Royal Holloway - Psychology

I see someone else is in the same situation..decisions, decision! I have RHUL, Surrey and York as offers.. while York does rank higher, I'm going with my gut feel and will put RHUL as my firm choice. Thanks Ilacerta for your feedback in my previous post asking about RHUL vs Surrey!
I'm planning to visit after my IB exams in May to look at the accommodation. Let me know what you decide!

Hi Lolo94!

Do you mind sharing with me how you eventually decided on firming RHUL instead of York? :smile:

Reply 21

llacerta

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Original post by shuuuuu

Hi llacerta,

Thanks alot for your advice!

Are you a Psychology undergraduate at RHUL? Could you share with me what studying there is like for you?

Also, are the research facilities at RHUL accessible to psych undergrad students at RHUL?

Thankyou (:

Yes I am. It's amazing. :biggrin:

For example- I've spent the last four days volunteering at the BNA Festival of Neuroscience, a huge conference with speakers from all over the world. It usually costs £250 for entry but for me, as a volunteer, it was free. This is because one of our lecturers is on the board of the BNA and actually organised all of the speakers and basically the whole science side of things, so he's a pretty 'big shot' in their terms, haha. He arranged for 8 or so of us to be able to help out, which is not something he had to do, but it's just one example of how great our department is, because it was the only department which had arranged such a thing for its students.

In general I've been a very happy student for the past three years. The psych course is tough, probably one of the toughest at Holloway, so it's not an easy ride. But the modules are interesting, the lecturers are fantastic, and it's a lot of fun.

The research facilities are available to a certain extent- for example, the MRI machine the department has has been used in some third year projects (but only a couple, seeing as each scan costs around £500). I think we also have some EEG equipment and a TMS machine, both of which were demonstrated in my Methods in Cognitive Neuro course this year but which I hadn't seen before. As far as I'm aware they weren't used in any third year projects, though.

Thing is, in psychology there aren't really many research facilities as such (aside from the methods equipment) anyway. No university psychology course will let you get your hands on any of this stuff in your first and second years, and most universities don't even HAVE an MRI machine so that third years can use it anyway. Most psych research is done without these things and you'll be conducting (simplified) research from your first year in your lab reports.

However, if you really are keen to get a handle on the methods side of psychology (so more cognitive neuro stuff) then you can try and get a position as a research assistant in the department. In general I'd recommend doing this as they allow you to be really hands-on in the running of a project. Or you can try and get an internship outside of the department, which is something else I did, so now I've been trained in how to use EEG. I found out about this internship through our department so they're very helpful when it comes to these extra things.

Reply 22

llacerta

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Original post by floratheo

Hii guys, I applied for BSc Psychology at Royal Holloway and I was so happy to get an offer, its definitely my first choice uni. But I think I made a mistake of not applying for BSc Psychology, Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience mainly cause I thought you needed Biology A-level. When I went to the UCAS day someone from the admissions team told me there's some mobility in the first month(s) if you want to switch the degree course. Now I'm really stuck. I'm doing some research and I think my interest lies on the biological side of Psychology but I can't tell for sure. I just don't want to go for the Neuroscience degree and then regret it whereas with Psychology I could specialize later on if after the degree I'm sure of my interest in Neuroscience. Anyone has any comments that could help me with this decision? :smile:

Many thanks xx

I would definitely ask the department just how much flexibility there is in terms of switching courses. I don't know much about these new courses but as far as I was aware, they're all very similar (if not the same) in the first two years and it's just in the third year that you specialise in whatever area you've chosen. So ask the department just how late you can switch.

To be honest, I'm not keen on this new idea- as you said, you don't want to narrow yourself down, but what if you do have more of an interest on the neuroscience side of things? My cohort are all gaining a straight 'BSc Psychology' but the vast majority of my modules this year are in the neuroscience side of things and if I were a new student my degree would be the clin and cog neuro one. But I'm getting the best of both worlds- the experience of doing those modules without having to change my degree name. It's just weird they're trying to make people choose these things before they've even started the course- I know loads of people whose perception of what their favourite areas of psychology were changed after they started uni.

