Geography applicants for 2013 entry

Thank you! And out of your insurance options I thought bath spa looked a nice when I was researching. Exeter is still a great uni though!


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Just a general question as I try and decide where an earth to spend the next three years.

How important/significant do you think going to a Russell group uni actually is??

Is it all that it's made up to be??

Are 1994 group unis just as good - what is the difference between 1994 and Russell???

Any responses would be greatly appreciated at this confusing time..


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I think people buy into the whole Russel Group thing too much. It means quite little, and there are some pretty medicore Russel Group universities; equally there are some brilliant universities outside the Russel Group (although many have joined this year).

A good site for comparing courses is unistats.com, which gives you a breakdown on pretty much all the facts that universities don't tell you. After all, if the average graduate from a course is on minimum wage when they graduate, the uni isn't going to advertise that (and believe me, there are many courses like this).

Which universities are you torn between?

Still no news from Bristol, anybody else have any offers/rejections in the past week? Starting to get a bit impatient by their procedure considering most universities have made their decisions.

All Russell Groups are good universities, but not all good universities are Russell Groups.

Newcastle and royal holloway


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I got my offer in October...

Hmm, I guess if you can't decide between the two, consider at each university:

1) The course content (this is the main point).
2) Employability from the course (given RHUL is in London, this is probably the winner here).
3) Distance away from where you currently live. If you live in the South, it's obviously going to be more difficult getting all your stuff to Newcastle than RHUL, for example.
4) The social life - Newcastle is obviously Newcastle, but I know someone who goes to RHUL and says it's pretty awesome on this front too, despite getting into London being quite difficult.
5) League tables. They aren't a god-send, but they can be useful. For geography, RHUL tends to be slightly higher than Newcastle but it's not that much of a jump.
6) Cost of living. Lower in Newcastle, which could come in handy as a student.
7) Setup of the uni. Some people prefer campus-based unis, others prefer it to be scattered.
8) Quality of the accomodation
9) Finally, one of the most important things is your impression of any open days/applicant days you've attended there. Do you think you'd be happy there? If you're not really sure, or you haven't seen both universities, it's probably best that you do before you make a decision.

Personally, based off what i've just read, I'd choose Royal Holloway. Obviously you'd be a lot better informed than I am of what these unis are actually like, though.
Hope this helps



So did I. But applicants only got their offer in October if you applied in October or earlier (obviously). If you applied later, they've made most people wait until now, and that's why loads of people are still waiting.

Thank you so much for all your help!! I have visited both and could really see myself at RHUL even though it's only 25min from home. I really wasn't expecting an offer from Newcastle which has really thrown me because it offered AAB opposed to RHUL ABB and part of me can't help but feel like turning Newcastle down would be missing an opportunity in a weird sense to study at a RG having said that I do agree that RHUL felt like a better department an seeing smaller had a more friendly close knit community which I quite liked coming from a "small" secondary school.

You really have helped a lot!!!!


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Still no news from Bristol, anybody else have any offers/rejections in the past week? Starting to get a bit impatient by their procedure considering most universities have made their decisions.

got a rejection through last monday for pure geog

I need help, I have ABB offers for Exeter and York, but really stick between the two. Which do people generally consider as better?