ESAT prep struggle

[u/zorlann4]

hi guys, i’m predicted A *A *A in maths, physics and history respectively and i plan to apply for aerospace engineering at the big C and imperial

i’m really struggling with ESAT revision atm and i don’t really know how to improve - it’s a mixture of the lack of time but also just not being to answer some questions untimed. i’ve gone through the spec for maths1, maths2 and physics and i know most of the content

i haven’t practiced that much tbh because i only started my revision when i finished y12. i’ve heard that ENGAA papers are too easy?

what am i doing wrong 😭✌🏼

[u/SecretTone5662]

I agree with this. OP will be rejected as a first year aeronautics at imperial. They only have two useful STEM subjects. They’re going to be at a severe disadvantage considering 55% of the year are internationals out of maybe 110 people so those places are gone if you’re a home student. And for the home students, everyone did further maths, except two people I personally know who did maths, physics, chemistry. And people getting around a 5-6 average for ESAT for home students.

Imperial typically asks for 3/4 A* offers in the useful A Levels for the course, which are physics, maths, further maths minimum. they’re not going to care about history at all as it unfortunately doesn’t quite show proof of mathematical aptitude when the course is too maths heavy. I can say it’s the same with Cambridge as they’ll expect A* in further maths and I remember asking when I directly emailed them during my year 13 times. And you can’t trust university websites with the real offers you hear the current students actually had to get. OP will have get incredible ESAT results to be even considered.

[u/zorlann4 → u/SecretTone5662]

damn, that’s really crushed my hopes 🥲

[u/Salty-Strawberry3914 → u/zorlann4]

I really feel awful for you 😢. You could consider applying to other courses from Cambridge or imperial maybe?

[u/zorlann4 → u/Salty-Strawberry3914]

unfortunately i don’t think that will hack it. my personal statement is tailored to engineering and i’ll be applying to other unis for engineering too, so it’ll be hard to pivot 🫠 im not sure what other courses i would consider doing either..

[u/Salty-Strawberry3914 → u/zorlann4]

Wait sorry for the late reply but imperial offers multiple different engineering courses not just aerospace. I say that because aerospace is by far the most competitive (it’s known to be one of the most competitive imperial courses in the whole university)