Warwick or St Andrews?

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Let us know where you decide!

I always got the impression that St. Andrews was top 5 and Warwick was the group below? It certainly seems to rank better and has a better international rep (esp. in the USA). St. Andrews outranks Warwick in all of the big domestic league tables (Guardian, Times, Sunday Times & Complete) and also in the international rankings.

Quite frankly the idea that you'll have a better career with a Warwick degree is utter nonsense, if there is a disparity between them it's very close either way. I can't talk in terms of specific degrees, but reputation-wise both are sound.

Ignore the Warwick fanboys - I'd definitely go for St. Andrews, better overall rep, fantastic place to live and no fees! Although if you're seriously worried you wont make the grades choose Warwick. I'm assuming as you applied to both as an international you had to use UCAS, in which case you get an insurance - why not use Warwick for this?

lol... frenchous strikes again.

for those who have not known it yet, this guy, frenchous, is a warwick basher. s/he trolls around forums just to bash warwick because s/he was rejected there several years ago.

lol...

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and regarding our everlasting debate about whether UCL is better than Warwick, you can get a reality check just there

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1952305

Using a TSR poll for evidence. Oh you're so pro!

and regarding our everlasting debate about whether UCL is better than Warwick, you can get a reality check just there

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1952305

lol The average age on TSR is around 17.. since when did teenagers did the employing?

did anyone here talk about employability?

If UCL is better than Warwick (which I don't necessarily disagree with) then you'd assume that the UCL grads were more employable surely? Not sure how you can view what school children say as reliable in terms of the prestige of a university.

That poll is flawed in many ways, most probably highlighted by how few votes Bristol has, since the difference between UCL and Bristol really isn't that large.

Also, like I said, my parents wouldn't be able to pay for the more expensive accommodation. Part-time jobs are scarce in St Andrews,

Prestige and employability are 2 different things imo.

The difference between UCL and Bristol is quite large in terms of prestige.

Besides, I realise that I have turned the topic away from the original discussion so I think it would be good if we started talking about what OP asked.

So, as a Warwick student, do you think that it's worth paying 27k more to go to Warwick rather than St Andrews if your aim is not to get into IB?

I always got the impression that St. Andrews was top 5 and Warwick was the group below? It certainly seems to rank better and has a better international rep (esp. in the USA). St. Andrews outranks Warwick in all of the big domestic league tables (Guardian, Times, Sunday Times & Complete) and also in the international rankings.

Quite frankly the idea that you'll have a better career with a Warwick degree is utter nonsense, if there is a disparity between them it's very close either way. I can't talk in terms of specific degrees, but reputation-wise both are sound.

Ignore the Warwick fanboys - I'd definitely go for St. Andrews, better overall rep, fantastic place to live and no fees! Although if you're seriously worried you wont make the grades choose Warwick. I'm assuming as you applied to both as an international you had to use UCAS, in which case you get an insurance - why not use Warwick for this?

This. My understanding was that Economics at St A was good.

Fair enough then..

I posted earlier on the thread and my answer was No its just not worth it. , the answer would probably even be the same if the aim was to get into IB.

Oh and I'm not a Warwick student, just seem to get drawn to these threads

oh sorry for the misunderstanding. Which uni do you attend then?

Yeah its good, but not as good as Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, LSE for that course.

To be honest the idea of a 'top 5' is sort of nonsense, outside Oxbridge everyone in the top 10ish is pretty much on a par (no matter what LSE students tell you).