In short, ask the department about flexibility, and perhaps also ask them how many neuro modules you'd be able to take if you took the straight psychology course. If you'd be able to take just as many neuro modules as the other course, then I'd probably recommend just going for the straight one

Reply 23

shuuuuu

Original post by llacerta

Yes I am. It's amazing. :biggrin:

For example- I've spent the last four days volunteering at the BNA Festival of Neuroscience, a huge conference with speakers from all over the world. It usually costs £250 for entry but for me, as a volunteer, it was free. This is because one of our lecturers is on the board of the BNA and actually organised all of the speakers and basically the whole science side of things, so he's a pretty 'big shot' in their terms, haha. He arranged for 8 or so of us to be able to help out, which is not something he had to do, but it's just one example of how great our department is, because it was the only department which had arranged such a thing for its students.

In general I've been a very happy student for the past three years. The psych course is tough, probably one of the toughest at Holloway, so it's not an easy ride. But the modules are interesting, the lecturers are fantastic, and it's a lot of fun.

The research facilities are available to a certain extent- for example, the MRI machine the department has has been used in some third year projects (but only a couple, seeing as each scan costs around £500). I think we also have some EEG equipment and a TMS machine, both of which were demonstrated in my Methods in Cognitive Neuro course this year but which I hadn't seen before. As far as I'm aware they weren't used in any third year projects, though.

Thing is, in psychology there aren't really many research facilities as such (aside from the methods equipment) anyway. No university psychology course will let you get your hands on any of this stuff in your first and second years, and most universities don't even HAVE an MRI machine so that third years can use it anyway. Most psych research is done without these things and you'll be conducting (simplified) research from your first year in your lab reports.

However, if you really are keen to get a handle on the methods side of psychology (so more cognitive neuro stuff) then you can try and get a position as a research assistant in the department. In general I'd recommend doing this as they allow you to be really hands-on in the running of a project. Or you can try and get an internship outside of the department, which is something else I did, so now I've been trained in how to use EEG. I found out about this internship through our department so they're very helpful when it comes to these extra things.

Thanks for the info! I have a few more questions in mind if you don't mind (:

Not exactly a question but can you tell me more about the 3rd year of the course? Right now I'm looking at the 3rd year of both York and RHUL but from the websites and prospectus I can't really find out much. It'd be great if you could share with me how RHUL's 3rd year is like. Is it alot of independent learning, do we spend alot of time in labs or just doing readings? Not exactly sure what to ask but maybe you could just share anything you find fun or great about your 3rd year there? :smile:

Also, is a UOL degree really much more prestigious than a non-UOL degree? Do students at RHUL get more opportunities/resources because RHUL is a part of UOL?

Thanks so much!!!
:smile:

Reply 24

llacerta

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Original post by shuuuuu

Thanks for the info! I have a few more questions in mind if you don't mind (:

Not exactly a question but can you tell me more about the 3rd year of the course? Right now I'm looking at the 3rd year of both York and RHUL but from the websites and prospectus I can't really find out much. It'd be great if you could share with me how RHUL's 3rd year is like. Is it alot of independent learning, do we spend alot of time in labs or just doing readings? Not exactly sure what to ask but maybe you could just share anything you find fun or great about your 3rd year there? :smile:

Also, is a UOL degree really much more prestigious than a non-UOL degree? Do students at RHUL get more opportunities/resources because RHUL is a part of UOL?

Thanks so much!!!
:smile:

I'm doing the old course so I think things will have changed a lot by the time you get to your third year, but I've enjoyed it in general. It's been very tough, a lot of independent learning you said (I've only had either 4 or 6 hours a week of lectures this year) so a lot of time is spent doing the third year project- this replaces labs. The rest of the time is spent reading and, at this time of year, revising for exams.

I've been lucky enough to have really enjoyed my project this year- I had a great project group and I love my supervisor as well as the project area itself so it worked well. The write-up was tough, but probably tougher for me than for most just because our project was probably the most conceptually difficult one of the lot of them. Even despite this, I've enjoyed doing research and most people have found it to be a good experience.

I chose to do a dissertation which has been a bit stressful, but I love the flexibility of being able to write an essay in an area that I'm interested in without any constraints. However, of course the dissertation is not everyone's cup of tea and lots of people opt out and just do another module instead.

The modules this year have, in general, been my favourite throughout the three years, which is probably due to the fact that we've been able to have a say in what we want to study. As someone who hates social and developmental and loves neuro, this has been a dream! Plus the lectures are much more in-depth and assume that we know the basic stuff so there's more time for the cool stuff, which is definitely been a good thing.

The coursework essays this year have been really, really difficult. Second year is all about the sheer amount of work we have to do, with essays due in most weeks. So in that sense, this year has felt pretty relaxed. However, merely understanding the topics for the essays has taken much more time so it's a step up in that sense.

