Universities + Courses
Posted by
Frantx on 2011-10-10 14:53:48
I'm trying to get my UCAS sorted, but I'm not 100% on universities and courses, so I thought I'd ask TEK9 for help.
Universities I'm looking at are places like Derby, York, Leeds Met, Reading. What uni's do you recommend (prefer if you been there/are going there atm)
Not 100% on my course either, probably something in English or History (or together). What course are you/have you studied and where? (would you recommend it)
Thanks in advance!
and I'm here!
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If you can get the grades to go manchester i would deffo recommend it. Such a sick city and manchester uni is meant to be class. I was going to go to Newcastle but i didn't get the grades, i'm dead happy at man met though so idm really. Newcastle did look really good and the night life was equally as sick.
Im at man met doing games programming.
I'm currently doing Software Engineering, but I know loads of people who do stuff like Ancient History and Archaology which is all under the same department and they've got nothing but good things to say about it. And I'm not even kidding, I know a LOT of people doing things like History, so I can only assume it must be good!
Remade Dungeons and Dragons in computers! Systems and Engineers!
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Reading Loss Aversion, Shock Tactics!
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Ah man, just graduated there, missing the place already! Currently doing postgrad masters at Plymouth, since Reading was gay and rejected my application :(
We forgot to make our presentation video lmao.
of the ones you put, reading is good for graduate employment, last time i checked it was #1.
Could go on and on and on.
uk unis are nothing in comparison to the likes of yale, harvard, princeton, cornell etc in terms of cost either. they pay like $35,000 a semester. :)
edited 2011-10-10 17:13:27
Or google things such as, "Best uni for english lit in the uk" etc.
Perhaps one of these (depending on subject): Bristol, KCL, Warwick and Imperial
Other than that Uni is stupidly expensive and not convinced it would be worth it (especially with 9k fees).
And I'm guessing same with Cambridge.
ah except you did say it was a recommendation, I suppose my point is still valid but I misread yours.
edited 2011-10-12 20:45:16
Business Administration. I am doing the course in Dutch, but Tilburg also offers an International version of Business Administration. Besides Tilburg is a really great place to study.
Law.
College of Scripting
Scripter.
Handy then, that the only place I get accepted to study astronomy and astrophysics is at the University of Kent... Still, it's a deferred entry so I have this year to save for it and have already qualified for a 'uni-wide' academic scholarship and also meet the criteria for another couple that I'm in the process of applying for. Hopefully I'll get all three and that'll drop the fees for the first year down from nine to about £4k. Ideally, I'll get them renewed each year and be able to get through uni at a much lower cost than I otherwise would have.
So yeah, tuition fees for me were the biggest hurdle when deciding whether or not to make plans to go down south for uni or to reapply in Scotland and I think advice to anyone going through the UCAS app process in England this year is to get funding options looked out early. Have a close look around the uni website and check out whatever department you'd be studying in for scholarships, bursaries and all the other 'free money' options.
At one point I thought about temporarily becoming registered as a Jew to get access to a pretty big scholarship fund specifically for Jewish students in the UK. Maybe worth a shot if you're desperate and can grow your sideburns quickly...
So yeah, I'm afraid that apart from the wee bit of money advice this post doesn't really achieve much other than massaging my ego...
Good luck with your applications though!
edited 2011-10-10 21:36:58
Well basically since I've got this year to prepare I'm trying to do as much background reading on the content of the course as I can. You might have seen a thread I started on Fortran 90, it's a programming language that we'll have to learn in first year and are required to code some sort of useful 'astronomy program' with it.
So yeah, trying to learn about and teach myself that as well as a load of other stuff all so that when I get down there I've got pretty decent credentials for getting in on some non-syllabus research work i.e. working with a postgraduate or fulltime research team at the university on an ongoing project.
Reason I'm doing that is because from everything I've read potential employers in the field of physics and more specifically astronomy value a good degree coupled with extensive research experience far more than just the degree by itself which is what most people come out of uni with.
As far as specifics with regards to work after uni I don't have a clue but the course itself includes a year's study in the USA so hopefully as a result of that I'll have opened up a much wider range of potential employers from contacts I can make during the year in the states.
