u/PartyQuiet5065

I applied this year to study Chemical Engineering, and got offers from Imperial, UCL, Manchester and Edinburgh, but I got rejected from Oxford. I'm now considering applying to Cambridge Natsci next year. I really like the supervision system and the whole atmosphere, but the main reason I want to reapply is because I no longer think I'd enjoy ChemEng. Whilst it does seem interesting, I'd much rather continue just learning about Maths, Physics and Chem and solving questions on them. It's just what I like.

Does anyone have any tips on what I should do to prepare for this? I'm aware I really have to practice for the admissions test (since it's what got me rejected from Oxford), so yeah.

Also, it's worth noting I'd be studying at a uni in my country (since I'm international and it's basically free) to continue improving my skills.

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u/PartyQuiet5065 — 12 days ago

I currently know Spanish (mother tongue, as I'm Spanish), English (basically like a second mother tongue, I used to go to a British school) and French (B2/C1 level). I did German on Duolingo (yeah, I know, not good) for a while but had to drop it, so I wanna pick it back up.

My question is, which languages should I learn next? My objective is mainly to learn useful languages, as in those that are widely spoken across the world or would come in handy, taking into account my background (I'm sure Estonian is interesting, but other languages, like Italian, will be more useful to me). Also, this might sound superficial, but I wanna learn a lot of languages, so I don't really mind if they're similar (e.g. learning Portuguese or Italian taking into account that I know Spanish and French). I'd really like to learn a language like Chinese or Arabic, since they're quite widely spoken, but I'm kinda scared I'll never actually reach a good enough level in them.

Anyways, I'd like to know what people think about this. Thanks!

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u/PartyQuiet5065 — 12 days ago

I currently know Spanish (mother tongue, as I'm Spanish), English (basically like a second mother tongue, I used to go to a British school) and French (B2/C1 level). I did German on Duolingo (yeah, I know, not good) for a while but had to drop it, so I wanna pick it back up.

My question is, what languages should I learn next? My objective is mainly to learn useful languages, as in those that are widely spoken across the world or would come in handy, taking into account my background (I'm sure Estonian is interesting, but other languages, like Italian, will be more useful to me). Also, this might sound superficial, but I wanna learn a lot of languages, so I don't really mind if they're similar (e.g. learning Portuguese or Italian taking into account that I know Spanish and French). I'd really like to learn a language like Chinese or Arabic, since they're quite widely spoken, but I'm kinda scared I'll never actually reach a good enough level in them.

Anyways, I'd like to know what people think about this. Thanks!

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u/PartyQuiet5065 — 12 days ago