Overall, this year has been the most difficult but at the same time the most rewarding. My favourite thing about third year has to be getting to know the lecturers- we interact with them much more this year and they're such a great bunch of people. I'm genuinely going to miss them when I graduate!

As for the UOL thing, it isn't more prestigious but there are other benefits. These are the hidden extras, added connections that our university has with other UOL colleges. Going to a college of the UOL has meant that I've been able to intern at UCL and has in general opened up many more opportunities. As they say, everything's going on in London! And one of the reasons why I chose Oxford over York for postgrad (they both gave me offers so it was a genuinely tough decision between the two of them) was that as Oxford is closer to London, it's easier to build up connections and a network. That isn't to say York isn't able to offer 'extras' either, but as a York student you have to rely solely on York to be able to provide all of the opportunities, whereas at RHUL there are many more routes to go down and the other UOL colleges are often very keen to interact with us.

Reply 25

floratheo

Original post by llacerta

I would definitely ask the department just how much flexibility there is in terms of switching courses. I don't know much about these new courses but as far as I was aware, they're all very similar (if not the same) in the first two years and it's just in the third year that you specialise in whatever area you've chosen. So ask the department just how late you can switch.

To be honest, I'm not keen on this new idea- as you said, you don't want to narrow yourself down, but what if you do have more of an interest on the neuroscience side of things? My cohort are all gaining a straight 'BSc Psychology' but the vast majority of my modules this year are in the neuroscience side of things and if I were a new student my degree would be the clin and cog neuro one. But I'm getting the best of both worlds- the experience of doing those modules without having to change my degree name. It's just weird they're trying to make people choose these things before they've even started the course- I know loads of people whose perception of what their favourite areas of psychology were changed after they started uni.

In short, ask the department about flexibility, and perhaps also ask them how many neuro modules you'd be able to take if you took the straight psychology course. If you'd be able to take just as many neuro modules as the other course, then I'd probably recommend just going for the straight one

I went on to the website and realized that the Neuroscience course is the same as all other psychology degrees offered at Royal Holloway up until the third year. Then on the third year Psychology students have to pick 6 modules from a list of 15 and the Neuroscience students have 6 compulsory modules but these can be picked by Psychology students from the list. So there's no point on going for the Neuroscience degree if your not sure and like you said its possible that I'll like something completely different by the end of the second year. Thank you so much for you advice!!

Reply 26

Lolo94

Original post by shuuuuu

Hi Lolo94!

Do you mind sharing with me how you eventually decided on firming RHUL instead of York? :smile:

Hi Shuuuuu, to be honest I went with my gut feel from what I'd read and seen on the website -- and all my hours of research!! Although York is supposedly a better rated all round university, I'm taken with the Psych dept at RHUL... so that is what swayed me.. I guess proximity to London too.. I'm an international student so getting in and out of London was easier than York... logistics I guess.

Reply 27

AD8888

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Hi!
I'm in the same position as Lolo95 and shuuuuu (have offers from Royal Holloway and York). Really can't decide based on the courses teaching staff etc as I think they both seem excellent so finding it really hard to decide :/
I know you said about being able to have more opportunities living in London, do you mean internships and work opportunities or that you can meet more people from the industry? Also as I can't decide based on academics I was wondering what the night life and social life was like? I've know neither are major clubbing destinations but I was under the impression there was slightly more in York than Egham/Staines/Windsor, so wondering how often people went into London? Or is the social life on campus good enough?

Thanks :smile:

Reply 28

llacerta

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Original post by Aaron_D

Hi!
I'm in the same position as Lolo95 and shuuuuu (have offers from Royal Holloway and York). Really can't decide based on the courses teaching staff etc as I think they both seem excellent so finding it really hard to decide :/
I know you said about being able to have more opportunities living in London, do you mean internships and work opportunities or that you can meet more people from the industry? Also as I can't decide based on academics I was wondering what the night life and social life was like? I've know neither are major clubbing destinations but I was under the impression there was slightly more in York than Egham/Staines/Windsor, so wondering how often people went into London? Or is the social life on campus good enough?

Thanks :smile:

Both internships and work opportunities as well as meeting people in the industry- it's just more of a hub for everything, there's more of everything in general and we don't have to rely solely on the university to provide us with these opportunities. For example, just yesterday I was emailed by a postdoc in our department asking if I'd be interested in a 3 month internship at the Science Museum in London conducting psychology experiments over the summer. I'm already planning on doing research within the department over the summer so had to turn it down, but the point is that a lot of these things that come up are part of organisations outside of the university or in collaboration with the other London universities. It's a stronger network.

