KCL or UCL???

Fair enough, personally I'm starting to favour KCL over UCL, simply because the UCL union is appallingly and embarassingly bad, whilst KCLSU is superb.

Are you at UCL?

If so, would you mind sharing your experience there with me?

No one actually gives a **** about the state of the union. London is big, delve a little deeper.

I heard the girls are all ugly at Strand Poly. Don't shoot the messenger I'm just saying.

Yeah, but if you're not a londoner it's incredibly intimidating and a union provides for a nice medium which lets you get eased in.

I don't understand how people find london intimidating. Moving to London would be just as intimidating as moving to manchester. Okay the union might be useful for getting a drink during freshers but after that you quickly work out where is decent and after first term you will never go to the union again. I think having a weak union in inevitable for a london university. The reason why it is **** is because there is so much other stuff going on so the union would never be able to compete. In universities which have 'good' unions the nightlife is dull and monotonous. The events and club nights that they put on are ****ing lame.

Nah, i'm actually going to KCL next year. But I've a few friends at UCL all of whom say the union is a complete shambles.

Yeah, but if you're not a londoner it's incredibly intimidating and a union provides for a nice medium which lets you get eased in.

KCL girls are famously fine, like UCL girls!

nah, london's on a whole different level because it's almost like a conglomeration of cities, each area with it's own distinct subculture far beyond somewhere like manchester. KCLSU is pretty strong, though perhaps that's because of Tutus.

I hope you enjoy KCL. I'm sure I'll get over the union thing.

As an international student, I will be very much intimidated by London, but everybody manages and so will I. I'm sure the union can't be that bad.

Kings' union is better, but I doubt UCL's will ruin your time there. If it did, I would probably question your priorities.

I thought I was the only one who noticed this?! On all the Open Days, interview days, assessment centres and vac schemes I have done (in terms of law firms, by the way) I have not met any UCL law students There are always plenty from LSE and KCL, but hardly any from UCL?! Where are they?!

From what I understand, UCL law take far less students than KCL did (although KCL has addressed this recently by reducing the intake) but UCL has more international students. Perhaps this explains why we see less UCL students...UCL law is still one of the best faculties in the country for law - maybe the UCL students are just doing other things rather than the standard commercial law route which is practically forced upon everyone at KCL. I mean, fortunately that's what I actually want to do, but I know a lot of people in my year don't know what to do.

What, on the law firm circuit? Which firms? Perhaps they all end up at the magic circle firms, which is not where I have been applying really.

That is quite a hipster thing to say! I haven't noticed any subcultures lol.

Sorry, but that is an ignorant thing to say.

Have you not considered that he or she might be an international student? KCL and UCL have massive international student populations, they are certainly not universities with majority British students.

Coming to another country to study can be disorientating and intimidating, especially going to a mega city like London. It can be worrying for a student's prnts too. There is so much riding on moving abroad to study, it all has to work out otherwise it's a waste of money and time. There can be a lot of culture shock, depression even. There is so much to learn when you move abroad especially outside of university life - adjusting to local customs, transport, costs etc. When you take into account that a student is moving to London, which can be quite an intimidating place for even home students from small villages or towns to move to, yes, absolutely it can be intimidating.

UCL. It's one of the top 6 Uni's in the UK. KCL isn't.

Actually, I know them on a more personal level. My soon-to-be brother-in-law is a UCL alumni and a registered solicitor, and my cousin has three friends who are lawyers as well, and two graduated from UCL and one from ... I can't remember now, but I think I got the point across I think UCL is very highly regarded for law here, and I'm currently in India.

hate to say it guys, but the point earlier on about career prospects is a good one. I know UCL is a top uni and all, and is meant to have a tip-top law school... thing is, in all the various vac schemes/open days/assessment days that i've done in my long years.. I am still yet to meet a UCL lawyer!

I genuinely dont understand why people don't just instantly go with the most prestigious choice

Because often there's not a clearly more prestigious one, because some people value academic excellence (weirdly, not everyone goes to university just to get a job afterwards). Because some universities have a very different social life. For innumerable reasons. Think more!