St Mary’s Catholic High School / 12 Jul
Cambridge Chemistry Challenge Success
In early June, twenty of our Year 12 Chemistry students took part in the Lower Sixth Cambridge Chemistry challenge ( www.C3L6.com ). This highly prestigious competition is open to students from all over the world and this year saw approximately 14000 entries. Students sit a very challenging 80 mark paper and are awarded certificates if they meet certain grade thresholds, with Copper being the first available certificate then Silver, Gold and Roentgenium(Roentgenium - Wikipedia) . Out of the 14000 entries, approximately 5000 did not receive any certificate, such was the nature of the challenge.
Remarkably, every single St Mary's student received a certificate which is an incredible feat with 3 Copper, 7 Silver, 9 Gold and 1 Roentgenium awarded.
The Roentgenium award was given to Zexi. Out of the 14000 entries, only 70 students passed the threshold for Roentgenium, putting Zexi in the top 0.5% of all entries. To recognise his achievement Zexi has been invited on a Cambridge University Chemistry Residential camp in the summer holidays.
The successful students were :
Alex, Alfie, Anysia, Charlie, Edith, Farrah, Georgis, Hannah, Josiah, Juvel, Kirsty, Langtitaah, Lily, Luke, Patrick, Rebecca, Shuaib, Will, Zexi, Zixu.