That's not to say that York won't provide lots of opportunities- they've got a great department with lots going on- but when it comes to big name psychology or science organisations, or even outside of the industry, York (and most other universities outside of London with similarly excellent psychology departments) can't compete. It's just a location thing and this only has to be a deciding factor for you if you want it to be, if that makes sense.

I've never been clubbing in York so I can't compare the two, but the social life here both on and off campus is decent. The most party hard students might go to London once a week but most go once a fortnight or once a month as Windsor and Kingston are more convenient. The campus itself has a lot of stuff going on but it's not like everyone gets drunk every day (or most don't, anyway, haha). I think the main difference between York and Holloway is that we very much rely on the on-campus stuff, whereas at York there's lots of quirky bars and little clubs that you can go to in the town centre, so there's more going on in one easy-to-access location. However, with York you only really have York (I know they say you can go to Leeds but my friends at York say that basically no-one does that, which shows that York as a city has more than enough going on.)

Here, we very much make our own fun and the social life seems to orient less around alcohol than at a lot of other universities. A night out here might be going to see the new play by the Drama Soc. or going to a comedy night in Tommy's (though of course if you do want to get drunk a lot, there's always the SU on Wednesdays and Fridays and Medicine on Saturdays). I have a feeling York is similar to an extent but my friends who go there seem to think it has the slightly more traditional approach to university social life (i.e. it's a bit crazier haha) which can be both a good and a bad thing depending on how you like to socialise.

In short, I don't envy your decision- both are great universities with great psychology departments and, to be honest, pretty similar social scenes! But I hope this information has helped a little. :biggrin:

Reply 29

AD8888

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Cheers!
I see what you mean, I always wondered what it really meant by being part of the whole 'University of London' thing haha. Out of interest, do you end up socialising with a lot of people from the other London uni's? And can you use the University of London facilities from another Uni's if you were out in London for the day (e.g. you travel to central London for the odd day out early to save money travelling off peak and then you can study for a bit before your day out)? Also are you able to get Oyster Cards despite living in Surrey?
But that sounds pretty cool, so I'm guessing if I went to York it would be more me looking for extra opportunities and travelling to them than them being put in front of me?

That's fair enough, was expensive to get from central London to Egham when I went for the open day! Haha, don't think I'll be drinking nightly! Maybe a couple times a week until it gets boring :P So your friends reckon there's enough to do in York? At least some of what I've heard about having to travel to Leeds all the time isn't true, won't have tat much money!

Is there a lot of comedy stuff and on campus entertainment then?

Thanks very much for the information :biggrin:

and sorry about all the questions, just don't want to make the wrong decision and wish I'd gone to the other Uni! :P

Reply 30

llacerta

19

Original post by Aaron_D

Cheers!
I see what you mean, I always wondered what it really meant by being part of the whole 'University of London' thing haha. Out of interest, do you end up socialising with a lot of people from the other London uni's? And can you use the University of London facilities from another Uni's if you were out in London for the day (e.g. you travel to central London for the odd day out early to save money travelling off peak and then you can study for a bit before your day out)? Also are you able to get Oyster Cards despite living in Surrey?
But that sounds pretty cool, so I'm guessing if I went to York it would be more me looking for extra opportunities and travelling to them than them being put in front of me?

That's fair enough, was expensive to get from central London to Egham when I went for the open day! Haha, don't think I'll be drinking nightly! Maybe a couple times a week until it gets boring :P So your friends reckon there's enough to do in York? At least some of what I've heard about having to travel to Leeds all the time isn't true, won't have tat much money!

Is there a lot of comedy stuff and on campus entertainment then?

Thanks very much for the information :biggrin:

and sorry about all the questions, just don't want to make the wrong decision and wish I'd gone to the other Uni! :P

To be honest, in general we don't socialise much with students from the other London unis as we're just too far out for it to be a regular thing. There are some occasions where we all come together for bigger events, and I've met lots of other London uni students through the stuff I do in London, but we at Holloway lead a very different lifestyle so it's a bit more difficult to integrate, haha.

We do have some shared facilities in London, for example Senate House, which is a mahoosive library and well worth visiting if you do end up at Holloway. There's also the University of London Union, though I've never been myself. Nights out in London tend to be dissociated from the whole uni of London thing and are usually more Holloway specific; for example, there are these coach trips which, for £15 or £20, provide transport to a club in London (say, Fabric) and back, queue jump and a free drink. So once in a while something like that can be fun. No Oyster cards here though, unfortunately.

