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ATOMatt
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Hi, I'm a Year 12 student in the UK looking to do Physics (Theoretical/Astro) at uni in sept' 2011. A lot of the unis I've looked at so far, predominantly Manchester and Imperial, have mentioned on their websites that work experience can give you the edge, especially as it is so hard to find for Physics.
I would say I need to do work experience as my UCAS score is going to be made up entirely of A Level results, at hopefully around 480, but the average UCAS scores for my top choices are in excess of 500, so I need something to level the playing field with all the musical and DofE award candidates.
So after all that waffling, my question to you is; what on Earth could I do for Physics work experience? I talked to my teachers last year about it, but the only consequence of the talks was that a nanotechnologist came and had a chat with me for a few hours and presented me with papers and an interesting insight into industry, but this can hardly be classed as work experience, (and I'd prefer not to go into industry), so I'm looking for something maybe more astronomy-based. The other option I have looked into is medical physics-based work experience, e.g. shadowing a mechanic at the radiology department of my local hospital for a week, but I never got round to applying. This post has gone on far too long for a one line question, so I'm just going to stop typing now :)
Thanks in advance for your help :)
I would say I need to do work experience as my UCAS score is going to be made up entirely of A Level results, at hopefully around 480, but the average UCAS scores for my top choices are in excess of 500, so I need something to level the playing field with all the musical and DofE award candidates.
So after all that waffling, my question to you is; what on Earth could I do for Physics work experience? I talked to my teachers last year about it, but the only consequence of the talks was that a nanotechnologist came and had a chat with me for a few hours and presented me with papers and an interesting insight into industry, but this can hardly be classed as work experience, (and I'd prefer not to go into industry), so I'm looking for something maybe more astronomy-based. The other option I have looked into is medical physics-based work experience, e.g. shadowing a mechanic at the radiology department of my local hospital for a week, but I never got round to applying. This post has gone on far too long for a one line question, so I'm just going to stop typing now :)
Thanks in advance for your help :)