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Anyone doing CPC in 2nd year after completing year1 of Biological and Chemical Sciences?!? Is it difficult to get in to?

Parsley

is maith liom chocolate wrote: »

Anyone doing CPC in 2nd year after completing year1 of Biological and Chemical Sciences?!? Is it difficult to get in to?

if it's what you want to do just go for it and don't worry about it. i've never heard of anyone not getting in though.

BCMP

20 spaces, can be competitive, want to have gotten over 70%, or even more, in 1st year Chem. Then again, lately people seem to just crowd into the biology options so it might not be too bad the next few years

is maith liom chocolate

oh, hopefully anyway!! I really want to do it! And I failed my physics exam so i'm afraid that'll have some sort of effect on my chances. Are you doing CPC?

BCMP

Nope I'm a 1st year like yourself, just a very informed first year I know a few CPC students in 2nd year and they were telling me all about it!

Failing physics won't affect your chances, so long as you passed everything else and did pretty well in Chemistry, you'll be fine. Places in CPC are filled according to Chemistry grades for first year, as in, the first slot is filled by the person who got the best % and had applied to CPC, then they second slot filled with the person who applied with the second highest % and so on!

Physics and any other subject has no bearing on whether you get into CPC!

What I have been told about CPC is that, unless you feel you have a true calling to chemistry, that it'll be extremely difficult on you mentally, a lot of hard work and questioning your choice, but get through it and you're set for life

Best of luck with it anyway, hope you get in

Aoi

I'm hoping to do CPC in September, it's a bit daunting though, all I've heard is that it's really hard =/ but I pretty much decided before the start of last year that I wanted to do it. Hopefully I get in!

is maith liom chocolate

BCMP wrote: »

Nope I'm a 1st year like yourself, just a very informed first year I know a few CPC students in 2nd year and they were telling me all about it!

Failing physics won't affect your chances, so long as you passed everything else and did pretty well in Chemistry, you'll be fine. Places in CPC are filled according to Chemistry grades for first year, as in, the first slot is filled by the person who got the best % and had applied to CPC, then they second slot filled with the person who applied with the second highest % and so on!

Physics and any other subject has no bearing on whether you get into CPC!

What I have been told about CPC is that, unless you feel you have a true calling to chemistry, that it'll be extremely difficult on you mentally, a lot of hard work and questioning your choice, but get through it and you're set for life

Best of luck with it anyway, hope you get in

MENTALLY!! Oh jeez, sounds scary, :P , I like chemistry though, It's one subject I actually like studying. What do you mean by 'questioning my choice'

is maith liom chocolate

Aoi wrote: »

I'm hoping to do CPC in September, it's a bit daunting though, all I've heard is that it's really hard =/ but I pretty much decided before the start of last year that I wanted to do it. Hopefully I get in!

Yeah I know of a load of people who want to do it, so it's pretty competitive, I probably won't get it. But hey I tried.

Oh we're in the same year then, how cool?

BCMP

is maith liom chocolate wrote: »

MENTALLY!! Oh jeez, sounds scary, :P , I like chemistry though, It's one subject I actually like studying. What do you mean by 'questioning my choice'

I mean you might start thinking you shouldn't have picked it once you realise how hard it is, but stick with it, you'll be rolling in dosh once you graduate :cool:

Also I hear lab reports will take up 20+ hours a week, you have been warned!

is maith liom chocolate

Oh right, thanks a million I probably won't even get it like. But no harm in doing a little research I suppose!!

star of the county down

I did CPC, now doing a PhD, in my year there were 14, the years above and below had round about the same so you should be fine!

Aoi

is maith liom chocolate wrote: »

Yeah I know of a load of people who want to do it, so it's pretty competitive, I probably won't get it. But hey I tried.

Oh we're in the same year then, how cool?

That's pretty cool alright, I know a few people who were going to do CPC, but right now I'm not sure who's doing what. As far as I know if you pass all your modules first time round you've a better chance of getting in, seeing as people who fail a module aren't considered before people who pass everything. So passing made me feel a little more confident that I'll get it ^^ Be grand sure =p