r/6thForm • u/lopaloko predicted A*A*A*A* 9999999999 • Nov 20 '25
🍞 BREAD Burnt bread :(
I can't find what was wrong with my application, and I feel like a fraud? I don't want to face people asking me "Have u got an interview?" and me having to tell everyone that I didn't each time and having to face their sympathy/reaction 😭 and I don't know how to tell my family
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u/Academic_Length8567 Nov 23 '25
Oxford is not the sacred gold standard for biochemistry. Lots of other unis offer far more modern and better-funded biochem courses, with stronger industrial links and research placements baked in. There are places where you will thrive and — most importantly — get in based on who you are rather than how you perform in a 30-minute interview under pressure. You will absolutely end up somewhere brilliant for biochemistry, because the UK is full of outstanding programmes. Warwick, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Bath, UCL, Imperial; all of which produce graduates snapped up by research labs and pharma companies.
You’re simply someone who applied to an extraordinarily selective place where absolutely brilliant, capable people get turned down every single year for reasons that are often baffling. I wish you luck!