Theology/Religious Studies Applicants 2012

Offer from KCL



Which college? Do you have an interview?

Gonville and Caius - I have an interview on the 12th...

Great minds, complete overlap on the clothing question there

Hi guys, i wonder if you could help me out?
Basically, i am in year 12, doing bio, chem, maths and geo at A level. I got 11 A* at GCSE, but am really confused on what do as a career- medicine or theology. I really enjoy looking at the bible and other religious texts, the history behind them, (massive fan of Dan Brown - da vinci code and Angels and Demons ) Is a theoology course like that? Or is it more philosphy, and stuff like "how do we know we are living." So is a theology course at a good uni (like oxford) a mix, or more philosphy or religious history? And as i got good GCSE's, i would like to apply to oxbridge, but as i am not doing R.S at A level will i be at a disadvantage?
Many Thanks
Adam

So, how did you find today? Who was it that interviewed you?

Wonder if we spoke to each other at all xD

Were you guys at Manchester too?

I've got a question for everyone, and I don't mean this in a bad way at all:

What makes you want to study theology?

I definitely was, and I'm sure livvyess had the interview too that day. You were too then I take it?

Yeah I was; had an interview with Daniel Langton which was a massive long grilling! how was yours? heard anything?

Current Progress:

Offers from: Lancaster, Durham and KCL

Pending: Warwick, SOAS, Birmingham and Cambridge

Reject: Glasgow, Edinburgh

Received an unconditional from Bristol last night

People who had Cambridge interviews, how did you feel they went?

I had mine earlier this week at Emmanuel and surprisingly really enjoyed myself :L everyone was so lovely and it didn't feel like they were 'grilling' me as people have often implied.

How about everyone else?

Also, does anyone know when the decisions from Cambridge are posted?

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I wanted to do medicine for years and years until beginning of y12 when I realised that I was doing it more because it was a good career than because I was passionate about it. I got really into my AS RS course and wanted to do philosophy. As I researched more I found that there was a lot of maths and logic involved in philosophy and that it didn't do enough of the 'God stuff' for me. So I looked at Theology, which I'm now absolutely certain is right for me.
look really carefully at the modules they teach at each uni. Oxford are very traditional Theology looking closely at Christian history whereas Cambridge offers "Religious Studies and Theology" which is broader and allows more freedom across different religions. Unlike medicine where you're only looking at PBL or not, each uni teaches theology differently, some are more Xtian, Islamic and Jewish, some are Buddhism, Taoism etc, some are both and some are about Witchcraft and stuff- "Theology" is a very broad term.
Not doing RS won't be a disadvantage at all.
My advice is go to an open day and listen to the talks on both Philosophy and Theology; that's what I did and it made the decision for me. You really have to be interested in your subject to do it for 3 years, so see which talk, if either(!), interests you.
Hope that this very opinionated response helps!