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Hey /sci/ britfag here. I will be applying in September to Universities and a point that always sticks is how you should have plenty of extra-curricular activities. I do plenty of things outside of school but none of them are relevant to the courses that I will be applying to (physics). Does anyone here have any ideas of what I could do or have any experiences with this sort of thing that would be useful.

Thanks in advance
>tl;dr what EC activities should i do?
>pic unrelated

>> No.4242771

Nothing stands out on an application like:
burned down my parents' house/garage in the pursuit of knowledge

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>>4242771
hmm perhaps i should try building a laser in my garage then ;)

bumping to see if anyone has any other ideas

>> No.4242833

I had FUCK ALL in terms of extra cirricular activites for my application, applying for physics courses.

Luckily, I did do 2 weeks worth of work experience at a physics deparment in a Uni in London. Bigged that up massively (it was pretty good anyway) and it was the filler for my app.

>> No.4242841

It doesn't matter if they're relevant, i put the air cadets, 3d modelling, kayaking... not really sure what else.

Just show them you aren't going to be the type who does nothing else and burns out after 2 years.

perhaps take up amateur astronomy, astronomy in general is a good course to go with physics. If you know how to work a telescope you can end up doing outreach and get an in with the academics for stuff lie summer projects.

>> No.4242858

>>4242841
ahh cheers, yeah i already do a fair amount outside school i just wanted to see if i could take up something more relevant.
>take up amateur astronomy
this might be worth trying, living in london i get a lot of light pollution but its defo worth checking out
>>4242833
> I did do 2 weeks worth of work experience at a physics deparment in a Uni in London
thats pretty sweet. Did you just write to the uni asking for work experience or did you know someone?

>> No.4242871

>>4242858
If your in London the best thing to do will be to join an astronomy club, you won't immediately need a telescope before you know what's what and you can get transportation to star-parties in some darker surroundings but you'd be surprised what you can see from the middle of the city.

>> No.4242876

>>4242871
cheers, this is something will defo check out

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just out of curiosity what university do you wish to go to? i might meet you.. ;p

pic related, it looks sorta like me

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>>4242765
What area do you live in and how old are you + have you retaken any sixth form years (i'm right in guessing you're in year 12 right? There might be some astronomy clubs which you could join.

>> No.4242901

If you can do an extended project (if your school/whatever offers it) or just generally read around a subject and mention an interest in it, mention some books you read and found interesting. I'd suggest doing something like this http://uksdc.org/but it's probably already too late.

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>>4242901
i don't get this. do you have to make a team from your school? because my schoolmates are retards.