University Choices

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Originally Posted by di marco

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Originally Posted by DaVeyWaVey

The only thing I'm going to have trouble with are my grades I think..my target grades stand at an A for English, and 3 Cs for my other subjects at AS Level, so hopefully they'll boost to 3 Bs for predicted grades when it comes to sending off my UCAS form.. I am doing Drama, lol, but I think I may be dropping it at the end of the year..

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i wouldnt worry too much about your target grades atm cos youre not too far off BBB (and an A in english is good). dont know about other schools but at my school they asked us what grades/points each uni wanted and altered our predicted grades slightly so that we at least got an interview! obviously if you were predicted all Es they werent going to write on our ucas forms all As but i was predicted 1 A, 2 Bs and an E but they highered my E to a C to make it look better lol! maybe talk either to your subjects teachers or your reference writer and say you need 3 Bs and ask how likely it would be for you to get Bs in your subjects, if they think its possible for you to get that then they might change your predicted grades to Bs to write on your ucas form, but make sure you apply somewhere that also has a lower grade/points mark just in case. if that makes sense lol!

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Yeah that makes sense - thanks Di M. :) I might ask my different teachers then, if they could possibly change my target grades if they haven't gone up to BBB by the time I have to send off my UCAS form (I know I'm currently getting 2 Bs, 1 C and 1 D at the moment)..so I'll give it a go. And yeah, I am going to apply to another uni which takes lower grades, as that's a uni I can fall back on if I don't get my 1st choice for my desired place.

You haven't yet taken all your exams for AS so don't get too worried about target grades yet. If you put in the work you will probably reach them. If you don't, just put all/some of your results in as pending on your UCAS. Pending just means resitting. Makes it look better when you send it off if you got Es and Us. Not that I'm saying you will, just an example.

You need to be realistic though. Exam results aren't the be-all and end-all. One of my teachers did really badly in her A levels (2 Es) and she got in just on her personal statement and reference.

I got in with really rubbish predicted grades BDDE and i Got ABCC so the universtiys know that the grades can change by the time of the exams.

I just got an offer an hour ago from Buckinghamshire Chilterns for 200 points. I'm really pleased, I didn't think I'd get any offers with my AS grades :D My target grades are BDE which is 200 exactly plus general studies which I got a C at AS. :D:D

I keep checking my inbox to see if UCAS have sent me another email.

I think I know what course I am going to go for now - English and Journalism. It's just deciding where to do it too. My mum keeps saying to stay near home, but I wanna go far away. :p

If you want to go far away make sure you consider the cost of living and cost of transport if you don't drive. Living closer to London is going to be costly for rent and such like. Less money spent on rent = more money spent down the pub :D

Also, look on a map to see exactly where the universities you apply to are. I thought Canterbury was north of London and applied for two courses there. Kent is a long way from Yorkshire :lol:

Are you going to do a joint honours or major in one subject?

I will probably do a joint honours in both English and Journalism.

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Originally Posted by DaVeyWaVey

I will probably do a joint honours in both English and Journalism.

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I swear you must be stalking me or something!!

My (soon to be) firm choice is Journalism and English :p

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Originally Posted by Abi

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Originally Posted by DaVeyWaVey

I will probably do a joint honours in both English and Journalism.

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I swear you must be stalking me or something!!

My (soon to be) firm choice is Journalism and English :p

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Lol mwahahaha. :p

I decided on these two as I'm expected an A in English which is good and I suppose I should use that to my advantage, and I've had experience in Journalism and it's a career that I'm confident I will enjoy.

Have you got all your offers Abi?

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Originally Posted by Abigail

Have you got all your offers Abi?

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I've got 4 offers, so far. I have an interview at the 5th in Feb. Is it March we have to decide our firm in? Because some people say you have untill June to reply to your offers, and others say its March.

You reply when you have got all your offers. Everybody who met the 15th Jan deadline should get all their offers by the end of March.

I think you have to get your accomodation applications in by the end of June.

Ooh i bet its getting exciting with the offers coming in.

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Originally Posted by Abi

I've got 4 offers, so far. I have an interview at the 5th in Feb. Is it March we have to decide our firm in? Because some people say you have untill June to reply to your offers, and others say its March.

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Originally Posted by Abigail

You reply when you have got all your offers. Everybody who met the 15th Jan deadline should get all their offers by the end of March.

I think you have to get your accomodation applications in by the end of June.

