should i take environmental science at university

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Original post by Ps3SuperSRG

Haha, no problem :tongue:

I've actually started my Bsci at Nottingham doing environmental science now!

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did you have to go to an interview ?

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Original post by hazel43

did you have to go to an interview ?

Not for nottingham, i had an informal one at Southampton :P

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J Dizzle

Original post by Ps3SuperSRG

Are many of the modules taught in Sutton Bonnington? or are the majority at university park? :smile:

Just makes it easier to work out travel and accomodation possibilities.

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Original post by J Dizzle

Are many of the modules taught in Sutton Bonnington? or are the majority at university park? :smile:

Just makes it easier to work out travel and accomodation possibilities.

I only have lectures on sutton-bonington on monday, and they are all done by midday; everything else is on University Park. There are free hopper buses between campuses :biggrin:

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J Dizzle

Original post by Ps3SuperSRG

I only have lectures on sutton-bonington on monday, and they are all done by midday; everything else is on University Park. There are free hopper buses between campuses :biggrin:

Ah ok

! Thank you! :biggrin:

Reply 26

freeurmind

11

Its not really a hard subject
but heey if you enjoy it, do it

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Original post by Ps3SuperSRG

Not for nottingham, i had an informal one at Southampton :P

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omg, i have one of these for southampton. I'm kinda nervous. The thing is the email said it was a visit day including a one to one discussion so i'm taking this as an interview. Do you remember what you did and the questions you were asked

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Original post by hazel43

omg, i have one of these for southampton. I'm kinda nervous. The thing is the email said it was a visit day including a one to one discussion so i'm taking this as an interview. Do you remember what you did and the questions you were asked

Dont worry haha, i was nervous last year, but the whole day is designed to convince YOU to choose THEM. They just talked a bit to me about why i wanted to choose this course and my personal statement; i talked a bit about abiotic and biotic factors affecting organisms in my personal statement and we talked about that for like 2 minutes, but most of the time she was asking me whether i had any questions about the uni haha. If you've got invited to the day, i say youre pretty much going to get an offer if you attend and dont do anything stupid :wink:

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Masherzify

Original post by hazel43

omg, i have one of these for southampton. I'm kinda nervous. The thing is the email said it was a visit day including a one to one discussion so i'm taking this as an interview. Do you remember what you did and the questions you were asked

Well done for getting an interview, i'm currently in first year doing Enviro at Southampton and loving it. Ps3SuperSRG was right about the visit day, it's mostly just to clear things up about your personal statement (if you made up anything they will find out!!) and to see if you have any other questions. If you want to know anything about the course/uni etc just ask :smile:

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Original post by Ps3SuperSRG

Dont worry haha, i was nervous last year, but the whole day is designed to convince YOU to choose THEM. They just talked a bit to me about why i wanted to choose this course and my personal statement; i talked a bit about abiotic and biotic factors affecting organisms in my personal statement and we talked about that for like 2 minutes, but most of the time she was asking me whether i had any questions about the uni haha. If you've got invited to the day, i say youre pretty much going to get an offer if you attend and dont do anything stupid :wink:

I'm still quite nervous lol, its on Saturday. How long was the interview and what did you wear?, my friends told me to go formal but im not too sure if i should. Thank you!

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Original post by Masherzify

Well done for getting an interview, i'm currently in first year doing Enviro at Southampton and loving it. Ps3SuperSRG was right about the visit day, it's mostly just to clear things up about your personal statement (if you made up anything they will find out!!) and to see if you have any other questions. If you want to know anything about the course/uni etc just ask :smile:

Do you remember what your interview was like last year?, also i've so many questions i'm struggling to think of any i should bring up at the visit day/interview lol, any advice?
Thank you!

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Masherzify

Original post by hazel43

Do you remember what your interview was like last year?, also i've so many questions i'm struggling to think of any i should bring up at the visit day/interview lol, any advice?
Thank you!

Don't panic about it, it's more of an informal chat than an interview. I think they just want to see passion for the subject. What sort of questions?? Also I would dress smart but not over the top, I don't think they really care. Good luck

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Original post by hazel43

I'm still quite nervous lol, its on Saturday. How long was the interview and what did you wear?, my friends told me to go formal but im not too sure if i should. Thank you!

Interview was 10 mins tops, i wore relatively formal, but a lot of people went casual. I'd say just dont wear too casual, but dont go over the top with smart clothes.

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Original post by Masherzify

Well done for getting an interview, i'm currently in first year doing Enviro at Southampton and loving it. Ps3SuperSRG was right about the visit day, it's mostly just to clear things up about your personal statement (if you made up anything they will find out!!) and to see if you have any other questions. If you want to know anything about the course/uni etc just ask :smile:

I must say i loved Soton's visit day, it was definetley the best visit day i went to. I was so torn between Notts and Soton, but Nott's campus did it for me. Loving Notts, hope your enjoying southampton, i must say though that i envy you that youre by the coast and in a big city :wink:

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jwf13

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I'm currently in Year 11 picking my IB subjects, and I was just wondering how much Maths is involved in an Environmental Science degree? It's not that I hate maths, and I'm OK at it, but I'm not good when somethings gone over quickly or I don't have time to work things out. So I was just wondering how much maths is involved and would it be OK to apply without an equivalent to AS Maths? Thanks for any answers :smile:

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returnmigrant

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Original post by GiveMeAChallenge

Whats the difference between environmental geography, env science and a BSc geography degree?

All Universities call similar courses different names, and most general Geog degrees have elements of Env Sci/Studies within them amongst all the other optional courses choices. Other 'geog-type' courses include International Development or Development Studies.

The best thing to do is to read the course descriptions of the individual courses on the Uni's own website (often you can see the detailed module/unit/options course descriptions as well if you dig about a bit).

This, and going to Open Days/visits etc is really the only way to decide if any course is the right one for *you* and your own interests - regardless of what it is actually called.

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