How competitive are the Philosophy depts of UCL and KCL?

Hi

just wondering how intense the competition is (relatively against other philosophy course unis) for Philosophy at KCL or UCL?

Would I stand a chance if I did not have a philosophy specific personal statement?

I dunno, but both are competitive.
UCL has a lot of applicants for Philosophy, offers are AAA.
But the application procedure includes an open day with a test, so you can make up for anything you lack anywhere else (e.g PS) in the test, to an extent at least.

What's the PS for?

The PS will be for science courses (biochemical/biological sciences)

Hmm, well I can see it working either way. They may think "well, we've got 200 other great applicants who have decided they really want to do Philosophy" and reject you.

But scientists and mathematicians often make good philosophers, so they may take your application as sign of enough interest in Philosophy and take you partly because they like a bit of science thrown in.

Buuut it's probs a long shot. You would have to have top grades to stand a chance imo, and it is very competitive. Philosophy is competitive in general, and UCL is a top uni.

I dunno. Anyway good luck, I've got a place @ UCL for Philosophy for next year so maybe I'll be seeing you there

Peace x