r/Imperial

I searched this sub for questions about dating but somehow i came up empty handed (should I be surprised??).

Do people even have time to date? Do yall date lse/ucl/kcl ppl too? How do people meet? Thru clubs or pubs? Or classes? Or apps?

My son got 2420 sjt 3 will it be an issue getting interview in Oxford imperial ? Anyone got interview and got place in this

I'm an incoming undergrad student majoring in biomedical engineering. Wanted to check how easy it is to get investment banking or consulting jobs if you are doing engineering, especially in a field like bioengineering?

What percentage of the class gets placed into consulting or IB?

I want to apply to both of cs and maths at imperial with a personal statement that is 80% maths 20% cs . Would i have a good chance at cs imperial? The reason why i am not just applying to jmc is bc ive heard the workload is fucked and i don’t want to spend 3 yrs locked away in the library and i know that cs and maths individually are also very intense but just not as bad as jmc.

What’s the general male to female ratio at Imperial.

The M:F ratio on my course is like 8:1.

Surely this ain’t the case across all courses.

I’m an incoming student this year

I’m an international applicant for Imperial College London’s MSc Advanced Materials Science and Engineering (2026 entry), and I’m currently in a very confusing admissions situation.

I received a conditional offer in March. One of the conditions was a minimum GPA.

There was subsequently a disagreement over how my bachelor's grades should be converted/calculated, and my case was sent to the department for reconsideration.

Then, few weeks ago, after 4 months of reconsideration, I finally received an official automated email from Imperial Admissions saying:

>“Congratulations on meeting all of your offer conditions. We are happy to confirm that your offer for Advanced Materials Science and Engineering (MSc 1YFT) starting in Autumn 2026-2027 is now unconditional.”

I understood this to mean that I had met my conditions and that my offer was now unconditional.

However, I later contacted Admissions because I hadn't received CAS information after a couple of weeks. Only then was I told that my case was still with the department for reconsideration.

The course-related processes are also apparently starting around 28 August, while the programme begins in late September, so the timing is becoming extremely stressful.

I want to understand whether this kind of administrative handling is normal, and whether there is anything I should do at this point (formal complaint, escalation to the Head of Admissions, etc.).

Has anyone experienced something similar with Imperial, particularly an automated “unconditional” notification followed by a rescinded/reconsideration status?

I honestly can't believe a prestigious university like imperial could send out offers by mistake and go on with the process without any notification or apology.

I’m honestly exhausted by the situation and would really appreciate some perspective.

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Hi guys im stressing a lot with this topic and i need your help, so i have received an unconditional offer a while ago for the Msc Molecular Medicine at Imperial College. In the beginning of this month i received an acceptance letter and another email talking about account activation, preety standart stuff. However, my CAS is taking a whole lot of time to be finished and my classes begin in September 26 (if im not mistaken). This doesnt sound like a big deal right? Just administration taking its time. But then i saw the previous post about a guy who got one probably by mistake and its making me overthink. I mean, they were asking for a 15 and i only got a 14 (portuguese grading system is from 0 to 20) but they still accepted me, I always thought that was strange. I really hope this isnt some mistake cuz i already paid for accomodations in a nearby student residency. I'll try to contact the administration as soon as possible but god this sucks. Sorry if this seems really petty, im just stressed (also sorry if this sounds all weird, english aint my first language so yeah).

(international) Hi , so I started my masters in Imperial last September and I was really exciting and happy about it and especially really proud. In my undergrad I had a very high gpa and it was one of the hardest program in y country too, so I thought I am really good. To be honest, I think I am good, I understood most of the material and my courseworks were great, but when it comes to exams, I felt that i didnt know what they expected me to write as an anwser. I knew the anwsers and to be honest most of the time, it required just to apply the formula and not something harder , but all the results came out bad.

I felt really ashamed, first of all because the exams were not that difficult and second of all because apparently they were students who did better job than me without studying as much as i did. The thing is that my parents were paying for this degree as you can imagine and I was studying all day and still didnt manage to hit above 70 to get a dinstiction. I feel such a looser. My gpa is between 65 and 70.