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the date of the deadline differs depending on when you get your last offer. so even if you met the january deadline it doesnt necessarily mean you will have all your offers by the end of march. i sent my ucas form in before xmas but cos of interviews and stuff i didnt get my last offer til the end of april so i then got til about the beginning of june to make my choices even though other people in my class only had til march/april. it just all depends really, but it will tell you on the letter when you receive your last offer. also i think accomodation deadlines are different for each uni, again i think you get a letter about this (cant really remember, but you will be told)

Does anyone know of a good university for Media Arts? Or something on the lines of television production...I'd like to go into TV editing in the future....(although my mum thinks I should go down the science route :p)

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Originally Posted by StarsOfCCTV

Does anyone know of a good university for Media Arts? Or something on the lines of television production...I'd like to go into TV editing in the future....(although my mum thinks I should go down the science route :p)

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I did a UCAS search for Tv editing, these are the results from all the universities in the UK http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsr...=0&button1.y=0

If you want to change the type of course and areas search again using this http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsr...h.HsSearch.run

Judge by league tables, and whether courses are approved by industry training bodies. Ask what facilities they have and how many students are using them. Check the university's contacts with industry.

Check the Times100 league tables to see which universities are good once you have some in mind http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/gug/...rsityguide.php


For Dave & Abbie: look for universities that include the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) qualification in their degree. Coming out with an NCTJ means you don't have to spend time and money getting one later.

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Originally Posted by Abigail

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Originally Posted by StarsOfCCTV

Does anyone know of a good university for Media Arts? Or something on the lines of television production...I'd like to go into TV editing in the future....(although my mum thinks I should go down the science route :p)

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I did a UCAS search for Tv editing, these are the results from all the universities in the UK http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsr...=0&button1.y=0

If you want to change the type of course and areas search again using this http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsr...h.HsSearch.run

Judge by league tables, and whether courses are approved by industry training bodies. Ask what facilities they have and how many students are using them. Check the university's contacts with industry.

Check the Times100 league tables to see which universities are good once you have some in mind http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/gug/...rsityguide.php

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also, find out when their open days are and go and have a look at them cos then youll be able to see first hand what the facilities are like and maybe talk to students/lecturers about the course

and order prospectuses, they show alot about unis. Buit seeing them in person is most important.

Yeah, you should go see them all and the accomodation. They accomodation brochurs will only show you the best accomodation they have. I went to Teesside and I got an accomodation brochure. All looked nice and spacious. Got into the halls and it couldn't have been much worse. One of the halls actually had bars on the windows :eek: and two showers between 20 people.

yeah exaclty and even the uni itself can be made to look alot better in pictures than it is in real life.

Thanks for those websites Abigail! I've found a really good Television and Video production course at Southampton Solent and Brighton Uni looks quite good as well.

I'll definately be visiting the Uni's though! I couldn't just turn up I want to see how the area is :p Although I've been to Brighton before and that's a great place :D I'm definately going to go to all the university open days :)

As a Southampton girl I can only welcome your decision to at least have a look at Southampton Uni. :lol:

Ooh yay is the area nice? Lots of clubs and places to go? :p

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Originally Posted by StarsOfCCTV

Ooh yay is the area nice? Lots of clubs and places to go? :p

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It is a sea port, lots of sailors in uniform :lol: But yes, quite a few clubs available for you to check out. :D

Im starting to think about Zoolgy, its sounds quite interesting and Ive a;ways been interested in that kind of things with animals and I can use a bit of my geography in this as well I think.
Its either I go down a route with something to do with biology/geography or my english/drama

Lots of people do Zoology at Bangor because its near anglessey and i think it is popular at Liverpool but i could be getting confused with Marine Biology, your all very good looking already. I was hopeless in fact i still don't know what i want to do/

I've made my choices. I was going to choose UCLAN (260 points) and Staffordshire (240). I think 260 is a bit ambitious going by my AS results and I don't want to jepodise a place if I get below 240 and have to go through clearing. I know some universities accept you if you get below their offer but its too much of a hassle.

So I've decided to go with Staffordshire (240) and Buckinghamshire (200). I've been wondering why I haven't confirmed my choices to UCAS when I got them all a week ago and I realised today that I'd rather not stress too much over A levels for the sake of 260 points. Plus everybody says Preston (UCLAN) is a horrible place to live. None of that probably doesn't make sense to you lot but it does to me.

