjects in first year of uni (I'm at Glasgow) and found it so much better than chemistry at school! The lecturers seemed to make it so much easier and labs were way more fun than the experiments at school. The demonstrators were also really helpful about anything you didn't understand during labs.

All I'm saying is, don't be too scared if you're not too sure about something at school, cos a lot of the time it's better at uni! At the end of the day even if you get to uni and hate it you can always change courses.

[anna123]

ok now thats made me feel a bit better, thanks purple star! i just keep thinking that its going to be the same as school because our teachers say that adv chemi is the same as what you would do in 1st year of uni which is why my whole class thinks that its going to be just as dull and confusing at uni!

[xpurple_starsx]

A lot of the material is the same but it's taught in a better way I think so it seems far more interesting. I did AH chem and got a C and I hated every minute, went to uni and got an A and loved it cos it seemed so much easier!

[anna123]

that sounds cool! thanks i hate AH chemi as well, it's just too much to learn i mean especially unit 3 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY! ahhhh!