Namira's Notes

As I study for Imperial College London's interview, I might as well share my knowledge on carbon capture methods (something that I wrote in my UCAS Personal Statement!). There are many "colours" to carbon: 1. Brown Carbon Brown carbon compounds refer to the organic compounds formed from the incomplete combustion of biomass, typically from plants and wood. These brown carbon are known to absorb sunlight, contributing to atmospheric warming and influencing climate change. They produce complex mixtures of organic compounds with light-absorbing properties. They are sourced from wildfires, agricultural burning, and biomass burning (or in other words, brown carbon = dust).  2. Black Carbon Black carbon is composed primarily of carbonaceous particles from incomplete combustion processes, such as burning of fossil fuels and biomass. These particles, like brown carbon, are very effective at absorbing sunlight and are responsible for atmospheric warming, thus they are a significant...

On a random Wednesday in late August, I received a text from my friend, Kasih. "U nak ke apply oxbridge?" "Do you want to apply for Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge)?" To which I replied, "How about we apply together?" And that was how my Cambridge journey started. Did I want to apply for Cambridge in the first place? Maybe (since the only top universities I knew as a child were University Malaya, Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard). But after surviving a year of KY, in which people quote as 'the place for the cream of the crop', I realised that Cambridge applicants are the real cream.  Don't get me wrong, getting a university in the UK is already as hard as it is! Especially with getting good predicted grades and matching your university choices to your sponsor's list of top ten universities in the UK. But going for Cambridge? That's a new level of insanity. I did expect a heavy workload for applying to Oxbridge, which includes early submiss...