I'm going to talk to my tutor tomorrow and then confirm after that.

Surprisingly my mum wasn't too bothered about me changing my mind about UCLAN when it was my first choice and the place I really wanted to go to. She's more bothered about the pollution she'll create when she comes to visit me as Bucks is three hours away :confused:

I'm waffling now, I'm happy and excited :D:D

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Originally Posted by Abigail

I've made my choices. I was going to choose UCLAN (260 points) and Staffordshire (240). I think 260 is a bit ambitious going by my AS results and I don't want to jepodise a place if I get below 240 and have to go through clearing. I know some universities accept you if you get below their offer but its too much of a hassle.

So I've decided to go with Staffordshire (240) and Buckinghamshire (200). I've been wondering why I haven't confirmed my choices to UCAS when I got them all a week ago and I realised today that I'd rather not stress too much over A levels for the sake of 260 points. Plus everybody says Preston (UCLAN) is a horrible place to live. None of that probably doesn't make sense to you lot but it does to me.

I'm going to talk to my tutor tomorrow and then confirm after that.

Surprisingly my mum wasn't too bothered about me changing my mind about UCLAN when it was my first choice and the place I really wanted to go to. She's more bothered about the pollution she'll create when she comes to visit me as Bucks is three hours away :confused:

I'm waffling now, I'm happy and excited :D:D

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Is that Bucks uni, or BCUC? I think BCUC is called Buckinghamshire New University now..

Its Buckinghamshire Chilterns.

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Originally Posted by StarsOfCCTV

Thanks for those websites Abigail! I've found a really good Television and Video production course at Southampton Solent and Brighton Uni looks quite good as well.

I'll definately be visiting the Uni's though! I couldn't just turn up I want to see how the area is :p Although I've been to Brighton before and that's a great place :D I'm definately going to go to all the university open days :)

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OMGZ I go to Solent! It's the best uni ever! It has such such such good night life! And reputation for being a fun uni to be at!

The TV & Video Production is really good here, my friend does it and he's always saying how good it is.

Southampton is a nice little city, everythings in walking distance, one of the biggest shopping centres in the UK, and loads and loads of nightclubs for Students - it's like the ultimate uni for nightlife etc

www.yougo.co.uk

I got this website from a UCAS card email. You can meet people and make friends with people who are (hopefully) doing the same course as you at university. I've already made a friend and I only registered today :)

yeah that is really handy, You go further i was on that.

Anyone heard/know anything about Edge Hill University ??

I've been looking at Uni's, and so far Kingston and Roehampton are looking good, and Roehampton have a scholarship which is something to aim for :)

I'm looking at doing psychology (major) and either criminology or drama as my minor, so if anyone has any advice it would be appreciated :P

My friend applied for early years/primary education at Edge Hill. She had an interview last week and she said its a good university.

I think psych is really competitive at lots of universities.

Edge Hill is a popular choice for lots of people i have a few friends there, although if you are into big cities then it would not be the best place as it is pretty quiet. Its nearest place is Ormskirk where my nana used to live and is origionally a market town. It is also pretty close to Southport which is nice and Liverpool is not too far.

Psychology is a very popular degree and covers a wide range of topics and Criminology is also a popular minor especially if you are interested in how crime is treated and things. Criminology would also be really useful with psychology.

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Originally Posted by Katy

It is also pretty close to Southport which is nice and Liverpool is not too far.

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How far from Liverpool is it do you know? I read on their website that it was quite close!
I'm thinking i might be better in a city one, but Edge Hill did look really nice and it read well!

Oh sugar, I just wrote a reply then went back a page.

Egde Hill in Ormskirk is 12 miles from Liverpool.

Can't remember what else I wrote :lol:

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Originally Posted by Layne

Anyone heard/know anything about Edge Hill University ??

I've been looking at Uni's, and so far Kingston and Roehampton are looking good, and Roehampton have a scholarship which is something to aim for :)

I'm looking at doing psychology (major) and either criminology or drama as my minor, so if anyone has any advice it would be appreciated :P

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xTanya on here goes to Roehampton. She does Drama and something else.. peforming arts I think..

On her profile may be her MySpace.. message her and ask her about the Uni. She's really nice, wouldn't mind at all.

I've got offers from all 5 of my choices now - Decision time!! :)

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Originally Posted by Abi

I've got offers from all 5 of my choices now - Decision time!! :)

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congrats on getting offers from all your choices abi! :)