Yes, with York, it might well be the case that the department presents opportunities to the students but unless these are within-department opportunities you're more likely to have to seek them out yourself and more likely to have to travel further to them, and they're less likely to be with the 'big name brands' in science which tend to be located in London (though not always, of course). Once again, this doesn't mean that there are no opportunities in York, and you'll get lots of Holloway students who don't take advantage of these opportunities at all, so it's up to you how much this matters! :biggrin:

Yeah, my friends said that they thought they'd go to Leeds all the time but they just haven't- much like everyone at Holloway thinks they'll be going to London all the time but they don't, haha.

Yes, at Holloway we have to make our own fun so there's almost always stuff going on on campus! Comedy nights, drama performances, live bands, jazz nights, themed nights, and almost every society always has something going on so if you join a society you'll be forever busy. Just to give you an idea, my plans for next term (after exams) are the following: debating soc summer social in Regents Park in London, last comedy night of the year, quad production (a performance of a Shakespearian play in one of Founder's quads, always nice in the summer), Rugby Club boat party (I don't even play rugby!), last squash social of the year, the Laurels (an award ceremony/general fun evening out where you get to dress up and pretend to be posh), potentially going to formal hall (another posh event), psychology leaver's do, copious pub crawls and hanging out in Virginia Water by the lake with lots of Pimm's...

And now I just want my exams to be over! Haha. But yeah, sorry for rambling, just wanted to give you an idea of the range of stuff you can do here. You can do a lot of these things at other unis of course, but because we rely on all of this stuff as we're not in the centre of a city more people do all of these things, if that makes sense. It's a lot of fun!

No worries, it's a big decision though I'm sure either way you'll be very happy. :biggrin:

Reply 31

shuuuuu

Hi llacerta,

Thanks alot for providing so much information here! :smile:

I have one last question here I've been asking around but till now I haven't really gotten an answer.

For subjects like law I understand that the university itself is very important. Like between a graduate with top grades from an average university compared to one with okay grades from a top university, employers will more likely go for the one from the top university.

Do you know if its the same for psychology?

My gut feeling tells me to firm RHUL and this is just one of my last few concerns before I finally make my choice :smile:

On a side note, I have also been corresponding with a rhul girl from my home country and I love how all of you are so extremely friendly and helpful and I can't be more thankful!

Thanks again and hope to hear from you soon (:

To Aaron_D: I understand what you're going through now!! Haha tough choice :frown:

I wish you all the best and hope you'll make the best decision for yourself (:

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Reply 32

llacerta

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Original post by shuuuuu

Hi llacerta,

Thanks alot for providing so much information here! :smile:

I have one last question here I've been asking around but till now I haven't really gotten an answer.

For subjects like law I understand that the university itself is very important. Like between a graduate with top grades from an average university compared to one with okay grades from a top university, employers will more likely go for the one from the top university.

Do you know if its the same for psychology?

My gut feeling tells me to firm RHUL and this is just one of my last few concerns before I finally make my choice :smile:

On a side note, I have also been corresponding with a rhul girl from my home country and I love how all of you are so extremely friendly and helpful and I can't be more thankful!

Thanks again and hope to hear from you soon (:

To Aaron_D: I understand what you're going through now!! Haha tough choice :frown:

I wish you all the best and hope you'll make the best decision for yourself (:

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It depends on whether you want a job within or outside of psychology. When it comes to jobs outside of psychology, so things like graduate schemes and so on, it's the grade and your experiences that matter, not the university. Don't get me wrong, having Oxbridge on your CV would be a boon, but beyond that it doesn't really matter that much (unless you're comparing, say, a university which is like 20th in the tables versus one that's 120th, and even then my main concern would more be the quality of the course at the latter university rather than what employers think).

If you want a job in psychology, then it's usually the quality of the department that matters above and beyond university reputation.

And no worries, you're welcome!

Reply 33

AD8888

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Thanks llarcerta, definitely helped! Just have to try and make the decision now :P

Shuuuuu: Haha, yeah, would help if one was hugely better then the other :L Wish you the best on making your decision :smile:

Reply 34

shuuuuu

Hi llacerta,

I've more or less set my mind on RHUL (:

Right now I'm looking at the accommodation options, hoping to decide on which is most suitable for me so I can apply asap once applications are open :biggrin:

With regards to the letting period, is it going to be very troublesome if its only term-time? On the website it is stated that temporary accommodation for Easter and X'mas can be provided but are they at high cost?