This reads far too much like a wee naive schoolboy getting all his plans for the rest of his life laid out so I'll just add, when all the above plans go to shit you'll find me in some shitty school in the Highlands of Scotland with a half-empty bottle of whisky hidden in my desk teaching school kids the order of the planets...
edited 2011-10-11 00:00:43
lmao
Getting a letter of recommendation from my rabbi is gonna be tricky to be honest though.
no literally..... i see no white people o.0
Dublin Uni has no fees as far as I know, plus.. its Ireland, what can go wrong. Switzerland is about 1.5 grand so not expensive at all. I think I read a comment above that said something about the language barrier? Most courses abroad have them taught in English aswell as the local tongue. Personally I'd love to go to Uni in Paris or somewhere of equal artistic integrity.
Deffo something worth looking into, keep your options completely open as you may change your mind come July next year.
How gay does that sound, lmfao.
Sadly this is true. Public universities are relatively cheap here, averaging anywhere from $16-$20k a year (10,236.95 GBP - 12,796.19 GBP) or 11,742.20 EUR - 14,678.27 EUR.
Private universities on the other hand are expensive as balls here. For example, the private university I am enrolled at now is $46,000/year (29,429.94 GBP , 33,759.42 EUR). Thankfully I am getting an amazing scholarship + having received my AA in high schoolI really only end up paying for one year. Over four years, without a scholarship it would normally cost 117,741.31 GBP/135,054.96 EUR
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My brother went to Newcastle and said the night life was pretty tasty.
Law--> Leiden
Business--> Erasmus Rotterdam!
www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2011/may/17/university-league-table-2012
Try and stick to ~ the top 45ish. The higher the better.
Maybe you shouldn't be looking at the top 45.
Tasty.
Why?
First of all I'm applying to LSE, UCL, Kings, (Oxbridge?). Anything around London or somewhere good. The point of uni is to get a better chance at getting a better job, so going to University and doing a joke "surfing" degree is completely pointless. You DO NOT need a degree to go into that industry. I'm hoping to study Geography and Economics. Why? Because its got so many potential high end jobs, such as:
The City
NGOs
Civil Service (Diplomacy / Foreign Office in particular)
Not only is it what I'm good at, but its money making, and also exciting. Its international, and global.
So believe me, if you're going to university, make it worthwhile and meaningful. Job prospects are essential, especially now.
Now the tuition fees. There is a EXCELLENT thread on the studentroom, actually explaining what the fees will do to you, at specific salaries, and tbh its not as bad as everyone makes out. BUT I CANT FIND IT :<
edited 2011-10-12 17:26:37
to study business management.
I'm studying Politics and International Relations which is really interesting and all the lecturers are really cool.
edited 2011-10-12 18:30:13
Am loving it... Leeds is supposed to be one of (if not the) best nights out you can have... I've had some mint nights out, met a load of great people and basically loving it. The uni facilities are brilliant too, the Libraries are 24/7 and have more books, journals etc than you could ask for.
If you want any info add me on xfire - 13cheese
edited 2011-10-12 18:31:24
PM if you need any advice btw, though as with most Oxbridge applicants I am sure you find the offers of help trivial at best, bordering in insulting.
Cheers for offering advice, I think I'm ok at the moment but should anything arise, that would be awesome!
Because you can do a mixture of things, i.e. computer science with maths, computer science with physics, computer science with electronics etc.
Edit: For pictures of Edinburgh, see the post below. ;)
edited 2011-10-12 21:07:44
@will: thx 4 the reply.
Fact.
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me and 2 uni coursemates in Iceland
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Finding it quite intense but overall rewarding. Right next to the met which is good as tbh, there's quite a few cunts here and I have some mates there.
roomies cool as hell even if all french :P, campus is swish and union is top notch!
central,
lipa,
man met,
leeds,
not sure where else havent looked into it:)
Diplomacy, International law, UN, EU, Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism, Negotiation, Conflict etc. very interesting :)
edit* + The Netherlands apparantly is very actractive for UK students because the quality of uni's are said to be great in the netherlands and it's way more affordable than in the UK :]
edited 2011-10-13 08:41:10