Tell me your story and your opinion on that, feel free to share whatever you think it will be helpful.

This year I am planning to apply Cambridge, LSE, Imperial, UCL and KCL for economics. I am applying with 3A*s achieved (math fmath econ) with 2subjects predicted (physics chem). What will the grade requirement likely come as if I get an offer from these unis?

Anyone got offers from any of these unis with 5Alevels??

Hi everyone! I'm an international student (F) going to imperial studying biotech this september :D

I don't know anyone studying biotech/biochem and going to ICL, so I'm just thinking to make some friends 🥰

Sat it last October and did badly. Four mistakes, in case anyone’s sitting it this year:

Started in September. Way too late: you want the summer.

Read worked solutions instead of attempting questions first. Feels productive, teaches you nothing.

Never practised under time pressure. The pacing is the real difficulty, not the content.

Didn’t track which spec points I kept missing, so I repeated the same weaknesses for weeks.

Got into Imperial in the end via interview. Happy to answer questions on the modules or on applying with a non-UK qualification.

hi! i’m currently looking at getting a new laptop and i’m stuck between:

macbook air 15”, m5, 24gb ram, 1tb (leaning towards this rn)
macbook pro 14”, base m5, 16gb ram, 1tb

both are coming out to roughly the same price for me and i’m also open to getting any other laptop around the same price range with better specs

i’ll mainly be using it for coding, coursework and general uni stuff, and i already have an ipad for handwritten notes.

would love to hear what current/recent computing students would recommend, and if there’s another laptop i should be looking at instead.

Hi, I’m an international student living in saudi arabia but I’m originally from Pakistan. I’m really confused about everything and don’t know much and I just gave my as level and got 3 a’s and in igcse I got 3 A*’s, A, B (in math)… I want to get into imperial for medicine but idek how to get started on my college application or what extracurriculars to do and stuff. Can someone help me? ☹️

Im a current student at imperial and i am currently spending the summer helping students applying to top unis like imperial, DM if interested

For reference I’m a home student and I want to reapply for imperial aero/mech and I achieved those grades with A* being maths and physics and the other two A, one of them being further maths. I know I surpass the grade threshold and the admissions test + PS also matters heavily, but I feel like I’d be way disadvantaged against the people with 3-4 A* predicted and idk it’s even worth it to give up my current offer to try again?

I am starting as an undergraduate in sept and I am wondering what laptop would be best suited to Biological Sciences. I would like to get a macbook pro. First checks this is okay but would love to hear some personal guidance from students!

I sat A-level Maths a year early because I’m doing Further Maths in Year 13. I put a significant amount of time into Maths this year and, unfortunately, I neglected my other A levels more than I should have because I was expecting to achieve a high A* in Maths.

I practised extensively, including repeatedly doing full papers under exam conditions, and I felt very confident with the content. However, I ended up being 5 marks below the A boundary*.

What is particularly frustrating is that I didn’t lose marks because I didn’t understand the material. The marks were lost through careless errors (misreading questions, arithmetic mistakes, sign errors, and similar issues). I know that sounds minor, but after putting so much effort into preparing and repeatedly practising under timed conditions, it is really disappointing to see that this was ultimately what prevented me from getting the grade I was aiming for.

I now have to resit Maths in Year 13 alongside Further Maths and my other A levels. I’m worried about managing everything, particularly because I had already devoted so much time to Maths this year.

I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has been in a similar situation. If you took Maths early, narrowly missed an A*, had to resit in Year 13, and subsequently achieved an A* (particularly alongside an A* in Further Maths), I’d be interested to hear about your experience.

I’d also appreciate any genuinely useful advice for reducing careless mistakes in exams. At this point, I’m not really looking for advice on learning the content , I’m more interested in how people improved their accuracy and exam technique when they already understood the material.

I’m feeling quite demotivated about the situation at the moment, so hearing from people who have managed to turn it around would be really reassuring.

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Can I register for ethos on 25th Sep when I will arrive UK?

Currently when I click on the register online button or something along those lines, it basically throws me an error. I don't know whether this is because I am currently in China and the service is not provided.