Also, do you recommend self-catered or catered accommodation? How's the food? Hehe

Lastly, for accommodation with no ensuite, are the shared facilities likely to be very dirty or are they okay? Especially the shower facilities!

Thanks (:

Reply 35

llacerta

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Original post by shuuuuu

Hi llacerta,

I've more or less set my mind on RHUL (:

Right now I'm looking at the accommodation options, hoping to decide on which is most suitable for me so I can apply asap once applications are open :biggrin:

With regards to the letting period, is it going to be very troublesome if its only term-time? On the website it is stated that temporary accommodation for Easter and X'mas can be provided but are they at high cost?

Also, do you recommend self-catered or catered accommodation? How's the food? Hehe

Lastly, for accommodation with no ensuite, are the shared facilities likely to be very dirty or are they okay? Especially the shower facilities!

Thanks (:

I've had term-time only accommodation and it's fine for me because I've got nice parents who don't mind helping me take my stuff home, and I only live an hour and a half away. So it's up to you whether saving the money is worth the hassle.

You can pay extra to stay if you have term-time only accommodation; that's what I've done this Easter, and for five weeks it's cost me about £500, so it's around £100 a week. However, spaces are limited and it's still a pain to move your stuff to a new room, so if you think you're going to spend all of your time here over Christmas and Easter anyway, better to get a 38 week let. If you think you're going to go home over the holidays and don't mind moving your stuff, go for 30 weeks.

The self-catered or catered thing is entirely personal preference. I wanted my independence in first year so went self-catered as I didn't want to only be able to eat at certain times. I'm catered this year due to laziness and the food is okay, not amazing but pretty healthy and reasonably varied. But again, this is a very personal preference- do you want to cook or do you find it a hassle? Do you want flexibility or are you okay with set meal times?

I've only lived in Founder's for a month and as it's the holidays the bathrooms have been okay and are definitely not being used as much as they would be during term time. They've been alright for now and they do get cleaned daily but I have heard of it not being very nice at times. If you really want a clean shower you'll probably be able to find one that's not used as much with a little trek round Founder's. But I have to admit, I'm looking forward to getting back to my ensuite on Friday.

Reply 36

megfashion

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sorry, wrong thread. haha.

Reply 37

Ella_B1

Original post by tuly92

Hey, I got in through clearing for psychology myself last year, but saying that,, they admitted like 100 extra students that year and we think it might be because of the rise in fees and many students having decided not to go to university after all? I don't know, but I'm glad they did that or else i wouldn't have gotten in!! so yes, they might be like that this year too!

Hi
How long did the clearing process take? For you to actually get through to them and receive a place? I'm so scared about not getting the grades needed because of some replacement papers in maths this year and its stressing me out. Do you know if there are any foundation courses that I could do before starting a psychology degree if the grades aren't good enough? Sorry for so many questions :colondollar:

Reply 38

sk.gleave

Original post by floratheo

Hii guys, I applied for BSc Psychology at Royal Holloway and I was so happy to get an offer, its definitely my first choice uni. But I think I made a mistake of not applying for BSc Psychology, Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience mainly cause I thought you needed Biology A-level. When I went to the UCAS day someone from the admissions team told me there's some mobility in the first month(s) if you want to switch the degree course. Now I'm really stuck. I'm doing some research and I think my interest lies on the biological side of Psychology but I can't tell for sure. I just don't want to go for the Neuroscience degree and then regret it whereas with Psychology I could specialize later on if after the degree I'm sure of my interest in Neuroscience. Anyone has any comments that could help me with this decision? :smile:

Many thanks xx

Hi, I'm applying for the BSc Psychology, Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience. Like you I wasn't sure, so I asked one of the lecturers whilst I was there. He advised me to apply for the one I did as the first 2 years are the same, the only thing it effects is the options you take in the third year; you have to be more specialist in your choices. Where as the normal Bsc in Psychology you have to pick modulus in different areas. It is easier to change from the BSc Psychology, Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience to the Bsc Psychology. So I would advise to you to call the uni up before you go and see if they can change your offer and if you change your mind you could always change at the end of your 2nd year, without too much fuss. I hope that was helpful :smile:

x

Reply 39

SnowMaiden

i'm still weighing my options between psychology with clinical and cognitive neuroscience at rhul and psychology at kcl ugh tough choice

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