Chapter 197 Course Selection Again

Every university has its own preferred subjects, and Oxford is no exception. It places particular emphasis on mathematics. Logically, Zhang Wei should choose mathematics.

However, in the pharmacy major she will choose, whether it is pharmacy or pharmacology, the types of courses required are biology, chemistry and psychology.

Almost more than 90% of students choose three courses, because even other subjects that are not very popular require three A's or above in the final high school grades.

In other words, everyone is worried about not having enough energy. After all, high school courses are much more difficult than junior high school courses.

However, psychology is a field that Zhang Wei has never been exposed to before. Although high school mathematics is not too difficult for Zhang Wei, if she falls behind in her main subject of psychology because of this, she will really regret it.

Finally, she had no choice but to ask Professor Cruise for advice. Professor Cruise didn't know much about this major, but he was very responsible, so he said he could take her to a college in Oxford University that offered a pharmacy program to ask.

Zhang Wei was very happy to hear this, and expressed his gratitude to Professor Cruise. He also brought him some South American coffee, which was a specialty brought back by Manny.

At this time, Zhang Wei thought of Alia. She wondered how she was doing recently and what her test results were. She then called Alia.

“I don’t plan to study at university in the UK”

"Ah?" Zhang Wei was a little surprised when she first heard it, but when she thought about her brother still being here, she understood a little.

"After I explained everything to Zim last time, we met before the holiday."

"He said he wouldn't bother me again. He didn't like me anyway, he just wanted me to take his place."

Zhang Wei was about to persuade her again when she heard her say:

"I thought about it later and realized that what everyone said was right. We just held a ceremony in India and didn't have a formal marriage certificate. Since he wouldn't come to see me, I let him do whatever he wanted."

Hearing what Alia said, Zhang Wei felt relieved and asked:

"Did you receive your transcript?"

At this point, Alia's tone immediately brightened:

"Not bad, seven A*s, enough to get into a good medical school. Thanks for helping me review later!"

Zhang Wei listened and found that she was indeed quite satisfied, so he continued to ask:

“Where do you want to go to college?”

She didn't answer directly, but asked, "Vera, what do you think of my going to China? Do you still have an impression of China?"

Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment: "China, of course it's good. I remember that China is good."

She suddenly felt a little ashamed. The idea of choosing a domestic university only flashed through her mind before flying away, while Alia was seriously considering it.

But her goal is to enter the world's top medical research institute. No matter how reluctant she is to admit it, she has to agree with the saying of our ancestors, "Learn from the barbarians in order to defeat them."

She must first go to a top program like Oxford or the world's number one Harvard School of Pharmacy to study in order to have many opportunities.

"I looked at universities in Hong Kong and heard there were a lot of international students there, the language was easier, and most importantly, it was far away from my family."

Zhang Wei immediately said, "Hong Kong is nice. I have a good friend from Hong Kong. I can come visit you later."

She thought of Paris, who had entered the Department of Mathematics at Harvard. They hadn't seen each other for a long time and only contacted each other occasionally through emails.

She had originally planned to ask Alia if she wanted to go to Oxford with her, but since she didn't plan to stay in the UK to study at university, she didn't say anything. As for her other roommates, they all preferred social science majors in Cambridge, so she had to go alone this time.

Manny drove Zhang Wei there. He learned to drive outside, so his family bought him a car.

He was in the stage of falling in love with the new car, and then he grabbed some of the drivers' jobs. Except for Charles, he was happy to serve everyone else.

Zhang Wei saw Professor Cruise parked on the side of the road with his bicycle at the door, so he got out of the car and asked Manny to go back first.

She couldn't enter the college without Professor Cruise. To enter and exit an independent college, one needs a student ID card from the college or a faculty ID card from Oxford University.

Oxford University has more than 30 independent colleges, each with different majors and styles, and of course there are internal rankings. This time, Professor Cruise took her to the college ranked in the top five in pharmacy.

After he swiped his card and brought Zhang Wei in, Zhang Wei felt the atmosphere of pharmacy. Students wearing white coats and masks were coming and going in the small building.

Professor Cruise took her to an office, knocking on the door.

"Come in!"

Zhang Wei heard a low voice and followed Professor Cruise in. He saw a professor who was reading a document. He looked much more serious than Professor Cruise.

Zhang Wei listened to the two people exchanging pleasantries before Professor Cruise explained his purpose.

When Professor York's eyes fell on Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei immediately said:

"Good morning, Professor. My name is Vera Wilson."

He also asked directly: "Do you want to apply for pharmacy or pharmacology?"

"It's pharmacy," Zhang Wei replied.

Pharmacy studies how to make chemical ingredients into different dosage forms such as capsules and tablets. Different ingredients have different therapeutic effects, while pharmacology studies what effects and functions drugs can have in the human body.

Simply put, one is to study dosage and develop new drugs, and the other is to study pharmacology.

Zhang Wei’s goal is to conduct pharmaceutical research and develop new drugs.

"Then you need to take biology, chemistry, and math."

Zhang Wei immediately asked, "I saw on the university's website that medical majors need to take psychology, is that correct?"

"Your major isn't clinical medicine, so it won't focus too much on psychology. Mathematics is more important. It would be even better if you could take further mathematics. Oxford has always valued a good foundation in mathematics."

At this moment, Professor Cruz helped Zhang Wei add:

"She's good at math. She previously participated in the IJMO Mathematics Competition in Country A and even got a ticket to the IMO reserve team."

"Oh, then choose Mathematics and Further Mathematics. I believe that with your previous grades, choosing these two subjects should be no problem."

They also promised: "As long as you get A*A*AA or above in these four subjects, you are guaranteed to get an interview notice from our college, and more than half of the colleges in Oxford will send you interview notices."

Zhang Wei thought for a moment and asked, "In addition to biology and chemistry, what if I study mathematics and psychology?"

"That doesn't make any sense. Psychology won't help much with your application. If you're willing to take four subjects, adding Mathematics and Further Mathematics is the best choice. If you do better in the exams, you can choose from all the pharmacy schools in Oxford."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you very much!"