[Burnsy91]

The second tier of Uni's such as Southampton and Exeter, how leniant are they with their offers.

For maths, if you have the predicted grades, are you more likely than not to get a conditional offer...

[Jingers]

Leniency depends on how popular a course is.

[paddy__power]

I would call southampton more third tier, and it depends.

[Burnsy91]

Maths with Economics - No idea how popular it is?

[MIKE ESSIEN IS QUITE SICK]

Originally Posted by paddy__power

I would call southampton more third tier, and it depends.

i disagree

[MIKE ESSIEN IS QUITE SICK]

Originally Posted by Burnsy91

Maths with Economics - No idea how popular it is?

At places like lse, warwick, ucl, nottingham and bristol it will be competitive but i just got an offer from southampton for maths with econ and i was only predicted a B in further maths AS for a mainly maths course...

[Burnsy91]

Originally Posted by MIKE ESSIEN IS QUITE SICK

At places like lse, warwick, ucl, nottingham and bristol it will be competitive but i just got an offer from southampton for maths with econ and i was only predicted a B in further maths AS for a mainly maths course...

That's what I am applying for.

What are your As's and grades out of interest, if you are willing to say?

[MIKE ESSIEN IS QUITE SICK]

Originally Posted by Burnsy91

That's what I am applying for.

What are your As's and grades out of interest, if you are willing to say?

got AAAB at AS in maths, history , politics and economics. Dropped politics for A2 and predicted 3A'S and a B in further maths AS level.

[_Fleur_]

I'd actually say both Southampton and Exeter are more third tier if we're going to be picky about it.

More or less everyone applying to the course is likely to have or be predicted the grades required, if not higher than, so you definitely can't just expect to get an offer, no. It depends on a lot of other things too, like PS, GCSES, reference...

[Burnsy91]

I don't know too much about the standard of Uni's apart from the lists online (which everyone says aren't accurate?)

Coudl someone give me an indication of one or two Uni's in each tier of Uni

Tier 1 - Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL
Tier 2 - Durham, St Andrews, Birmingham, Bristol, Warwick
Tier 3 - Exeter, Southampton, Loughborough, Sheffield, Manchester
Tier 4 - Sussex, UEA, Reading

Sound about right?

[Jingers]

Originally Posted by Burnsy91

I don't know too much about the standard of Uni's apart from the lists online (which everyone says aren't accurate?)

Coudl someone give me an indication of one or two Uni's in each tier of Uni

Tier 1 - Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL
Tier 2 - Durham, St Andrews, Birmingham, Bristol, Warwick
Tier 3 - Exeter, Southampton, Loughborough, Sheffield, Manchester
Tier 4 - Sussex, UEA, Reading

Sound about right?

Near enough. That's probably the standard, but obviously some people will disagree with some unis.

[sophisticated]

Who cares about the tiers? Its all a matter of opinion, and you're only basing them on league tables which are immensely flawed anyway.

OP - apply to a variation of Universities, ranging from an offer that you'd have to push yourself a bit to meet, to an offer that you could easily meet. Thats what I did, and I ended up at the best one I applied to (Exeter, coincidentally). That way, you'll be pretty much safe as houses and bound to get at least 3 offers.

[caaakeeey]

People should focus far more on departments than reputations as a whole.

[Burnsy91]

Originally Posted by sophisticated

Who cares about the tiers? Its all a matter of opinion, and you're only basing them on league tables which are immensely flawed anyway.

OP - apply to a variation of Universities, ranging from an offer that you'd have to push yourself a bit to meet, to an offer that you could easily meet. Thats what I did, and I ended up at the best one I applied to (Exeter, coincidentally). That way, you'll be pretty much safe as houses and bound to get at least 3 offers.

I am in a different situation to most though.

I am in a third year at college due to only studying part time at college in my first year (My future ambitions were not related to my studies then)

I have Two A2's - AA and an As - B

I am also picking up FM this year and will come out with Four A-levels but I just feel the top few Uni's will not like me being in a third year...

[I'm_Unsafe.]

I agree with the person saying you should base it on department/subject.

I go to Southampton and do two subjects, one of which (acccording to the Times so *shrugs*) is 6th in their league which I was surprised to learn and the other is 11th/12th.

However, if you rate the uni as a whole it's most likely to come out in the top 20.

[.:excel4100%:.]

Originally Posted by Burnsy91

I don't know too much about the standard of Uni's apart from the lists online (which everyone says aren't accurate?)

Coudl someone give me an indication of one or two Uni's in each tier of Uni

Tier 1 - Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL
Tier 2 - Durham, St Andrews, Birmingham, Bristol, Warwick
Tier 3 - Exeter, Southampton, Loughborough, Sheffield, Manchester
Tier 4 - Sussex, UEA, Reading

Sound about right?

I think it's a bit more like this

Tier 1 - Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, UCL, Warwick
Tier 2 - Durham, St Andrews, Bristol, Manchester, Bath, Nottingham
Tier 3 - Exeter, Southampton, Birmingham, Loughborough, Sheffield,
Tier 4 - everyone else

This may be a bit more specific to Maths degree or Maths related degrees