Geo questions, Unis, courses(Birm,Sheff)

Go to Bham. Obviously if I go it'll be the place to beeee (j/k)

Have you had your jargon from Birmingham yet? If not, then it's probable that when you do you'll be getting a booklet (thick) about your course and the exact modules that you can take. I had one, it says my lecturers, how many times a week, which ones are compulsory and which not etc. Was sooo helpful and interesting and would answer many of your q's

Welcome to TSR.

i was deciding between sheffield and birmingham for geography not so long ago came to the the conclucion birmingham was the best bet simply because of the atmosphere of the place. Its a campus uni whereas sheffield is built into the city, and i must say the birmingham campus looks amazing very green which was nice to see becaus ei'm from a rural area. tennis courts at birmingham uni http://www.sport.bham.ac.uk/facilities/tennis.htm and sport is generally evry good there from what ive seen and heard.

they have accomodation at bham called tennis courts lol...............juuust thought i'd let you know!

No, I dont seem to have got any of that stuff :shakeshead: maybe i will find all that out at the open days, and I havent really looked over the internet yet eiter....I am unorganised

I see you like tennis? I love tennis and its gradually helping me get fitter and I would reject a university if they didnt have good tennis facilities or clubs or something - Crazy no?

I have now had offers from all six university choices which is really good. But now I have wittled it down to two (i think)
Birmingham and Sheffield are my two favorites, and was wondering if any of you guys go to these Uni's doing Geography and could give me your general points about it (The others are Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Lancaster).

Also, I really like human geography, i just click with it straight away and I love travel, sights, places and people. I am not too keen on How a Glacier moves" kind of thing, its boring and soils make me want to commit suicide But I do like Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Hazards kind of things and I know that is B/SC Geo, when I applied for BA. For those who do go to the two Uni's is their a choice you can make or something to enable you to do mostly one course and bits of another or is it all Human or half and half?

I love Geography, I had my AS retake on Friday to try and bump up my overall grade into and A (15 off) pictures, countries, anything - so hopefully I will be milling around here for a long while :P
Also, I love tennis and would like clarification that both places have tennis clubs, but at Sheffield I have physically seen the Tennis Courts behind the GEO. department which is my kind of heaven!!

Thanks for any help

Crazy Rob.

Not crazy, sports are important to me on a keep fit and enjoyment basis. I wouldn't want to go somewhere without adequate sports facilities.

Probs see you in the tennis club, then! Loooots of people to play with, yay!

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when is your open day, sorry?

Yes, I had a huge pack with like, everything I'd ever wanted to know (which is what impressed me TBH - I love organisation!) a huge booklet really indepth about my course etc.

Mine's on the 22nd? Might be worth making yourself a folder with 'University Offers' on, then popping all your jargon in there The easiest way is to send back letters with when you want to go the day you get them, job done and you can plan in advance that you have Bham on the 22nd Feb etc.

If it helps, it's an A4 Manilla envelope

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Oh and you then have a calender in your room, you write it on there, you have a calender in your study at school, write it on there, have a prep diary, write it in there, have a filofax, write it in there.

I couldn't forget! Put it that way!

BAD NEWS:

I mailed Bham and they said no abroad erasmus or international study scheemes whatsoever. This is really a setback for me as I really really wanted to do that. Oh well, looks like it will be Sheffield, they never reeplied yet so see what they have to say