Leicester or Sussex? Psychology
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Leicester or Sussex? PsychologyDown to last two universities both for psychology with sociology but can't pick!
Leicester: Don't like as a city but love the course modules, accomodation is far away
Sussex: Brighton as a city I love, course modules good, accomodation on campus, higher in league table but isn't as well known as leicester, didn't overall get a friendly feel
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Re: Leicester or Sussex? PsychologyI applied to both of those universities, and am now going to Sussex (albeit, for a different subject).
In league tables they're really similar - the most recent complete university gude places them 20th and 21st, and both being 1994 group members they're pretty equal. However I would just add, for Sociology and Psychology, Sussex is definately a more established university to study at - it makes the top 10 for both usually. -
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Re: Leicester or Sussex? Psychologythanks(Original post by swbp)
I applied to both of those universities, and am now going to Sussex (albeit, for a different subject).
In league tables they're really similar - the most recent complete university gude places them 20th and 21st, and both being 1994 group members they're pretty equal. However I would just add, for Sociology and Psychology, Sussex is definately a more established university to study at - it makes the top 10 for both usually.
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Re: Leicester or Sussex? PsychologyAs a current Leicester student in Psychology going into my 3rd yr in October...I would highly recommend Leicester uni...I can guarantee you that you will learn to love it.
if you don't prefer the city as much then from the academic aspect it's great. The people you'll meet and lecturers are very friendly. There's a lot of help that you can from GTA's that are doing their postgraduate. There's a buddy system. And the campus is wonderful and most of your time will be on campus rather than in different parts of the city. Accommodation isn't really a problem in first year because sometimes living a little further has it's advantages. And like someone mentioned in 2nd/3rd yr u'll liv in the nearby vicinity mostly 10-15mins walk like the rest of us. The nightlife is great, theres various (good) clubs in town and there's the O2 academy in the SU.......and I know there's a better chance of getting employment right out of uni at Leicester than in Sussex
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Hey what subjects did you do at a level?(Original post by nadiah)
I did that exact course and loved it....Sussex wins hands down! It's in Brighton, what more could you want <3
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Re: Leicester or Sussex? PsychologyWas so long ago I can barely remember! haha I did Psychology, English Language and Media Studies (Mistake!) and did Biology as an As. Why do you want to know? x(Original post by darwinwant)
Hey what subjects did you do at a level?
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Interested in doing psychology at Sussex but worried about the subjects I'm doing and my not so good as results :/(Original post by nadiah)
Was so long ago I can barely remember! haha I did Psychology, English Language and Media Studies (Mistake!) and did Biology as an As. Why do you want to know? x
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Re: Leicester or Sussex? Psychology(Original post by darwinwant)
Interested in doing psychology at Sussex but worried about the subjects I'm doing and my not so good as results :/
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What subjects are you doing? If it helps I scraped a C in English Language and scraped a B in Psychology at As, but then at A2 through good coursework and hard work I pushed Psychology up to a comfortable A and pushed English up to a couple of marks below an A
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Well done that's so good! How many resits did you have in January? I'll have 2 possibly 3 but feeling really worried about them(Original post by nadiah)
What subjects are you doing? If it helps I scraped a C in English Language and scraped a B in Psychology at As, but then at A2 through good coursework and hard work I pushed Psychology up to a comfortable A and pushed English up to a couple of marks below an A
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Re: Leicester or Sussex? Psychology(Original post by darwinwant)
Well done that's so good! How many resits did you have in January? I'll have 2 possibly 3 but feeling really worried about them
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Aww thanks I think I had four, I did better in three of them but worse in one (English) as I forgot to revise for half of the paper. lol. So don't forget to revise for half of the paper.
